西番雅書 2
1 不知羞恥的國民哪，你們應當聚集！ 趁命令沒有發出， 日子過去如風前的糠， 耶和華的烈怒未臨到你們， 他發怒的日子未到以先， 你們應當聚集前來。
Collect yourselves and gather together, O nation without shame,
before the decree bring forth, [before] the day pass away as chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, before the day of Jehovah's anger come upon you.
3 世上遵守耶和華典章的謙卑人哪， 你們都當尋求耶和華！ 當尋求公義謙卑， 或者在耶和華發怒的日子可以隱藏起來。
Seek Jehovah, all ye meek of the land, who have performed his ordinance; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger.
4 迦薩必致見棄； 亞實基倫必然荒涼。 人在正午必趕出亞實突的民； 以革倫也被拔出根來。
For Gazah shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon shall be a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
5 住沿海之地的基利提族有禍了！ 迦南、非利士人之地啊，耶和華的話與你反對， 說：我必毀滅你，以致無人居住。
Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea-coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of Jehovah is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: I will destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant;
6 沿海之地要變為草場， 其上有牧人的住處和羊群的圈。
and the sea-coast shall be cave-dwellings for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
7 這地必為猶大家剩下的人所得； 他們必在那裏牧放群羊， 晚上必躺臥在亞實基倫的房屋中； 因為耶和華－他們的上帝必眷顧他們， 使他們被擄的人歸回。
And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for Jehovah their God shall visit them, and turn again their captivity.
8 我聽見摩押人的毀謗和亞捫人的辱罵， 就是毀謗我的百姓，自誇自大， 侵犯他們的境界。
I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
9 萬軍之耶和華－以色列的上帝說： 我指着我的永生起誓： 摩押必像所多瑪， 亞捫人必像蛾摩拉， 都變為刺草、鹽坑、永遠荒廢之地。 我百姓所剩下的必擄掠他們； 我國中所餘剩的必得着他們的地。
Therefore, [as] I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall certainly be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt-pits, and a perpetual desolation; the remnant of my people shall spoil them, and the residue of my nation shall possess them.
10 這事臨到他們是因他們驕傲，自誇自大， 毀謗萬軍之耶和華的百姓。
This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts.
11 耶和華必向他們顯可畏之威， 因他必叫世上的諸神瘦弱。 列國海島的居民各在自己的地方敬拜他。
Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and all the isles of the nations shall worship him, every one from his place.
12 古實人哪，你們必被我的刀所殺。
Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be the slain of my sword.
13 耶和華必伸手攻擊北方，毀滅亞述， 使尼尼微荒涼，又乾旱如曠野。
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, a place of drought like the wilderness.
14 群畜，就是各國的走獸必臥在其中； 鵜鶘和箭豬要宿在柱頂上。 在窗戶內有鳴叫的聲音； 門檻都必毀壞， 香柏木已經露出。
And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the crowd of beasts; both the pelican and the bittern shall lodge in the chapiters thereof; a voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be on the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar work.
15 這是素來歡樂安然居住的城， 心裏說：惟有我，除我以外再沒有別的； 現在何竟荒涼成為野獸躺臥之處！ 凡經過的人都必搖手嗤笑她。
This is the rejoicing city that dwelt in security, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none else beside me: how is she become a desolation, a couching-place for beasts! Every one that passeth by her shall hiss, shall wave his hand.
