西番雅書 3
1 這悖逆、污穢、欺壓的城有禍了！
Woe to the provocatrix and the redeemed city, the dove.
2 她不聽從命令，不領受訓誨， 不倚靠耶和華， 不親近她的上帝。
She has not heeded the voice, nor has she accepted discipline. She has not trusted in the Lord; she did not draw near to her God.
3 她中間的首領是咆哮的獅子； 她的審判官是晚上的豺狼， 一點食物也不留到早晨。
Her leaders are in her midst like roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing for the morning.
4 她的先知是虛浮詭詐的人； 她的祭司褻瀆聖所， 強解律法。
Her prophets are crazed; men without faith. Her priests have polluted what is holy; they have acted unjustly against the law.
5 耶和華在她中間是公義的， 斷不做非義的事， 每早晨顯明他的公義，無日不然； 只是不義的人不知羞恥。
The just Lord is in their midst; he will not do iniquity. In the morning, in the morning, he will bring his judgment into the light, and it will not be hidden. But the impious one has not known shame.
6 我－耶和華已經除滅列國的民； 他們的城樓毀壞。 我使他們的街道荒涼，以致無人經過； 他們的城邑毀滅，以致無人， 也無居民。
I have dispersed the nations, and their towers have been torn down. I have made their ways deserts, until there were none who passed through. Their cities have become desolate, with no man remaining, nor any inhabitant.
7 我說：你只要敬畏我，領受訓誨； 如此，你的住處不致照我所擬定的除滅。 只是你們從早起來就在一切事上敗壞自己。
I said: Nevertheless, you will fear me; you will accept discipline. And her dwelling place will not perish, despite all the things about which I have visited her. Yet truly, they arose with the dawn and corrupted all their thoughts.
8 耶和華說：你們要等候我， 直到我興起擄掠的日子； 因為我已定意招聚列國，聚集列邦， 將我的惱怒－就是我的烈怒都傾在她們身上。 我的忿怒如火，必燒滅全地。
Because of this, expect me, says the Lord, in the day of my resurrection in the future, for my judgment is to gather together the Gentiles, and to collect the kingdoms, and to pour out over them my indignation, all the fury of my anger. For by the fire of my zeal, all the earth will be devoured.
9 那時，我必使萬民用清潔的言語 好求告我－耶和華的名， 同心合意地事奉我。
For then I will restore to the people a chosen lip, so that all may invoke the name of the Lord and may serve him with one shoulder.
10 祈禱我的，就是我所分散的民， 必從古實河外來，給我獻供物。
From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, my supplicants, the sons of my diaspora, will carry a gift to me.
11 當那日，你必不因你一切得罪我的事自覺羞愧； 因為那時我必從你中間除掉矜誇高傲之輩， 你也不再於我的聖山狂傲。
In that day, you will not be ashamed over all of your inventions, by which you have transgressed against me. For then I will take away from your midst your arrogant boasters, and you will no longer be exalted on my holy mountain.
12 我卻要在你中間留下困苦貧寒的民； 他們必投靠我－耶和華的名。
And I will bequeath into your midst a poor and needy people, and they will hope in the name of the Lord.
13 以色列所剩下的人必不作罪孽， 不說謊言，口中也沒有詭詐的舌頭； 而且吃喝躺臥，無人驚嚇。
The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity, nor speak lies, and a deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouth. For they will pasture and will recline, and there will be no one to strike them with terror.
14 錫安的民哪，應當歌唱！ 以色列啊，應當歡呼！ 耶路撒冷的民哪，應當滿心歡喜快樂！
Give praise, daughter of Zion. Shout joyfully, Israel. Rejoice and exult with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem.
15 耶和華已經除去你的刑罰， 趕出你的仇敵。 以色列的王－耶和華在你中間； 你必不再懼怕災禍。
The Lord has taken away your judgment; he has turned aside your foes. The king of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you shall no longer fear evil.
16 當那日，必有話向耶路撒冷說： 不要懼怕！錫安哪； 不要手軟！
In that day, it will be said to Jerusalem, “Do not be afraid,” and to Zion, “Do not let your hands be weakened.”
17 耶和華－你的上帝是施行拯救、 大有能力的主。 他在你中間必因你歡欣喜樂， 默然愛你，且因你喜樂而歡呼。
The Lord your God is the strength in your midst; he will save. He will rejoice over you with gladness. In his love, he will be silent. He will exult over you with praise.
18 那些屬你、為無大會愁煩、 因你擔當羞辱的，我必聚集他們。
The triflers who withdrew from the law, I will gather together, because they were from you, so that you may no longer suffer disgrace over them.
19 那時，我必罰辦一切苦待你的人， 又拯救你瘸腿的，聚集你被趕出的。 那些在全地受羞辱的， 我必使他們得稱讚，有名聲。
Behold, I will execute all who have afflicted you in that time, and I will save those who are lame, and I will gather together her who had been cast out. And I will place them in praise and in renown, in all the land where they had been put to shame,
20 那時，我必領你們進來，聚集你們； 我使你們被擄之人歸回的時候， 就必使你們在地上的萬民中有名聲，得稱讚。 這是耶和華說的。
in that time, when I will lead to you, and in the time when I will gather for you. For I will deliver you into renown and into praise, among all the peoples of the earth, when I will have converted your captivity before your very eyes, says the Lord.
