Zefania 2
1 Yaye un oganda maonge wichkuotni, chokreuru kaachiel, chokreuru kaachiel,
You people [of Judah] who ought to be ashamed, gather together [DOU].
2 ka ndalo moseyier pok ochopo en odiechiengʼ ma ibiro teroue kuma bor ka mihudhwe mar cham. Adier, chokreuru kapok mirima mager mar Jehova Nyasaye obiro kuomu, kata kapok odiechiengʼ mar mirimbe ochopo.
Yahweh is extremely angry with you, [so gather together now], before it is time for him to punish [MTY] you and blow you away like [SIM] [the wind blows away] chaff.
3 Dwaruru Jehova Nyasaye, un ji duto mobolore manie piny, kendo un ji duto matimo gik ma chik dwaro. Dwaruru tim makare, kendo beduru gi chuny mobolore, nimar dipo ka uyudo kar konyruok, odiechiengno ma Jehova Nyasaye biro olo mirimbe kuom ji.
All you people in Judah who are humble, worship Yahweh, and obey what he has commanded. Try to do what is right and to be humble. [If you do that], perhaps Yahweh will protect/spare you on the day when he punishes [MTY] people.
4 Ji biro dar Gaza, kendo Ashkelon biro dongʼ gunda. Odiechiengʼ tir Ashdod ibiro weyo nono kendo Ekron ibiro pudh gi tiende.
[When Yahweh punishes Philistia], Gaza and Ashkelon [cities] will be deserted/abandoned. Ashdod [city] will be attacked and the people expelled at noon [when people are resting]; the [people of Ekron city] will [also] be driven out.
5 Yaye jo-Kereth modak e dho nam, mano kaka unune malit, yaye Kanaan, piny jo-Filistia, Jehova Nyasaye nikodu gi wach kama: “Abiro tieko chuth kendo onge ngʼama nodongʼ.”
And terrible things will happen to you people of Philistia who live near the sea, because Yahweh has decided [MTY] that he will punish [MTY] you, [also]. He will get rid of all of you; not one person will (survive/remain alive).
6 Piny mantiere e dho nam kama jo-Kereth odakie biro bedo kar jokwath kendo kama ogerie abich rombe.
The land [of Philistia] near the sea will become a pasture, a place for shepherds and their sheep pens.
7 Nobedi mar joma odongʼ mar dhood Juda; kanyo gini yudie lek ma gikwae. Godhiambo gibiro nindo e ute mag Ashkelon. Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachgi biro ritogi kendo obiro dwokonegi gweth mane ogwedhogigo.
The people of Judah who (survive/are still alive) will possess that land. At night they will sleep in the [deserted] houses in Ashkelon. Yahweh will take care of them; he will enable them to prosper again.
8 “Asewinjo ayenje mag jo-Moab kod ajara mag jo-Amon, moseyanyo joga kendo obwogogi e lopgi.”
The Commander of the armies of angels, the God to whom [we] Israeli people [belong], says [this]: “I have heard the people of Moab and Ammon when they insulted [DOU] my people, and when they said that they would conquer my people’s country.
9 Kuom mano, Jehova Nyasaye Maratego, ma Nyasach Israel osingore kawacho kama, “Adiera, Moab biro chalo gi Sodom, to jo-Amon kaka Gomora, piny modongʼ gunda mojwangʼ motimo bunge. Joga modongʼ noyakgi; kendo oganda modongʼ nokaw pinygi.”
So now, [as surely] as I live, [I will destroy] Moab and Ammon like [SIM] [I destroyed] Gomorrah [city]. Their land will be a place were there are nettles and salt pits; it will be ruined forever. My Israeli people who survive will take away all their valuable possessions and [also] occupy their land.”
10 Ma e kum ma jogi nonwangʼ kuom sunga margi, kendo kuom yanyo kendo jaro jo-Jehova Nyasaye Maratego.
The people of Moab and Ammon will get what they deserve for being proud, because they made fun of the people who belong to the Commander of the armies of angels.
11 Jehova Nyasaye biro bedo nigi malich ka oketho nyiseche duto e piny. Ogendini duto modak e alwora mar dho nembe duto nolame, ngʼato ka ngʼato nolame e pinygi owuon.
Yahweh will cause them to be terrified [when] he destroys all the gods of their countries. Then [even the people who live on] islands throughout the world will worship Yahweh, each in their own countries.
12 “Yaye jo-Kush, un bende liganglana biro negou.”
[Yahweh says that] he will also slaughter the people of Ethiopia.
13 Enorie bade kuomu un joma odak yo nyandwat, kendo notiek Asuria, bende dala mar Nineve nodongʼ gunda mi nobed motwo ka piny motimo ongoro.
Yahweh will punish [IDM] and destroy Assyria, [that land] northeast of us. He will cause [its capital] Nineveh to become ruined and deserted, a place that will be as dry as the desert.
14 Kweth mag jamni biro nindo piny motimo kanyo, kod kit chwech mopogore opogore. Tula mar thim kod agak nobed gi nyasi. Ywakgi nowinjre ka wuok gie dirisni, kite moger godo udi nomukre mabiwre e dhoudi, kendo sirni nodongʼ kongʼiengore.
[Flocks of sheep and] herds [of cattle] and many kinds of wild animals will lie down there. Owls and crows will sit on the columns/pillars [of the destroyed buildings], and they will (hoot/cry out) through the windows. There will be rubble in the doorways, and the [valuable] cedar boards will be taken [from the ruined houses].
15 Ma e dala maduongʼ mane odak gi kwe, kendo kogalore. Ne owacho e chunye niya, “An e kende kendo onge ngʼama ipimo koda.” To mano kaka koro odongʼ gunda, kama le mag bungu yweyoe. Ji duto makadho bute wuoro ka tangʼo lwetgi.
[The people of] Nineveh were [previously] happy and proud, thinking that they were very safe. They were [always] saying, “Our city is the greatest city; there is no city as great as ours!” But now it will become a ruins, a place where wild animals make their dens. And everyone who passes by there will hiss [and scorn/ridicule that city], and shake their fists [to show that they detest that city very much].
