Zephaniah 2
1 Gather yourselves, gather together, O shameful nation,
Bann san wont! Pran tèt nou. Kalkile byen,
2 before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you.
anvan nou pase tankou pay van pote ale yon sèl jou, anvan dife kòlè Seyè a tonbe sou nou, anvan jou kòlè Seyè a rive sou nou.
3 Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.
Nou menm, pòv malere nan peyi a k'ap fè sa Seyè a bay lòd fè a, vin jwenn li. Fè sa ki dwat devan li. Pa kite lògèy vire tèt nou. Nou pa janm konnen, nou ka chape jou Seyè a va fè wè kòlè li.
4 For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.
p'ap rete yon moun lavil Gaza. Lavil Askalon ap tounen yon dezè. Gwo midi, y'ap mete tout moun Asdòd yo deyò. Y'ap depòte tout moun Ekwon yo.
5 Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”
Madichon pou moun peyi Filisti yo ki rete tout bò lanmè a! Seyè a ban nou santans nou, nou menm moun Filisti ki rete nan peyi Kanaran an. L'ap detwi nou nèt, li p'ap kite yon moun nan peyi a.
6 So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.
Tout bò lanmè a pral tounen savann kote gadò mouton va mennen bèt yo vin manje.
7 The coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will find pasture. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the LORD their God will attend to them and restore their captives.
Ti ponyen moun ki va rete nan fanmi Jida a va gen tout bò lanmè a pou yo. Se la y'a mennen mouton yo al manje. Nan aswè, y'av al dòmi nan kay lavil Askalon yo. Seyè a, Bondye yo a, va fè kichòy pou yo. L'a fè yo leve tèt yo ankò.
8 “I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.
Seyè a di ankò! -Mwen te tande jan moun peyi Moab yo ak moun Amon yo t'ap joure pèp mwen an. Yo t'ap pale yo mal. Yo t'ap mache di yo pral pran peyi a nan men yo.
9 Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
Se poutèt sa, mwen menm Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye vivan pèp Izrayèl la, mwen sèmante sou tèt mwen, sa ki te rive lavil Sodòm lan, se sa ki pral rive peyi Moab la. Sa ki te rive lavil Gomò a, se sa ki pral rive peyi moun Amon yo. Yo pral tounen yon kote se pikan chadwon ase ki pral leve, yon mi n' sèl, yon dezè pou tout tan. Ti ponyen ki va rete nan moun pèp mwen yo va piye yo, ti ponyen ki va rete nan moun k'ap sèvi m' yo va pran peyi a pou yo.
10 This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.
Se sa ki pral rive moun Moab yo ak moun Amon yo, paske yo te gen lògèy, yo t'ap pale pèp Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a mal. Yo t'ap mache di yo pral pran peyi a nan men yo.
11 The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.
Seyè a pral fè yo pase pa yo. Li pral disparèt tout bondye moun sou latè yo ap sèvi. Lèfini, tout nasyon toupatou sou latè pral adore l', yo chak nan peyi pa yo.
12 “You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.”
Nou menm tou, moun peyi Letiopi yo, Seyè a ap touye nou nan lagè!
13 And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.
Seyè a va leve men l' bò nan nò, l'ap detwi peyi Lasiri. L'ap fè lavil Niniv tounen yon savann, yon tè sèk tankou dezè.
14 Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar.
Se la tout kalite bèt savann pral chwazi fè kay yo. Koukou ak zagoudi pral fè nich yo nan mitan moso demoli kay wòch yo. Y'ap rele bò fennèt yo. Kaou va rele nan papòt kay yo. Y'ap rache tout bwa sèd nan chapant kay yo.
15 This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
Men sa ki pral rive lavil kote moun t'ap pran plezi yo, lavil kote moun te mete nan tèt yo anyen pa ka rive yo, lavil kote moun yo t'ap di nan kè yo: Se mwen menm sèl chèf! Pa gen lòt! Tout moun k'ap pase bò la pral sezi, y'ap mete men nan tèt lè yo wè sa ki rive.
