Zephaniah 3
1 Sorrow to her who is uncontrolled and unclean, the cruel town!
禍哉! 那叛逆、污穢，而殘暴的城市!
2 She gave no attention to the voice, she had no use for teaching, she put no faith in the Lord, she did not come near to her God.
她從不聽呼聲，又不接受教訓；不依賴上主，也不親近她的天主。
3 Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.
她的王侯在她中間，是一些咆哮的獅子；她的判官是夜間的豺狼，什麼也不留到天明。
4 Her prophets are good-for-nothing persons, full of deceit: her priests have made the holy place unclean and have gone violently against the law.
她的先知都是些輕浮欺詐之徒，她火司祭褻瀆聖物，違犯法律。
5 The Lord in her is upright; he will not do evil; every morning he lets his righteousness be seen, he is unchanging; but the evil-doer has no sense of shame.
但上主在她中間是正義的，從不行不義；衪每天早晨施行審判，有如不消散的光明，衪全不認識可恥的邪惡。
6 I have had the nations cut off, their towers are broken down; I have made their streets a waste so that no one goes through them: destruction has overtaken their towns, so that there is no man living in them.
我曾消滅了異民，他們的碉堡已化為廢墟；我使他們的街道荒涼得無人往來，他們的城市毀壞得不留一人，沒有一個遺。
7 I said, Certainly you will go in fear of me, and come under my training, so that whatever I may send on her may not be cut off before her eyes: but they got up early and made all their works evil.
我原想：「她必要敬畏我，接受教訓；凡我加於她的懲罰，必不致由她眼前消失。」但他們反加速使自己一切的行為墮落。
8 For this reason, go on waiting for me, says the Lord, till the day when I come up as a witness: for my purpose is to send for the nations and to get the kingdoms together, so that I may let loose on them my passion, even all my burning wrath: for all the earth will be burned up in the fire of my bitter passion.
為什麼你們等待我──上主的斷語──等到我起來作證的一天，因為我已決定聚集萬民，召集列國，在他們身上傾洩我的憤怒和我所有的怒火：全地必要為我的妒火所吞滅。
9 For then I will give the people a clean language, so that they may all make prayer to the Lord and be his servants with one mind.
那時，我要使萬民的口脣純潔好能稱叫上主的名號，同心協力服事上主。
10 From over the rivers of Ethiopia, and from the sides of the north, they will come to me with an offering.
欽崇我的人，[ 即我所分散的集團] 要從雇士河那邊給我貢獻祭品。
11 In that day you will have no shame on account of all the things in which you did evil against me: for then I will take away from among you those who were lifted up in pride, and you will no longer be lifted up with pride in my holy mountain.
在那一天，你決不再因你反抗我的一切作為而羞慚，因為那時我必由你中間驅逐你那些驕矜自誇的人，使你不再在我的聖山上自誇；
12 But I will still have among you a quiet and poor people, and they will put their faith in the name of the Lord.
但我必在你中間留下謙遜和貧苦的百姓，他們必依賴上主的名號。
13 The rest of Israel will do no evil and say no false words; the tongue of deceit will not be seen in their mouth: for they will take their food and their rest, and no one will be a cause of fear to them.
以色列的遺民不再行邪惡，也不再說謊言；在他們的口裏再也找不到欺詐的吞頭；的確，他們或是牧放，或是休息，沒有人來恐嚇。
14 Make melody, O daughter of Zion; give a loud cry, O Israel; be glad and let your heart be full of joy, O daughter of Jerusalem.
熙雍女子，妳應歡樂! 以色列，你應歡呼! 耶路撒冷女子，妳應全心高興喜樂!
15 The Lord has taken away those who were judging you, he has sent your haters far away: the King of Israel, even the Lord, is among you: you will have no more fear of evil.
上主已撤銷對妳的定案，掃除了妳的仇敵；以色列的君王──上主，在妳中間，妳再不會遇見災禍!
16 In that day it will be said to Jerusalem, Have no fear: O Zion, let not your hands be feeble.
在那一天，人必對耶路撒冷說：「熙雍，你不用害怕，不要雙手低垂!
17 The Lord your God is among you, as a strong saviour: he will be glad over you with joy, he will make his love new again, he will make a song of joy over you as in the time of a holy feast.
上主你的天主，在你中間，他是一位施救的勇士，衪為你喜自勝，對你重溫衪的愛情，且因你躍喜樂，
18 I will take away your troubles, lifting up your shame from off you.
有如在慶節之日。我必消滅打搫你的人，使你不再受羞辱。
19 See, at that time I will put an end to all who have been troubling you: I will give salvation to her whose steps are uncertain, and get together her who has been sent in flight; and I will make them a cause of praise and an honoured name in all the earth, when I let their fate be changed.
看哪! 在那時，我必要了結一切迫害你的人，我必要拯救瘸腿的，聚集漂的；我必使他們在各地所受的羞辱，化為稱讚和榮譽。
20 At that time I will make you come in, at that time I will get you together: for I will make you a name and a praise among all the peoples of the earth when I let your fate be changed before your eyes, says the Lord.
那時，我我必要召你們回來；那時，我必要聚集你們；當我要在你們的面前轉變你們的命運時，我必使你們在普世萬民中，獲得榮譽和稱讚──上主說。
