Sophonias 1
1 The word of the Lord which came to Sophonias the son of Chusi, the son of Godolias, the son of Amorias, the son of Ezekias, in the days of Josias son of Amon, king of Juda.
Pa inge pweng ma LEUM GOD El tuh sang nu sel Zephaniah in pacl ma Josiah wen natul Amon el tokosra lun Judah. (Zephaniah el ma in fita lal Tokosra Hezekiah kacl Amariah, Gedaliah, ac Cushi.)
2 Let there be an utter cutting off from the face of the land, saith the Lord.
LEUM GOD El fahk, “Nga ac kunausla ma nukewa fin faclu,
3 Let man and cattle be cut off; let the birds of the air and the fishes of the sea be cut off; and the ungodly shall fail, and I will take away the transgressors from the face of the land, saith the Lord.
mwet nukewa wi kosro, won, ac ik. Nga fah kunausla mwet koluk nukewa. Nga fah kunausla mwet nukewa, ac wangin kutena mwet ac fah painmoulla. Nga, LEUM GOD, fahk ouinge.
4 And I will stretch out mine hand upon Juda, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will remove the names of Baal out of this place, and the names of the priests;
“Nga fah akkeokye mwet Jerusalem ac mwet Judah nukewa. Nga fah eela tuh in wanginla nufon inken alu nu sel Baal in acn we, ac wangin sie fah ku in esam mwet tol pegan su kulansupwal.
5 and them that worship the host of heaven upon the house-tops; and them that worship and swear by the Lord, and them that swear by their king;
Nga fah kunausla kutena mwet su fanyak nu fin lohm uh ac alu nu ke faht, malem, ac itu uh. Nga fah oayapa kunausla mwet su alu nu sik ac wuleang mu elos ac orekma na nu sik, a elos sifilpa orek wulela ku nu sin god Molech.
6 and them that turn aside from the Lord, and them that seek not the Lord, and them that cleave not to the Lord.
Nga fah kunauselosla su forla ac tia sifil kulansupweyu, elos su tila fahsr nu yuruk ku suk kolyuk luk.”
7 Fear ye before the Lord God; for the day of the Lord is near; for the Lord has prepared his sacrifice, and has sanctified his guests.
Len in nununku lun LEUM GOD apkuranme, ke ma inge kowos in misla ye mutal. LEUM GOD El akoo in onela mwet lal oana kosro nu ke mwe kisa, ac El suli mwet lokoalok in orani ac usla nufon koanon acn Judah.
8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the Lord's sacrifice, that I will take vengeance on the princes, and on the king's house, and upon all that wear strange apparel.
LEUM GOD El fahk, “Ke len sac, nga fah onela mwet kol ac sou lun tokosra, ac elos nukewa su oru facsin lun mwetsac.
9 And I will openly take vengeance on the porches in that day, [on the men] that fill the house of the Lord their God with ungodliness and deceit.
Nga fah kaelos nukewa su alu oana mwet pegan, ac elos su uniya mwet ac pisre ma lalos in nwakla lohm sin mwet leum lalos ke ma wap.”
10 And there shall be in that day, saith the Lord, the sound of a cry from the gate of men slaying, and a howling from the second [gate], and a great crashing from the hills.
Ac LEUM GOD El oayapa fahk, “In len sac, kowos ac fah lohng pusren tung sisken Mutunpot Ik in Jerusalem. Kowos ac fah lohng pac tung tutaf in acn su tufahna musaiyuk in siti uh, ac sie pusra lulap su ngirla fineol uh me.
11 Lament, ye that inhabit the [city] that has been broken down, for all the people has become like Chanaan; and all that were exalted by silver have been utterly destroyed.
Kowos su muta tafunyen ten in siti uh in tung ac wowoyak ke pacl se kowos lohngak ma inge, mweyen mwet kuka nukewa elos misa!
12 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] I will search Jerusalem with a candle, and will take vengeance on the men that despise the things committed to them; but they say in their hearts, The Lord will not do any good, neither will he do any evil.
“In pacl sac nga fah eis kutu lam ac tolak acn nukewa Jerusalem. Nga fah kalyei mwet su pangon elos fas in ma nukewa ac su lulalfongi kaclos sifacna, ac fahk nu selos sifacna, ‘LEUM GOD El tiana oru kutena ma, finne nu ke wo ku nu ke koluk.’
13 And their power shall be for a spoil, and their houses for utter desolation; and they shall build houses, but shall not dwell in them; and they shall plant vineyards, but shall not drink the wine of them.
Mwe kasrup lalos ac fah pusrla, ac lohm selos kunausyukla. Elos fah tiana muta in lohm ma elos musaela, ku nim wain ma tuku ke ima in grape lalos.”
14 For the great day of the Lord [is] near, [it is] near, and very speedy; the sound of the day of the Lord is made bitter and harsh.
Len lulap lun LEUM GOD apkuranme — arulana fototome, ac ac sa na tuku! Len sac ac fah sie len na upa, mweyen finne mwet mweun na pulaik se, el ac wowoyak pac ke keok.
15 A mighty day of wrath is that day, a day of affliction and distress, a day of desolation and destruction, a day of gloominess and darkness, a day of cloud and vapour,
Ac fah sie len in kasrkusrak, sie len in ongoiya ac keok, len in musalla ac kunanula ma nukewa, sie len lohsr ac ohk lulap, sie len pukunyeng ac lohsr matoltol,
16 a day of the trumpet and cry against the strong cities, and against the high towers.
sie len sessesla ke pusren mwe ukuk lun mweun, ac pusren sasa lun mwet mweun ke elos mweuni pot ku ac tower fulat lun siti uh.
17 And I will greatly afflict the men, and they shall walk as blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord; therefore he shall pour out their blood as dust, and their flesh as dung.
LEUM GOD El fahk, “Nga fah sang mwe ongoiya lulap nu fin mwet uh ac elos nukewa fah fahsr kahlimin acn uh oana mwet kun. Elos orekma koluk lainyu, ac inge srah kaclos ac fah okwokla oana kof, ac mano misa lalos ac fah oan kulawi fin fohk uh.”
18 And their silver and their gold shall in nowise be able to rescue them in the day of the Lord's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealously; for he will bring a speedy destruction on all them that inhabit the land.
Ke len se LEUM GOD El ac akkalemye kasrkusrak lal uh, finne gold ku silver nukewa lalos tiana ku in molelosla. Faclu nufon ac fah firiryak ke fulen kasrkusrak lal. El ac fah aksafyela moul lun mwet nukewa su muta fin faclu ke sie safla su ac sikyak in kitin pacl na.
