Sophonias 2
1 Be ye gathered and closely joined together, O unchastened nation;
Miangona, eny, mivoria ianareo Ry firenena tsy manan-kenatra,
2 before ye become as the flower that passes away, before the anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the wrath of the Lord come upon you.
Dieny tsy mbola mihatra ny didy (Mihelina toy ny akofa ny andro!), Dieny tsy mbola tonga aminareo ny fahatezerana mafin’ i Jehovah, Eny, dieny tsy mbola tonga aminareo ny andro firehetan’ ny fahatezeran’ i Jehovah.
3 Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth; do judgment, and seek justice, and answer accordingly; that ye may be hid in the day of the wrath of the Lord.
Mitadiava an’ i Jehovah, ianareo mpandefitra rehetra amin’ ny tany, Izay efa nanaraka ny fitsipiny: Tadiavo ny fahamarinana, Tadiavo ny fandeferana; Angamba ho voafina ianareo amin’ ny andro fahatezeran’ i Jehovah.
4 For Gaza shall be utterly spoiled, and Ascalon shall be destroyed; and Azotus shall be cast forth at noon-day, and Accaron shall be rooted up.
Fa hafoy Gaza, Ary ho lao Askelona; Horoahiny mitataovovonana Asdoda, Ary hofongorana Ekrona.
5 Woe to them that dwell on the border of the sea, neighbours of the Cretans! the word of the Lord is against you, O Chanaan, land of the Philistines, and I will destroy you out of [your] dwelling-place.
Lozan’ ny mponina any amoron-tsiraka, Dia ny firenen’ ny Keretita! Mihatra aminareo ny tenin’ i Jehovah, Ry Kanana, tanin’ ny Filistina! Haringako tsy hisy mponina eo aminao,
6 And Crete shall be a pasture of flocks, and a fold of sheep.
Ary ny any amoron-tsiraka dia ho tonga tany fiandrasana ondry, izay misy zohy fialofan’ ny mpiandry ondry, Sy ho valan’ ondry aman’ osy,
7 And the sea cost shall be for the remnant of the house of Juda; they shall pasture upon them in the houses of Ascalon; they shall rest in the evening because of the children of Juda; for the Lord their God has visited them, and he will turn away their captivity.
Ary ho tanin’ ny sisa amin’ ny taranak’ i Joda izany, Ka any no hiandrasany ondry; Ny tranon’ i Askelona no handriany amin’ ny hariva; Fa Jehovah Andriamaniny no hamangy azy Ka hampody azy avy amin’ ny fahababoany.
8 I have heard the revilings of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reviled my people, and magnified themselves against my coasts.
Efa reko ny fandatsan’ i Moaba Sy ny fanaratsian’ ny taranak’ i Amona, Izay nandatsany ny oloko Sy nireharehany teny amin’ ny sisin-taniny.
9 Therefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodoma, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha; and Damascus [shall be] left as a heap of the threshing-floor, and desolate for ever: and the remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the remnant of my nations shall inherit them.
Koa raha velona koa Aho, hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, Dia ho tahaka an’ i Sodoma tokoa Moaba, Ary ny taranak’ i Amona ho tahaka an’ i Gomora, Dia ho alan’ amiana sy lava-tsira ary tany lao mandrakizay; Ny sisa amin’ ny oloko no hamabo azy, ary ny sisa amin’ ny oloko no hahalasa azy.
10 This is their punishment in return for their haughtiness, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the Lord Almighty.
Izany no ho valin’ ny avonavony, Satria nandatsa ny olon’ i Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro, sy nirehareha taminy izy.
11 The Lord shall appear against them, and shall utterly destroy all the gods of the nations of the earth; and they shall worship him every one from his place, [even] all the islands of the nations.
Hahatsiravina azy Jehovah, Satria hahamosarena ireo andriamanitra rehetra ambonin’ ny tany Izy, Mba hiankohofan’ ny any amoron-tsiraky ny jentilisa rehetra eo anatrehan’ i Jehovah, Samy any amin’ ny fitoerany avy.
12 Ye Ethiopians also are the slain of my sword.
Hianareo Etiopiana koa, Ho voatrabaky ny sabatro ianareo.
13 And he shall stretch forth his hand against the north and destroy the Assyrian, and make Nineve a dry wilderness, [even] as a desert.
Ary haninjitra ny tànany hamely ny avaratra Izy Ka handringana an’ i Asyria; Ary hahalao an’ i Ninive ho karankaina tahaka ny efitra Izy.
14 And flocks, and all the wild beasts of the land, and chameleons shall feed in the midst thereof: and hedgehogs shall lodge in the ceilings thereof; and wild beasts shall cry in the breaches thereof, and ravens in her porches, whereas her loftiness was [as] as cedar.
Ary hisy andiany handry ao aminy, Dia fivorian’ ny karazam-biby samy hafa, Ny sama sy ny sokina hitoetra ao amin’ ny kapitaliny; Feo mikiririoka no ho re ao am-baravarankely, Ary fandravana no ho eo an-tokonana, Fa hendahany ny rafitra sedera.
Izany no tanàna niravoravo sady nandry fahizay, Izay nanao anakampo hoe: Izaho no izy, ary tsy misy hafa; Endrey! efa tonga lao izy, eny, fandrian’ ny biby! Izay rehetra mandalo azy dia hisitrisitra sy hanondro tanana.
