Zephaniah 2
1 Assemble yourselves together, be gathered together, O nation not worthy to be loved:
Ẹ kó ara yín jọ pọ̀, àní ẹ kó ra yín jọ pọ̀ orílẹ̀-èdè tí kò ní ìtìjú,
2 Before the decree bring forth the day as dust passing away, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord’s indignation come upon you.
kí a tó pa àṣẹ náà, kí ọjọ́ náà tó kọjá bí ìyàngbò ọkà, kí gbígbóná ìbínú Olúwa tó dé bá a yín, kí ọjọ́ ìbínú Olúwa kí ó tó dé bá a yín.
3 Seek the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, you that have wrought his judgment: seek the just, seek the meek: if by any means you may be hid in the day of the Lord’s indignation.
Ẹ wá Olúwa, gbogbo ẹ̀yin onírẹ̀lẹ̀ ilẹ̀ náà, ẹ̀yin tí ń ṣe ohun tí ó bá pàṣẹ. Ẹ wá òdodo, ẹ wá ìrẹ̀lẹ̀ pẹ̀lú, bóyá á ó pa yín mọ́ ní ọjọ́ ìbínú Olúwa.
4 For Gaza shall be destroyed, and Ascalon shall be a desert, they shall cast out Azotus at noonday, and Accaron shall be rooted up.
Nítorí pé, a ó kọ Gasa sílẹ̀, Aṣkeloni yóò sì dahoro. Ní ọ̀sán gangan ni a ó lé Aṣdodu jáde, a ó sì fa Ekroni tu kúrò.
5 Woe to you that inhabit the sea coast, O nation of reprobates: the word of the Lord upon you, O Chanaan, the land of the Philistines, and I will destroy thee, so that there shall not be an inhabitant.
Ègbé ni fún ẹ̀yin tí ń gbé etí Òkun, ẹ̀yin ènìyàn ara Kereti; ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa dojúkọ ọ́, ìwọ Kenaani, ilẹ̀ àwọn ara Filistini. “Èmi yóò pa yín run, ẹnìkan kò sì ní ṣẹ́kù nínú yín.”
6 And the sea coast shall be the resting place of shepherds, and folds for cattle:
Ilẹ̀ náà ní etí Òkun, ni ibùgbé àwọn ará Kereti, ni yóò jẹ́ ibùjókòó fún àwọn olùṣọ́-àgùntàn àti agbo àgùntàn.
7 And it shall be the portion of him that shall remain of the house of Juda, there they shall feed: in the houses of Ascalon they shall rest in the evening: because the Lord their God will visit them, and bring back their captivity.
Agbègbè náà yóò sì jẹ́ ti ìyókù àwọn ilé Juda, níbẹ̀ ni wọn yóò sì ti rí koríko fún ẹran. Ní ilé Aṣkeloni ni wọn yóò dùbúlẹ̀ ni àṣálẹ́. Olúwa Ọlọ́run wọn yóò bẹ̀ wọn wò, yóò sì yí ìgbèkùn wọn padà.
8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the blasphemies of the children of Ammon, with which they reproached my people, and have magnified themselves upon their borders.
“Èmi ti gbọ́ ẹ̀gàn Moabu, àti ẹlẹ́yà àwọn Ammoni, àwọn tó kẹ́gàn àwọn ènìyàn mi, tí wọ́n sì ti gbé ara wọn ga sí agbègbè wọn.
9 Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha, the dryness of thorns, and heaps of salt, and a desert even for ever: the remnant of my people shall make a spoil of them, and the residue of my nation shall possess them.
Nítorí náà, bí Èmi tí wà,” ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun, Ọlọ́run àwọn Israẹli wí, “nítòótọ́ Moabu yóò dàbí Sodomu, àti Ammoni yóò sì dàbí Gomorra, ibi tí ó kún fún yèrèpè, àti ìhó iyọ̀ àti ìdahoro títí láéláé. Ìyókù àwọn ènìyàn mi yóò kó wọn; àwọn tí ó sì yọ nínú ewu ní orílẹ̀-èdè mi ni yóò jogún ilẹ̀ wọn.”
10 This shall befall them for their pride: because they have blasphemed, and have been magnified against the people of the Lord of hosts.
Èyí ni ohun tí wọn yóò gbà padà nítorí ìgbéraga wọn, nítorí wọ́n kẹ́gàn, wọn sì ti fi àwọn ènìyàn Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun ṣe ẹlẹ́yà.
11 The Lord shall be terrible upon them, and shall consume all the gods of the earth: and they shall adore him every man from his own place, all the islands of the Gentiles.
Olúwa yóò jẹ́ ìbẹ̀rù fún wọn; nígbà tí Òun bá pa gbogbo òrìṣà ilẹ̀ náà run. Orílẹ̀-èdè láti etí odò yóò máa sìn, olúkúlùkù láti ilẹ̀ rẹ̀ wá.
12 You Ethiopians, also shall be slain with my sword.
“Ẹ̀yin Etiopia pẹ̀lú, a ó fi idà mi pa yín.”
13 And he will stretch out his hand upon the north, and will destroy Assyria: and he will make the beautiful city a wilderness, and as a place not passable, and as a desert.
Òun yóò sì na ọwọ́ rẹ̀ sí apá àríwá, yóò sì pa Asiria run, yóò sì sọ Ninefe di ahoro, àti di gbígbẹ bí aginjù.
14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst thereof, all the beasts of the nations: and the bittern and the urchin shall lodge in the threshold thereof: the voice of the singing bird in the window, the raven on the upper post, for I will consume her strength.
Agbo ẹran yóò sì dùbúlẹ̀ ni àárín rẹ̀, àti gbogbo ẹranko àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè. Òwìwí aginjù àti ti n kígbe ẹyẹ òwìwí yóò wọ bí ẹyẹ ni ọwọ̀n rẹ̀. Ohùn wọn yóò kọrin ni ojú fèrèsé, ìdahoro yóò wà nínú ìloro ẹnu-ọ̀nà, òun yóò sì ṣẹ́ ọ̀pá kedari sílẹ̀.
15 This is the glorious city that dwelt in security: that said in her heart: I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desert, a place for beasts to lie down in? every one that passeth by her, shall hiss, and wag his hand.
Èyí ni ìlú aláyọ̀ tí ó ń gbé láìléwu. Ó sì sọ fun ara rẹ̀ pé, “Èmi ni, kò sì sí ẹnìkan tí ó ń bẹ lẹ́yìn mi.” Irú ahoro wo ni òun ha ti jẹ́, ibùgbé fún àwọn ẹranko igbó! Gbogbo ẹni tí ó bá kọjá ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀ yóò fi rẹ́rìn-ín ẹlẹ́yà, wọ́n yóò sì gbọn ẹsẹ̀ wọn.
