Zephaniah 2
1 Gather your selues, euen gather you, O nation not worthie to be loued,
Chịkọtaanụ onwe unu, e, chịkọtaanụ onwe unu, unu ndị mba ihe ihere dịrị.
2 Before the decree come foorth, and ye be as chaffe that passeth in a day, and before the fierce wrath of the Lord come vpon you, and before the day of the Lords anger come vpon you.
Tupu ụkpụrụ ahụ ewere ọnọdụ, a chịpụ ụbọchị ahụ dịka igbugbo ọka nke ikuku na-ebufu, tupu iwe ọkụ Onyenwe anyị abịakwasị gị, tupu ụbọchị ọnụma nke Onyenwe anyị abịakwasị gị.
3 Seeke yee the Lord all the meeke of the earth, which haue wrought his iudgement: seeke righteousnesse, seeke lowlinesse, if so bee that ye may be hid in the day of the Lords wrath.
Chọọnụ Onyenwe anyị, unu ndị niile dị umeala nʼobi nọ nʼala ahụ, unu bụ ndị na-eme ihe o nyere nʼiwu. Gbasoonụ ezi omume, gbasoonụ ịdị umeala nʼobi, ma eleghị anya, a ga-echebe unu nʼụbọchị iwe Onyenwe anyị.
4 For Azzah shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon desolate: they shall driue out Ashdod at the noone day, and Ekron shalbe rooted vp.
Nʼihi na o nwekwaghị ndị ga-ebi nʼobodo Gaza, obodo Ashkelọn ga-atọgbọrọ nʼefu. Nʼetiti ehihie ka a ga-ekpochapụ ndị niile bi nʼAshdọd; a ga-ehopukwa Ekrọn.
5 Wo vnto the inhabitants of the sea coast. the nation of the Cherethims, the worde of the Lord is against you: O Canaan, the lande of the Philistims, I will euen destroye thee without an inhabitant.
Ahụhụ dịrị unu ndị bi nʼakụkụ oke osimiri, unu bụ ndị Keret; okwu Onyenwe anyị na-emegide unu, Kenan, ala ndị Filistia. Ọ sịrị, “Aga m ala gị nʼiyi, ruo na ọ dịghị onye ga-afọdụ ndụ nʼime gị.”
6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cotages for shepheardes and sheepefoldes.
Ala nke dị nʼakụkụ oke osimiri ahụ, ga-aghọ ebe ahịhịa jupụtara nye ndị ọzụzụ atụrụ na ọgba igwe ewu na atụrụ.
7 And that coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Iudah, to feede thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lodge toward night: for the Lord their God shall visite them, and turne away their captiuitie.
Ala nke dị nʼakụkụ oke osimiri ga-aghọ ala nke ndị ahụ fọdụrụ na Juda, ebe ha ga-achọtara anụ ụlọ ha ahịhịa. Ha ga-anọkwa nʼụlọ ndị Ashkelọn nke tọgbọrọ nʼefu, dinaa ala zuru ike nʼoge uhuruchi. Onyenwe anyị Chineke ha ga-elekọta ha, mekwaa ka ha nwetaghachi ihe nketa ha niile.
8 I haue heard the reproch of Moab, and the rebukes of the children of Ammon, whereby they vpbraided my people, and magnified themselues against their borders.
“Anụla m okwu ọjọọ niile, nke ndị Moab, na ịkwa emo niile nke ndị Amọn, nụkwa ịbasị mba ike ha megide ndị nke m na-anya isi na ha ga-ewere ala ha.
9 Therefore, as I liue, saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall bee as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorah, euen the breeding of nettels and salt pittes, and a perpetuall desolation: the residue of my folke shall spoyle them, and the remnant of my people shall possesse them.
Nʼihi ya, dịka m na-adị ndụ,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, bụ Chineke Izrel, kwubiri ya, “aghaghị m ime ka Moab dịrị ka Sọdọm, mekwaa ka Amọn dịka Gọmọra. Ha ga-aghọ ala ebe ahịhịa na-adụ ogwu ogwu na-eru, ebe olulu nnu jupụtara, na ebe tọgbọrọ nʼefu ruo mgbe ebighị ebi. Ndị m, ndị fọdụrụ ga-akwakọrọ akụnụba ha, ndị fọdụrụ ndụ na mba m ga-eketa ala ha.”
10 This shall they haue for their pride, because they haue reproched and magnified themselues against the Lord of hostes people.
Ihe ndị a bụ ụgwọ ọrụ ha ga-anata nʼihi ịnya isi ha, na nʼihi nkọcha na ịkwa emo ha megide ndị nke Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile.
11 The Lord will be terrible vnto them: for he wil consume all the gods of the earth, and euery man shall worship him from his place, euen all the yles of the heathen.
Onye dị egwu ka Onyenwe anyị ga-abụ nʼebe ha nọ, mgbe ọ lara chi niile nke ụwa nʼiyi. Mba niile dị nʼebe dị anya ga-akpọ isiala nye ya, onye ọbụla nʼala nke aka ya nʼụwa niile.
12 Ye Morians also shalbe slaine by my sword with them.
“Unu ndị Itiopia, a ghaghị iji mma agha gbuo unu.”
13 And he wil stretch out his hand against the North, and destroy Asshur, and will make Nineueh desolate, and waste like a wildernesse.
Ọ ga-esetipụ aka ya megide ndị bi nʼakụkụ ugwu, laa Asịrịa nʼiyi. Ninive ga-aghọ ebe tọgbọrọ nʼefu, ọ ga-aghọkwa ala kpọrọ nkụ, dịka ọzara.
14 And flockes shall lie in the middes of her, and all the beastes of the nations, and the pelicane, and the owle shall abide in the vpper postes of it: the voyce of birdes shall sing in the windowes, and desolations shalbe vpon the postes: for the cedars are vncouered.
Igwe anụmanụ dị iche iche na igwe ehi ga-amakpu nʼebe ahụ, ha na ihe e kere eke dị iche iche. Ikwighịkwighị nke ọzara na okwolo ga-anọ ọnọdụ abalị nʼisi ogidi ya niile ahụ. Ụda olu ha ka a ga-anụ site na mpio-ikuku, mkpọmkpọ aja ga-adị na mbata nke ọnụ ụzọ niile, ibo ọnụ ụzọ niile e ji osisi sida mee ga-egherekwa oghe.
15 This is the reioycing citie that dwelt carelesse, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how is she made waste, and the lodging of the beastes! euery one that passeth by her, shall hisse and wagge his hand.
Nke a bụ obodo ukwu ahụ, nke na-aṅụrị ọṅụ oriri, nke na-ebikwa na-enweghị ihe egwu ọbụla; nke na-asị onwe ya, “Ọ bụ mụ onwe m! Ọ dịghị onye ọzọ ma ewezuga m.” Ma ugbu a, lee otu o si bụrụ ebe tọgbọrọ nʼefu; lee ka o si bụrụ ebe ụmụ anụ ọhịa bi. Onye ọbụla si nʼakụkụ ya na-agafe aghaghị ịma ọsụ, ma fufekwaa isi ya.
