Zephaniah 1
1 The word of the Lord, which came vnto Zephaniah ye sonne of Cushi, the sonne of Gedaliah, the sonne of Amariah, the sonne of Hizkiah, in the dayes of Iosiah, the sonne of Amon King of Iudah.
Ko te kupu a Ihowa i puta mai ki a Tepania tama a Kuhi, tama a Keraria, tama a Amaria, tama a Hetekia, i nga ra o Hohia tama a Amono, kingi o Hura.
2 I will surely destroy all things from off the land, saith the Lord.
Ka poto rawa i ahau nga mea katoa i runga i te mata o te oneone, e ai ta Ihowa.
3 I will destroy man and beast: I wil destroy the foules of the heauen, and the fishes of the sea, and ruines shalbe to the wicked, and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.
Ka poto i ahau te tangata, te kararehe; ka poto i ahau te manu o te rangi, me te ika o te moana, nga tutukitanga waewae ngatahi ano ko te hunga kino; ka hatepea atu ano e ahau te tangata i runga i te mata o te oneone, e ai ta Ihowa.
4 I will also stretch out mine hand vpon Iudah, and vpon all the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and I wil cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with ye Priestes,
Ka totoro ano toku ringa ki runga ki a Hura, ki nga tangata katoa ano o Hiruharama; ka hatepea atu e ahau i tenei wahi nga toenga o Paara, me te ingoa o nga Kemarimi, ratou ko nga tohunga;
5 And them that worship the hoste of heauen vpon the house tops, and them that worship and sweare by the Lord, and sweare by Malcham,
Me te hunga e koropiko ana i runga i nga tuanui ki te ope o te rangi; ratou ko te hunga e koropiko ana, e oati ana i a Ihowa, me te oati ano ratou i a Marakama;
6 And them that are turned backe from the Lord, and those that haue not sought the Lord, nor inquired for him.
Me te hunga i tahuri atu nei i te whai i a Ihowa, me te hunga kihai nei i ui ki a Ihowa, kihai ano i rapu i a ia.
7 Be stil at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, and hath sanctified his ghests.
Whakarongoa i te aroaro o te Ariki, o Ihowa, ka tata hoki te ra o Ihowa, kua takoto hoki ta Ihowa patunga tapu, kua whakatapua hoki e ia ana manuhiri.
8 And it shalbe in the day of the Lords sacrifice, that I will visite the princes and the Kings children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparell.
Na i te ra o ta Ihowa patunga tapu, ka whiua e ahau nga rangatira, ratou ko nga tama a te kingi, ko te hunga katoa ano he kakahu ke o ratou.
9 In the same day also will I visite all those that dance vpon the threshold so proudly, which fill their masters houses by crueltie and deceite.
A taua ra ka whiua e ahau te hunga katoa e tupekepeke ana i runga i te paepae, e whakaki ana i nga whare o o ratou ariki ki te nanakia, ki te tinihanga.
10 And in that day, saith the Lord, there shall be a noise, and cry from the fishgate, and an howling from the second gate, and a great destruction from the hilles.
A taua ra, e ai ta Ihowa, ka karanga te reo i te kuwaha ika, he aue hoki i te wahi tuarua, a he nui te pakaru i nga pukepuke.
11 Howle ye inhabitants of the lowe place: for the companie of the marchants is destroyed: all they that beare siluer, are cut off.
Aue, e nga tangata o Makateha, kua moti hoki nga tangata katoa o Kanaana, kua hatepea atu nga kaimau hiriwa katoa.
12 And at that time will I searche Ierusalem with lightes, and visite the men that are frosen in their dregges, and say in their heartes, The Lord will neither doe good nor doe euill.
I taua ra ka rapua e ahau ta Hiruharama, mea rawa ki te rama; ka whiua ano nga tangata kua totoka i runga i o ratou nganga, a e mea ana i roto i o ratou ngakau, E kore a Ihowa e mahi i te pai, e kore ano e mahi i te kino.
13 Therefore their goods shall be spoyled, and their houses waste: they shall also build houses, but not inhabite them, and they shall plant vineyards, but not drinke the wine thereof.
Na hei mea parau o ratou rawa; o ratou whare hei ururua: ae ra, ka hanga whare ratou; a e kore e nohoia e ratou, ka whakato i te mara waina, otiia e kore e inu i te waina.
14 The great day of the Lord is neere: it is neere, and hasteth greatly, euen the voyce of the day of the Lord: the strong man shall cry there bitterly.
Ka tata te ra nui o Ihowa, ka tata, nui atu te hohoro, ara te reo o te ra o Ihowa: nui noa atu te tangi o te marohirohi i reira.
15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and heauinesse, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of obscuritie and darkenesse, a day of cloudes and blackenesse,
He ra riri taua ra, he ra mamae, he pawera, he ra whakangaro, whakamoti, he ra pouri, he mangu, he ra kapua, he pouri kerekere;
16 A day of the trumpet and alarme against the strong cities, and against the hie towres.
Ko te ra ia o te tetere, o te whakaoho mo nga pa taiepa, mo nga taumaihi tiketike.
17 And I will bring distresse vpon men, that they shall walke like blind men, because they haue sinned against the Lord, and their blood shall be powred out as dust, and their flesh as the dongue.
Ka mamae ano i ahau nga ngakau o nga tangata, ka rite ratou ki te matapo ina haere, mo ratou i hara ki a Ihowa: ka ringihia o ratou toto ano he puehu, o ratou kikokiko ano he paru.
18 Neither their siluer nor their golde shalbe able to deliuer them in ye day of the Lords wrath, but the whole lande shalbe deuoured by the fire of his ielousie: for hee shall make euen a speedie riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
E kore ano ta ratou hiriwa, ta ratou koura, e tau hei whakaora i a ratou i te ra o to Ihowa riri; engari ka pau te whenua katoa i te ahi, ara i tona hae; ka ohorere hoki, ka poto i a ia nga tangata katoa o te whenua.
