Zephaniah 2

1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O shameless nation;

沒有廉恥的民族，在他們尚未像糠枇一樣被吹散之前，

2 Before the decree bring forth the day when one passeth as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you.

在上主的怒火尚未來到你們身上，在上主憤怒的日子尚未來到你們身上以前，你們聚首檢討吧!

3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye humble of the earth, that have executed His ordinance; seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.

地上所有遵守衪法律的卑微人! 你們應求上主，你們要尋求公義，要尋求謙和，也許你們在上主憤怒的日子，能藏身免禍。

4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at the noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

因為茄薩將被拋棄，阿市刻隆必被剷除。

5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea-coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, the land of the Philistines; I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

禍哉! 沿海地帶的居民，革勒提民族! 看，這是木攻擊你們的話：培肋舍特地! 我要貶抑你，把你毀滅得再無固民!

6 And the sea-coast shall be pastures, even meadows for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

沿海地帶必將成為牧的牧場，羊群的羊棧。

7 And it shall be a portion for the remnant of the house of Judah, whereon they shall feed; in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening; for the LORD their God will remember them, and turn their captivity.

沿海地帶必將歸於猶大家的遺民；他們將沿著海濱放羊，晚上歇息在阿市刻隆的棧房，因為上主他們的天主必看顧他們，轉變他們的境遇。

8 I have heard the taunt of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have taunted My people, and spoken boastfully concerning their border.

我聽到了摩阿布的辱罵，阿孟子民火詆詬；他們辱罵了我的百姓，欺凌了我的領域。

9 Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding-place of nettles, and saltpits, and a desolation, for ever; the residue of My people shall spoil them, and the remnant of My nation shall inherit them.

為此，我指著我的生命起誓──萬軍的上主，以色列天主火斷語：摩阿布必要像索多瑪，哈孟子民必要像哈摩辣，變為荊棘叢、監堆、荒野，直到永遠。我百姓的遺民要劫掠他們，我民族的殘餘，要佔領他們的產業。

10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have taunted and spoken boastfully against the people of the LORD of hosts.

這事要臨到他們身上，是由於他們的的傲慢，因為他們辱罵欺凌了萬軍的上主的百姓。

11 The LORD will be terrible unto them; for He will famish all the gods of the earth; then shall all the isles of the nations worship Him, every one from its place.

上主必要威嚴地顯示給他們，因為衪要消滅地上的一切神衹；那時異邦各笆島嶼，各從自己的地方朝拜衪。

12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by My sword.

連你們雇士人，也要為我的刀劍所刺透。

13 And He will stretch out His hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like the wilderness.

衪還要向北方伸出自己的手，為消滅亞述，使尼尼微化為荒地，像杪漠一樣乾旱。

14 And all beasts of every kind shall lie down in the midst of her in herds; both the pelican and the bittern shall lodge in the capitals thereof; voices shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the posts; for the cedar-work thereof shall be uncovered.

牲畜和窪地所有的走獸必要臥息息其中，鵜鴣和鵁鶄也棲宿在她的柱頭間，鴟梟在窗上啼叫，烏鴉停門檻上，因為人剝去了她以香柏做的裝飾：

15 This is the joyous city that dwelt without care, that said in her heart: 'I am, and there is none else beside me'; how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! Every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

這就是那享樂安居，心想「只有我，沒有別人」的城市! 她如何竟成了荒野，成了野獸的棲所! 凡由她那裏經過的人，莫不嗤笑搖手。