Zephaniah 2

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

不知羞耻的国民哪，你们应当聚集！ 趁命令没有发出， 日子过去如风前的糠， 耶和华的烈怒未临到你们， 他发怒的日子未到以先， 你们应当聚集前来。

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.

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.

世上遵守耶和华典章的谦卑人哪， 你们都当寻求耶和华！ 当寻求公义谦卑， 或者在耶和华发怒的日子可以隐藏起来。

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

迦萨必致见弃； 亚实基伦必然荒凉。 人在正午必赶出亚实突的民； 以革伦也被拔出根来。

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.

住沿海之地的基利提族有祸了！ 迦南、非利士人之地啊，耶和华的话与你反对， 说：我必毁灭你，以致无人居住。

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

沿海之地要变为草场， 其上有牧人的住处和羊群的圈。

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.

这地必为犹大家剩下的人所得； 他们必在那里牧放群羊， 晚上必躺卧在亚实基伦的房屋中； 因为耶和华—他们的 神必眷顾他们， 使他们被掳的人归回。

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.

我听见摩押人的毁谤和亚扪人的辱骂， 就是毁谤我的百姓，自夸自大， 侵犯他们的境界。

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.

万军之耶和华—以色列的 神说： 我指着我的永生起誓： 摩押必像所多玛， 亚扪人必像蛾摩拉， 都变为刺草、盐坑、永远荒废之地。 我百姓所剩下的必掳掠他们； 我国中所余剩的必得着他们的地。

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

这事临到他们是因他们骄傲，自夸自大， 毁谤万军之耶和华的百姓。

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.

耶和华必向他们显可畏之威， 因他必叫世上的诸神瘦弱。 列国海岛的居民各在自己的地方敬拜他。

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

古实人哪，你们必被我的刀所杀。

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.

耶和华必伸手攻击北方，毁灭亚述， 使尼尼微荒凉，又干旱如旷野。

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.

群畜，就是各国的走兽必卧在其中； 鹈鹕和箭猪要宿在柱顶上。 在窗户内有鸣叫的声音； 门槛都必毁坏， 香柏木已经露出。

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.

这是素来欢乐安然居住的城， 心里说：惟有我，除我以外再没有别的； 现在何竟荒凉成为野兽躺卧之处！ 凡经过的人都必摇手嗤笑她。