< Zephaniah 2 >
1 Gather yourselves together and gather together O nation not ashamed.
不知羞恥的國民哪,你們應當聚集! 趁命令沒有發出, 日子過去如風前的糠, 耶和華的烈怒未臨到你們, 他發怒的日子未到以先, 你們應當聚集前來。
2 Before brings forth a decree like chaff it has passed away a day before - not it will come on you [the] burning of [the] anger of Yahweh before not it will come on you [the] day of [the] anger of Yahweh.
3 Seek Yahweh O all [the] humble [people] of the land who judgment his they have done seek righteousness seek humility perhaps you will be hidden on [the] day of [the] anger of Yahweh.
世上遵守耶和華典章的謙卑人哪, 你們都當尋求耶和華! 當尋求公義謙卑, 或者在耶和華發怒的日子可以隱藏起來。
4 For Gaza abandoned it will be and Ashkelon [will become] a desolation Ashdod at the noontide people will drive out it and Ekron it will be plucked up.
迦薩必致見棄; 亞實基倫必然荒涼。 人在正午必趕出亞實突的民; 以革倫也被拔出根來。
5 Woe to! [the] inhabitants of [the] region of the sea [the] nation of [the] Kerethites [the] word of Yahweh [is] on you O Canaan [the] land of [the] Philistines and I will destroy you from not inhabitant.
住沿海之地的基利提族有禍了! 迦南、非利士人之地啊,耶和華的話與你反對, 說:我必毀滅你,以致無人居住。
6 And it will be [the] region of the sea pastures of meadows of shepherds and folds of sheep.
沿海之地要變為草場, 其上有牧人的住處和羊群的圈。
7 And it will belong [the] region to [the] remnant of [the] house of Judah on them they will graze! in [the] houses of Ashkelon in the evening they will lie down! for he will visit them Yahweh God their and he will turn back (captivity their. *Q(k)*)
這地必為猶大家剩下的人所得; 他們必在那裏牧放群羊, 晚上必躺臥在亞實基倫的房屋中; 因為耶和華-他們的上帝必眷顧他們, 使他們被擄的人歸回。
8 I have heard [the] reproach of Moab and [the] reviling words of [the] people of Ammon who they have reproached people my and they have magnified themselves on territory their.
我聽見摩押人的毀謗和亞捫人的辱罵, 就是毀謗我的百姓,自誇自大, 侵犯他們的境界。
9 Therefore [by] [the] life of me [the] utterance of Yahweh of hosts [the] God of Israel that Moab like Sodom it will be and [the] people of Ammon like Gomorrah a place possessed of nettle[s] and a pit of salt and a waste until perpetuity [the] remnant of people my they will plunder them and [the] rest ofK: (nation my *Q(K)*) they will take possession of them.
萬軍之耶和華-以色列的上帝說: 我指着我的永生起誓: 摩押必像所多瑪, 亞捫人必像蛾摩拉, 都變為刺草、鹽坑、永遠荒廢之地。 我百姓所剩下的必擄掠他們; 我國中所餘剩的必得着他們的地。
10 This [will belong] to them in place of pride their for they reproached and they magnified themselves on [the] people of Yahweh of hosts.
這事臨到他們是因他們驕傲,自誇自大, 毀謗萬軍之耶和華的百姓。
11 [will be] awesome Yahweh on them if he will make lean all [the] gods of the earth so they may bow down to him everyone from own place his all [the] islands of the nations.
耶和華必向他們顯可畏之威, 因他必叫世上的諸神瘦弱。 列國海島的居民各在自己的地方敬拜他。
12 Also you O Cushites [are those] slain of sword my they.
古實人哪,你們必被我的刀所殺。
13 And he may stretch out hand his on [the] north so he may destroy Assyria and he may make Nineveh a waste a dry region like the wilderness.
耶和華必伸手攻擊北方,毀滅亞述, 使尼尼微荒涼,又乾旱如曠野。
14 And they will lie down in [the] midst of it herds every animal of a nation both desert owl as well as hedgehog on capitals its they will spend [the] night a sound it will sing in the window desolation [will be] on the threshold for cedar-work he will lay bare.
群畜,就是各國的走獸必臥在其中; 鵜鶘和箭豬要宿在柱頂上。 在窗戶內有鳴叫的聲音; 門檻都必毀壞, 香柏木已經露出。
15 This [is] the city jubilant which dwells to security which says in heart its I and only I [am] yet how! - it has become a waste a resting place for animal[s] every [one who] passes by at it he will hiss he will shake hand his.
這是素來歡樂安然居住的城, 心裏說:惟有我,除我以外再沒有別的; 現在何竟荒涼成為野獸躺臥之處! 凡經過的人都必搖手嗤笑她。