Zephaniah 1
1 [the] word of Yahweh - which it came to Zephaniah [the] son of Cushi [the] son of Gedaliah [the] son of Amariah [the] son of Hezekiah in [the] days of Josiah [the] son of Amon [the] king of Judah.
Judah manghai Amon capa Josiah tue vaengah, Hezekiah koca, Amariah capa Gedaliah kah a capa, Kushi capa Zephaniah taengah BOEIPA ol pai.
2 Utterly I will bring to an end everything from on [the] surface of the ground [the] utterance of Yahweh.
Diklai maelhmai dong lamkah a cungkuem he tun ka thup ni. He tah BOEIPA kah olphong ni.
3 I will bring to an end human being and animal I will bring to an end [the] bird[s] of the heavens and [the] fish of the sea and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked [people] and I will cut off humankind from on [the] surface of the ground [the] utterance of Yahweh.
Hlang neh rhamsa khaw ka thup ni. Vaan kah vaa neh tuitunli kah nga khaw, a rhok a rhap neh halang khaw ka thup ni. Hlang he diklai maelhmai dong lamloh ka hnawt ni. He tah BOEIPA kah olphong ni.
4 And I will stretch out hand my on Judah and on all [the] inhabitants of Jerusalem and I will cut off from the place this [the] remnant of Baal [the] name of the pagan priests with the priests.
Judah taeng neh Jerusalem kah khosa boeih taengah ka kut ka thueng ni. He hmuen lamloh Baal kah a coih, mueirhol khosoih ming neh, khosoih rhoek te khaw,
5 And those [who] bow down on the roofs to [the] host of the heavens and those [who] bow down those [who] swear an oath to Yahweh and those [who] swear an oath by Milcom.
Imphu ah vaan caempuei taengla aka bakop rhoek te khaw, BOEIPA taengah a toemngam lalah Milkom taengah aka toemngam tih aka bakop khaw,
6 And those [who] have turned back from after Yahweh and [those] who not they have sought Yahweh and not they have sought him.
BOEIPA hnuk lamloh aka balkhong rhoek te khaw, BOEIPA te tlap pawt tih amah aka toem pawt te khaw ka khoe ni.
7 Hush! from before [the] Lord Yahweh for [is] near [the] day of Yahweh for he has prepared Yahweh a sacrifice he has consecrated invited [ones] his.
BOEIPA hnin he yoei coeng tih ka Boeipa Yahovah mikhmuh ah he saahlah hoeih. BOEIPA loh hmueih a tawn tih a khue rhoek te a ciim coeng.
8 And it will be on [the] day of [the] sacrifice of Yahweh and I will visit [judgment] on the princes and on [the] sons of the king and on all those [who] are clothed clothing foreign.
BOEIPA kah hmueih hnin a pha pawn ni. Te vaengah mangpa rhoek taeng neh manghai capa rhoek taengah khaw, kholong kah hnicu aka bai boeih taengah khaw ka cawh ni.
9 And I will visit [judgment] on every [one who] leaps over the threshold on the day that those [who] fill [the] house of lord their violence and deceit.
Te khohnin ah tah thohkong aka poe boeih, a boei im te kuthlahnah neh hlangthai palat aka bae sak khaw ka cawh ni.
10 And it will be on the day that [the] utterance of Yahweh [the] sound of a cry of distress from [the] gate of the fish and wailing from the second district and a crashing great from the hills.
He tah BOEIPA kah olphong ni. Te khohnin ah nga vongka lamkah pangngawlnah ol, a hmatoeng lamkah rhungol, som lamkah a len pocinah om ni.
11 Wail O inhabitants of the Mortar for it will be destroyed all [the] people of Canaan they will be cut off all [the] weighers of silver.
Vakawh sumngol kah khosa rhoek te rhung uh laeh. Hnoyoi pilnam boeih hmata vetih cak phueikung boeih khaw khoe uh ni.
12 And it will be at the time that I will search Jerusalem with lamps and I will visit [judgment] on the people who are thickening on lees their who are saying in heart their not he will do good Yahweh and not he will do harm.
A tue te a pha vaengah Jerusalem te hmaithoi neh ka phuelhthaih ni. A sampa a khal dongkah hlang rhoek te ka cawh ni. Te rhoek loh a thinko nen tah, 'BOEIPA a then moenih, thaehuet mahpawh,’ a ti.
13 And it will become wealth their plunder and houses their a desolation and they will build houses and not they will dwell [in them] and they will plant vineyards and not they will drink wine their.
A thadueng te maehbuem la, a im te khopong la om ni. Im a sak uh akhaw om nah uh mahpawh. Misurdum a tawn uh akhaw a misurtui te o uh mahpawh.
14 [is] near [the] day of Yahweh great near and hurrying exceedingly [the] sound of [the] day of Yahweh bitter [is] shouting out there a warrior.
BOEIPA kah khohnin yoei coeng, yoei tangkik coeng. BOEIPA hnin kah ol tah bahoeng tok coeng. Hlangrhalh khaw khahing la pahoi kawk coeng.
15 [will be] a day of Fury the day that a day of trouble and distress a day of devastation and desolation a day of darkness and gloom a day of cloud and thick darkness.
Te khohnin tah thinpom khohnin, citcai neh khobing khohnin, khohli rhamrhael neh imrhong khohnin, hmaisuep neh khohmuep khohnin, cingmai neh yinnah khohnin ni.
16 A day of trumpet and battle-cry on the cities fortified and on the corners high.
Khopuei cakrhuet taeng neh a sang bangkil taengkah tuki neh tamlung khohnin ni.
17 And I will cause distress to humankind and they will walk like blind [people] for to Yahweh they have sinned and it will be poured out blood their like dust and bowel[s] their like dung.
Hlang te ka daengdaeh vetih mikdael bangla pongpa uh ni. BOEIPA taengah a tholh uh dongah amih thii te laipi bangla a hawk ni. A buhcak te Aekkhuel bangla om ni.
18 Neither silver their nor gold their not it will be able to deliver them on [the] day of [the] fury of Yahweh and in [the] fire of jealousy his it will be consumed all the earth for complete destruction surely a terrible [thing] he will make with all [the] inhabitants of the earth.
BOEIPA kah thinpom hnin ah tah a cak long khaw, a sui long khaw amih huul hamla noeng mahpawh. A thatlainah hmai loh diklai pum he a hlawp ni. Diklai khosa boeih te a bawtnah hil tlek a saii ni.
