Zephaniah 2
1 You people [of Judah] who ought to be ashamed, gather together [DOU].
Sonkhanani pamodzi, sonkhanani pamodzi, inu mtundu wochititsa manyazi,
2 Yahweh is extremely angry with you, [so gather together now], before it is time for him to punish [MTY] you and blow you away like [SIM] [the wind blows away] chaff.
isanafike nthawi yachiweruzo, nthawi yanu isanawuluke ngati mungu, usanakufikeni mkwiyo woopsa wa Yehova, tsiku la ukali wa Yehova lisanafike pa inu.
3 All you people in Judah who are humble, worship Yahweh, and obey what he has commanded. Try to do what is right and to be humble. [If you do that], perhaps Yahweh will protect/spare you on the day when he punishes [MTY] people.
Funafunani Yehova, inu nonse odzichepetsa a mʼdziko, inu amene mumachita zimene amakulamulani. Funafunani chilungamo, funafunani kudzichepetsa; mwina mudzatetezedwa pa tsiku la mkwiyo wa Yehova.
4 [When Yahweh punishes Philistia], Gaza and Ashkelon [cities] will be deserted/abandoned. Ashdod [city] will be attacked and the people expelled at noon [when people are resting]; the [people of Ekron city] will [also] be driven out.
Gaza adzasiyidwa ndipo Asikeloni adzasanduka bwinja. Nthawi yamasana Asidodi adzakhala wopanda anthu ndipo Ekroni adzazulidwa.
5 And terrible things will happen to you people of Philistia who live near the sea, because Yahweh has decided [MTY] that he will punish [MTY] you, [also]. He will get rid of all of you; not one person will (survive/remain alive).
Tsoka inu okhala mʼmbali mwa nyanja, inu mtundu wa Akereti; mawu a Yehova akutsutsa iwe Kanaani, dziko la Afilisti. “Ndidzakuwononga ndipo palibe amene adzatsale.”
6 The land [of Philistia] near the sea will become a pasture, a place for shepherds and their sheep pens.
Dziko la mʼmbali mwa nyanja, kumene kumakhala Akereti, lidzakhala malo a abusa ndi la makola a nkhosa.
7 The people of Judah who (survive/are still alive) will possess that land. At night they will sleep in the [deserted] houses in Ashkelon. Yahweh will take care of them; he will enable them to prosper again.
Malowa adzakhala a anthu otsala a nyumba ya Yuda; adzapezako msipu. Nthawi ya madzulo adzagona mʼnyumba za Asikeloni. Yehova Mulungu wawo adzawasamalira; adzabwezeretsa mtendere wawo.
8 The Commander of the armies of angels, the God to whom [we] Israeli people [belong], says [this]: “I have heard the people of Moab and Ammon when they insulted [DOU] my people, and when they said that they would conquer my people’s country.
“Ndamva kunyoza kwa Mowabu ndi chipongwe cha Amoni, amene ananyoza anthu anga ndi kuopseza kuti alanda dziko lawo.
9 So now, [as surely] as I live, [I will destroy] Moab and Ammon like [SIM] [I destroyed] Gomorrah [city]. Their land will be a place were there are nettles and salt pits; it will be ruined forever. My Israeli people who survive will take away all their valuable possessions and [also] occupy their land.”
Choncho, pali Ine Wamoyo,” akutero Yehova Wamphamvuzonse, Mulungu wa Israeli, “Ndithu, Mowabu adzasanduka ngati Sodomu, Amoni adzasanduka ngati Gomora; malo a zomeramera ndi maenje a mchere, dziko la bwinja mpaka muyaya. Anthu anga otsala adzawafunkha; opulumuka a mtundu wanga adzalandira dziko lawo.”
10 The people of Moab and Ammon will get what they deserve for being proud, because they made fun of the people who belong to the Commander of the armies of angels.
Ichi ndi chimene adzalandire chifukwa cha kunyada kwawo, chifukwa chonyoza ndi kuchitira chipongwe anthu a Yehova Wamphamvuzonse.
11 Yahweh will cause them to be terrified [when] he destroys all the gods of their countries. Then [even the people who live on] islands throughout the world will worship Yahweh, each in their own countries.
Yehova adzawachititsa mantha kwambiri pamene adzawononga milungu yonse ya mʼdzikomo. Ndipo mitundu ya anthu pa dziko lonse idzamulambira, uliwonse ku dziko la kwawo.
12 [Yahweh says that] he will also slaughter the people of Ethiopia.
“Inunso anthu a ku Kusi, mudzaphedwa ndi lupanga.”
13 Yahweh will punish [IDM] and destroy Assyria, [that land] northeast of us. He will cause [its capital] Nineveh to become ruined and deserted, a place that will be as dry as the desert.
Yehova adzatambasulira dzanja lake kumpoto ndi kuwononga Asiriya, kusiya Ninive atawonongekeratu ndi owuma ngati chipululu.
14 [Flocks of sheep and] herds [of cattle] and many kinds of wild animals will lie down there. Owls and crows will sit on the columns/pillars [of the destroyed buildings], and they will (hoot/cry out) through the windows. There will be rubble in the doorways, and the [valuable] cedar boards will be taken [from the ruined houses].
Nkhosa ndi ngʼombe zidzagona pansi kumeneko, pamodzi ndi nyama zakuthengo za mtundu uliwonse. Akadzidzi a mʼchipululu ndi akanungu adzakhala pa nsanamira zake. Kulira kwawo kudzamveka mʼmazenera, mʼmakomo mwawo mudzakhala zinyalala zokhazokha, nsanamira za mkungudza zidzakhala poonekera.
15 [The people of] Nineveh were [previously] happy and proud, thinking that they were very safe. They were [always] saying, “Our city is the greatest city; there is no city as great as ours!” But now it will become a ruins, a place where wild animals make their dens. And everyone who passes by there will hiss [and scorn/ridicule that city], and shake their fists [to show that they detest that city very much].
Umenewu ndiye mzinda wosasamala umene kale unali wotetezedwa. Unkanena kuti mu mtima mwake, “Ine ndine, ndipo palibenso wina wondiposa.” Taonani lero wasanduka bwinja, kokhala nyama zakutchire! Onse owudutsa akuwunyoza ndi kupukusa mitu yawo.
