Zephaniah 2
1 You people [of Judah] who ought to be ashamed, gather together [DOU].
E HOAO ia oukou iho, a e hoaoia hoi, e ka lahuikanaka hilahila ole;
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.
Mamua o ka hiki ana mai o ka olelopaa, Mamua o ka hele ana o ka la e like me ka opala; Mamua mai o ke kau ana mai o ka inaina enaena o Iehova ia oukou; Mamua mai o ke kau ana mai o ka la o ko Iehova inaina ia oukou.
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.
E imi oukou ia Iehova, e ka poe akahai a pau o ka honua, Ka poe i hahai i kona makemake: E imi i ka pono, e imi i ke akahai; I maluhia ai paha oukou i ka la o ko Iehova inaina.
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.
No ka mea, e haaleleia auanei o Gaza, E neoneo auanei hoi o Asekelona. E hookukeia auanei o Asedoda i ka wa awakea, A e hookahuliia o Ekerona.
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).
Auwe ka poe e noho ana ma kahakai! O ka poe Kereti! ke ku e nei ka olelo a Iehova ia oukou. E Kanaana, ka aina o ko Pilisetia, E hoopau auanei au ia oe i koe ole kekahi kanaka.
6 The land [of Philistia] near the sea will become a pasture, a place for shepherds and their sheep pens.
A e lilo auanei ka aina kahakai i wahi no na hale kahuhipa, a me na pahipa.
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.
A e lilo ua aina la no ke koena o ka ohana a Iuda; E ai auanei lakou iloko olaila: A i ke ahiahi, e moe lakou iloko o na hale o Asekelona; No ka mea, e ike mai auanei o Iehova ko lakou Akua ia lakou, A e hoihoi mai i ko lakou poe pio.
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.
Ua lohe au i ka hoohewa ana mai a ka Moaba, A me ka olelo hoino ana a ka Amona, I ka mea a lakou i hoino ai i ko'u poe kanaka, A hookiekie ae la e ku e mai i ko lakou palena aina.
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.”
Nolaila, ma kuu ola ana, wahi a Iehova o na kaua, O ke Akua no ka Iseraela, E like auanei o Moaba me Sodoma, a o ka Amona e like me Gomora, He nahelehele ooi, me na lua paakai, a me ka neoneo mau loa: Na ke koena o ko'u poe kanaka lakou e hao aku, A e lilo lakou no ke koena o ko'u poe kanaka.
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.
E hiki no ia mea ia lakou, no ko lakou hoohanohano ana, No ka olelo hoino ana a lakou i haanou ai, A me ka hookiekie ku e i ka poe kanaka o Iehova o na kaua.
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.
He mea hooweliweli auanei o Iehova ia lakou; No ka mea, e hoohoka auanei oia i na akua a pau o ka honua; A e hoomana aku ia ia ko na aina a pau o kanaka e, O kela mea keia mea ma kona wahi iho.
12 [Yahweh says that] he will also slaughter the people of Ethiopia.
Oukou no hoi, e ko Aitiopa, E houia auanei hoi oukou i kuu pahikaua.
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.
E o aku hoi oia i kona lima e ku e i ke kukulu akau, A e luku aku ia Asuria; a e hooneoneo ia Nineva, A panoa e like me ka waoakua.
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].
E moe iho na ohana hipa iloko ona, A me na holoholona a pau o na aina: E moe no hoi ka pelikana, a me ke kipoda maluna o na kia pohaku ona: E hookani ko lakou leo ma na puka makani ona; He neoneo ma na paepae puka, no ka mea, e weheia auanei na papa kedera ona.
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].
O keia ke kulanakauhale olioli i noho nanea, Ka mea i olelo iho iloko o kona naau, Owau wale no, aohe lua! Nani kona lilo ana i mea neoneo, kahi e moe ai na holoholona hihiu! O ka mea e maalo ana ae ia wahi, e kahaha ia me ka hooluliluli aku i kona lima.
