Zephaniah 1
1 This is the word of Yahweh that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi son of Gedaliah son of Amariah son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.
Pa inge pweng ma LEUM GOD El tuh sang nu sel Zephaniah in pacl ma Josiah wen natul Amon el tokosra lun Judah. (Zephaniah el ma in fita lal Tokosra Hezekiah kacl Amariah, Gedaliah, ac Cushi.)
2 “I will utterly destroy everything from off the surface of the earth—this is Yahweh's declaration.
LEUM GOD El fahk, “Nga ac kunausla ma nukewa fin faclu,
3 I will destroy man and beast; I will destroy the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, the ruins along with the wicked. For I will cut off man from the surface of the earth—this is Yahweh's declaration.
mwet nukewa wi kosro, won, ac ik. Nga fah kunausla mwet koluk nukewa. Nga fah kunausla mwet nukewa, ac wangin kutena mwet ac fah painmoulla. Nga, LEUM GOD, fahk ouinge.
4 I will reach out with my hand over Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off every remnant of Baal from this place and the names of the idolatrous people among the priests,
“Nga fah akkeokye mwet Jerusalem ac mwet Judah nukewa. Nga fah eela tuh in wanginla nufon inken alu nu sel Baal in acn we, ac wangin sie fah ku in esam mwet tol pegan su kulansupwal.
5 the people who on the housetops worship the heavenly bodies, and the people who worship and swear to Yahweh but who also swear by their king.
Nga fah kunausla kutena mwet su fanyak nu fin lohm uh ac alu nu ke faht, malem, ac itu uh. Nga fah oayapa kunausla mwet su alu nu sik ac wuleang mu elos ac orekma na nu sik, a elos sifilpa orek wulela ku nu sin god Molech.
6 I will also cut off those who have turned away from following Yahweh, those who neither seek Yahweh nor ask for his guidance.”
Nga fah kunauselosla su forla ac tia sifil kulansupweyu, elos su tila fahsr nu yuruk ku suk kolyuk luk.”
7 Be silent before the Lord Yahweh! For the day of Yahweh is near; Yahweh has prepared the sacrifice and set apart his guests.
Len in nununku lun LEUM GOD apkuranme, ke ma inge kowos in misla ye mutal. LEUM GOD El akoo in onela mwet lal oana kosro nu ke mwe kisa, ac El suli mwet lokoalok in orani ac usla nufon koanon acn Judah.
8 “It will come about on the day of Yahweh's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes and the king's sons, and everyone dressed in foreign clothes.
LEUM GOD El fahk, “Ke len sac, nga fah onela mwet kol ac sou lun tokosra, ac elos nukewa su oru facsin lun mwetsac.
9 On that day I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, those who fill their master's house with violence and deceit.
Nga fah kaelos nukewa su alu oana mwet pegan, ac elos su uniya mwet ac pisre ma lalos in nwakla lohm sin mwet leum lalos ke ma wap.”
10 So it will be on that day—this is Yahweh's declaration— that a cry of distress will come from the Fish Gate, wailing from the Second District, and a great crashing sound from the hills.
Ac LEUM GOD El oayapa fahk, “In len sac, kowos ac fah lohng pusren tung sisken Mutunpot Ik in Jerusalem. Kowos ac fah lohng pac tung tutaf in acn su tufahna musaiyuk in siti uh, ac sie pusra lulap su ngirla fineol uh me.
11 Wail, inhabitants of the Market District, for all the merchants will be ruined; all those who weigh out silver will be cut off.
Kowos su muta tafunyen ten in siti uh in tung ac wowoyak ke pacl se kowos lohngak ma inge, mweyen mwet kuka nukewa elos misa!
12 It will come about at that time that I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men who have settled into their wine and say in their heart, 'Yahweh will not do anything, either good or evil.'
“In pacl sac nga fah eis kutu lam ac tolak acn nukewa Jerusalem. Nga fah kalyei mwet su pangon elos fas in ma nukewa ac su lulalfongi kaclos sifacna, ac fahk nu selos sifacna, ‘LEUM GOD El tiana oru kutena ma, finne nu ke wo ku nu ke koluk.’
13 Their wealth will become plunder, and their houses will be an abandoned devastation! They will build houses but not live in them, and plant vineyards but not drink their wine.
Mwe kasrup lalos ac fah pusrla, ac lohm selos kunausyukla. Elos fah tiana muta in lohm ma elos musaela, ku nim wain ma tuku ke ima in grape lalos.”
14 The great day of Yahweh is near, near and hurrying quickly! The sound of the day of Yahweh will be that of a warrior crying bitterly!
Len lulap lun LEUM GOD apkuranme — arulana fototome, ac ac sa na tuku! Len sac ac fah sie len na upa, mweyen finne mwet mweun na pulaik se, el ac wowoyak pac ke keok.
15 That day will be a day of fury, a day of distress and anguish, a day of storm and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness.
Ac fah sie len in kasrkusrak, sie len in ongoiya ac keok, len in musalla ac kunanula ma nukewa, sie len lohsr ac ohk lulap, sie len pukunyeng ac lohsr matoltol,
16 It will be a day of trumpets and alarms against the fortified cities and the high battlements.
sie len sessesla ke pusren mwe ukuk lun mweun, ac pusren sasa lun mwet mweun ke elos mweuni pot ku ac tower fulat lun siti uh.
17 For I will bring distress upon mankind, so that they will walk about like blind men since they have sinned against Yahweh. Their blood will be poured out like dust, and their inner parts like dung.
LEUM GOD El fahk, “Nga fah sang mwe ongoiya lulap nu fin mwet uh ac elos nukewa fah fahsr kahlimin acn uh oana mwet kun. Elos orekma koluk lainyu, ac inge srah kaclos ac fah okwokla oana kof, ac mano misa lalos ac fah oan kulawi fin fohk uh.”
18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the day of Yahweh's fury. In the fire of his jealousy the whole earth will be consumed, for he will bring a complete, a terrible end of all the inhabitants of the earth.”
Ke len se LEUM GOD El ac akkalemye kasrkusrak lal uh, finne gold ku silver nukewa lalos tiana ku in molelosla. Faclu nufon ac fah firiryak ke fulen kasrkusrak lal. El ac fah aksafyela moul lun mwet nukewa su muta fin faclu ke sie safla su ac sikyak in kitin pacl na.
