Zephaniah 2
1 Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation that has no shame,
Yaa saba qaanii hin qabne, walitti qabamaa; walitti qabamaa;
2 before the appointed time when the day passes as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD comes on you, before the day of the LORD’s anger comes on you.
utuu yeroon murtaaʼe sun gaʼee guyyaan sun akkuma habaqiitti isin hin haxaaʼin, utuu aariin Waaqayyoo bobaʼaan sun isinitti hin dhufin, utuu guyyaan dheekkamsa Waaqayyoo isinitti hin dhufin walitti qabamaa.
3 Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of the LORD’s anger.
Isin garraamonni lafaa kanneen waan inni ajaju hojjettan hundi Waaqayyoon barbaaddadhaa. Qajeelummaa barbaadaa; gad of qabiisa barbaadaa; isin guyyaa dheekkamsa Waaqayyootti ni golbomamtu taʼaatii.
4 For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up.
Gaazaan duwwaa hafti; Ashqaloon immoo ni onti. Sabni Ashdood guyyuma Saafaadhaan ariʼamee baʼa; Eqroon immoo ni buqqifamti.
5 Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The LORD’s word is against you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines. I will destroy you until there is no inhabitant.
Yaa Kereetota qarqara galaanaa jiraattan, isiniif wayyoo; yaa Kanaʼaan, biyya Filisxeemotaa, dubbiin Waaqayyoo akkana jedhee sitti dhufeera; “Ani sin barbadeessa; namni tokko iyyuu hin hafu.”
6 The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.
Biyyi qarqara galaanaa, iddoon Kaliitonni jiraatan, iddoo tiksoonni jiraatanii fi gola bushaayee taʼa.
7 The coast will be for the remnant of the house of Judah. They will find pasture. In the houses of Ashkelon, they will lie down in the evening, for the LORD, their God, will visit them and restore them.
Innis handhuuraa hambaa mana Yihuudaa taʼa; isaan achitti lafa dheedaa argatu. Isaan galgala galgala mana Ashqaloon keessa ciciisu. Waaqayyo Waaqni isaanii isaan tiksa; boojuu isaaniis ni deebisaaf.
8 I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the children of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people and magnified themselves against their border.
“Ani arrabsoo Moʼaabii fi Qoosaa Amoonotaa, warra saba koo arrabsanii fi biyya isaanii doorsisan sanaa dhagaʼeera.
9 Therefore, as I live, says the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them.
Kanaafuu akkuma ani dhugumaan jiraataa taʼe sana” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu, Waaqni Israaʼel; “Moʼaab dhugumaan akkuma Sodoom, Amoononnis akka Gomoraa, iddoo aramaatii fi boolla soogiddaa, lafa bara baraan one ni taʼu. Hambaan uummata kootii isaan saamu; warri saba koo keessaa badii jalaa baʼan biyya isaanii ni dhaalu.”
10 This they will have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of Armies.
Kun gatii isaan of tuulummaa isaaniitiif argatanii dha; isaan saba Waaqayyoo Waan Hunda Dandaʼuu arrabsanii itti qoosaniiruutii.
11 The LORD will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him, everyone from his place, even all the shores of the nations.
Waaqayyo yeroo waaqota biyyattii hunda barbadeessutti, akka malee isaan sodaachisa. Saboonni qarqara galaana hundaa irra jiraatan, namni biyya isaa keessa jiraatu hundinuus isa waaqeffata.
12 You Cushites also, you will be killed by my sword.
“Yaa warra Itoophiyaa isinis goraadee kootiin ni gorraʼamtu.”
13 He will stretch out his hand against the north, destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as the wilderness.
Inni kaabatti harka ol fudhata; Asoorinis ni barbadeessa; Nanawwee guutumaan guutuutti ni onsa; akkuma gammoojjiitti gogsee hambisa.
14 Herds will lie down in the middle of her, all kinds of animals. Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare the cedar beams.
Bushaayee fi loon, uumamawwan gosa hundaa achi ciciisu. Urunguu fi dhaddeen utubaa ishee irra boqotu. Sagaleen isaanii foddaawwan keessaan dhagaʼama; diigamni balbala isaanii dura jira; demdemoon birbirsaa hundinuu qullaa hafa.
15 This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in her heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me.” How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her will hiss and shake their fists.
Kun magaalaa of hin eegganne kan garuu nagumaan jiraattuu dha. Magaalaan kun, “Anuma qofa malee kan biraa na bira hin jiru” ofiin jette. Isheen akkam akkas ontee, iddoo bineensi bosonaa jiraatu taate! Namni ishee bira baʼee darbu hundinuu ni qoosa; harka isaas ni raasa.
