Sofoni 1
1 Men mesaj Seyè a te bay Sofoni sou rèy Jozyas, pitit Amon an, ki te wa peyi Jida. Sofoni te pitit Kouchi. Kouchi te pitit Gedalya. Gedalya sa a te pitit Amarya ki li menm te pitit wa Ezekyas.
The word of the Lord, which came vnto Zephaniah ye sonne of Cushi, the sonne of Gedaliah, the sonne of Amariah, the sonne of Hizkiah, in the dayes of Iosiah, the sonne of Amon King of Iudah.
2 Seyè a di konsa: -Mwen pral detwi dènye bagay sou latè.
I will surely destroy all things from off the land, saith the Lord.
3 Mwen pral detwi tout moun, tout bèt, tout zwezo nan syèl la ak tout pwason nan lanmè, mechan yo ansanm ak tou sa k'ap fè yo tonbe nan peche. Mwen pral detwi tout moun, mwen p'ap kite yonn sou latè. Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki di sa.
I will destroy man and beast: I wil destroy the foules of the heauen, and the fishes of the sea, and ruines shalbe to the wicked, and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.
4 Mwen pral kraze moun peyi Jida yo ansanm ak moun ki rete lavil Jerizalèm yo anba men m'. Mwen pral disparèt dènye kras zidòl Baal nan peyi a. Pesonn p'ap janm chonje prèt k'ap sèvi l' yo ankò.
I will also stretch out mine hand vpon Iudah, and vpon all the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and I wil cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with ye Priestes,
5 Mwen pral disparèt dènye moun k'ap moute sou teras anwo kay pou adore solèy, lalin ak zetwal nan syèl la. M'ap detwi moun k'ap pran non mwen mete ansanm ak non zidòl Milkòm lan pou fè sèman.
And them that worship the hoste of heauen vpon the house tops, and them that worship and sweare by the Lord, and sweare by Malcham,
6 M'ap detwi tout moun ki vire do ban mwen, ki pa koute pawòl mwen yo, ki pa vin mande m' konsèy ankò.
And them that are turned backe from the Lord, and those that haue not sought the Lord, nor inquired for him.
7 Jou pou Seyè a vin jije a pa lwen rive! Se pou tout moun pe bouch yo devan Seyè a. Seyè a ap pare pou li fè gwo sèvis pou touye bèt. Li chwazi moun l'ap envite yo.
Be stil at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, and hath sanctified his ghests.
8 Jou gwo sèvis ofrann bèt sa a, m'ap pini tout gwo chèf yo, tout pitit wa yo ansanm ak tout moun k'ap kopye sou moun lòt nasyon yo. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
And it shalbe in the day of the Lords sacrifice, that I will visite the princes and the Kings children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparell.
9 M'ap pini tout moun k'ap fè sèvis tankou moun lòt nasyon yo. Wi, jou sa a, m'ap pini tout moun k'ap vòlò, k'ap touye moun pou yo ka plen tanp zidòl yo ak sa yo pran.
In the same day also will I visite all those that dance vpon the threshold so proudly, which fill their masters houses by crueltie and deceite.
10 Se mwen menm Seyè a k'ap pale toujou. Jou sa a n'a tande gwo rèl bò Pòtay Pwason nan lavil Jerizalèm. N'a tande moun ap plenn byen fò nan katye nèf lavil la. N'a tande yon gwo deblozay pete sou ti mòn yo.
And in that day, saith the Lord, there shall be a noise, and cry from the fishgate, and an howling from the second gate, and a great destruction from the hilles.
11 Nou menm ki rete anba lavil, rele byen fò paske tout moun ki t'ap fè trafik yo pral mouri. Wi, yo pral disparèt tout moun ki t'ap fè lajan sou tèt moun nan kòmès.
Howle ye inhabitants of the lowe place: for the companie of the marchants is destroyed: all they that beare siluer, are cut off.
12 Lè sa a, men sa k'ap rive. M'ap limen lanp pou m' fouye lavil Jerizalèm. M'ap pini tout moun ki chita chita yo tou dousman, epi k'ap di nan kè yo: Bondye p'ap fè anyen.
And at that time will I searche Ierusalem with lightes, and visite the men that are frosen in their dregges, and say in their heartes, The Lord will neither doe good nor doe euill.
13 Se sa yo kwè! Y'ap piye tout richès yo, y'ap kraze tout kay yo. Y'ap bati kay, men yo p'ap menm gen tan antre ladan yo. Y'ap plante pye rezen, men yo p'ap menm gen tan pran fre diven an.
Therefore their goods shall be spoyled, and their houses waste: they shall also build houses, but not inhabite them, and they shall plant vineyards, but not drinke the wine thereof.
14 Wi, gwo jou Seyè a pa lwen rive. Sa pral yon gwo jou vre. Li pa lwen rive. L'ap rive byen vit. Jou sa a, sa pral rèd nèt! Ata sòlda ki pi vanyan yo pral rele anmwe.
The great day of the Lord is neere: it is neere, and hasteth greatly, euen the voyce of the day of the Lord: the strong man shall cry there bitterly.
15 Jou sa a pral yon jou dechennen, yon jou lafliksyon ak kè sere, yon jou kraze brize, yon jou k'ap fè nwè kou lank, yon jou van ak gwo nwaj nwa ap plen syèl la.
That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and heauinesse, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of obscuritie and darkenesse, a day of cloudes and blackenesse,
16 Yon jou twonpèt ap kònen, sòlda ap rele pou yo gen kouray pou y' al atake lavil ki gen gwo miray ranpa ak fò byen wo nan chak kwen pou pwoteje yo.
A day of the trumpet and alarme against the strong cities, and against the hie towres.
17 Seyè a te di ankò: -Mwen pral manyen ak lèzòm! Yo pral tatonnen tankou avèg, paske yo te peche kont Seyè a. San yo pral koule kou dlo, kadav yo pral pouri tankou fatra.
And I will bring distresse vpon men, that they shall walke like blind men, because they haue sinned against the Lord, and their blood shall be powred out as dust, and their flesh as the dongue.
18 Jou Seyè a pral move sou yo a, ni lajan yo ni lò yo p'ap ka sove yo. Kòlè li tankou yon dife k'ap boule tout tè a, paske yon sèl kou a, l'ap disparèt tout moun ki rete sou latè. L'ap fini ak yo.
Neither their siluer nor their golde shalbe able to deliuer them in ye day of the Lords wrath, but the whole lande shalbe deuoured by the fire of his ielousie: for hee shall make euen a speedie riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
