Zepania 2
1 E HOAO ia oukou iho, a e hoaoia hoi, e ka lahuikanaka hilahila ole;
Be ashamed within yourselves, be ashamed,
2 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.
before you become as the drifting chaff, before the anger of the Lord comes upon you, before the day of the Lord’s wrath comes upon you.
3 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.
Seek the Lord all you meek of the earth, you who obey his law; Seek righteousness, seek meekness; perhaps you may be hidden in the day of the Lord’s wrath.
4 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.
For Gaza will be forsaken; Ashkelon a desolation; Ashdod – by noon will they rout her and Ekron be torn up!
5 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.
Woe to those who live by the sea coast, people of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines! I will destroy you so that you will be without inhabitants,
6 A e lilo auanei ka aina kahakai i wahi no na hale kahuhipa, a me na pahipa.
and you will become shepherds’ cots and folds for flocks.
7 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.
The sea coast will belong to the survivors of the house of Judah. They will pasture their flocks there. In the house of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening. The Lord their God will be with them and restore their fortunes.
8 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.
I have heard the taunts of Moab, and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my people, and spoken boastfully concerning their border.
9 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.
Therefore as I live, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Moab will be like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a pile of nettles and saltpits, and a desolation, forever. The residue of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them.
10 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.
This will they have for their pride, because they have taunted and spoken boastfully against the people of the Lord of hosts.
11 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.
The Lord will terrify them; he will reduce all the gods of the earth; then all the peoples of the nations will worship him, each in their own land.
12 Oukou no hoi, e ko Aitiopa, E houia auanei hoi oukou i kuu pahikaua.
You, also, Ethiopians, slain by his sword are you!
13 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.
And he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria; And he will make Nineveh a desolation, dry as the wilderness.
14 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.
Herds will lie down in it, every beast of the earth, Desert owl and screech owl will lodge in its capitals. The owl will hoot in the window, the raven on the doorstep, all stripped bare of cedar.
15 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.
This is the exultant city which sat secure. The city who said to herself, I am and there is none else! How has she become a desolation! A lair of beasts! Every passerby hisses at her, shakes their hand.
