< Zefanaya 2 >

1 Chịkọtaanụ onwe unu, e, chịkọtaanụ onwe unu, unu ndị mba ihe ihere dịrị.
Gather yourselves together and gather together O nation not ashamed.
2 Tupu ụkpụrụ ahụ ewere ọnọdụ, a chịpụ ụbọchị ahụ dịka igbugbo ọka nke ikuku na-ebufu, tupu iwe ọkụ Onyenwe anyị abịakwasị gị, tupu ụbọchị ọnụma nke Onyenwe anyị abịakwasị gị.
Before brings forth a decree like chaff it has passed away a day before - not it will come on you [the] burning of [the] anger of Yahweh before not it will come on you [the] day of [the] anger of Yahweh.
3 Chọọnụ Onyenwe anyị, unu ndị niile dị umeala nʼobi nọ nʼala ahụ, unu bụ ndị na-eme ihe o nyere nʼiwu. Gbasoonụ ezi omume, gbasoonụ ịdị umeala nʼobi, ma eleghị anya, a ga-echebe unu nʼụbọchị iwe Onyenwe anyị.
Seek Yahweh O all [the] humble [people] of the land who judgment his they have done seek righteousness seek humility perhaps you will be hidden on [the] day of [the] anger of Yahweh.
4 Nʼihi na o nwekwaghị ndị ga-ebi nʼobodo Gaza, obodo Ashkelọn ga-atọgbọrọ nʼefu. Nʼetiti ehihie ka a ga-ekpochapụ ndị niile bi nʼAshdọd; a ga-ehopukwa Ekrọn.
For Gaza abandoned it will be and Ashkelon [will become] a desolation Ashdod at the noontide people will drive out it and Ekron it will be plucked up.
5 Ahụhụ dịrị unu ndị bi nʼakụkụ oke osimiri, unu bụ ndị Keret; okwu Onyenwe anyị na-emegide unu, Kenan, ala ndị Filistia. Ọ sịrị, “Aga m ala gị nʼiyi, ruo na ọ dịghị onye ga-afọdụ ndụ nʼime gị.”
Woe to! [the] inhabitants of [the] region of the sea [the] nation of [the] Kerethites [the] word of Yahweh [is] on you O Canaan [the] land of [the] Philistines and I will destroy you from not inhabitant.
6 Ala nke dị nʼakụkụ oke osimiri ahụ, ga-aghọ ebe ahịhịa jupụtara nye ndị ọzụzụ atụrụ na ọgba igwe ewu na atụrụ.
And it will be [the] region of the sea pastures of meadows of shepherds and folds of sheep.
7 Ala nke dị nʼakụkụ oke osimiri ga-aghọ ala nke ndị ahụ fọdụrụ na Juda, ebe ha ga-achọtara anụ ụlọ ha ahịhịa. Ha ga-anọkwa nʼụlọ ndị Ashkelọn nke tọgbọrọ nʼefu, dinaa ala zuru ike nʼoge uhuruchi. Onyenwe anyị Chineke ha ga-elekọta ha, mekwaa ka ha nwetaghachi ihe nketa ha niile.
And it will belong [the] region to [the] remnant of [the] house of Judah on them they will graze! in [the] houses of Ashkelon in the evening they will lie down! for he will visit them Yahweh God their and he will turn back (captivity their. *Q(k)*)
8 “Anụla m okwu ọjọọ niile, nke ndị Moab, na ịkwa emo niile nke ndị Amọn, nụkwa ịbasị mba ike ha megide ndị nke m na-anya isi na ha ga-ewere ala ha.
I have heard [the] reproach of Moab and [the] reviling words of [the] people of Ammon who they have reproached people my and they have magnified themselves on territory their.
9 Nʼihi ya, dịka m na-adị ndụ,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, bụ Chineke Izrel, kwubiri ya, “aghaghị m ime ka Moab dịrị ka Sọdọm, mekwaa ka Amọn dịka Gọmọra. Ha ga-aghọ ala ebe ahịhịa na-adụ ogwu ogwu na-eru, ebe olulu nnu jupụtara, na ebe tọgbọrọ nʼefu ruo mgbe ebighị ebi. Ndị m, ndị fọdụrụ ga-akwakọrọ akụnụba ha, ndị fọdụrụ ndụ na mba m ga-eketa ala ha.”
Therefore [by] [the] life of me [the] utterance of Yahweh of hosts [the] God of Israel that Moab like Sodom it will be and [the] people of Ammon like Gomorrah a place possessed of nettle[s] and a pit of salt and a waste until perpetuity [the] remnant of people my they will plunder them and [the] rest ofK: (nation my *Q(K)*) they will take possession of them.
10 Ihe ndị a bụ ụgwọ ọrụ ha ga-anata nʼihi ịnya isi ha, na nʼihi nkọcha na ịkwa emo ha megide ndị nke Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile.
This [will belong] to them in place of pride their for they reproached and they magnified themselves on [the] people of Yahweh of hosts.
11 Onye dị egwu ka Onyenwe anyị ga-abụ nʼebe ha nọ, mgbe ọ lara chi niile nke ụwa nʼiyi. Mba niile dị nʼebe dị anya ga-akpọ isiala nye ya, onye ọbụla nʼala nke aka ya nʼụwa niile.
[will be] awesome Yahweh on them if he will make lean all [the] gods of the earth so they may bow down to him everyone from own place his all [the] islands of the nations.
12 “Unu ndị Itiopia, a ghaghị iji mma agha gbuo unu.”
Also you O Cushites [are those] slain of sword my they.
13 Ọ ga-esetipụ aka ya megide ndị bi nʼakụkụ ugwu, laa Asịrịa nʼiyi. Ninive ga-aghọ ebe tọgbọrọ nʼefu, ọ ga-aghọkwa ala kpọrọ nkụ, dịka ọzara.
And he may stretch out hand his on [the] north so he may destroy Assyria and he may make Nineveh a waste a dry region like the wilderness.
14 Igwe anụmanụ dị iche iche na igwe ehi ga-amakpu nʼebe ahụ, ha na ihe e kere eke dị iche iche. Ikwighịkwighị nke ọzara na okwolo ga-anọ ọnọdụ abalị nʼisi ogidi ya niile ahụ. Ụda olu ha ka a ga-anụ site na mpio-ikuku, mkpọmkpọ aja ga-adị na mbata nke ọnụ ụzọ niile, ibo ọnụ ụzọ niile e ji osisi sida mee ga-egherekwa oghe.
And they will lie down in [the] midst of it herds every animal of a nation both desert owl as well as hedgehog on capitals its they will spend [the] night a sound it will sing in the window desolation [will be] on the threshold for cedar-work he will lay bare.
15 Nke a bụ obodo ukwu ahụ, nke na-aṅụrị ọṅụ oriri, nke na-ebikwa na-enweghị ihe egwu ọbụla; nke na-asị onwe ya, “Ọ bụ mụ onwe m! Ọ dịghị onye ọzọ ma ewezuga m.” Ma ugbu a, lee otu o si bụrụ ebe tọgbọrọ nʼefu; lee ka o si bụrụ ebe ụmụ anụ ọhịa bi. Onye ọbụla si nʼakụkụ ya na-agafe aghaghị ịma ọsụ, ma fufekwaa isi ya.
This [is] the city jubilant which dwells to security which says in heart its I and only I [am] yet how! - it has become a waste a resting place for animal[s] every [one who] passes by at it he will hiss he will shake hand his.

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