Zephaniah 2

1 Mutunfacl sumwekin, kom in asmakla

Search yourselves; yea, search, O nation without shame!

2 meet liki kom fah ukyukla oana kulun wheat ma eng uh okla, meet liki kasrkusrak upa lun LEUM GOD tuku nu fom oana firir lun e uh, meet liki len se El akkalemye kasrkusrak lal.

Before the decree bring forth, Before the day come upon you like chaff; Before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, Before the day of the anger of Jehovah come upon you.

3 Suk LEUM GOD, kowos mwet pusisel nukewa fin acn uh, su akos ma sap lal. Oru ma suwohs, ac akpusiselye kowos sifacna ye mutun LEUM GOD. Sahp kowos fah ku in kaingla liki kaiyuk in len se LEUM GOD El ac fah akkalemye kasrkusrak lal.

Seek ye Jehovah, all ye lowly of the land, Ye, who obey his commands! Seek righteousness; seek lowliness; It may be that ye shall be hid in the day of the anger of Jehovah.

4 Wangin sie mwet ac fah lula in siti Gaza. Ashkelon ac fah wanginla mwet muta we. Mwet in Ashdod ac fah lisyukla ke tafun len na, ac mwet in Ekron ac fah ukohkyak liki siti selos.

For Gaza shall be forsaken, And Askelon a desolation; Ashdod shall be driven out at noonday, And Ekron shall be rooted up.

5 Kowos mwet Philistia su muta weacn uh, kowos ac fah kunausyukla. LEUM GOD El orala tari nununku lal nu suwos. El ac kunauskowosla, ac tia sie suwos fah lula.

Woe to the inhabitants of the sea-coasts, the nation of the Cherethites! This is the word of Jehovah against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.”

6 Acn lowos sisken meoa uh ac fah mwesisla, ac lohm sin mwet shepherd ac kalkal in sheep fah oan we.

And the sea-coast shall be pastures full of habitations for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

7 Mwet Judah su moulla ac fah utyak ac muta fin acn lowos. Elos ac fah orala acn uh nu ke nien mongo lun un kosro natulos, ac motul in lohm sin mwet Ashkelon. LEUM GOD lalos fah welulos ac sifilpa akkasrupyalos.

The coast shall be for the residue of the house of Judah; Thereon shall they feed; In the houses of Askelon shall they lie down in the evening; For Jehovah their God will look upon them, and bring back their captives.

8 LEUM GOD Kulana El fahk, “Nga lohng ke mwet Moab ac mwet Ammon elos fahk kas in akkolukye ac aksruksruki mwet luk, ac konkin mu elos ac eisla acn selos.

I have heard the reproach of Moab, And the revilings of the sons of Ammon, With which they have reproached my people, And exalted themselves against their borders.

9 In oana ke nga pa LEUM GOD moul, God lun Israel, nga fahkot na pwaye lah acn Moab ac Ammon ac fah kunausyukla oana acn Sodom ac Gomorrah. Elos ac fah ekla oana sie luf in sohl ac musalla nwe tok, ac mah uh ac fah kapak ac kupoiya acn uh. Mwet luk su moulla ac fah utyak ac usla ma lalos nukewa, ac eisla acn selos.”

Therefore, as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodom, And the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah, A possession for thorns, and a pit for salt, and a perpetual desolation. The residue of my people shall spoil them, And the remainder of my nation shall possess them.

10 Pa ingan luman kaiyuk su ac fah orek nu sin mwet Moab ac Ammon ke sripen filang ac inse fulat lalos, ac ke sripen elos angon mwet lun LEUM GOD Kulana.

This shall come upon them for their pride, Because they have uttered reproaches, and exalted themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts.

11 LEUM GOD El ac fah aklangingingyalos. El ac fah aksrikyela god lun faclu nwe ke na wanginla, na mutunfacl nukewa fah alu nu sel, kais sie in acn sel sifacna.

Jehovah will be terrible against them; For he will destroy all the gods of the earth; And before him shall worship, every one from his place, All the islands of the nations.

12 LEUM GOD El fah oayapa uniya mwet Ethiopia.

Ye, also, O Ethiopians! Ye shall be slain by my sword!

13 LEUM GOD ac fah orekmakin ku lal in kunausla Assyria. El fah oru tuh siti Nineveh in oana sie mahnum su wanginla mwet muta we, ac in oana sie acn mwesis wangin kof we.

He will also stretch out his hand against the North, And destroy Assyria, And make Nineveh a desolation, Even dry like a desert.

14 Ac fah sie acn in oan lun un sheep ac un cow ac kain in kosro nukewa. Owl fah muta inmasrlon acn musalla ac tung in winto ah me. Wa ac fah kaskas fin acn in utyak uh. Sak cedar ke lohm uh ac fah taktakla.

And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, Yea, all the tribes of wild beasts; The pelican and the hedgehog shall lodge in the capitals of her pillars; A cry shall resound in the window; Desolation shall be upon the threshold; For her cedar-work shall be laid bare.

15 Pa inge ma ac sikyak nu ke siti se su arulana insefulatkin ku lal sifacna, ac nunku mu wangin ma ac aklokoalokyal. Mwet we nunku mu siti selos pa ku ac fulat oemeet fin faclu. Ac fuka lupan musallaiyen acn sac, ke ac fah ekla sie acn in mongla lun kosro lemnak. Mwet nukewa su fahsryak we ac fah sangeng ac kohloli liki acn we.

This is the rejoicing city that dwelt in security, That said in her heart, “I, and none besides me!” Now is she become a desolation, a resting-place for wild beasts! Every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.