Zephaniah 1
1 Pa inge pweng ma LEUM GOD El tuh sang nu sel Zephaniah in pacl ma Josiah wen natul Amon el tokosra lun Judah. (Zephaniah el ma in fita lal Tokosra Hezekiah kacl Amariah, Gedaliah, ac Cushi.)
The word of Yhwh which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
2 LEUM GOD El fahk, “Nga ac kunausla ma nukewa fin faclu,
I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith Yhwh.
3 mwet nukewa wi kosro, won, ac ik. Nga fah kunausla mwet koluk nukewa. Nga fah kunausla mwet nukewa, ac wangin kutena mwet ac fah painmoulla. Nga, LEUM GOD, fahk ouinge.
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith Yhwh.
4 “Nga fah akkeokye mwet Jerusalem ac mwet Judah nukewa. Nga fah eela tuh in wanginla nufon inken alu nu sel Baal in acn we, ac wangin sie fah ku in esam mwet tol pegan su kulansupwal.
I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
5 Nga fah kunausla kutena mwet su fanyak nu fin lohm uh ac alu nu ke faht, malem, ac itu uh. Nga fah oayapa kunausla mwet su alu nu sik ac wuleang mu elos ac orekma na nu sik, a elos sifilpa orek wulela ku nu sin god Molech.
And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by Yhwh, and that swear by Malcham;
6 Nga fah kunauselosla su forla ac tia sifil kulansupweyu, elos su tila fahsr nu yuruk ku suk kolyuk luk.”
And them that are turned back from Yhwh; and those that have not sought Yhwh, nor enquired for him.
7 Len in nununku lun LEUM GOD apkuranme, ke ma inge kowos in misla ye mutal. LEUM GOD El akoo in onela mwet lal oana kosro nu ke mwe kisa, ac El suli mwet lokoalok in orani ac usla nufon koanon acn Judah.
Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord Yhwh: for the day of Yhwh is at hand: for Yhwh hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
8 LEUM GOD El fahk, “Ke len sac, nga fah onela mwet kol ac sou lun tokosra, ac elos nukewa su oru facsin lun mwetsac.
And it shall come to pass in the day of Yhwh's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.
9 Nga fah kaelos nukewa su alu oana mwet pegan, ac elos su uniya mwet ac pisre ma lalos in nwakla lohm sin mwet leum lalos ke ma wap.”
In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.
10 Ac LEUM GOD El oayapa fahk, “In len sac, kowos ac fah lohng pusren tung sisken Mutunpot Ik in Jerusalem. Kowos ac fah lohng pac tung tutaf in acn su tufahna musaiyuk in siti uh, ac sie pusra lulap su ngirla fineol uh me.
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Yhwh, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
11 Kowos su muta tafunyen ten in siti uh in tung ac wowoyak ke pacl se kowos lohngak ma inge, mweyen mwet kuka nukewa elos misa!
Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
12 “In pacl sac nga fah eis kutu lam ac tolak acn nukewa Jerusalem. Nga fah kalyei mwet su pangon elos fas in ma nukewa ac su lulalfongi kaclos sifacna, ac fahk nu selos sifacna, ‘LEUM GOD El tiana oru kutena ma, finne nu ke wo ku nu ke koluk.’
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, Yhwh will not do good, neither will he do evil.
13 Mwe kasrup lalos ac fah pusrla, ac lohm selos kunausyukla. Elos fah tiana muta in lohm ma elos musaela, ku nim wain ma tuku ke ima in grape lalos.”
Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
14 Len lulap lun LEUM GOD apkuranme — arulana fototome, ac ac sa na tuku! Len sac ac fah sie len na upa, mweyen finne mwet mweun na pulaik se, el ac wowoyak pac ke keok.
The great day of Yhwh is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of Yhwh: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
15 Ac fah sie len in kasrkusrak, sie len in ongoiya ac keok, len in musalla ac kunanula ma nukewa, sie len lohsr ac ohk lulap, sie len pukunyeng ac lohsr matoltol,
That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
16 sie len sessesla ke pusren mwe ukuk lun mweun, ac pusren sasa lun mwet mweun ke elos mweuni pot ku ac tower fulat lun siti uh.
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
17 LEUM GOD El fahk, “Nga fah sang mwe ongoiya lulap nu fin mwet uh ac elos nukewa fah fahsr kahlimin acn uh oana mwet kun. Elos orekma koluk lainyu, ac inge srah kaclos ac fah okwokla oana kof, ac mano misa lalos ac fah oan kulawi fin fohk uh.”
And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Yhwh: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
18 Ke len se LEUM GOD El ac akkalemye kasrkusrak lal uh, finne gold ku silver nukewa lalos tiana ku in molelosla. Faclu nufon ac fah firiryak ke fulen kasrkusrak lal. El ac fah aksafyela moul lun mwet nukewa su muta fin faclu ke sie safla su ac sikyak in kitin pacl na.
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Yhwh's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
