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 LORD’s word which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, 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 sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says the LORD.
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 sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says the LORD.
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 stretch out my hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place—the name of the idolatrous and pagan 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.
those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by the LORD and also swear by Malcam,
6 Nga fah kunauselosla su forla ac tia sifil kulansupweyu, elos su tila fahsr nu yuruk ku suk kolyuk luk.”
those who have turned back from following the LORD, and those who haven’t sought the LORD nor enquired after 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.
Be silent at the presence of the Lord GOD, for the day of the LORD is at hand. For the LORD has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated 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.
It will happen in the day of the LORD’s sacrifice that I will punish the princes, the king’s sons, and all those who are clothed with foreign clothing.
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 that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house 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.
In that day, says the LORD, there will be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, a wailing from the second quarter, 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!
Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with 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.’
It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, “The LORD 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.”
Their wealth will become a plunder, and their houses a desolation. Yes, they will build houses, but won’t inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, but won’t drink their wine.
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 the LORD is near. It is near and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of the LORD. The mighty man cries 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 distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
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 fortified cities and against the high battlements.
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.”
I will bring such distress on men that they will walk like blind men because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like 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 will be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.
