Zephaniah 2
1 Ẹ kó ara yín jọ pọ̀, àní ẹ kó ra yín jọ pọ̀ orílẹ̀-èdè tí kò ní ìtìjú,
Be you gathered and closely joined together, O unchastened nation;
2 kí a tó pa àṣẹ náà, kí ọjọ́ náà tó kọjá bí ìyàngbò ọkà, kí gbígbóná ìbínú Olúwa tó dé bá a yín, kí ọjọ́ ìbínú Olúwa kí ó tó dé bá a yín.
before you become as the flower that passes away, before the anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the wrath of the Lord come upon you.
3 Ẹ wá Olúwa, gbogbo ẹ̀yin onírẹ̀lẹ̀ ilẹ̀ náà, ẹ̀yin tí ń ṣe ohun tí ó bá pàṣẹ. Ẹ wá òdodo, ẹ wá ìrẹ̀lẹ̀ pẹ̀lú, bóyá á ó pa yín mọ́ ní ọjọ́ ìbínú Olúwa.
Seek you the Lord, all you meek of the earth; do judgement, and seek justice, and answer accordingly; that you may be hid in the day of the wrath of the Lord.
4 Nítorí pé, a ó kọ Gasa sílẹ̀, Aṣkeloni yóò sì dahoro. Ní ọ̀sán gangan ni a ó lé Aṣdodu jáde, a ó sì fa Ekroni tu kúrò.
For Gaza shall be utterly spoiled, and Ascalon shall be destroyed; and Azotus shall be cast forth at noon-day, and Accaron shall be rooted up.
5 Ègbé ni fún ẹ̀yin tí ń gbé etí Òkun, ẹ̀yin ènìyàn ara Kereti; ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa dojúkọ ọ́, ìwọ Kenaani, ilẹ̀ àwọn ara Filistini. “Èmi yóò pa yín run, ẹnìkan kò sì ní ṣẹ́kù nínú yín.”
Woe to them that dwell on the border of the sea, neighbours of the Cretans! the word of the Lord is against you, O Chanaan, land of the Philistines, and I will destroy you out of [your] dwelling-place.
6 Ilẹ̀ náà ní etí Òkun, ni ibùgbé àwọn ará Kereti, ni yóò jẹ́ ibùjókòó fún àwọn olùṣọ́-àgùntàn àti agbo àgùntàn.
And Crete shall be a pasture of flocks, and a fold of sheep.
7 Agbègbè náà yóò sì jẹ́ ti ìyókù àwọn ilé Juda, níbẹ̀ ni wọn yóò sì ti rí koríko fún ẹran. Ní ilé Aṣkeloni ni wọn yóò dùbúlẹ̀ ni àṣálẹ́. Olúwa Ọlọ́run wọn yóò bẹ̀ wọn wò, yóò sì yí ìgbèkùn wọn padà.
And the sea cost shall be for the remnant of the house of Juda; they shall pasture upon them in the houses of Ascalon; they shall rest in the evening because of the children of Juda; for the Lord their God has visited them, and he will turn away their captivity.
8 “Èmi ti gbọ́ ẹ̀gàn Moabu, àti ẹlẹ́yà àwọn Ammoni, àwọn tó kẹ́gàn àwọn ènìyàn mi, tí wọ́n sì ti gbé ara wọn ga sí agbègbè wọn.
I have heard the revilings of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reviled my people, and magnified themselves against my coasts.
9 Nítorí náà, bí Èmi tí wà,” ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun, Ọlọ́run àwọn Israẹli wí, “nítòótọ́ Moabu yóò dàbí Sodomu, àti Ammoni yóò sì dàbí Gomorra, ibi tí ó kún fún yèrèpè, àti ìhó iyọ̀ àti ìdahoro títí láéláé. Ìyókù àwọn ènìyàn mi yóò kó wọn; àwọn tí ó sì yọ nínú ewu ní orílẹ̀-èdè mi ni yóò jogún ilẹ̀ wọn.”
Therefore, [as] I live, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodoma, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha; and Damascus [shall be] left as a heap of the threshing floor, and desolate for ever: and the remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the remnant of my nations shall inherit them.
10 Èyí ni ohun tí wọn yóò gbà padà nítorí ìgbéraga wọn, nítorí wọ́n kẹ́gàn, wọn sì ti fi àwọn ènìyàn Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun ṣe ẹlẹ́yà.
This is their punishment in return for their haughtiness, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the Lord Almighty.
11 Olúwa yóò jẹ́ ìbẹ̀rù fún wọn; nígbà tí Òun bá pa gbogbo òrìṣà ilẹ̀ náà run. Orílẹ̀-èdè láti etí odò yóò máa sìn, olúkúlùkù láti ilẹ̀ rẹ̀ wá.
The Lord shall appear against them, and shall utterly destroy all the gods of the nations of the earth; and they shall worship him every one from his place, [even] all the islands of the nations.
12 “Ẹ̀yin Etiopia pẹ̀lú, a ó fi idà mi pa yín.”
You Ethiopians also are the slain of my sword.
13 Òun yóò sì na ọwọ́ rẹ̀ sí apá àríwá, yóò sì pa Asiria run, yóò sì sọ Ninefe di ahoro, àti di gbígbẹ bí aginjù.
And he shall stretch forth his hand against the north and destroy the Assyrian, and make Nineve a dry wilderness, [even] as a desert.
14 Agbo ẹran yóò sì dùbúlẹ̀ ni àárín rẹ̀, àti gbogbo ẹranko àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè. Òwìwí aginjù àti ti n kígbe ẹyẹ òwìwí yóò wọ bí ẹyẹ ni ọwọ̀n rẹ̀. Ohùn wọn yóò kọrin ni ojú fèrèsé, ìdahoro yóò wà nínú ìloro ẹnu-ọ̀nà, òun yóò sì ṣẹ́ ọ̀pá kedari sílẹ̀.
And flocks, and all the wild beasts of the land, and chameleons shall feed in the midst thereof: and hedgehogs shall lodge in the ceilings thereof; and wild beasts shall cry in the breaches thereof, and ravens in her porches, whereas her loftiness was [as] as cedar.
15 Èyí ni ìlú aláyọ̀ tí ó ń gbé láìléwu. Ó sì sọ fun ara rẹ̀ pé, “Èmi ni, kò sì sí ẹnìkan tí ó ń bẹ lẹ́yìn mi.” Irú ahoro wo ni òun ha ti jẹ́, ibùgbé fún àwọn ẹranko igbó! Gbogbo ẹni tí ó bá kọjá ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀ yóò fi rẹ́rìn-ín ẹlẹ́yà, wọ́n yóò sì gbọn ẹsẹ̀ wọn.
