Zephaniah 3
1 Ègbé ni fún ìlú aninilára, ọlọ̀tẹ̀ àti aláìmọ́.
Woe [to] the rebelling and defiling, The oppressing city!
2 Òun kò gbọ́rọ̀ sí ẹnikẹ́ni, òun kò gba ìtọ́ni, òun kò gbẹ́kẹ̀lé Olúwa, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni òun kò súnmọ́ ọ̀dọ̀ Ọlọ́run rẹ̀.
She has not listened to the voice, She has not accepted instruction, In YHWH she has not trusted, She has not drawn near to her God.
3 Àwọn olórí rẹ̀ jẹ́ kìnnìún tí ń ké ramúramù, àwọn onídàájọ́ rẹ̀, ìkookò àṣálẹ́ ni wọn, wọn kò sì fi nǹkan kan kalẹ̀ fún òwúrọ̀.
Her heads in her midst [are] roaring lions, Her judges [are] wolves [as in] evening, They have not gnawn the bone in the morning.
4 Àwọn wòlíì rẹ̀ gbéraga, wọ́n sì jẹ́ alárékérekè ènìyàn. Àwọn àlùfáà rẹ̀ ti ba ibi mímọ́ jẹ́, wọ́n sì rú òfin.
Her prophets unstable—men of treachery, Her priests have defiled the sanctuary, They have violated the Law.
5 Olúwa ni àárín rẹ̀ jẹ́ olódodo; kì yóò ṣe ohun tí kò tọ̀nà. Àràárọ̀ ni ó máa ń mú ìdájọ́ rẹ̀ wá sí ìmọ́lẹ̀, kì í sì kùnà ní gbogbo ọjọ́ tuntun, síbẹ̀ àwọn aláìṣòótọ́ kò mọ ìtìjú.
YHWH [is] righteous in her midst, He does not do perverseness, Morning by morning His judgment He gives to the light, It has not been lacking, And the perverse do not know shame.
6 “Èmi ti ké àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè kúrò, ilé gíga wọn sì ti bàjẹ́. Mo ti fi ìgboro wọn sílẹ̀ ní òfo tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí ẹnìkankan kò kọjá níbẹ̀. Ìlú wọn parun tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí kò sí ẹnìkan tí yóò ṣẹ́kù, kò sì ní sí ẹnìkan rárá.
“I have cut off nations, Desolated have been their chief ones, I have laid waste their out-places without any passing by, Destroyed have been their cities, Without man, without inhabitant.
7 Èmi wí fún ìlú náà wí pé, ‘Nítòótọ́, ìwọ yóò bẹ̀rù mi, ìwọ yóò sì gba ìtọ́ni!’ Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, a kì yóò ké ibùgbé rẹ̀ kúrò bí ó ti wù kí ń jẹ wọ́n ní yà tó. Ṣùgbọ́n síbẹ̀ wọ́n sì tún ní ìtara láti ṣe ìbàjẹ́.
I have said: Only, you fear Me, You accept instruction, And her habitation is not cut off, All that I have appointed for her, But they have risen early, They have corrupted all their doings.
8 Nítorí náà ẹ dúró dè mí,” ni Olúwa wí, “títí di ọjọ́ náà tí èmi yóò fi jẹ́rìí sí yin. Nítorí ìpinnu mi ni láti kó orílẹ̀-èdè jọ kí èmi kí ó lè kó ilẹ̀ ọba jọ àti láti da ìbínú mi jáde sórí wọn, àní gbogbo ìbínú gbígbóná mi. Nítorí gbogbo ayé ni a ó fi iná owú mi jẹ run.
Therefore, wait for Me,” A declaration of YHWH, “For the day of My rising for prey, For My judgment [is] to gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them My indignation, All the heat of My anger, For by the fire of My jealousy all the earth is consumed.
9 “Nígbà náà ni èmi yóò yí èdè àwọn ènìyàn padà sí èdè mímọ́, nítorí kí gbogbo wọn bá a lè máa pe orúkọ Olúwa, láti fi ọkàn kan sìn ín.
For then I turn a pure lip to peoples, To call all of them by the Name of YHWH, To serve Him [with] one shoulder.
10 Láti òkè odò Etiopia, àwọn olùjọsìn mi, àwọn ènìyàn mi tí ó ti fọ́nká, yóò mú ọrẹ wá fún mi.
From beyond the rivers of Cush, My supplicants, The daughter of My scattered ones, Bring My present.
11 Ní ọjọ́ náà ni a kì yóò sì dójútì nítorí gbogbo iṣẹ́ ibi ni tí ó ti ṣẹ̀ sí mi, nígbà náà ni èmi yóò mu kúrò nínú ìlú yìí, àwọn tí ń yọ̀ nínú ìgbéraga wọn. Ìwọ kì yóò sì gbéraga mọ́ ní òkè mímọ́ mi.
In that day you are not ashamed because of any of your actions, With which you have transgressed against Me, For then I turn aside from your midst The exulting ones of your excellence, And you are to be haughty no longer, In My holy mountain.
12 Ṣùgbọ́n Èmi yóò fi àwọn ọlọ́kàn tútù àti onírẹ̀lẹ̀ sílẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ni àárín rẹ̀, wọn yóò sì gbẹ́kẹ̀lé orúkọ Olúwa.
And I have left in your midst a people humble and poor, And they have trusted in the Name of YHWH.
13 Àwọn ìyókù Israẹli kì yóò hùwà ibi, wọn kì yóò sọ̀rọ̀ èké. Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a kì yóò rí ahọ́n àrékérekè ní ẹnu wọn. Àwọn yóò jẹun, wọn yóò sì dùbúlẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ẹnikẹ́ni kì yóò dẹ́rùbà wọ́n.”
The remnant of Israel does no perversity, nor speaks lies, Nor is a deceitful tongue found in their mouth, For they have delight, and have lain down, And there is none troubling.”
14 Kọrin, ìwọ ọmọbìnrin Sioni, kígbe sókè, ìwọ Israẹli! Fi gbogbo ọkàn yọ̀, kí inú rẹ kí ó sì dùn, ìwọ ọmọbìnrin Jerusalẹmu.
Cry aloud, O daughter of Zion, shout, O Israel, Rejoice and exult with the whole heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
15 Olúwa ti mú ìdájọ́ rẹ wọ̀n-ọn-nì kúrò, ó sì ti ti àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ padà sẹ́yìn. Olúwa, ọba Israẹli wà pẹ̀lú rẹ; ìwọ kì yóò sì bẹ̀rù ibi kan mọ́.
YHWH has turned aside your judgments, He has faced your enemy, The King of Israel, YHWH, [is] in your midst, You see evil no more.
16 Ní ọjọ́ náà, wọn yóò sọ fún Jerusalẹmu pé, “Má ṣe bẹ̀rù Sioni; má sì ṣe jẹ́ kí ọwọ́ rẹ kí ó dẹ̀.
In that day it is said to Jerusalem, “Do not fear, O Zion, Do not let your hands be feeble.
17 Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ wà pẹ̀lú rẹ, Ó ní agbára láti gbà ọ là. Yóò yọ̀ ni orí rẹ fún ayọ̀; Yóò tún ọ ṣe nínú ìfẹ́ rẹ̀, Yóò sì fi orin yọ̀ ní orí rẹ.”
Your God YHWH [is] in your midst, A mighty one [to] save, He rejoices over you with joy, He works in His love, He delights over you with singing.”
18 “Èmi ó kó àwọn tí ó ń banújẹ́ fún àjọ̀dún tí a yàn jọ, àwọn tí ó jẹ́ tirẹ̀; àwọn tí ẹ̀gàn rẹ̀ jásí ẹ̀rù.
“I have gathered My afflicted from the appointed place, They have been bearing reproach from you for her sake.
19 Ní àkókò náà ni èmi yóò dojúkọ àwọn tí ń ni yín lára, èmi yóò gba àtiro là, èmi yóò sì ṣa àwọn tí ó ti fọ́nká jọ, èmi yóò fi ìyìn àti ọlá fún wọn ní gbogbo ilẹ̀ tí a bá ti dójútì wọ́n.
Behold, I am dealing with all afflicting you at that time, And I have saved the halting one, And I gather the ones driven out, And have set them for a praise and for a name, In all the land of their shame.
20 Ní àkókò náà ni èmi yóò ṣà yín jọ; nígbà náà ni èmi yóò mú un yín padà wá sílé. Èmi yóò fi ọlá àti ìyìn fún un yín láàrín gbogbo ènìyàn àgbáyé, nígbà tí èmi yóò yí ìgbèkùn yín padà bọ sípò ní ojú ara yín,” ni Olúwa wí.
At that time I bring you in, Even at the time of My assembling you, For I give you for a name, and for a praise, Among all peoples of the land, In My turning back [to] your captivity before your eyes,” said YHWH!
