西番雅書 1
1 當猶大王亞們的兒子約西亞在位的時候，耶和華的話臨到希西家的玄孫，亞瑪利雅的曾孫，基大利的孫子，古示的兒子西番雅。
The Lord’s message, which came to Zephaniah, son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the time of Josiah of Judah who was son of Amon.
2 耶和華說： 我必從地上除滅萬類。
I will utterly destroy everything from off the face of the earth, says the Lord.
3 我必除滅人和牲畜， 與空中的鳥、海裏的魚， 以及絆腳石和惡人； 我必將人從地上剪除。 這是耶和華說的。
I will sweep away human and animal, the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea. I will cause the wicked to stumble, and I will cut off humanity from the face of the earth, says the Lord.
4 我必伸手攻擊猶大 和耶路撒冷的一切居民， 也必從這地方剪除所剩下的巴力， 並基瑪林的名和祭司，
I will stretch out my hand over Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and I will cut off from this place the last remnant of Baal and the name of the heathen priests,
5 與那些在房頂上敬拜天上萬象的， 並那些敬拜耶和華指着他起誓， 又指着瑪勒堪起誓的，
and those who worship on the housetops to the stars in the sky, and those worshippers of the Lord who also pay homage to Milcom,
6 與那些轉去不跟從耶和華的， 和不尋求耶和華也不訪問他的。
and those who turn back from following the Lord, And those who do not seek the Lord nor strive to find him.
7 你要在主耶和華面前靜默無聲， 因為耶和華的日子快到。 耶和華已經預備祭物， 將他的客分別為聖。
Be silent before the Lord God, for near is the day of the Lord, for the Lord has prepared a sacrifice, he has sanctified his guests.
8 到了我－耶和華獻祭的日子， 必懲罰首領和王子， 並一切穿外邦衣服的。
On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice: I will punish the officers and the royal princes, and all those who clothe themselves in foreign apparel.
9 到那日，我必懲罰一切跳過門檻、 將強暴和詭詐得來之物充滿主人房屋的。
On that day: I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their lord with violence and deceit.
10 耶和華說：當那日， 從魚門必發出悲哀的聲音， 從二城發出哀號的聲音， 從山間發出大破裂的響聲。
Listen on that day, says the Lord: A cry will be heard from the Fish Gate, and a wailing from the New Quarter, and a great din from the hills.
11 瑪革提施的居民哪，你們要哀號， 因為迦南的商民都滅亡了！ 凡搬運銀子的都被剪除。
Those who live in the Mortar wail, for all the traders are silenced, the money counters wiped out.
12 那時，我必用燈巡查耶路撒冷； 我必懲罰那些如酒在渣滓上澄清的； 他們心裏說： 耶和華必不降福，也不降禍。
I will search Jerusalem with a lamp, I will punish those who are at ease, who sit comfortably with their wine, who say to themselves, ‘the Lord brings neither prosperity nor calamity.’
13 他們的財寶必成為掠物； 他們的房屋必變為荒場。 他們必建造房屋，卻不得住在其內； 栽種葡萄園，卻不得喝所出的酒。
Their wealth will become a prey and their houses a desolation. Though they build houses, they will not inhabit them; though they plant vineyards, they will not drink wine from them.
14 耶和華的大日臨近， 臨近而且甚快， 乃是耶和華日子的風聲； 勇士必痛痛地哭號。
Near is the day of the Lord! Near and rapidly approaching! Near is the bitter day of the Lord, and the scream of the warrior.
15 那日是忿怒的日子， 是急難困苦的日子， 是荒廢淒涼的日子， 是黑暗幽冥、密雲烏黑的日子，
That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
16 是吹角吶喊的日子， 要攻擊堅固城和高大的城樓。
a day of the trumpet and battle-cry, against the fortified cities and against the high battlements.
17 我必使災禍臨到人身上， 使他們行走如同瞎眼的， 因為得罪了我。 他們的血必倒出如灰塵； 他們的肉必拋棄如糞土。
And I will bring distress upon the people and they will walk as the blind, because they have sinned against the Lord, and their blood will be poured out as dust and their flesh as dung.
18 當耶和華發怒的日子， 他們的金銀不能救他們； 他的忿怒如火必燒滅全地， 毀滅這地的一切居民，而且大大毀滅。
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them. For in the day of the wrath of the Lord and in the fire of his fury the whole earth will be consumed. For he will make a speedy end of all the inhabitants of the earth.
