Zephaniah 2
1 Be ashamed within yourselves, be ashamed,
不知羞恥的國民哪，你們應當聚集！ 趁命令沒有發出， 日子過去如風前的糠， 耶和華的烈怒未臨到你們， 他發怒的日子未到以先， 你們應當聚集前來。
2 before you become as the drifting chaff, before the anger of the Lord comes upon you, before the day of the Lord’s wrath comes upon you.
3 Seek the Lord all you meek of the earth, you who obey his law; Seek righteousness, seek meekness; perhaps you may be hidden in the day of the Lord’s wrath.
世上遵守耶和華典章的謙卑人哪， 你們都當尋求耶和華！ 當尋求公義謙卑， 或者在耶和華發怒的日子可以隱藏起來。
4 For Gaza will be forsaken; Ashkelon a desolation; Ashdod – by noon will they rout her and Ekron be torn up!
迦薩必致見棄； 亞實基倫必然荒涼。 人在正午必趕出亞實突的民； 以革倫也被拔出根來。
5 Woe to those who live by the sea coast, people of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines! I will destroy you so that you will be without inhabitants,
住沿海之地的基利提族有禍了！ 迦南、非利士人之地啊，耶和華的話與你反對， 說：我必毀滅你，以致無人居住。
6 and you will become shepherds’ cots and folds for flocks.
沿海之地要變為草場， 其上有牧人的住處和羊群的圈。
7 The sea coast will belong to the survivors of the house of Judah. They will pasture their flocks there. In the house of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening. The Lord their God will be with them and restore their fortunes.
這地必為猶大家剩下的人所得； 他們必在那裏牧放群羊， 晚上必躺臥在亞實基倫的房屋中； 因為耶和華－他們的上帝必眷顧他們， 使他們被擄的人歸回。
8 I have heard the taunts of Moab, and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my people, and spoken boastfully concerning their border.
我聽見摩押人的毀謗和亞捫人的辱罵， 就是毀謗我的百姓，自誇自大， 侵犯他們的境界。
9 Therefore as I live, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Moab will be like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a pile of nettles and saltpits, and a desolation, forever. The residue of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them.
萬軍之耶和華－以色列的上帝說： 我指着我的永生起誓： 摩押必像所多瑪， 亞捫人必像蛾摩拉， 都變為刺草、鹽坑、永遠荒廢之地。 我百姓所剩下的必擄掠他們； 我國中所餘剩的必得着他們的地。
10 This will they have for their pride, because they have taunted and spoken boastfully against the people of the Lord of hosts.
這事臨到他們是因他們驕傲，自誇自大， 毀謗萬軍之耶和華的百姓。
11 The Lord will terrify them; he will reduce all the gods of the earth; then all the peoples of the nations will worship him, each in their own land.
耶和華必向他們顯可畏之威， 因他必叫世上的諸神瘦弱。 列國海島的居民各在自己的地方敬拜他。
12 You, also, Ethiopians, slain by his sword are you!
古實人哪，你們必被我的刀所殺。
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria; And he will make Nineveh a desolation, dry as the wilderness.
耶和華必伸手攻擊北方，毀滅亞述， 使尼尼微荒涼，又乾旱如曠野。
14 Herds will lie down in it, every beast of the earth, Desert owl and screech owl will lodge in its capitals. The owl will hoot in the window, the raven on the doorstep, all stripped bare of cedar.
群畜，就是各國的走獸必臥在其中； 鵜鶘和箭豬要宿在柱頂上。 在窗戶內有鳴叫的聲音； 門檻都必毀壞， 香柏木已經露出。
15 This is the exultant city which sat secure. The city who said to herself, I am and there is none else! How has she become a desolation! A lair of beasts! Every passerby hisses at her, shakes their hand.
這是素來歡樂安然居住的城， 心裏說：惟有我，除我以外再沒有別的； 現在何竟荒涼成為野獸躺臥之處！ 凡經過的人都必搖手嗤笑她。
