< Zephaniah 2 >

1 Come ye togidere, be gaderid, ye folc not worthi to be loued,
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 bifore that comaundyng brynge forth as dust passyng dai; bifore that wraththe of strong veniaunce of the Lord come on you, bifor that the dai of his indignacioun come on you.
3 Alle myelde men of erthe, seke ye the Lord, whiche han wrouyt the doom of hym; seke ye the iust, seke ye the mylde, if ony maner ye be hid in the dai of strong veniaunce of the Lord.
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 Gasa schal be distried, and Ascalon schal be in to desert; thei schulen caste out Azotus in myddai, and Accaron schal be drawun out bi the root.
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 Wo to you that dwellen in the litil part of the see, a folc of loste men. The word of the Lord on you, Canaan, the lond of Filisteis, and Y schal distrie thee, so that a dwellere be not;
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 the litil part of the see schal be reste of scheepherdis, and foldis of scheep.
沿海之地要變為草場, 其上有牧人的住處和羊群的圈。
7 And it schal be a litil part of hym, that schal be left of the hous of Juda, there thei schulen be fed in the housis of Ascalon; at euentid thei schulen reste, for the Lord God of hem schal visite hem, and schal turne awei the caitifte of hem.
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 Y herde the schenschip of Moab, and blasfemyes of sones of Amon, whiche thei seiden schentfuli to my puple, and thei weren magnefied on the termes of hem.
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 Therfor Y lyue, seith the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, for Moab schal be as Sodom, and the sones of Amon as Gomorre; drynesse of thornes, and hepis of salt, and desert, til in to withouten ende. The relifs of my puple schulen rauysche hem, the residues of my folc schulen welde hem.
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 Sotheli this thing schal come to hem for her pride, for thei blasfemeden, and weren magnefied on the puple of the Lord of oostis.
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 schal be orible on hem, and he schal make feble alle goddis of erthe; and men of her place schulen worschipe hym, alle the ilis of hethene men.
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 But and ye, Ethiopiens, schulen be slayn bi my swerd.
古實人哪,你們必被我的刀所殺。
13 And he schal stretche forth his hond on the north, and schal leese Assur; and he schal putte the feir citee Nynyue in to wildirnesse, and into with out weie, and as desert.
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 And flockis, and alle the beestis of folkis, schulen ligge in the myddil therof; and onacratalus, and irchun schulen dwelle in threshfoldis therof; vois of the syngynge in wyndow, and crow in the lyntil, for Y schal make thinne the strengthe therof.
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 gloriouse citee dwellynge in trist, which seide in hir herte, Y am, and ther is noon other more withouten me. Hou is it maad vnto desert, a couche of beeste; ech man that schal passe bi it, schal hisse, and schal moue his hond.
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。

< Zephaniah 2 >