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 word of Jehovah which came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
2 耶和華說： 我必從地上除滅萬類。
I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, says Jehovah.
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 consume man and beast. I will consume the birds of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked. And I will cut off man from off the face of the ground, says Jehovah.
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，
And I will stretch out my hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarim with the 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 the host of heaven upon the housetops, and those who worship, who swear to Jehovah and swear by Malcam,
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 are turned back from following Jehovah, and those who have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after 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。
Hold thy peace at the presence of the lord Jehovah, for the day of Jehovah is at hand. For Jehovah has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated 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。
And it shall come to pass in the day of Jehovah's sacrifice, that I will punish the rulers, and the king's sons, and all such as are clothed with 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。
And in that day I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master's house 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。
And in that day, says Jehovah, there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing 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。
Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone. All those who were laden with silver are cut off.
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。
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their lees, who say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, nor will he do evil.
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。
And their wealth shall become a spoil, and their houses a desolation. Yea, they shall build houses, but shall not inhabit them, and they shall plant vineyards, but shall not drink the wine of it.
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。
The great day of Jehovah is near. It is near and hastens greatly, the voice of the day of Jehovah. The mighty man cries there bitterly.
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 wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, 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 alarm, 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 men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Jehovah, and their blood shall 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 shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath, but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy. For he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.
