Zephaniah 2
1 You people [of Judah] who ought to be ashamed, gather together [DOU].
Hai bangsa yang tidak tahu malu, sadarlah
2 Yahweh is extremely angry with you, [so gather together now], before it is time for him to punish [MTY] you and blow you away like [SIM] [the wind blows away] chaff.
sebelum kamu layu dan kering seperti bunga! Insaflah sebelum tiba hari kemarahan TUHAN, dan kamu ditimpa murka TUHAN yang menyala-nyala itu.
3 All you people in Judah who are humble, worship Yahweh, and obey what he has commanded. Try to do what is right and to be humble. [If you do that], perhaps Yahweh will protect/spare you on the day when he punishes [MTY] people.
Kembalilah kepada TUHAN, hai semua orang yang rendah hati di negeri ini, dan semua orang yang mentaati perintah-perintah-Nya. Bertindaklah menurut kehendak TUHAN, dan rendahkanlah dirimu di hadapan-Nya. Siapa tahu kamu akan luput dari penghukuman pada hari TUHAN menunjukkan kemarahan-Nya.
4 [When Yahweh punishes Philistia], Gaza and Ashkelon [cities] will be deserted/abandoned. Ashdod [city] will be attacked and the people expelled at noon [when people are resting]; the [people of Ekron city] will [also] be driven out.
Di kota Gaza tak seorang pun akan diselamatkan. Askelon akan sepi tanpa penghuni. Penduduk Asdod akan diusir dalam sebuah serangan mendadak di siang bolong dan penduduk Ekron akan disuruh pergi dari kota mereka.
5 And terrible things will happen to you people of Philistia who live near the sea, because Yahweh has decided [MTY] that he will punish [MTY] you, [also]. He will get rid of all of you; not one person will (survive/remain alive).
Terkutuklah kamu, hai orang Filistin, bangsa yang tinggal di sepanjang pantai. TUHAN telah menetapkan hukuman bagimu. Ia akan membinasakan kamu, tak seorang pun dari kamu akan luput.
6 The land [of Philistia] near the sea will become a pasture, a place for shepherds and their sheep pens.
Daerahmu di dekat laut menjadi padang rumput; gubug-gubug gembala dan kandang-kandang domba akan dibangun di situ.
7 The people of Judah who (survive/are still alive) will possess that land. At night they will sleep in the [deserted] houses in Ashkelon. Yahweh will take care of them; he will enable them to prosper again.
Penduduk Yehuda yang dapat lolos, akan menduduki daerahmu itu. Mereka akan menggembalakan ternak di tanah itu, dan pada malam hari mereka akan tidur di rumah-rumah orang Askelon. Sebab TUHAN, Allah mereka akan melindungi mereka lagi dan menjadikan mereka makmur kembali.
8 The Commander of the armies of angels, the God to whom [we] Israeli people [belong], says [this]: “I have heard the people of Moab and Ammon when they insulted [DOU] my people, and when they said that they would conquer my people’s country.
TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa berkata, "Telah Kudengar bangsa-bangsa Moab dan Amon menghina dan mengejek umat-Ku. Mereka membual akan merebut tanah umat-Ku.
9 So now, [as surely] as I live, [I will destroy] Moab and Ammon like [SIM] [I destroyed] Gomorrah [city]. Their land will be a place were there are nettles and salt pits; it will be ruined forever. My Israeli people who survive will take away all their valuable possessions and [also] occupy their land.”
Demi Aku yang hidup, Allah bangsa Israel, Aku akan menyapu bersih Moab dan Amon seperti Sodom dan Gomora. Negeri-negeri itu akan penuh dengan sumur-sumur garam dan puing-puing abadi yang ditumbuhi semak-semak belukar. Sisa umat-Ku yang terluput akan merampoki penduduknya, dan merebut tanah mereka."
10 The people of Moab and Ammon will get what they deserve for being proud, because they made fun of the people who belong to the Commander of the armies of angels.
Demikianlah penduduk Moab dan Amon akan dihukum karena kesombongan dan keangkuhan mereka, juga karena mereka telah menghina umat TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa.
11 Yahweh will cause them to be terrified [when] he destroys all the gods of their countries. Then [even the people who live on] islands throughout the world will worship Yahweh, each in their own countries.
TUHAN akan membuat mereka ketakutan. Ia akan menghancurkan dewa-dewa di bumi. Lalu segala bangsa akan beribadat kepada TUHAN, masing-masing di negerinya sendiri.
12 [Yahweh says that] he will also slaughter the people of Ethiopia.
Juga penduduk Sudan akan dijatuhi hukuman mati oleh TUHAN.
13 Yahweh will punish [IDM] and destroy Assyria, [that land] northeast of us. He will cause [its capital] Nineveh to become ruined and deserted, a place that will be as dry as the desert.
Setelah itu TUHAN akan menggunakan kuasa-Nya untuk menghancurkan Asyur. Kota Niniwe akan dijadikan sunyi sepi dan gurun yang tandus.
14 [Flocks of sheep and] herds [of cattle] and many kinds of wild animals will lie down there. Owls and crows will sit on the columns/pillars [of the destroyed buildings], and they will (hoot/cry out) through the windows. There will be rubble in the doorways, and the [valuable] cedar boards will be taken [from the ruined houses].
Di situ kawanan binatang dan segala macam hewan akan berbaring dan beristirahat. Burung-burung hantu akan bersarang di puing-puing itu dan berteriak-teriak dari jendela-jendela. Burung gagak akan menggaok-gaok di ambang-ambang pintu. Kayu cemara pada bangunan-bangunan kota itu akan habis dicopoti.
15 [The people of] Nineveh were [previously] happy and proud, thinking that they were very safe. They were [always] saying, “Our city is the greatest city; there is no city as great as ours!” But now it will become a ruins, a place where wild animals make their dens. And everyone who passes by there will hiss [and scorn/ridicule that city], and shake their fists [to show that they detest that city very much].
Itulah yang akan terjadi pada kota yang riang gembira itu dan yang menganggap dirinya aman tenteram. Penduduknya mengira bahwa kota mereka itu kota yang paling besar di dunia. Alangkah sepi daerah itu, tak ada penghuninya kecuali binatang-binatang hutan yang bersarang di situ! Setiap orang yang lewat di kota itu akan terkejut dan merasa ngeri.
