Zephaniah 3
1 Woe [to] the rebellious and polluted, The oppressing city!
這悖逆、污穢、欺壓的城有禍了！
2 She hath not hearkened to the voice, She hath not accepted instruction, In Jehovah she hath not trusted, Unto her God she hath not drawn near.
她不聽從命令，不領受訓誨， 不倚靠耶和華， 不親近她的上帝。
3 Her heads in her midst [are] roaring lions, Her judges [are] evening wolves, They have not gnawn the bone in the morning.
她中間的首領是咆哮的獅子； 她的審判官是晚上的豺狼， 一點食物也不留到早晨。
4 Her prophets unstable — men of treachery, Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They have violated the law.
她的先知是虛浮詭詐的人； 她的祭司褻瀆聖所， 強解律法。
5 Jehovah [is] righteous in her midst, He doth not do perverseness, Morning by morning His judgment he giveth to the light, It hath not been lacking, And the perverse doth not know shame.
耶和華在她中間是公義的， 斷不做非義的事， 每早晨顯明他的公義，無日不然； 只是不義的人不知羞恥。
6 I have cut off nations, Desolated have been their chief ones, I have laid waste their out-places without any passing by, Destroyed have been their cities, Without man, without inhabitant.
我－耶和華已經除滅列國的民； 他們的城樓毀壞。 我使他們的街道荒涼，以致無人經過； 他們的城邑毀滅，以致無人， 也無居民。
7 I have said: Only, ye do fear Me, Ye do accept instruction, And her habitation is not cut off, All that I have appointed for her, But they have risen early, They have corrupted all their doings.
我說：你只要敬畏我，領受訓誨； 如此，你的住處不致照我所擬定的除滅。 只是你們從早起來就在一切事上敗壞自己。
8 Therefore, wait for Me — an affirmation of Jehovah, For the day of My rising for prey, For My judgment [is] to gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them Mine indignation, All the heat of Mine anger, For by the fire of My jealousy consumed is all the earth.
耶和華說：你們要等候我， 直到我興起擄掠的日子； 因為我已定意招聚列國，聚集列邦， 將我的惱怒－就是我的烈怒都傾在她們身上。 我的忿怒如火，必燒滅全地。
9 For then do I turn unto peoples a pure lip, To call all of them by the name of Jehovah, To serve Him [with] one shoulder.
那時，我必使萬民用清潔的言語 好求告我－耶和華的名， 同心合意地事奉我。
10 From beyond the rivers of Cush, my supplicants, The daughter of My scattered ones, Do bring My present.
祈禱我的，就是我所分散的民， 必從古實河外來，給我獻供物。
11 In that day thou art not ashamed because of any of thine actions, Wherewith thou hast transgressed against Me, For then do I turn aside from thy midst The exulting ones of thine excellency, And thou dost add no more to be haughty, In My holy mountain.
當那日，你必不因你一切得罪我的事自覺羞愧； 因為那時我必從你中間除掉矜誇高傲之輩， 你也不再於我的聖山狂傲。
12 And I have left in thy midst a people humble and poor, And they have trusted in the name of Jehovah.
我卻要在你中間留下困苦貧寒的民； 他們必投靠我－耶和華的名。
13 The remnant of Israel do no perversity, nor speak lies, Nor found in their mouth is a deceitful tongue, For they have delight, and have lain down, And there is none troubling.
以色列所剩下的人必不作罪孽， 不說謊言，口中也沒有詭詐的舌頭； 而且吃喝躺臥，無人驚嚇。
14 Cry aloud, O daughter of Zion, shout, O Israel, Rejoice and exult with the whole heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
錫安的民哪，應當歌唱！ 以色列啊，應當歡呼！ 耶路撒冷的民哪，應當滿心歡喜快樂！
15 Jehovah hath turned aside thy judgments, He hath faced thine enemy, The king of Israel, Jehovah, [is] in thy midst, Thou seest evil no more.
耶和華已經除去你的刑罰， 趕出你的仇敵。 以色列的王－耶和華在你中間； 你必不再懼怕災禍。
16 In that day it is said to Jerusalem, 'Fear not, O Zion, let not thy hands be feeble.
當那日，必有話向耶路撒冷說： 不要懼怕！錫安哪； 不要手軟！
17 Jehovah thy God [is] in thy midst, A mighty one doth save, He rejoiceth over thee with joy, He doth work in His love, He joyeth over thee with singing.'
耶和華－你的上帝是施行拯救、 大有能力的主。 他在你中間必因你歡欣喜樂， 默然愛你，且因你喜樂而歡呼。
18 Mine afflicted from the appointed place I have gathered, from thee they have been, Bearing for her sake reproach.
那些屬你、為無大會愁煩、 因你擔當羞辱的，我必聚集他們。
19 Lo, I am dealing with all afflicting thee at that time, And I have saved the halting one, And the driven out ones I do gather, And have set them for a praise and for a name, In all the land of their shame.
那時，我必罰辦一切苦待你的人， 又拯救你瘸腿的，聚集你被趕出的。 那些在全地受羞辱的， 我必使他們得稱讚，有名聲。
20 At that time I bring you in, Even at the time of My assembling you, For I give you for a name, and for a praise, Among all peoples of the land, In My turning back [to] your captivity before your eyes, said Jehovah!
那時，我必領你們進來，聚集你們； 我使你們被擄之人歸回的時候， 就必使你們在地上的萬民中有名聲，得稱讚。 這是耶和華說的。
