Zefanias 2

1Kayo'y magpipisan, oo, magpipisan, Oh bansang walang kahihiyan; 2Bago ang pasiya'y lumabas, bago dumaang parang dayami ang kaarawan, bago dumating sa inyo ang mabangis na galit ng Panginoon, bago dumating sa inyo ang kaarawan ng galit ng Panginoon. 3Hanapin ninyo ang Panginoon, ninyong lahat na maamo sa lupa, na nagsigawa ng ayon sa kaniyang kahatulan; hanapin ninyo ang katuwiran, hanapin ninyo ang kaamuan: kaypala ay malilingid kayo sa kaarawan ng galit ng Panginoon. 4Sapagka't ang Gaza ay pababayaan, at ang Ascalon ay sa kasiraan; kanilang palalayasin ang Asdod sa katanghaliang tapat, at ang Ecron ay mabubunot. 5Sa aba ng mga nananahanan sa baybayin ng dagat, bansa ng mga Chereteo! Ang salita ng Panginoon ay laban sa iyo, Oh Canaan, na lupain ng mga Filisteo; aking gigibain ka, upang mawalan ng mga mananahan. 6At ang baybayin ng dagat ay magiging pastulan, na may mga dampa para sa mga pastor, at mga kulungan para sa mga kawan. 7At ang baybayin ay mapapasa nalabi sa sangbahayan ni Juda; sila'y mangagpapastol ng kanilang mga kawan doon; sa mga bahay sa Ascalon ay mangahihiga sila sa gabi; sapagka't dadalawin sila ng Panginoon nilang Dios, at ibabalik sila na mula sa kanilang pagkabihag. 8Aking narinig ang panunungayaw ng Moab, at ang pagapi ng mga anak ni Ammon, na kanilang ipinanungayaw sa aking bayan, at nagmalaki sila ng kanilang sarili laban sa kanilang hangganan. 9Buhay nga ako, sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, Walang pagsalang ang Moab ay magiging parang Sodoma, at ang mga anak ni Ammon ay parang Gomorra, pag-aari na mga dawag, at lubak na asin, at isang pagkasira sa tanang panahon: sila'y sasamsamin ng nalabi sa aking bayan, at sila'y mamanahin ng nalabi sa aking bansa. 10Ito ang kanilang mapapala dahil sa kanilang pagpapalalo, sapagka't sila'y nanungayaw at nagmalaki ng kanilang sarili laban sa bayan ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo. 11Ang Panginoo'y magiging kakilakilabot sa kanila; sapagka't kaniyang gugutumin ang lahat ng dios sa lupa; at sasambahin siya ng mga tao; ng bawa't isa mula sa kanikaniyang dako, ng lahat na pulo ng mga bansa. 12Kayong mga taga Etiopia naman, kayo'y papatayin sa pamamagitan ng aking tabak. 13At kaniyang iuunat ang kaniyang kamay laban sa hilagaan, at gigibain ang Asiria, at ang Nineve ay sisirain, at tutuyuing gaya ng ilang. 14At mga bakaha'y hihiga sa gitna niyaon, lahat ng hayop ng mga bansa: ang pelikano at gayon din ang erizo ay tatahan sa mga kapitel niyaon; kanilang tinig ay huhuni sa mga dungawan; kasiraa'y sasapit sa mga pasukan; sapagka't kaniyang sinira ang mga yaring kahoy na cedro. 15Ito ang masayang bayan na tumahang walang bahala, na nagsasabi sa sarili, Ako nga, at walang iba liban sa akin: ano't siya'y naging sira, naging dakong higaan para sa mga hayop! lahat na daraan sa kaniya ay magsisisutsot, at ikukumpas ang kaniyang kamay.

1Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation that has no shame, 2before the appointed time when the day passes as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Yahweh comes on you, before the day of Yahweh’s anger comes on you. 3Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh’s anger. 4For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up. 5Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! Yahweh’s word is against you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines. I will destroy you, that there will be no inhabitant. 6The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks. 7The coast will be for the remnant of the house of Judah. They will find pasture. In the houses of Ashkelon, they will lie down in the evening, for Yahweh, their God, will visit them, and restore them. 8I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border. 9Therefore as I live, says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them. 10This they will have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Yahweh of Armies. 11Yahweh will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him, everyone from his place, even all the shores of the nations. 12You Cushites also, you will be killed by my sword. 13He will stretch out his hand against the north, destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as the wilderness. 14Herds will lie down in the midst of her, all the animals of the nations. Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare the cedar beams. 15This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in her heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me.” How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her will hiss, and shake their fists.

1Doorzoek u zelf nauw, ja, doorzoek nauw, gij volk, dat met geen lust bevangen wordt! 2Eer het besluit bare (gelijk kaf gaat de dag voorbij), terwijl de hittigheid van des HEEREN toorn over ulieden nog niet komt; terwijl de dag van den toorn des HEEREN over ulieden nog niet komt. 3Zoekt den HEERE, alle gij zachtmoedigen des lands, die Zijn recht werken! Zoekt gerechtigheid, zoekt zachtmoedigheid, misschien zult gij verborgen worden in den dag van den toorn des HEEREN. 4Want Gaza zal verlaten wezen, en Askelon zal ter verwoesting wezen; Asdod zal men in den middag verdrijven, en Ekron zal uitgeworteld worden. 5Wee den inwonenden van de landstreek der zee, den volken der Cheretim! Het woord des HEEREN zal tegen ulieden zijn, gij Kanaan, der Filistijnen land! en Ik zal u verdoen, dat er geen inwoner zal zijn. 6En de landstreek der zee zal wezen tot hutten, uitgegraven putten der herders, en betuiningen der kudden. 7En de landstreek zal wezen voor het overblijfsel van het huis van Juda, dat zij daarin weiden; des avonds zullen zij in de huizen van Askelon legeren, als de HEERE, hunlieder God, hen zal bezocht, en hun gevangenis zal gewend hebben. 8Ik heb de beschimping van Moab gehoord, en de scheldwoorden der kinderen Ammons, waarmede zij Mijn volk beschimpt hebben, en hebben zich groot gemaakt tegen deszelfs landpale. 9Daarom, zo waarachtig als Ik leef, spreekt de HEERE der heirscharen, de God Israels: Moab zal zekerlijk zijn als Sodom, en de kinderen Ammons als Gomorra, een netelheide, en een zoutgroeve, en een verwoesting tot in eeuwigheid! De overigen Mijns volks zullen ze beroven, en het overige Mijns volks zal ze erfelijk bezitten. 10Dat zullen zij hebben in plaats van hun hoogmoed; want zij hebben beschimpt, en hebben zich groot gemaakt tegen het volk van den HEERE der heirscharen. 11Vreselijk zal de HEERE tegen hen wezen, want Hij zal al de goden der aarde doen uitteren; en een iegelijk uit zijn plaats zal Hem aanbidden, al de eilanden der heidenen. 12Ook gij, Moren! zult de verslagenen van Mijn zwaard zijn. 13Hij zal ook Zijn hand uitstrekken tegen het Noorden, en Hij zal Assur verdoen; en Hij zal Nineve stellen tot een verwoesting, droog als een woestijn. 14En in het midden van haar zullen den kudden legeren, al het gedierte der volken; ook de roerdomp, ook de nachtuil zullen op haar granaatappelen vernachten; een stem zal in het venster zingen, verwoesting zal in den dorpel zijn, als Hij haar cederwerk zal ontbloot hebben. 15Dit is die stad, die opspringt van vreugde, die zeker woont, die in haar hart zegt: Ik ben het, en buiten mij is geen meer; hoe is zij geworden tot woestheid, een rustplaats van het gedierte! Een ieder, die daardoor trekt, zal ze aanfluiten, hij zal zijn hand bewegen.