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Zephaniah 2
Names of God Bible
Zephaniah 2
Names of God Bible
A Call for Judah to Turn Away from Sin
2 Gather yourselves together!
Yes, gather together, you shameless nation,
2 before the decree is carried out
and the day passes like windblown husks,
before Yahweh’s burning anger comes to you,
before the day of Yahweh’s anger comes to you.
3 Search for Yahweh, all you humble people in the land
who carry out his justice.
Search for what is right.
Search for humility.
Maybe you will find shelter on the day of Yahweh’s anger.
The Lord Will Judge His People’s Enemies
4 Gaza will be deserted,
and Ashkelon will be destroyed.
Ashdod will be driven out at noon,
and Ekron will be torn out by the roots.
5 How horrible it will be for those who live on the seacoast,
for the nation from Crete.
The word of Yahweh is against you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines:
“I will destroy you so that no one will be living there.”
6 The seacoast will become pastureland
with meadows for shepherds
and fenced-off places for sheep.
7 The coast will belong to the faithful few from the nation of Judah.
There they will graze their sheep.
In the evening they will lie down in the houses of Ashkelon.
Yahweh their Elohim will take care of them
and will restore their fortunes.
8 “I have heard the insults from Moab and the mockery from Ammon.
They insulted my people and bragged about their territory.
9 Therefore, I solemnly swear, as I live,”
declares Yahweh Tsebaoth, the Elohim of Israel,
“Moab will become like Sodom, and Ammon will become like Gomorrah:
a place of weeds, salt pits, and ruins forever.
The faithful few of my people will loot them,
and those who are left in my nation will take possession of them.”
10 This is what they will get for their sinful pride,
because they insulted the people who belong to Yahweh Tsebaoth
and made themselves greater than them.
11 Yahweh will terrify them,
because he will make all the gods of the earth waste away.
So every person from every coast and nation will bow to him.
12 “Even you, the people from Sudan,
you will also die by my sword.”
13 Yahweh will use his power against the north and destroy Assyria.
He will turn Nineveh into a deserted ruin,
a dried up wasteland like the desert.
14 Flocks will lie down in it along with animals of every kind.
Even pelicans and herons will nest on top of its columns.
Listen! A bird will sing in a window.
The doorway will be in ruins,
because Yahweh will expose the cedar beams.
15 Is this the arrogant city?
Is this the city that used to live securely,
the city that used to think to itself,
“I’m the only one, and no one else exists but me”?
What a wasteland it is now, a resting place for wild animals!
All who pass by it will hiss and make an obscene gesture.
西番雅书 2
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
西番雅书 2
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
勸及時悔改
2 無恥的國民哪！
你們要聚集，
要聚集起來。
2 趁命令還沒有發出，
日子還沒有像風前的糠秕一般吹過，
耶和華的烈怒還沒有臨到你們，
耶和華忿怒的日子還沒有臨到你們以前，
你們要聚集起來！
3 地上所有謙卑的人，
就是遵守耶和華典章的人哪！
你們要尋求耶和華，
你們要尋求公義，尋求謙卑。
在耶和華忿怒的日子，
你們或許得以隱藏起來。
審判非利士
4 因為迦薩必被拋棄，
亞實基倫必成荒場，
亞實突的居民必在晌午被趕走；
以革倫必連根拔起來。
5 住在沿海地帶的人，
基列提的國民哪！你們有禍了。
這是耶和華攻擊你們的話：
“非利士人之地迦南啊！
我必毀滅你，使你那裡沒有人居住。
6 沿海的地必成為草場、
牧人的洞穴、
羊群的圈欄。
7 這地必歸給猶大家的餘民；
他們要在那裡放牧，
晚上他們躺臥在亞實基倫的房舍中；
因為耶和華他們的 神必眷顧他們，
使他們從被擄之地歸回。”
審判摩押與亞捫
8 我聽見了摩押人的辱罵之言，
聽見了亞捫人的毀謗之語，
他們辱罵我的子民，
又自誇自大侵犯他們的境界。
9 因此，萬軍之耶和華
以色列的 神說：
“我指著我的永生起誓：
摩押人必要像所多瑪，
亞捫人必定像蛾摩拉，
成為刺草和鹽坑之所，
永遠荒涼之地。
我餘下的子民必擄掠他們，
我國中所餘的要得著他們為業。”
10 由於他們的狂傲，這事就臨到他們；因為他們自誇自大，辱罵萬軍之耶和華的子民。 11 對於他們，耶和華是可畏懼的，因為他要消滅地上一切神祇；那時，列國海島上的居民，都各在自己的地方敬拜他。
審判古實與亞述
12 古實人哪！
你們也必被我的刀劍所殺。
13 耶和華必伸手攻擊北方，
毀滅亞述，
使尼尼微變成荒場，
乾旱像曠野。
14 群畜和各類的走獸必躺臥在其中；
鵜鶘和箭豬棲宿在柱頂上；
窗內有鳴叫的聲音，
門檻上必有荒涼；
因為香柏木都要暴露出來。
15 這就是那歡樂安居之城，
她心裡曾說：
“只有我，除我以外，再沒有別的了。”
現在怎麼竟成了荒場、
走獸躺臥之處呢！
凡從那裡經過的，
都必舞手嗤笑。
Zephaniah 2
New International Version
Zephaniah 2
New International Version
Judah and Jerusalem Judged Along With the Nations
Judah Summoned to Repent
2 Gather together,(A) gather yourselves together,
you shameful(B) nation,
2 before the decree takes effect
and that day passes like windblown chaff,(C)
before the Lord’s fierce anger(D)
comes upon you,
before the day of the Lord’s wrath(E)
comes upon you.
3 Seek(F) the Lord, all you humble of the land,
you who do what he commands.
Seek righteousness,(G) seek humility;(H)
perhaps you will be sheltered(I)
on the day of the Lord’s anger.
Philistia
4 Gaza(J) will be abandoned
and Ashkelon(K) left in ruins.
At midday Ashdod will be emptied
and Ekron uprooted.
5 Woe to you who live by the sea,
you Kerethite(L) people;
the word of the Lord is against you,(M)
Canaan, land of the Philistines.
He says, “I will destroy you,
and none will be left.”(N)
6 The land by the sea will become pastures
having wells for shepherds
and pens for flocks.(O)
7 That land will belong
to the remnant(P) of the people of Judah;
there they will find pasture.
In the evening they will lie down
in the houses of Ashkelon.
The Lord their God will care for them;
he will restore their fortunes.[a](Q)
Moab and Ammon
8 “I have heard the insults(R) of Moab(S)
and the taunts of the Ammonites,(T)
who insulted(U) my people
and made threats against their land.(V)
9 Therefore, as surely as I live,”
declares the Lord Almighty,
the God of Israel,
“surely Moab(W) will become like Sodom,(X)
the Ammonites(Y) like Gomorrah—
a place of weeds and salt pits,
a wasteland forever.
The remnant of my people will plunder(Z) them;
the survivors(AA) of my nation will inherit their land.(AB)”
10 This is what they will get in return for their pride,(AC)
for insulting(AD) and mocking
the people of the Lord Almighty.(AE)
11 The Lord will be awesome(AF) to them
when he destroys all the gods(AG) of the earth.(AH)
Distant nations will bow down to him,(AI)
all of them in their own lands.
Cush
Assyria
13 He will stretch out his hand against the north
and destroy Assyria,(AL)
leaving Nineveh(AM) utterly desolate
and dry as the desert.(AN)
14 Flocks and herds(AO) will lie down there,
creatures of every kind.
The desert owl(AP) and the screech owl(AQ)
will roost on her columns.
Their hooting will echo through the windows,
rubble will fill the doorways,
the beams of cedar will be exposed.
15 This is the city of revelry(AR)
that lived in safety.(AS)
She said to herself,
“I am the one! And there is none besides me.”(AT)
What a ruin she has become,
a lair for wild beasts!(AU)
All who pass by her scoff(AV)
and shake their fists.(AW)
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 2:7 Or will bring back their captives
- Zephaniah 2:12 That is, people from the upper Nile region
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