Zephaniah 3

English Standard Version

Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations

3 Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,
    ^(A)the oppressing city!
²She listens to no voice;
    ^(B)she accepts no correction.
^(C)She does not trust in the Lord;
    she does not draw near to her God.

³^(D)Her officials within her
    are roaring lions;
her judges are ^(E)evening wolves
    that leave nothing till the morning.
⁴^(F)Her prophets are fickle, treacherous men;
^(G)her priests ^(H)profane what is holy;
    they do violence to the law.
⁵The Lord within her ^(I)is righteous;
    he does no injustice;
every morning he shows forth his justice;
    each dawn he does not fail;
    but ^(J)the unjust knows no shame.

⁶^(K)“I have cut off nations;
    their battlements are in ruins;
I have laid waste their streets
    ^(L)so that no one walks in them;
their cities have been made desolate,
    without a man, without an inhabitant.
⁷^(M)I said, ‘Surely you will fear me;
    ^(N)you will accept correction.
Then your^[a] dwelling would not be cut off
    according to all that I have appointed against you.’^[b]
But ^(O)all the more they were eager
    to make all their deeds corrupt.

⁸“Therefore ^(P)wait for me,” declares the Lord,
    “for the day when I rise up to seize the prey.
For my decision is ^(Q)to gather nations,
    to assemble kingdoms,
to pour out upon them my indignation,
    all my burning anger;
for in the fire of my jealousy
    ^(R)all the earth shall be consumed.

The Conversion of the Nations

⁹“For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples
    to ^(S)a pure speech,
that all of them may call upon the name of the Lord
    and serve him with one accord.
¹⁰^(T)From beyond the rivers ^(U)of Cush
    my worshipers, the daughter of my dispersed ones,
    shall bring my offering.

¹¹^(V)“On that day ^(W)you shall not be put to shame
    because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me;
for then ^(X)I will remove from your midst
    your proudly exultant ones,
and ^(Y)you shall no longer be haughty
    in my holy mountain.
¹²But I will leave in your midst
    a people ^(Z)humble and lowly.
^(AA)They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord,
¹³    ^(AB)those who are left in Israel;
they ^(AC)shall do no injustice
    and speak no lies,
^(AD)nor shall there be found in their mouth
    a deceitful tongue.
^(AE)For they shall graze and lie down,
    and none shall make them afraid.”

Israel's Joy and Restoration

¹⁴^(AF)Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion;
    shout, O Israel!
Rejoice and exult with all your heart,
    O daughter of Jerusalem!
¹⁵The Lord has taken away the judgments against you;
    he has cleared away your enemies.
^(AG)The King of Israel, ^(AH)the Lord, is in your midst;
    you shall never again fear evil.
¹⁶^(AI)On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem:
“Fear not, O Zion;
    ^(AJ)let not your hands grow weak.
¹⁷^(AK)The Lord your God is in your midst,
    ^(AL)a mighty one who will save;
^(AM)he will rejoice over you with gladness;
    he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.
¹⁸I will gather those of you who mourn ^(AN)for the festival,
    so that you will no longer suffer reproach.^[c]
¹⁹Behold, at that time ^(AO)I will deal
    with all your oppressors.
And ^(AP)I will save the lame
    and gather the outcast,
and I will change ^(AQ)their shame into ^(AR)praise
    and renown in all the earth.
²⁰^(AS)At that time I will bring you in,
    at the time when I gather you together;
for I will make you renowned and praised
    among all the peoples of the earth,
^(AT)when I restore your fortunes
    before your eyes,” says the Lord.

Footnotes

Zephaniah 3:7 Hebrew her
Zephaniah 3:7 Hebrew her
Zephaniah 3:18 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

西番雅书 3

Chinese New Version (Traditional)

指摘耶路撒冷的罪

3 這叛逆、污穢、欺壓人的城有禍了！

²她不聽話，

也不受管教；

她不倚靠耶和華，

也不親近她的　神。

³城中的領袖都是咆哮的獅子，

城中的審判官是夜間的豺狼，

甚麼都不留到早晨。

⁴城中的先知都是輕浮詭詐的人；

城中的祭司褻瀆聖物，

違犯律法。

⁵耶和華在城中是公義的，

決不行不義的事；

他每日早晨都顯明公正，

永不止息。

不公義的人卻不知廉恥。

⁶我耶和華已經剪除列國，

他們的城樓被毀；

我已經使他們的街道荒涼，

以致杳無人跡；

他們的城市荒廢，以致無人存留，無人居住。

⁷我說：“她定要敬畏我，

接受管教。”

這樣，她的住所

必不會照著我原定對她的懲罰被剪除。

可是他們殷勤行惡，

敗壞了自己一切所作的。

耶路撒冷必蒙拯救

⁸耶和華說：“因此，你們要等候我，

等候我起來指證（按照《馬索拉文本》，“指證”作“擄掠”；現參照《七十士譯本》翻譯）的日子，

我已經決定集合萬邦，

召聚列國，

把我的盛怒，

就是我的一切烈怒，都傾倒在他們身上；

因為全地都必被我的妒火吞滅。

⁹那時我要使萬民有潔淨的嘴唇，

他們全都可以呼求耶和華的名，

同心合意事奉耶和華。

¹⁰敬拜我的人，就是我所分散的人，

必從古實河外而來，

給我獻上禮物。

¹¹到了那日，

你必不因你背叛我所作的一切感到羞愧，

因為那時我必從你中間

除掉那些自高自大的人。

在我的聖山上，

你必不再高傲。

¹²但我要在你中間

留下謙虛卑微的人；

他們必投靠耶和華的名。

¹³以色列的餘民必不再行不義，

也必不說謊；

他們的口裡也沒有詭詐的舌頭。

他們吃喝躺臥，

沒有人驚嚇他們。”

歡樂之歌

¹⁴錫安的居民（“居民”原文作“女子”）哪！你們要高歌。

以色列啊！你們要歡呼。

耶路撒冷的居民哪！你們要滿心歡喜快樂。

¹⁵耶和華已經除去你們的刑罰，

趕走你們的仇敵。

以色列的王，耶和華在你們中間，

你們必不再懼怕災禍。

¹⁶到了那日，

必有人對耶路撒冷說：

“錫安哪！不要懼怕；

你的手不要下垂。

¹⁷耶和華你的　神在你中間，

他是施行拯救的大能者，

必因你歡欣快樂，

必默然愛你，

而且必因你喜樂歡唱。”

¹⁸“那些屬你，為了切慕大會而憂愁的人，

他們擔當了羞辱；

我必招聚他們。

¹⁹看哪！那時我必對付一切苦待你的人；

我必拯救那些瘸腿的，

聚集那些被趕散的；

在全地受羞辱的，

我必使他們得稱讚，有名聲。

²⁰那時我必把你們領回，

那時我必把你們齊集；

我使你們被擄的人歸回的時候，

必在你們眼前，

叫你們在地上的萬民中得稱讚，

有名聲。”

這是耶和華說的。

Zephaniah 3

King James Version

3 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!

²She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God.

³Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

⁴Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

⁵The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

⁶I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.

⁷I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.

⁸Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

⁹For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.

¹⁰From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.

¹¹In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.

¹²I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord.

¹³The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

¹⁴Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

¹⁵The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.

¹⁶In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.

¹⁷The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

¹⁸I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

¹⁹Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.

²⁰At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord.