¹耶和華宣布審判猶大王亞們的兒子約西亞在位的時候，耶和華的話臨到希西家的玄孫、亞瑪利雅的曾孫、基大利的孫子、古示的兒子西番雅。

¹The word of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah.

²耶和華說：“我必把萬物從地上完全除滅。”

²I will utterly sweep away everything off of the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.

³耶和華說：“我必除滅人類、牲畜、空中飛鳥、海裡的魚。我必使惡人跌倒，我必把人類從地上剪除。

³I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.

⁴我必伸手攻擊猶大，攻擊耶路撒冷所有的居民。我必從這地方除掉巴力所餘下的，除掉拜偶像的祭司的名字，以及耶和華的祭司；

⁴I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,

⁵就是那些在房頂上敬拜天上萬象的，那些敬拜耶和華，指著他起誓，又指著瑪勒公起誓的，

⁵those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam,

⁶那些轉離不跟從耶和華的，不尋找耶和華，也不求問他的。”

⁶those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven’t sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.

⁷耶和華的日子你要在我主耶和華面前肅靜！因為耶和華的日子臨近了，因為耶和華已經預備了祭物，把自己所請來的人分別為聖。

⁷Be silent at the presence of the Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is at hand. For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.

⁸“到了我耶和華獻祭的日子，我必懲罰首領和王子，懲罰所有穿外族衣服的人。

⁸It will happen in the day of Yahweh’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, the king’s sons, and all those who are clothed with foreign clothing.

⁹到那日，我必懲罰所有跳過門檻的，所有使強暴和欺詐充滿主人房屋的。”

⁹In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

¹⁰耶和華說：“到那日，必有呼叫的聲音從魚門發出來，必有哀號從新區發出來，必有崩裂巨響從山間發出來。

¹⁰In that day, says Yahweh, there will be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.

¹¹瑪革提施的居民哪！你們要哀號，因為所有的商人都滅亡了；所有稱銀子的都被剪除了。

¹¹Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off.

¹²那時，我必提燈搜查耶路撒冷，懲罰那些沉澱在酒渣上的人。這些人心裡說：‘耶和華必不賜福，也不降禍。’

¹²It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, “Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil.”

¹³他們的財寶必成為掠物，他們的房屋必變為廢墟。他們建造房屋，卻不得住在其中；他們栽植葡萄園，卻不得喝所出的酒。”

¹³Their wealth will become a spoil, and their houses a desolation. Yes, they will build houses, but won’t inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, but won’t drink their wine.

¹⁴那日子的情形耶和華的大日子臨近了，臨近了，來得非常快速。聽！耶和華的日子的聲音。在那日，勇士要哀痛地號叫。

¹⁴The great day of Yahweh is near. It is near, and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of Yahweh. The mighty man cries there bitterly.

¹⁵那日是忿怒的日子，是困苦艱難的日子，是荒廢淒涼的日子，是黑暗幽冥的日子，是密雲漆黑的日子，

¹⁵That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,

¹⁶是吹號吶喊，要攻打堅城，進擊城樓的日子。

¹⁶a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.

¹⁷我要使人受困苦，以致他們像瞎子行走，因為他們得罪耶和華。他們的鮮血必倒出，如倒灰塵一樣，他們的身體必被遺棄像糞土一般。

¹⁷I will bring distress on men, that they will walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Yahweh, and their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.

¹⁸在耶和華發怒的日子，他們的金銀也不能救他們，全地都要被他的妒火吞滅；因為他要徹底毀滅地上所有的居民，真是可怕的毀滅。

¹⁸Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh’s wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.