1 The word of the Lord 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 I will take away everything from the face of the earth, says the Lord.
3 I will take away man and beast; I will take away the birds of the heaven and the fishes of the sea; causing the downfall of the evil-doers, and cutting man off from the face of the earth, says the Lord.
4 And my hand will be stretched out on Judah and on all the people of Jerusalem, cutting off the name of the Baal from this place, and the name of the false priests,
5 And the worshippers of the army of heaven on the house-tops, and the Lord's worshippers who take oaths by Milcom,
6 And those who are turned back from going after the Lord, and those who have not made prayer to the Lord or got directions from him.
7 Let there be no sound before the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is near: for the Lord has made ready an offering, he has made his guests holy.
8 And it will come about in the day of the Lord's offering, that I will send punishment on the rulers and the king's sons and all who are clothed in robes from strange lands.
9 And in that day I will send punishment on all those who come jumping over the doorstep and make their master's house full of violent behaviour and deceit.
10 And in that day, says the Lord, there will be the sound of a cry from the fish doorway, and an outcry from the new town, and a great thundering from the hills, and cries of grief from the people of the Hollow;
11 Because of the downfall of all the people of Canaan: all those who were weighted down with silver have been cut off.
12 And it will come about at that time, that I will go searching through Jerusalem with lights; and I will send punishment on the men who have become like wine stored over-long, who say to themselves, The Lord will not do good and will not do evil.
13 And their wealth will be violently taken away, and their houses will be made waste: they will go on building houses and never living in them, and planting vine-gardens but not drinking the wine from them.
14 The great day of the Lord is near, it is near and coming very quickly; the bitter day of the Lord is near, coming on more quickly than a man of war.
15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and sorrow, a day of wasting and destruction, a day of dark night and deep shade, a day of cloud and thick dark.
16 A day of sounding the horn and the war-cry against the walled towns and the high towers.
17 And I will send trouble on men so that they will go about like the blind, because they have done evil against the Lord: and their blood will be drained out like dust, and their strength like waste.
18 Even their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the Lord's wrath; but all the land will be burned up in the fire of his bitter wrath: for he will put an end, even suddenly, to all who are living in the land.
1 犹大王亚们的儿子约西亚在位的时候， 耶和华的话临到希西家的玄孙、亚玛利雅的曾孙、基大利的孙子、古示的儿子西番雅。
2 耶和华说： "我必把万物从地上完全除灭。"
3 耶和华说： "我必除灭人类、牲畜、空中飞鸟、海里的鱼。我必使恶人跌倒， 我必把人类从地上剪除。
4 我必伸手攻击犹大， 攻击耶路撒冷所有的居民。我必从这地方除掉巴力所余下的， 除掉拜偶像的祭司的名字， 以及耶和华的祭司；
5 就是那些在房顶上敬拜天上万象的， 那些敬拜耶和华， 指着他起誓， 又指着玛勒公起誓的，
6 那些转离不跟从耶和华的， 不寻找耶和华， 也不求问他的。"
7 你要在我主耶和华面前肃静！ 因为耶和华的日子临近了， 因为耶和华已经预备了祭物， 把自己所请来的人分别为圣。
8 "到了我耶和华献祭的日子， 我必惩罚首领和王子， 惩罚所有穿外族衣服的人。
9 到那日， 我必惩罚所有跳过门槛的， 所有使强暴和欺诈充满主人房屋的。"
10 耶和华说： "到那日， 必有呼叫的声音从鱼门发出来， 必有哀号从新区发出来， 必有崩裂巨响从山间发出来。
11 玛革提施的居民哪！ 你们要哀号， 因为所有的商人都灭亡了； 所有称银子的都被剪除了。
12 那时， 我必提灯搜查耶路撒冷， 惩罚那些沉淀在酒渣上的人。这些人心里说： ‘耶和华必不赐福， 也不降祸。’
13 他们的财宝必成为掠物， 他们的房屋必变为废墟。他们建造房屋， 却不得住在其中； 他们栽植葡萄园， 却不得喝所出的酒。"
14 耶和华的大日子临近了， 临近了， 来得非常快速。听！ 耶和华的日子的声音。在那日， 勇士要哀痛地号叫。
15 那日是忿怒的日子， 是困苦艰难的日子， 是荒废凄凉的日子， 是黑暗幽冥的日子， 是密云漆黑的日子，
16 是吹号吶喊， 要攻打坚城， 进击城楼的日子。
17 我要使人受困苦， 以致他们像瞎子行走， 因为他们得罪耶和华。他们的鲜血必倒出， 如倒灰尘一样， 他们的身体必被遗弃像粪土一般。
18 在耶和华发怒的日子， 他们的金银也不能救他们， 全地都要被他的妒火吞灭； 因为他要彻底毁灭地上所有的居民， 真是可怕的毁灭。