1 The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. 2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD. 3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD. 4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; 5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; 6 And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.

7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests. 8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. 9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit. 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills. 11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. 12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil. 13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.

14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, 16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. 17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell 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。