1 Yahweh’s word 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 utterly sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh. 3 I 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 I 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 those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam, 6 those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven’t sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.

7 Be silent at the presence of the Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is at hand. For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests. 8 It 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 In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

10 In 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 Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off. 12 It 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 Their wealth will become a plunder, 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 The 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 That 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 a day of the trumpet and alarm against the fortified cities and against the high battlements. 17 I will bring such distress on men that they will walk like blind men because they have sinned against Yahweh Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung. 18 Neither 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.

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。