Zefania 2

¹Unganai, zvirokwazvo unganai, imi rudzi rusinganyari;Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;

²chirevo chisati chabereka, zuva risati rapfuura sehundi, kutsamwa kukuru kwaJehovha kusati kwauya pamusoro penyu, zuva rokutsamwa kwaJehovha risati rauya pamusoro penyu.Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD’S anger come upon you.

³Tsvakai Jehovha, imi mose vanyoro venyika, imi makachengeta mitemo yake; tsvakai kururama, tsvakai unyoro; zvimwe mungavanzika nezuva rokutsamwa kwaJehovha.Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’S anger.

⁴Nokuti Gaza richasiyiwa, Ashikeroni richaitwa dongo; vachadzinga Ashidhodhi masikati makuru, Ekironi richadzurwa.For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

⁵Vane nhamo vagere panyika iri pagungwa, irwo rudzi rwavaKeteti! Shoko raJehovha rinokutuka, iwe Kenani, nyika yavaFirisitia; ndichakuparadza, kuti parege kuzova anogarapo.Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

⁶Mhenderekedzo dzegungwa dzichava mafuro anamapako avafudzi nezvirugu zvamakwai.And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

⁷Mhenderekedzo dzichava dzavakasara veimba yaJudha; vachafudzapo makwai avo; vachavata pasi madekwana mudzimba dzeAshikeroni; nokuti Jehovha Mwari wavo achavashanyira nokudzosa kutapwa kwavo.And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

⁸Ndakanzwa kuzvidzwa kwaMoabhi, nokutuka kwavana vaAmoni, kwavakazvidza nako vanhu vangu, vachiita manyawi pamuganho wavo.I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

⁹Naizvozvo noupenyu hwangu ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo, Mwari walsiraeri, `Zvirokwazvo, Moabhi vachaita seSodhoma, navana vaAmoni seGomora, nyika yorukato, namakomba omunyu, namatongo nokusingaperi;' vanhu vangu vakasara vachavaita chinhu chakatapwa, vakasara vorudzi rwangu vachavagara nhaka.Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

¹⁰Ndizvo zvavachapiwa nokuda kwokuzvikudza kwavo, nokuti vakazvidza vanhu vaJehovha wehondo nokuzvikudza kwavari.This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.

¹¹Jehovha achavatyisa kwazvo, nokuti achaparadza vamwari vose venyika; vanhu vachamunamata iye, mumwe nomumwe achibva panzvimbo yake, naizvo zviwi zvose zvendudzi.The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.

¹²Nemiwo veItiopia, muchaurawa nomunondo wangu.Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.

¹³Achatambanudzira ruoko rwake kurutivi rwokumusoro, ndokuparadza Asiria; Ninivhe achariita dongo, riome serenje.And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.

¹⁴Zvipfuwo zvichavata pasi mukati maro, idzo mhuka dzamarudzi ose; hukurwizi nenungu zvichavata pamisoro yembiru dzaro; izwi rokurira kwazvo richanzwika pamahwindo; kuparadzwa kuchavapo pazvikumbaridzo, nokuti wakafukunura zvakavezwa zvemisidhari.And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.

¹⁵Iri ndiro guta raigara nomufaro risina hanya, raiti mumwoyo maro, `Ndini, hakuchino mumwe kunze kwangu!' Haiwa, raitwa dongo sei, nzvimbo inovata mhuka! Mumwe nomumwe anopfuura napo acharidza muridzo, achizunungusa ruoko rwake.This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.