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Zephaniah 3

Greek original · 20 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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3:1

ὦ ἡ ἐπιφανὴς καὶ ἀπολελυτρωμένη ἡ πόλις ἡ περιστερά

O illustrious and redeemed city, O dove!

啊，那顯赫又蒙救贖的城啊，那鴿子啊！

3:2

οὐκ εἰσήκουσεν φωνῆς οὐκ ἐδέξατο παιδείαν ἐπὶ τῷ κυρίῳ οὐκ ἐπεποίθει καὶ πρὸς τὸν θεὸν αὐτῆς οὐκ ἤγγισεν

She did not listen to the voice, she did not receive instruction; she did not trust in the Lord, and she did not draw near to her God.

她不聽從話語，不領受管教；她不倚靠主，也不親近她的神。

3:3

οἱ ἄρχοντες αὐτῆς ἐν αὐτῇ ὡς λέοντες ὠρυόμενοι οἱ κριταὶ αὐτῆς ὡς λύκοι τῆς Ἀραβίας οὐχ ὑπελίποντο εἰς τὸ πρωί

Her rulers within her are roaring lions; her judges are wolves of Arabia, who leave nothing until morning.

她中間的首領是咆哮的獅子，她的審判官是阿拉伯的狼，一點也不留到早晨。

3:4

οἱ προφῆται αὐτῆς πνευματοφόροι ἄνδρες καταφρονηταί οἱ ἱερεῖς αὐτῆς βεβηλοῦσιν τὰ ἅγια καὶ ἀσεβοῦσιν νόμον

Her prophets are carried by the wind, contemptuous men; her priests profane the holy things and act impiously against the law.

她的先知是隨風飄蕩的人，是輕慢的人；她的祭司褻瀆聖物，違犯律法。

3:5

ὁ δὲ κύριος δίκαιος ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς καὶ οὐ μὴ ποιήσῃ ἄδικον πρωὶ πρωὶ δώσει κρίμα αὐτοῦ εἰς φῶς καὶ οὐκ ἀπεκρύβη καὶ οὐκ ἔγνω ἀδικίαν ἐν ἀπαιτήσει καὶ οὐκ εἰς νεῖκος ἀδικίαν

But the Lord is righteous in her midst, and he will do no injustice. Morning by morning he brings his judgment to light, and it is not hidden; and he has not known injustice in exaction, nor injustice leading to strife.

但主在她中間是公義的，他必不行不義的事。每早晨他把自己的判斷顯明如光，從不隱藏；他不曾在索討中認識不義，也不曾使不義成為爭競。

3:6

ἐν διαφθορᾷ κατέσπασα ὑπερηφάνους ἠφανίσθησαν γωνίαι αὐτῶν ἐξερημώσω τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῶν τὸ παράπαν τοῦ μὴ διοδεύειν ἐξέλιπον αἱ πόλεις αὐτῶν παρὰ τὸ μηδένα ὑπάρχειν μηδὲ κατοικεῖν

In destruction I pulled down the arrogant; their corner towers were obliterated. I will make their roads utterly desolate so that no one passes through; their cities have failed, so that there is no one at all, nor any inhabitant.

我在毀壞中拆下了狂傲的人；他們的角樓被毀滅了。我必使他們的道路完全荒涼，以致無人經過；他們的城邑衰敗了，以致一個人也沒有，無人居住。

3:7

εἶπα πλὴν φοβεῖσθέ με καὶ δέξασθε παιδείαν καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐξολεθρευθῆτε ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῆς πάντα ὅσα ἐξεδίκησα ἐπ’ αὐτήν ἑτοιμάζου ὄρθρισον διέφθαρται πᾶσα ἡ ἐπιφυλλὶς αὐτῶν

I said: Only fear me and receive instruction, and you will not be cut off from her sight — for all that I have avenged upon her. Get ready, rise early; all their gleaning has been ruined.

我說：你們只要敬畏我，領受管教，這樣你們就不至於從她眼前被剪除，就是為著我在她身上所施行的一切刑罰。你要預備，要清早起來；他們一切殘存的果子都已敗壞了。

3:8

διὰ τοῦτο ὑπόμεινόν με λέγει κύριος εἰς ἡμέραν ἀναστάσεώς μου εἰς μαρτύριον διότι τὸ κρίμα μου εἰς συναγωγὰς ἐθνῶν τοῦ εἰσδέξασθαι βασιλεῖς τοῦ ἐκχέαι ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς πᾶσαν ὀργὴν θυμοῦ μου διότι ἐν πυρὶ ζήλους μου καταναλωθήσεται πᾶσα ἡ γῆ

Therefore wait for me, says the Lord, until the day I rise up, for a testimony; for my judgment is to gather the nations, to receive kings, to pour out upon them all my burning anger; for in the fire of my jealousy the whole earth shall be consumed.

所以主說：你們要等候我，直到我興起的日子，作為證據；因為我已定意招聚列國，收納列王，將我一切的烈怒傾倒在他們身上；因為全地必在我忌邪的火中被燒滅。

3:9

ὅτι τότε μεταστρέψω ἐπὶ λαοὺς γλῶσσαν εἰς γενεὰν αὐτῆς τοῦ ἐπικαλεῖσθαι πάντας τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου τοῦ δουλεύειν αὐτῷ ὑπὸ ζυγὸν ἕνα

For then I will change the language of the peoples, for her generation, so that all may call upon the name of the Lord and serve him under one yoke.

因為那時我必為萬民改變言語，歸給她的世代，使眾人都求告主的名，同負一軛事奉他。