1 K o te kupu a Ihowa i puta mai ki a Tepania tama a Kuhi, tama a Keraria, tama a Amaria, tama a Hetekia, i nga ra o Hohia tama a Amono, kingi o Hura.

The word of the Lord which came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah king of Judah and son of Amon.

2 K a poto rawa i ahau nga mea katoa i runga i te mata o te oneone, e ai ta Ihowa.

By taking away I will make an end and I will utterly consume and sweep away all things from the face of the earth, says the Lord.

3 K a poto i ahau te tangata, te kararehe; ka poto i ahau te manu o te rangi, me te ika o te moana, nga tutukitanga waewae ngatahi ano ko te hunga kino; ka hatepea atu ano e ahau te tangata i runga i te mata o te oneone, e ai ta Ihowa.

I will consume and sweep away man and beast; I will consume and sweep away the birds of the air and the fish of the sea. I will overthrow the stumbling blocks (the idols) with the wicked, and I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth, says the Lord.

4 K a totoro ano toku ringa ki runga ki a Hura, ki nga tangata katoa ano o Hiruharama; ka hatepea atu e ahau i tenei wahi nga toenga o Paara, me te ingoa o nga Kemarimi, ratou ko nga tohunga;

I will also stretch out My hand over Judah and over all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place and the name of the idol priests with the priests,

5 M e te hunga e koropiko ana i runga i nga tuanui ki te ope o te rangi; ratou ko te hunga e koropiko ana, e oati ana i a Ihowa, me te oati ano ratou i a Marakama;

And those who worship the starry host of the heavens upon their housetops and those who worship the Lord and swear by and to Him and yet swear by and to Malcam,

6 M e te hunga i tahuri atu nei i te whai i a Ihowa, me te hunga kihai nei i ui ki a Ihowa, kihai ano i rapu i a ia.

And those who have drawn back from following the Lord and those who have not sought the Lord nor inquired for, inquired of, and required the Lord.

7 W hakarongoa i te aroaro o te Ariki, o Ihowa, ka tata hoki te ra o Ihowa, kua takoto hoki ta Ihowa patunga tapu, kua whakatapua hoki e ia ana manuhiri.

Be silent before the Lord God, for the day of the Lord is near; for the Lord has prepared a sacrifice, and He has set apart those who have accepted His invitation.

8 N a i te ra o ta Ihowa patunga tapu, ka whiua e ahau nga rangatira, ratou ko nga tama a te kingi, ko te hunga katoa ano he kakahu ke o ratou.

And on the day of the Lord’s sacrifice, I will punish the officials and the king’s sons and all who are clothed in foreign apparel.

9 A taua ra ka whiua e ahau te hunga katoa e tupekepeke ana i runga i te paepae, e whakaki ana i nga whare o o ratou ariki ki te nanakia, ki te tinihanga.

In the same day also will I punish all those who leap swiftly on or over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit and fraud.

10 A taua ra, e ai ta Ihowa, ka karanga te reo i te kuwaha ika, he aue hoki i te wahi tuarua, a he nui te pakaru i nga pukepuke.

And in that day, says the Lord, there shall be heard the voice of crying from the Fish Gate and a wailing from the Second Quarter or Lower City and a great crashing and sound of destruction from the hills.

11 A ue, e nga tangata o Makateha, kua moti hoki nga tangata katoa o Kanaana, kua hatepea atu nga kaimau hiriwa katoa.

Wail, you inhabitants of the Mortar! For all the merchant people, like the people of Canaan, will be silent; all those who weighed out silver and were loaded with it will be cut off.

12 I taua ra ka rapua e ahau ta Hiruharama, mea rawa ki te rama; ka whiua ano nga tangata kua totoka i runga i o ratou nganga, a e mea ana i roto i o ratou ngakau, E kore a Ihowa e mahi i te pai, e kore ano e mahi i te kino.

And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men who are thickening and settling on their lees, who say in their hearts, The Lord will not do good, nor will He do evil.

13 N a hei mea parau o ratou rawa; o ratou whare hei ururua: ae ra, ka hanga whare ratou; a e kore e nohoia e ratou, ka whakato i te mara waina, otiia e kore e inu i te waina.

And their wealth shall become plunder and their houses a desolation. Though they build houses, they shall not inhabit them; though they plant vineyards, they shall not drink the wine from them.

14 K a tata te ra nui o Ihowa, ka tata, nui atu te hohoro, ara te reo o te ra o Ihowa: nui noa atu te tangi o te marohirohi i reira.

The great day of the Lord is near—near and hastening fast. Hark! the voice of the day of the Lord! The mighty man will cry then bitterly.

15 H e ra riri taua ra, he ra mamae, he pawera, he ra whakangaro, whakamoti, he ra pouri, he mangu, he ra kapua, he pouri kerekere;

That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

16 K o te ra ia o te tetere, o te whakaoho mo nga pa taiepa, mo nga taumaihi tiketike.

A day of the blast of trumpet and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the high towers and battlements.

17 K a mamae ano i ahau nga ngakau o nga tangata, ka rite ratou ki te matapo ina haere, mo ratou i hara ki a Ihowa: ka ringihia o ratou toto ano he puehu, o ratou kikokiko ano he paru.

And I will bring distress upon men, so that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord; their blood shall be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.

18 E kore ano ta ratou hiriwa, ta ratou koura, e tau hei whakaora i a ratou i te ra o to Ihowa riri; engari ka pau te whenua katoa i te ahi, ara i tona hae; ka ohorere hoki, ka poto i a ia nga tangata katoa o te whenua.

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s indignation and wrath. But the whole earth shall be consumed in the fire of His jealous wrath, for a full, yes, a sudden, end will He make of all the inhabitants of the earth.