Sefania 2 – AKCB & NIVUK

Akuapem Twi Contemporary Bible

Sefania 2:1-15

1Mommoaboa mo ho ano, mommoaboa mo ho ano,

mo, animguaseman,

2ansa na bere a wɔahyɛ no adu,

na da no resen te sɛ ntɛtɛ,

ansa na Awurade abufuwhyew no

aba mo so,

ansa na Awurade abufuw da no

aba mo so.

3Monhwehwɛ Awurade, ahobrɛasefo a mowɔ asase so,

mo a moyɛ nʼahyɛde.

Monhwehwɛ trenee, monhwehwɛ ahobrɛase;

ebia ɔbɛkora mo so

Awurade abufuw da no.

Atemmu A Etia Filistia

4Wobegyaw Gasa

na wɔagyaw Askelon sɛ amamfo.

Owigyinae na wɔbɛma Asdod ada mpa mu

na wɔatutu Ekron ase.

5Munnue, mo a mote mpoano,

mo Keretifo;

Awurade asɛm tia mo.

Kanaan, Filistifo asase.

Mɛtɔre mo ase,

na obiara renka.

6Asase a ɛda mpoano, faako a Keretifo te

bɛyɛ atenae ama nguanhwɛfo

ne wɔn nguannan.

7Saa asase no bɛyɛ Yudafi nkae no de;

ɛhɔ na wobenya mmoa adidibea.

Anwummere, wɔbɛdeda wɔ

Askelon afi mu.

Na Awurade, wɔn Nyankopɔn bɛhwɛ wɔn,

na ɔde wɔn ahonyade nyinaa bɛsan ama wɔn.

Atemmu A Etia Moab Ne Amon

8“Mate Moab nsopa ne

Amonfo atweetwee;

wɔn a wɔsopaa me nkurɔfo

na wohunahunaa wɔn wɔ wɔn asase ho.

9Enti sɛ mete ase yi,”

sɛnea Asafo Awurade,

Israel Nyankopɔn, se ni,

“Ampa ara Moab bɛyɛ sɛ Sodom,

na Amonfo ayɛ sɛ Gomora,

faako a nwura ne nkyene amoa wɔ,

bɛyɛ asase a ɛda mpan afebɔɔ.

Me man nkae bɛfow wɔn afa;

me manfo a wobenya wɔn ti adidi mu no bɛfa wɔn asase.”

10Wɔn ahantan so akatua a wobenya ni,

sɛ wɔyeyaw na wodi Asafo Awurade nkurɔfo ho fɛw nti.

11Awurade ho suro bɛba wɔn so

bere a ɔbɛsɛe asase no so anyame nyinaa.

Mpoano aman nyinaa bɛsɔre no,

wɔ wɔn ankasa wɔn asase so.

Atemmu A Etia Kus

12“Mo Etiopiafo nso,

mʼafoa ano na wobekunkum mo.”

Atemmu A Etia Asiria

13Awurade bɛteɛ ne nsa wɔ atifi aman so

na wasɛe Asiria,

na wama Ninewe ada mpan koraa

na so awo wosee sɛ nwea pradada so.

14Nguankuw ne anantwi bɛdeda hɔ,

mmoadoma nyinaa.

Sare so patu ne abonsamnoma

bɛtena nʼadum no so.

Wɔn su begyigye afa mfɛnsere mu,

nnwiriwii besisiw apon ano akwan,

mpuran a wɔde sida ayɛ no ho bɛdeda hɔ.

15Eyi ne kuropɔn a edi ahurusi

na ɛte asomdwoe mu.

Ɔhoahoaa ne ho se,

“Me ne no, obiara nte sɛ me.”

Hwɛ sɛnea atetew apansam,

na ayɛ nkekammoa atenae!

Obiara a otwa mu wɔ hɔ no serew no,

him ne nsa fɛwdi so.

New International Version – UK

Zephaniah 2:1-15

Judah and Jerusalem judged along with the nations

Judah summoned to repent

1Gather together, gather yourselves together,

you shameful nation,

2before the decree takes effect

and that day passes like windblown chaff,

before the Lord’s fierce anger

comes upon you,

before the day of the Lord’s wrath

comes upon you.

3Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land,

you who do what he commands.

Seek righteousness, seek humility;

perhaps you will be sheltered

on the day of the Lord’s anger.

Philistia

4Gaza will be abandoned

and Ashkelon left in ruins.

At midday Ashdod will be emptied

and Ekron uprooted.

5Woe to you who live by the sea,

you Kerethite people;

the word of the Lord is against you,

Canaan, land of the Philistines.

He says, ‘I will destroy you,

and none will be left.’

6The land by the sea will become pastures

having wells for shepherds

and sheepfolds for flocks.

7That land will belong

to the remnant of the people of Judah;

there they will find pasture.

In the evening they will lie down

in the houses of Ashkelon.

The Lord their God will care for them;

he will restore their fortunes.2:7 Or will bring back their captives

Moab and Ammon

8‘I have heard the insults of Moab

and the taunts of the Ammonites,

who insulted my people

and made threats against their land.

9Therefore, as surely as I live,’

declares the Lord Almighty,

the God of Israel,

‘surely Moab will become like Sodom,

the Ammonites like Gomorrah –

a place of weeds and salt pits,

a wasteland for ever.

The remnant of my people will plunder them;

the survivors of my nation will inherit their land.’

10This is what they will get in return for their pride,

for insulting and mocking

the people of the Lord Almighty.

11The Lord will be awesome to them

when he destroys all the gods of the earth.

Distant nations will bow down to him,

all of them in their own lands.

Cush

12‘You Cushites,2:12 That is, people from the upper Nile region too,

will be slain by my sword.’

Assyria

13He will stretch out his hand against the north

and destroy Assyria,

leaving Nineveh utterly desolate

and dry as the desert.

14Flocks and herds will lie down there,

creatures of every kind.

The desert owl and the screech owl

will roost on her columns.

Their hooting will echo through the windows,

rubble will fill the doorways,

the beams of cedar will be exposed.

15This is the city of revelry

that lived in safety.

She said to herself,

‘I am the one! And there is none besides me.’

What a ruin she has become,

a lair for wild beasts!

All who pass by her scoff

and shake their fists.