Mau oopsa akuchenjeza Yerusalemu ndi Yuda
1 Mau a Yehova amene anadza kwa Zefaniya mwana wa Kusi, mwana wa Gedaliya, mwana wa Amariya, mwana wa Hezekiya, masiku a Yosiya, mwana wa Amoni mfumu ya Yuda.
2 Kuzitha ndidzazitha zonse kuzichotsa panthaka, ati Yehova.
3 Ndidzatha munthu ndi nyama; ndidzatha mbalame za m’mlengalenga, ndi nsomba za m’nyanja, ndi zokhumudwitsa pamodzi ndi oipa; ndipo ndidzaononga anthu kuwachotsa panthaka, ati Yehova.
4 Ndipo ndidzatambasulira dzanja langa pa Yuda, ndi pa onse okhala muYerusalemu; ndipo ndidzaononga otsala aBaalakuwachotsa m’malo muno, ndi dzina la Akemari pamodzi ndi ansembe;
5 ndi iwo akulambira khamu la kumwamba pamwamba pa matsindwi; ndi iwo akulambira, akulumbira pali Yehova, nalumbiranso pali mfumu;
6 ndi iwo akubwerera osamtsata Yehova; ndi osamfuna Yehova, kapena kufunsira kwa Iye.
7 Khala chete pamaso pa Ambuye Yehova; pakuti tsiku la Yehova liyandikira; pakuti Yehova wakonzeratu nsembe, anapatula oitanidwa ake.
8 Ndipo kudzachitika tsiku la nsembe ya Yehova, kuti ndidzalanga akalonga ndi ana a mfumu, ndi onse akuvala chovala chachilendo.
9 Ndipo tsiku ilo ndidzalanga olumpha chiundo, nadzaza nyumba ya mbuye wao ndi chiwawa ndi chinyengo.
10 Ndipo tsiku ilo, ati Yehova, kudzakhala phokoso lakulira lochokera ku Chipata cha Nsomba, ndi kuchema kochokera kudera lachiwiri, ndi kugamuka kwakukulu kochokera kuzitunda.
11 Chemani okhala m’chigwa, pakuti amalonda onse atayika, onsewo osenzasilivaaonongeka.
12 Ndipo kudzachitika nthawi yomweyi kuti ndidzasanthula Yerusalemu ndi nyali, ndipo ndidzalanga amunawo okhala ndi nsenga, onena m’mtima mwao, Yehova sachita chokoma, kapena kuchita choipa.
13 Ndipo zolemera zao zidzakhala zakufunkhidwa; ndi nyumba zao zabwinja; adzamangadi nyumba, koma sadzagonamo; adzaoka minda yampesa koma sadzamwa vinyo wake.
14 Tsiku lalikulu la Yehova lili pafupi, lili pafupi lifulumira kudza, mau a tsiku la Yehova; munthu wamphamvu adzalirapo mowawa mtima.
15 Tsikulo ndi tsiku la mkwiyo, tsiku la msauko ndi lopsinja tsiku la bwinja, ndi chipasuko, tsiku la mdima ndi la chisisira, tsiku la mitambo ndi lakuda bii;
16 tsiku la lipenga ndi lakufuulira mizinda yamalinga, ndi nsanja zazitali za kungodya.
17 Ndipo ndidzatengera anthu zowapsinja, kuti adzayenda ngati anthu akhungu, popeza anachimwira Yehova; ndi mwazi wao udzatsanulidwa ngati fumbi, ndi nyama yao idzanga ndowe.
18 Ngakhale siliva wao, ngakhale golide wao sizidzakhoza kuwalanditsa tsiku la mkwiyo wa Yehova; koma dziko lonse lidzatha ndi moto wa nsanje yake; pakuti adzachita chakutsiriza, mofulumira, onse okhala m’dziko.
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