Sofoniya
3 Dzedze kuna nzinda wakukhonda bvera, wakupswipa na wakuponderera anango!+
2 Anthu a mu nzinda unoyu nee abvera;+ nee atawira kusandikwa.+
Nee akhulupira Yahova;+ pontho nee afendedzera Mulungu wawo.+
3 Atsogoleri a mu nzinda unoyu ndi ninga nkhalamu zakuti zikulira.+
Anyakutonga miseru awo ndi ninga mibindzi yakuti isasodza namasiku;
Iwo nkhabe siya nee gogodo ibodzi toera kudya mangwana mwace.
4 Aprofeta ace ndi akudzikuza na aumpfakafaka.+
5 Yahova ndi wakulungama, pontho ali pakati pa anthu a mu nzinda unoyu;+ iye nkhabe cita pinthu pyakuipa.
Ntsiku zonsene namacibese iye asadziwisa mitemo yace,+
Iye nkhabe phonya, asakhala ninga ceza ca dzuwa.
Mbwenye nyakucita pyakuipa nkhabe kukhala na manyadzo.+
6 “Ine ndafudza madzindza, nyumba zawo za ndzulu zinakhala pankhomo zafudzwa.
Ndafudza miseu yawo, pontho nkhabebve anapita na mʼmiseu ineyi.
Mizinda yawo yafudzwa mbisala yakusowa anthu.+
7 Ine ndapanga nzinda: ‘Mwandimomwene iwe unadzandigopa mbutawira kusandikwa,’+
Toera ndikhonde kuufudza* thangwi ya pyenepi pyonsene,+
Pontho toera mbuto inakhala iwo ikhonde kufudzwa.
Mbwenye iwe ukhafuna kakamwe kucita pyakuipa.+
8 ‘Natenepa, pitirizani kundidikhira,’+ alonga Yahova,
‘Mpaka ntsiku inafuna kudzalamuka ine toera kutapata,*
Thangwi cifuno canga ndi kugumanya madzindza na maumambo,
Toera ndiakhuthulire kuipirwa kwanga, ukali wanga onsene;+
Thangwi kuipirwa kwanga kwakhala ninga moto wakuti unadzapisa dziko yonsene yapantsi.+
9 Pa ndzidzi unoyu ndinadzacinja cilongero ca mbumba zonsene kudza cilongero cakucena,
Toera iwo onsene asimbe dzina ya Yahova,
10 Ale anacita maphembero akudembetera kuna ine, mwana wankazi wa mbumba yanga idabalaliswa,
Anadzandibweresera miyoni kubulukira kucisa ca mikulo ya ku Etiopya.+
11 Pa ntsiku ineyi nee unadzapaswa manyadzo
Thangwi ya pinthu pyonsene pyakuipa pikhandicitira iwe,+
Ine ndinadzabulusa pakati pako anthu akudzikuza na akugaya;
Pontho iwe cipo unadzakhala wakudzikuza paphiri yanga yakucena.+
12 Ine ndinadzatawirisa kuti mbumba yakucepeseka na yakukhurudzika ikhale pakati pako,+
Pontho iwo anadzathawira mu dzina ya Yahova.
13 Ale adasalikira mu Izraeli+ nee anadzacita pinthu pyakuipa;+
Iwo nee anadzalonga uthambi, pontho nee anadzanyengeza anthu na lirimi yawo;
Iwo anadzadya mbagona, pontho nkhabe munthu anafuna kuagopesa.”+
14 Khuwa mwakukomerwa iwe mwana wankazi wa Sioni!
Khuwa mwakutsandzaya iwe Izraeli!+
Iwe mwana wankazi wa Yerusalemu,+ tsandzaya, pontho komerwa na ntima wako onsene!
15 Yahova amalisa kutcunyuswa kukhali na iwe.+
Iye acitisa nyamalwa wako kubwerera nduli.+
Yahova, Mambo wa Izraeli ali pakati pako.+
Iwe nee unadzagopabve nyatwa.+
16 Pa ntsiku ineyi Yerusalemu anadzapangwa:
“Iwe Sioni, leka kugopa.+
Leka kugwisa manja ako.
17 Yahova Mulungu wako ali na iwe.+
Ninga nyankhondo wamphambvu, iye anadzakupulumusa.
Thangwi ya iwe, iye anadzatsandzaya kakamwe.+
Iye anadzakhurudzika thangwi ya kukomerwa na ufuni unapangiza iye kuna iwe.
Iye anadzakhuwa mwakutsandzaya thangwi yakukomerwa na iwe.
18 Ndinadzacemeresa ale anatsukwala thangwi yakukhonda gumanika mʼmaphwando ako;+
Iwo nee akhali na iwe thangwi akhatsalakanwa mwakusowa cilemedzo ku dziko inango.+
19 Pa ndzidzi unoyu, ine ndinadzatcunyusa onsene anakuponderera;+
Ndinadzapulumusa ale anatcikhama,+
Pontho ndinadzagumanya ale adabalaliswa.+
Ine ndinadzacitisa kuti iwo asimbwe, pontho akhale akubvekera*
Mu dziko yonsene idapaswa iwo manyadzo.
20 Pa ndzidzi unoyu ine ndinadzakubweresani pontho kunyumba,
Inde, pa ndzidzi unoyu ine ndinadzakugumanyani.