1 The dabar (word / matter) of Yahawah () which came to Tzapanayah (Zephaniah), the ban (son) of Kawashay (Cushi), the ban (son) of Gadalayah (Gedaliah), the ban (son) of Amarayah (Amariah), the ban (son) of Chazaqayah (Hezekiah), in the yamay (days) of Yaashayah (Josiah), the ban (son) of Amawan (Amon), malak (king) of Yahawadah (Judah).
2 I will asap (utterly) sweep away everything off of the surface of the panayam (face), naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah ().
3 I will sweep away adam (man) and animal. I will sweep away the iwap (flying) of the sky, the dag (fish) of the yam (sea/waters), and the heaps of rubble with the rashai (wicked). I will karath (cut) off adam (man) from the surface of the adamah (earth), naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah ().
4 I will natah (stretch) out my yad (hand) against Yahawadah (Yahawadah / Judah), and against all the yawashabay (inhabitants) of Yarawashalam (Yarawashalam / Jerusalem). I will karath (cut) off the shaar (remnant) of Bail (Baal) from this maqawam (place): the sham (name) of the idolatrous and pagan kahanayam (priests),
5 Those who shachah (worship) the tzabaa (troop) of the sky on the housetops, those who shachah (worship) and shabai (swear / take oath) by Yahawah () and also shabai (swear / take oath) by Malcam,
6 Those who have sawag (turned) back from following Yahawah (), and those who haven't baqash (sought) Yahawah () nor darash (inquired) after him.
7 Be hasah (silent) at the panayam (face) of the Adanay () Yahawah (), for the yawam (day) of Yahawah () is at qarawab (hand). For Yahawah () has kawan (prepared) a zabach (sacrifice). He has qadash (set apart / make holy) his qaraa (called).
8 It will happen in the yawam (day) of Yahawah () zabach (sacrifice), that I will paqad (visit) the sharayam (princes), the malak (king) banay (sons), and all those who are labash (clothed) with foreign clothing.
9 In that yawam (day), I will paqad (visit) all those who dalag (leap) over the mapathan (threshold), who malaa (fill) their adawan (master / lord) bayath (house) with chamas (violence) and maramah (deceit).
10 In that yawam (day), naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah (), there will be the qawal (sound / voice) of a tzaiqah (cry) from the dag (fish) shair (gate), a wailing from the mashanah (second) quarter, and a gadawal (very great/important/mighty) shabar (crashing) from the gabaiwath (hills).
11 Wail, you yashabay (inhabitants) of makathash (maktesh), for all the im (nation / people) of Kanain (Canaan) are damah (undone)! All those who were loaded with kasap (silver) are karath (cut) off.
12 It will happen at that ith (time), that I will chapash (search) Yarawashalam (Jerusalem) with narawath (lamps), and I will paqad (visit) the anashayam (men) who are qapaa (settled) on their shamar (keep/guard), who amar (spoke) in their labab (heart), “Yahawah () will not do yatab (good), neither will he do raii (wicked / dysfunctional / evil).”
13 Their wealth will become a mashasah (spoil), and their bathayam (houses) a shamamah (desolation). Yes, they will banah (build) bathayam (houses), but won't yashab (inhabit/dwell) them. They will natai (plant) karamayam (vineyards), but won't shathah (drinks) their yayan (wine).
14 The gadawal (very great/important/mighty) yawam (day) of Yahawah () is qarawab (near). It is qarawab (near), and hurries maad (greatly), the qawal (sound / voice) of the yawam (day) of Yahawah (). The gabawar (mighty) man tzarach (cries) there bitterly.
15 That yawam (day) is a yawam (day) of ibarah (wrath), a yawam (day) of matzawaqah (distress) and tzarah (anguish), a yawam (day) of tzarah (trouble) and ruin, a yawam (day) of chashak (darkness) and gloom, a yawam (day) of inan (cloud) and blackness,
16 A yawam (day) of the shawapar (Shofar / Ram's horn) and tharawaih (alarm), against the batzar (fortified) irayam (cities), and against the gabah (high) battlements.
17 I will tzarar (bring) distress on adam (men), that they will halak (move) like iwar (blind) men, because they have chataa (sinned) against Yahawah (), and their dam (blood) will be shapak (poured) out like ipar (dust), and their lachawam (flesh) like galal (dung).
18 Neither their kasap (silver) nor their zahab (gold) will be yakal (able) to natzal (deliver) them in the yawam (day) of Yahawah () ibarah (wrath), but the whole aratz (Earth/land) will be akal (eat) by the ash (fire) of his qanaah (jealousy); for he will ishah (make) an end, yes, a terrible kalah (complete / finish), of all those who yashab (inhabit/dwell) in the aratz (Earth/land).