Sofonia
1 Sofonia* e ne e le mora oa Kushi, Kushi ea tsoaloang ke Gedalia, Gedalia ea tsoaloang ke Amaria, Amaria ea tsoaloang ke Ezekiase. Mehleng ea ha Josiase+ mora oa Amone+ a ne a busa Juda, Jehova o ile a bua le Sofonia a re:
2 “Ke tla felisa ntho e ’ngoe le e ’ngoe lefatšeng,” ke Jehova ea chong.+
3 Hape Jehova o re: “Ke tla felisa motho le phoofolo.
Ke felise linonyana le litlhapi,+
Ke tla felisa ntho e ’ngoe le e ’ngoe e khelosang*+
Hammoho le batho ba khopo, ke felise batho bohle holim’a lefatše.
4 Ke tla otla Juda
Ke be ke otle baahi ba Jerusalema,
Ke fiele mesaletsa ea Baale sebakeng sena,+
Hammoho le baprista ba melimo esele le baprista ba bohata,+
5 Ke felise bohle ba khumamelang lintho tsohle tse maholimong* ba le ka holim’a matlo a bona+
Le ba khumamelang Jehova ba ikana hore ba tla mo tšepahalla+
Empa ba boetse ba ikana hore ba tla tšepahalla Malkame+
6 Le ba emisang ho latela Jehova+
Le ba sa kang ba batla keletso ho Jehova hore a ba tataise.”+
7 Lulang le khutsitse ka pel’a Jehova ’Musi oa Lintho Tsohle hobane letsatsi la Jehova le haufi,+
Ho na le sehlabelo seo Jehova a tla se etsa ho halaletsa batho bao a ba memmeng.
8 “ ’Na Jehova, ke tla otla likhosana
Le bara ba morena+ le bohle ba aparang joaloka balichaba letsatsing leo ke etsang sehlabelo sa ka ka lona.
9 Ke tla otla bohle ba atamelang terone* letsatsing leo,
Ba tletseng likhoka ba bile ba le bolotsana.”
10 Jehova o re: “Letsatsing leo,
Batho ba tla bokolla ba le Keiting ea Litlhapi,+
Ba bokolle ba le Seterekeng se Secha,+
Ho be le lerata maralleng.
11 Bokollang lona baahi ba Makteshe*
Hobane bo-rakhoebo* bohle ba timelitsoe,*
Bohle ba bekhang silevera ba felisitsoe.
12 Nakong eo, ke tla hlahloba Jerusalema ke e khantšitse ka mabone,
Ke otle bohle ba khotsofaletseng tsela eo ba phelang* ka eona ba ntse ba re ka lipelong tsa bona:
‘Jehova a ke ke a etsa letho, a ke ke a etsa ntho e mpe kapa e molemo.’+
13 Ba tla nkeloa maruo, matlo a bona a senngoe.+
Ba tla haha matlo empa ba ke ke ba lula ho ’ona,
Ba tla lema masimo a morara empa ba ke ke ba noa veine ea ’ona.+
15 Letsatsi leo e tla ba la khalefo,+
Letsatsi la mahlomola le tlokotsi,+
Letsatsi la sefefo le tšenyeho,
Letsatsi la lefifi le leholo,+
Letsatsi la maru le lefifi le letšo-letšo,+
16 E tla ba letsatsi la ho letsa lenaka le la mohoo oa ntoa,+
E tla ba letsatsi la ho hlasela metse e sirelelitsoeng hammoho le litora tse phahameng.+
17 Ke tla bakela batho mahlomola,
Ba tla tsamaea joaloka batho ba foufetseng+
Hobane ba sitetsoe Jehova.+
Mali a bona a tla tšolloa joaloka lehlabathe
Le mala a bona a tsoe joaloka bolokoe.+
18 Letsatsing la khalefo ea Jehova, silevera kapa khauta ea bona e ke ke ea khona ho ba lopolla.+