1Mehleng ea puso ea Josiea, mora oa Amona, khosi ea Juda, lentsoe la Morena la fihla ho Sofonea, mora oa Kushe, Kushe ea tsoaloang ke Gedaleea, Gedaleea ea tsoaloang ke Amariea, Amariea ea tsoaloang ke Hesekiea.
Letsatsi la Morena la kahlōlo
2“Tsohle tse lefatšeng
ke tla li felisa,”
ho rialo Morena.
3“Ke tla timetsa batho,
ke timetse liphoofolo,
ke timetse nonyana
tse fōfang sepakapakeng,
litlhapi tsa leoatle
le tsona ke li timetse.
Ke tla felisa likhopiso
'moho le ba khopo,
batho bohle lefatšeng
le bona ke ba timetse,”
ho rialo Morena.
Kahlōlo ea Juda
4“Ke tla otlolla tsoho la ka,
ke le otlollele holim'a Juda,
ke le otlollele le holim'a Jerusalema.
Masalla 'ohle a Baale ke tla a felisa,
ke a felise sebakeng sena,
le baprista ba bohata ke ba felise;
5bona ba obamang
ba le holim'a matlo,
bona ba obamang,
ba khumamela linaleli,
ba khumamela khoeli,
ba khumamela letsatsi,
bona ba obamang,
ba hlapanye ka bitso la Morena,
empa ba ntse ba hlapanya
le ka Milekome.
6Batho bana
ke ba furaletseng Morena,
ba mo furalla, ba se ke ba 'matla,
leha e le hona ho ipiletsa ho eena.
7Khutsang ha le le kapele ho Morena,
kapele ho Morena Molimo,
hobane tsatsi la Morena le atametse.
Morena o s'a lokisitse sehlabelo,
le bamemuoa ba hae
o s'a ba khethile.
8Mohla Morena a etsang sehlabelo,
ke tla otla mahosana
le bara ba khosi,
le bohle ba apereng meaparo esele.
9Mohl'a tsatsi leo ke tla otla,
ke otle ba sa hateng
kosene ea monyako,
ke otle ba tlatsang
ntlo ea mong'a bona,
ba e tlatse
ka tse hapiloeng ka likhōka,
ba e tlatse
ka tse hapiloeng ka bolotsana.
10“Mohl'a tsatsi leo,”
ho rialo Morena,
“mokhosi o tla utloahala
Monyakong oa Litlhapi,
seboko se utloahale
se e-tsoa motsemocha,
le molumo o moholo
o utloahale maralleng.
11Bokollang, lōna ba ahileng
tlase ho motse,
hoba bahoebi bohle ba lōna
ba tla felisoa,
bohle ba ananyang ka silefera
ba timetsoe.
12Ka nako eo
Jerusalema ke tla e lekōla,
ke e lekole
ke e khantšitse ka mabone;
ke otle bohle ba lutseng ba iketlile,
ba kang maritsa a veine a qitile,
ba luletseng ho bua ka pelo, ba re:
‘Morena a ke ke be a etsa letho,
a ke ke be a etsa botle
leha e le bobe.’
13Matlotlo a bona a tla lobeloa,
matlo a bona a heletsoe,
e be masupi.
Matlo a bona 'ona ba tla a haha,
empa ha ba ka ke ba lula ho 'ona;
morara le oona ba tla o hloma
empa veine ea oona
ha ba ka ke ba e noa.”
Letsatsi le leholo la Morena
14“Tsatsi le leholo la Morena
le atametse, le tla le potlakile.
Utloang, tsatsi la Morena ke leo!
Mohlabani o tla hōoa a se na tšepo.
15Tsatsi leo ke tsatsi la khalefo,
ke tsatsi la tlokotsi le la mahlomola,
ke tsatsi la timelo le la tšenyeho,
ke tsatsi la lefifi la bo-nka-ntjana,
tsatsi le phetheselang maru,
maru a matšo-matšo!
16Ke tsatsi la lenaka ho houtsa,
ke tsatsi la mokhosi oa ntoa,
ke tsatsi la ho futuhela metse,
la ho futuhela marako
marako a tšireletso!
17Ke tla bakela batho mahlomola,
tsela ba e phōphōletse sa lifofu,
hoba ba entse sebe,
ba sitetsoe Morena.
Mali a bona
a tla tšoloha sa lehlabathe,
mala a bona
a petletsehe sa bolokoe.
18Mohl'a tsatsi leo
la khalefo ea Morena,
silefera ea bona,
esita le eona khauta,
tsena ha li ka ke
tsa tseba ho ba pholosa.
Khalefo ea Morena
e tukang malakabe,
e tla tlōkōma, e chese lefatše lohle.
Baahi bohle ba lefatše
o tla ba timetsa,
a ba timetse hang,
ka ho panya ha ntši.”