زَكَريّا 10

١ 1 اطْلُبُوا مِنَ الرَّبِّ الْمَطَرَ فِي مَوْسِمِ الرَّبِيعِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ الَّذِي يَسْتَجِيبُ بِبُرُوقٍ، وَيَسْكُبُ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَابِلاً هَطَّالاً، وَيَرْزُقُ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ عُشْباً فِي الْحَقْلِ.

Ask ye of the Lord rain in season, the early and the latter: the Lord has given bright signs, and will give them abundant rain, to every one grass in the field.

٢ 2 أَمَّا الأَوْثَانُ فَإِنَّهَا تَنْطِقُ بِالْبَاطِلِ، وَيَرَى الْعَرَّافُونَ رُؤىً كَاذِبَةً، وَيُنْبِئُونَ بِأَحْلامِ زُورٍ. وَعَبَثاً يُعَزُّونَ. لِذَلِكَ شَرَدَ النَّاسُ كَغَنَمٍ، وَقَاسُوا مَشَقَّةً لاِفْتِقَارِهِمْ إِلَى رَاعٍ.

For the speakers have uttered grievous things, and the diviners [have ] [seen] false visions, and they have spoken false dreams, they have given vain comfort: therefore have they fallen away like sheep, and been afflicted, because there was no healing.

٣ 3 إِنَّ غَضَبِي مُحْتَدِمٌ عَلَى الرُّعَاةِ، وَسَأُعَاقِبُ الرُّؤَسَاءَ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ يَعْتَنِي بِقَطِيعِهِ شَعْبِ يَهُوذَا، وَيَجْعَلُهُمْ كَفَرَسِ الْمَزْهُوِّ فِي الْقِتَالِ.

Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I will visit the lambs; and the Lord God Almighty shall visit his flock, the house of Juda, and he shall make them as his goodly horse in war.

٤ 4 مِنْهُمْ يَخْرُجُ حَجَرُ الزَّاوِيَةِ وَالْوَتَدُ وَقَوْسُ الْقِتَالِ وَكُلُّ حَاكِمٍ مُتَسَلِّطٍ.

And from him he looked, and from him he set [the battle in order], and from him [came] the bow in anger, [and] from him shall come forth every oppressor together.

٥ 5 وَيَدُوسُونَ الأَعْدَاءَ مَعاً كَمَا يَدُوسُ الْجَبَابِرَةُ الطِّينَ فِي الشَّوَارِعِ، وَيُحَارِبُونَ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ مَعَهُمْ فَيُلْحِقُونَ الْعَارَ بِفُرْسَانِ الأَعْدَاءِ.

And they shall be as warriors treading clay in the ways in war; and they shall set the battle in array, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be put to shame.

٦ 6 إِنِّي أُشَدِّدُ شَعْبَ يَهُوذَا وَأُخَلِّصُ ذُرِّيَّةَ يُوسُفَ وَأَرُدُّهُمْ إِلَى أَرْضِهِمْ لأَنِّي أَكُنُّ لَهُمُ الرَّحْمَةَ، فَيَكُونُونَ كَأَنِّي لَمْ أَنبِذْهُمْ لأَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُهُمْ فَأَسْتَجِيبُهُمْ.

And I will strengthen the house of Juda, and save the house of Joseph, and I will settle them; because I have loved them: and they shall be as [if] I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and I will hear them.

٧ 7 ويُصْبِحُ شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ كَجَبَابِرَةِ الْحَرْبِ، وَتَنْتَشِي قُلُوبُهُمْ كَمَنْ شَرِبَ خَمْرَةً، وَيَشْهَدُ أَبْنَاؤُهُمْ هَذَا وَيَفْرَحُونَ، وَتَبْتَهِجُ نُفُوسُهُمْ بِالرَّبِّ.

And they shall be as the warriors of Ephraim, and their heart shall rejoice as with wine: and their children also shall see [it], and be glad; and their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.

٨ 8 أُصْدِرُ إِشَارَتِي لَهُمْ فَأَجْمَعُ شَتَاتَهُمْ، لأَنِّي افْتَدَيْتُهُمْ، وَيَكْثُرُونَ كَمَا فِي الْحِقَبِ الأُولَى.

I will make a sign to them, and gather them in; for I will redeem them, and they shall be multiplied according to their number before.

٩ 9 مَعَ أَنِّي بَدَّدْتُهُمْ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ، فَإِنَّهُمْ يَظَلُّونَ يَذْكُرُونَنِي فِي الْمَنَافِي الْبَعِيدَةِ، وَيَحْيَوْنَ مَعَ أَوْلادِهِمْ وَيَرْجِعُونَ.

And I will sow them among the people; and they that are afar off shall remember me: they shall nourish their children, and they shall return.

١٠ 10 سَأَرُدُّهُمْ إِلَى مَوْطِنِهِمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، وَأَجْمَعُ شَتَاتَهُمْ مِنْ أَشُّورَ، وَآتِي بِهِمْ إِلَى أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ وَلُبْنَانَ حَتَّى لَا يَبْقَى مُتَّسَعٌ لَهُمْ بَعْدُ.

And I will bring them again from the land of Egypt, and I will gather them in from among the Assyrians; and I will bring them into the land of Galaad and to Libanus; and there shall not even one of them be left behind.

١١ 11 يَجْتَازُونَ عَبْرَ بَحْرِ الْمَشَقَّاتِ، فَتَنْحَسِرُ الأَمْوَاجُ وَتَجُفُّ لُجَجُ النِّيلِ. تَذِلُّ كِبْرِيَاءُ أَشُّورَ وَيَزُولُ صَوْلَجَانُ مِصْرَ.

And they shall pass through a narrow sea, they shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deep places of the rivers shall be dried up: and all the pride of the Assyrians shall be taken away, and the sceptre of Egypt shall be removed.

١٢ 12 وَأُشَدِّدُهُمْ بِالرَّبِّ فَيَسْلُكُونَ بِمُقْتَضَى اسْمِهِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

And I will strengthen them in the Lord their God; and they shall boast in his name, saith the Lord.