زَكَريّا 13

١ 1 «فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَتَفَجَّرُ يَنْبُوعٌ لِيُطَهِّرَ ذُرِّيَّةَ دَاوُدَ وَسُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنْ إِثْمِهِمْ وَنَجَاسَتِهِمْ.

On that day shall there be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for cleansing from sin and for purification.

٢ 2 وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَسْتَأْصِلُ أَسْمَاءَ الأَصْنَامِ مِنَ الأَرْضِ فَلا يَعُودُ لَهَا ذِكْرٌ، وَأُلاشِي الأَنْبِيَاءَ الْكَذَبَةَ وَالرُّوحَ النَّجِسَ مِنَ الأَرْضِ.

And it shall come to pass on that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall not be remembered any more: and also the prophets and the unclean spirit will I remove out of the land.

٣ 3 وَإِنْ تَنَبَّأَ أَحَدٌ فِيمَا بَعْدُ، يَطْعَنُهُ أَبُوهُ وَأُمُّهُ اللَّذَانِ أَنْجَبَاهُ قَائِلَيْنِ: لابُدَّ أَنْ تَمُوتَ لأَنَّكَ نَطَقْتَ بِالزُّورِ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ.

And it shall come to pass, if any one should yet prophesy, that his father and his mother who have begotten him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for falsely hast thou spoken in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother who have begotten him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

٤ 4 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَعْتَرِي الْخِزْيُ كُلَّ نَبِيٍّ كَاذِبٍ يَتَنَبَّأُ مِنْ رُؤْيَاهُ، وَلا يَرْتَدِي مُسُوحَ الشَّعْرِ لِيَكْذِبَ.

And it shall come to pass on that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one because of his vision, when he prophesieth; and they shall not clothe themselves with a hairy cloak in order to deceive.

٥ 5 إِنَّمَا يَقُولُ: أَنَا لَسْتُ نَبِيًّا. أَنَا رَجُلٌ فَلّاحٌ أَحْرُثُ الأَرْضَ مُنْذُ صِبَايَ.

But he will say, I am no prophet, a man that tilleth the ground am I; for some one hath taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

٦ 6 وَعِنْدَمَا يَسْأَلُهُ أَحَدٌ: مَا هَذِهِ الْجُرُوحُ فِي يَدَيْكَ؟ يُجِيبُهُ: هِيَ الَّتِي جُرِحْتُ بِها فِي بَيْتِ أَحِبَّائِي».

And should some one say unto him, What are these wounds between thy hands? Then will he say, Those with which I have been wounded in the house of my [vicious] friends.

٧ 7 وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: «اسْتَيْقِظْ أَيُّهَا السَّيْفُ وَهَاجِمْ رَاعِيَّ وَرَجُلَ رِفْقَتِي. اضْرِبِ الرَّاعِي فَتَتَبَدَّدَ الْخِرَافُ. وَلَكِنِّي أَرُدُّ يَدِي عَنِ الصِّغَارِ (أَيِ الْقِلَّةِ الْمُؤْمِنَةِ).

Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man whom I have associated with me, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; but I will turn my hand toward the feeble ones.

٨ 8 يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ فَيَفْنَى ثُلْثَا شَعْبِ أَرْضِي وَيَبْقَى ثُلْثُهُمْ حَيًّا فَقَطْ.

And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts [of those] therein shall be cut off, shall perish; but the third part shall be left therein.

٩ 9 فَأُجِيزُ هَذَا الثُّلْثَ فِي النَّارِ لأُنَقِّيَهُ تَنْقِيَةَ الْفِضَّةِ، وَأَمْحَصَهُ كَمَا يُمْحَصُ الذَّهَبُ. هُوَ يَدْعُو بِاسْمِي وَأَنَا أَسْتَجِيبُهُ. أَنَا أَقُولُ: هُوَ شَعْبِي، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: الرَّبُّ هُوَ إِلَهِي».

And I will bring the third part into the fire, and I will refine them as one refineth silver, and will probe them as gold is probed: they will call on my name, and I will answer their prayer; I will say, They arc my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.