زَكَريّا 9

١ 1 وَحْيُ قَضَاءِ الرَّبِّ بِعِقَابِ أَرْضِ حَدْرَاخَ وَدِمَشْقَ، لأَنَّ أَعْيُنَ النَّاسِ وَسَائِرِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ نَحْوَ الرَّبِّ.

This is the burden of the word of the LORD against the land of Hadrach and Damascus its resting place— for the eyes of men and of all the tribes of Israel are upon the LORD —

٢ 2 وَكَذَلِكَ قَضَاءِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى حَمَاةَ الْمُتَاخِمَةِ لِدِمَشْقَ، وَعَلَى صُورَ وَصِيدُونَ الْمُتَّصِفَتَيْنِ بِالْحِكْمَةِ:

and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.

٣ 3 «قَدْ بَنَتْ صُورُ حِصْناً لِنَفْسِهَا وَادَّخَرَتِ الْفِضَّةَ كَالتُّرَابِ وَالذَّهَبَ كَطِينِ الشَّوَارِعِ.

Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.

٤ 4 وَلَكِنْ هَا الرَّبُّ يُجَرِّدُهَا مِنْ مُمْتَلَكَاتِهَا، وَيَطْرَحُ عِزَّتَهَا إِلَى الْبَحْرِ، وَتَلْتَهِمُهَا النِّيرَانُ.

Behold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.

٥ 5 فَتَشْهَدُ مَدِينَةُ أَشْقَلُونَ هَذَا فَتَفْزَعُ، وَتَتَلَوَّى غَزَّةُ أَلَماً. تَتَوَجَّعُ عَقْرُونُ أَيْضاً لأَنَّ رَجَاءَهَا قَدْ تَبَدَّدَ. يَهْلِكُ مَلِكُ غَزَّةَ وَتُصْبِحُ أَشْقَلُونُ مُوْحِشَةً.

Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.

٦ 6 وَيَسْتَوْطِنُ الزَّنِيمُ فِي أَشْدُودَ، وَيَسْتَأْصِلُ الرَّبُّ كِبْرِيَاءَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ.

A mixed race will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

٧ 7 لَا يَعُودُونَ يَأْكُلُونَ لَحْماً بِدَمِهِ أَوْ طَعَاماً نَجِساً وَيُصْبِحُونَ هُمْ أَيْضاً بَقِيَّةً نَاجِيَةً لِلرَّبِّ، يَصِيرُونَ كَعَشِيرَةٍ فِي سِبْطِ يَهُوذَا، وَتَغْدُو عَقْرُونُ نَظِيرَ الْيَبُوسِيِّينَ.

I will remove the blood from their mouths and the abominations from between their teeth. Then they too will become a remnant for our God; they will become like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.

٨ 8 ثُمَّ أُعَسْكِرُ حَوْلَ شَعْبِي لأَحْفَظَهُ مِنْ غَزْوَاتِ الْجُيُوشِ فِي ذِهَابِهَا وَإِيَابِهَا، فَلا يُذِلُّهُمْ مُسْتَعْمِرٌ، لأَنِّي رَأَيْتُ الآنَ بِعَيْنَيَّ مُعَانَاتَهُمْ».

But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with My own eyes.

٩ 9 «ابْتَهِجِي جِدّاً يَا ابْنَةَ صِهْيَوْنَ وَاهْتُفِي يَا ابْنَةَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، لأَنَّ هُوَذَا مَلِكُكِ مُقْبِلٌ إِلَيْكِ. هُوَ عَادِلٌ ظَافِرٌ، وَلَكِنَّهُ وَدِيعٌ رَاكِبٌ عَلَى أَتَانٍ، عَلَى جَحْشٍ ابْنِ أَتَانٍ.

Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

١٠ 10 وَأَسْتَأْصِلُ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ الْحَرْبِيَّةَ مِنْ أَفْرَايِمَ، وَالْخَيْلَ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَتَبِيدُ أَقْوَاسُ الْقِتَالِ، وَيَشِيعُ السَّلامُ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ، وَيَمْتَدُّ مُلْكُهُ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ إِلَى الْبَحْرِ، وَمِنْ نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ إِلَى أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ.

And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

١١ 11 أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَبِفَضْلِ دَمِ عَهْدِي مَعَكُمْ أُطْلِقُ أَسْرَاكُمْ مِنَ الْجُبِّ الَّذِي لَا مَاءَ فِيهِ.

As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

١٢ 12 ارْجِعُوا إِلَى الْحِصْنِ يَا أَسْرَى الرَّجَاءِ، فَأَنَا أُعْلِنُ الْيَوْمَ أَنِّي أُضَاعِفُ لَكُمُ الأَجْرَ لِقَاءَ مَا عَانَيْتُمْ مِنْ وَيْلاتٍ.

Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.

١٣ 13 هَا أَنَا أُوَتِّرُ يَهُوذَا كَقَوْسٍ وَأَجْعَلُ أَفْرَايِمَ كَسَهْمٍ وَأُثِيرُ رِجَالَ صِهْيَوْنَ عَلَى أَبْنَاءِ الْيُونَانِ فَتَكُونِينَ كَسَيْفِ جَبَّارٍ.

For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.

١٤ 14 ثُمَّ يَتَجَلَّى الرَّبُّ، وَيَنْفُذُ سَهْمُهُ كَالْبَرْقِ. يَنْفُخُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ بِالْبُوقِ وَيَقْتَحِمُ فِي زَوَابِعِ الْجَنُوبِ.

Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.

١٥ 15 يَقِيهُمُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ فَلا تَنَالُهُمْ حِجَارَةُ الْمِقْلاعِ، بَلْ تَقْصُرُ عَنْهُمْ وَيَطَأُونَهَا، وَيَشْرَبُونَ مِنْ دِمَاءِ أَعْدَائِهِمْ وَيَصْخَبُونَ كَالسُّكَارَى مِنَ الْخَمْرِ وَيَمْتَلِئُونَ كَمَنَاضِحِ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ وَزَوَايَا الْمَذْبَحِ.

The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.

١٦ 16 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يُخَلِّصُهُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُهُمْ لأَنَّهُمْ شَعْبُهُ قَطِيعُهُ، وَيَتَأَلَّقُونَ فِي أَرْضِهِ كَحِجَارَةٍ كَرِيمَةٍ مُرَصَّعَةٍ فِي تَاجٍ.

On that day the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people; for like jewels in a crown they will sparkle over His land.

١٧ 17 فَمَا أَجْمَلَهُمْ وَمَا أَبْهَاهُمْ! الْحِنْطَةُ تَجْعَلُ الْفِتْيَانَ أَكْثَرَ ازْدِهَاراً، وَالْخَمْرَةُ تَجْعَلُ الْفَتَيَاتِ أَكْثَرَ نُضْرَةً».

How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.