Zekhariah 10
1 A hnukkhu e khorak tue navah, khorak nahanlah BAWIPA koe ratoum awh. Keitat sak e BAWIPA ni khorak sak vaiteh, tami pueng hanlah law dawk caticamu a pâw sak han.
Ask Yahweh to cause rain to fall (in the springtime/before the hot season starts), [because] he is the one who makes the clouds [from which the rain falls]. He causes showers to fall on us, and he causes crops to grow well in the fields.
2 Terah e meikaphawknaw ni teh ahrawnghrang doeh a dei awh. Profet ka tawk e taminaw ni vision kaphawk a hmu awh teh, laithoe e mang a dei awh. Ayawmyin lah lung a kâpahawi awh. Hatdawkvah, tuhunaw patetlah a kâva teh, tu khoumkung ao hoeh dawkvah tunaw a roedeng awh.
[What people think that] the idols in their houses suggest [is only] nonsense, and people who [say that they can] interpret dreams tell [only] lies. When they [tell people things to] comfort [them, what they say] is useless, so the people [who (consult/trust in) them] are like lost sheep; they are attacked because they have no [one to protect them] [like] [MET] a shepherd [protects his sheep].
3 Tukhoumnaw ka lungkhuek sin teh, hmaetannaw lawk ka ceng vaiteh ransahu BAWIPA ni amae tuhu Judah miphun a khetyawt vaiteh bawirengnae ka coe e taran ka tuk e marang patetlah kangcoung sak han.
[Yahweh says, ] “I am angry with the leaders [MET] of my people, and I will punish them. [I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, take care of my people, the people of Judah, [like a shepherd takes care of his] [MET] flock, and I will cause them to be like [SIM] proud/powerful war horses.
4 Hote miphun dawk hoi takin lung, cingco, taran tuknae licung, bawinaw pueng ni a tâco awh han.
From Judah will come rulers [who will be very important], [like] [MET] a cornerstone is [the most important stone for a house], [like] [MET] a tent peg [is very important for a tent], [like] [MET] a bow [is very important for (an archer/a man who shoots arrows]).
5 Ahnimouh teh taran a tuk awh navah, lamthung dawk e tangdong ka coungroe e athakaawme taminaw patetlah ao han. BAWIPA e lungmanae a coe awh dawkvah, taran a tuk awh vaiteh, marangransanaw yeirai a po sak han.
They will all be like [SIM] mighty warriors trampling [their enemies] in the mud during a battle. [I, ] Yahweh, will be with them, so they will fight and defeat their enemies who ride on horses.
6 Judah miphun haiyah ka caksak han. Joseph miphun haiyah kahlout sak han. Ahnimanaw ka pahren dawkvah hmuen ka poe han. Ahnimouh teh pâlei boihoeh e patetlah ao awh han. Kai teh ahnimae Jehovah Cathut lah ka o teh ahnimae lawk ka thai han.
I will cause the people [MTY] of Judah to become strong, and I will rescue the people [MTY] of Israel. I will bring them back [from the countries to which they were (exiled/forced to go)]; [I will do that] because I pity them. Then they will be as though I had not abandoned them, because I am Yahweh, their God, and I will answer them [when they pray for help].
7 Ephraim miphunnaw teh athakaawme tami patetlah a tha ao awh han. Misur tui khak ka boum e patetlah a lunghawi awh han. A catounnaw ni hmawt awh vaiteh a lunghawi awh han, BAWIPA kâuep hoi a lunghawi awh han.
The people of Israel will be like [SIM] strong soldiers; they will be as happy as [people who have drunk a lot of] wine. Their children will see [their fathers being very happy], and they [also] will be happy because of what Yahweh [has done for them].
8 Ahnimouh ka hroecoe vaiteh, ka kamkhueng sak han. Ahnimouh ni kaie ratangnae hah a hmu awh vaiteh, hmaloe e patetlah bout a pungdaw awh han.
I will signal for my people [to return from (being exiled/other countries)], and I will gather them together [in their own country]. I will rescue them, and they will become very numerous like [they were] previously.
9 Ahnimouh teh Jentelnaw koe cati patue e patetlah ka patue han. Kho hla ram dawk hoi kai na doun awh vaiteh ca catounnaw hoi cungtalah a hring lahoi bout a ban awh han.
I have caused them to be scattered among many people-groups, but in those distant countries they will think about me again. They and their children will remain alive and return [to Judah].
10 Ahnimouh teh Izip ram hoi bout ka hrawi awh han. Assiria hai kakaw vaiteh ka pâkhueng han. Gilead ram hoi Lebanon ram lah bout ka hrawi vaiteh ahnimouh ao nahan e talai ni cawng mahoeh.
I will bring them [back] from Egypt and from Assyria; I will bring them [back] from the Gilead and Lebanon [regions], and there will hardly be enough [HYP] space for them all [to live in Judah].
11 Tuipui lungui a cei teh, a rektap awh vaiteh, tuicapanaw a hem awh han. Kadung poung e tuipui kaawm e naw pueng rem a hak han. Assiria naw e lunglennae a pâpho pouh vaiteh Izip bawi e kâtawnnae hai a kahma han.
They will endure/experience many difficulties [as though they were walking] [MET] through a sea, but [I] will calm the waves of the sea; the Nile [River which is usually] deep will dry up. [I] will defeat the proud [soldiers of] Assyria, and [I will cause] Egypt to no longer be powerful [MTY].
12 Ahnimouh teh BAWIPA pawlawk hoi ka caksak han. A min kâuep laihoi a kâhei vaiteh a cei awh han telah BAWIPA ni a ti.
I will enable my people to be strong, and they will honor me and obey [IDM] me. [That will surely happen because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”
