Zechariah 8
1 And the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying,
又有萬軍上主的話：
2 These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am angry about the fate of Zion, I am angry about her with great wrath.
萬軍的上主這樣說：「我以極度的妒愛，愛著熙雍，為了她我發了很大的妒恨。
3 This is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Zion, and will make my living-place in Jerusalem: and Jerusalem will be named The town of good faith; and the mountain of the Lord of armies The holy mountain.
上主這樣說：我要返回熙雍，住在耶路撒冷；耶路撒冷將稱為『忠城』，萬軍上主的山將稱為『聖山』」。
4 This is what the Lord of armies has said: There will again be old men and old women seated in the open spaces of Jerusalem, every man with his stick in his hand because he is so old.
萬軍的上主這樣說：「將有老夫老婦坐在耶路撒冷各街市上，每人因年高老邁，手中扶著拐杖；
5 And the open spaces of the town will be full of boys and girls playing in its open spaces.
城裏街市上，都要滿了男女兒童，在街市上遊戲。
6 This is what the Lord of armies has said: If this is a wonder to the rest of this people, is it a wonder to me? says the Lord of armies.
萬軍的上主這樣到那些時日，這事在這百姓眼中是件奇事，難道在我眼中也是件奇事嗎﹖──萬軍上主的斷語。
7 This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will be the saviour of my people from the east country, and from the west country;
萬軍的上主這樣說：看，我要由日出之地和日落之地救回我的百姓；
8 And I will make them come and be living in Jerusalem and they will be to me a people and I will be to them a God, in good faith and in righteousness.
我要本著忠實和正義，領他們回來，住在耶路撒冷；他們要作我的百姓，我要作他們的天主」。
9 This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your hands be strong, you who are now hearing these words from the mouths of the prophets, that is to say, in the days when the base of the house of the Lord of armies has been put in place for the building of the house, that is the Temple.
萬軍的上主這樣說：「當建築萬軍的上主殿，奠基的時日，你們由先知口中聽見這話的人，應加強你們的手臂。
10 For before those days there was no payment for a man's work, or for the use of a beast, and there was no peace for him who went out or him who came in, because of the attacker: for I had every man turned against his neighbour.
既使在這些日子以前，人得不到工資，牲畜也沒有報酬，因為我曾使人互相攻擊；
11 But now I will not be to the rest of this people as I was in the past, says the Lord of armies.
但是現今我對待這百姓的遺民，決不像住日一樣──萬軍上主的斷語。
12 For I will let the seed of peace be planted; the vine will give her fruit and the land will give her increase and the heavens will give their dew; and I will give to the rest of this people all these things for their heritage.
因為我要散播和平；葡萄園必結果實，土地必有出產，上天必降甘露；我必要使這百姓的遺民獲得這一切。
13 And it will come about that, as you were a curse among the nations, O children of Judah and children of Israel, so I will give you salvation and you will be a blessing: have no fear and let your hands be strong.
猶大家和以色列家，昔日你們在異民中怎樣成為可詛咒的，將來我也要照樣拯救你們，使你們受人祝福；你們不要害怕，應加強你們的手臂!
14 For this is what the Lord of armies has said: As it was my purpose to do evil to you when your fathers made me angry, says the Lord of armies, and my purpose was not changed:
因為萬軍的上主這樣說：就如你們的祖先惹我發怒的時候，我曾決意懲罰你們──萬軍的上主說──而毫不動情；
15 So in these days it is again my purpose to do good to Jerusalem and to the children of Judah: have no fear.
照樣，在這些日子裏，我也要決意善待耶路撒冷和猶大家；你們不要害怕!
16 These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.
你們應該遵行的訓令是：彼此談話要誠實，在城門口應作公正與和平的裁判；
17 Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oaths: for all these things are hated by me, says the Lord.
不可人中圖謀惡事，彼此相害，也不可喜歡發假誓，因為這一切都是我所憎惡的──上主的斷語。」
18 And the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying,
萬軍上主的話傳給我說：
19 This is what the Lord of armies has said: The times of going without food in the fourth month and in the fifth and the seventh and the tenth months, will be for the people of Judah times of joy and happy meetings; so be lovers of good faith and of peace.
「萬軍的上主這樣說：四月的齋戒、七月的齋戒，為猶大家將變為愉快和喜樂以及歡躍的佳節；但你們應愛好忠實與和平」。
20 This is what the Lord of armies has said: It will again come about that when peoples and those living in great towns come,
萬軍的上主這樣說：「還有許多民族和各大城市的居民要前來；
21 And the people of one town go to another and say, Let us certainly go with a request for grace from the Lord, and to give worship to the Lord of armies, then I will go with you.
一城的居民到另一 城去，向該城的固民說：我們快去懇求上主開恩，去尋求萬軍的上主! ──我也同去。」
22 And great peoples and strong nations will come to give worship to the Lord of armies in Jerusalem and to make requests for grace from the Lord.
將有許多民族和強盛的國民，來到耶路撒冷尋求萬軍的上主，懇求上主開恩。
23 This is what the Lord of armies has said: In those days, ten men from all the languages of the nations will put out their hands and take a grip of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for it has come to our ears that God is with you.
萬軍的上主這樣說：「在那日子裏，十個說異國方言的人將抓住一個猶太人的衣服說：我們要同你們一起去，因為我們聽說天主與你們在一起」。
