Zechariah 9
1 A word of the Lord: The Lord has come to the land of Hadrach, and Damascus is his resting-place: for the towns of Aram are the Lord's,
Ucapan Ilahi. Firman TUHAN datang atas negeri Hadrakh dan berhenti di Damsyik. Sebab kepunyaan Tuhanlah kota-kota Aram serta segala suku Israel;
2 As well as Hamath, which is by its limit, and Tyre and Zidon, because they are very wise.
juga Hamat yang berbatas kepadanya, pula Tirus dan Sidon, sekalipun mereka sangat bijaksana.
3 And Tyre made for herself a strong place, and got together silver like dust and the best gold like the earth of the streets.
Tirus mendirikan tembok benteng bagi dirinya dan menimbun perak seperti debu dan emas seperti lumpur di jalan.
4 See, the Lord will take away her heritage, overturning her power in the sea; and she will be burned up with fire.
Namun sesungguhnya, Tuhan akan membuatnya miskin dan akan melontarkan kekuatannya ke dalam laut, dan kota itu sendiri akan habis dimakan api.
5 Ashkelon will see it with fear, and Gaza, bent with pain; and Ekron, for her hope will be shamed: and the king will be cut off from Gaza, and Ashkelon will be unpeopled.
Askelon akan melihatnya, lalu takut; juga Gaza, lalu gemetar sangat; Ekronpun, sebab harapannya sudah kandas. Dari Gaza raja akan binasa dan Askelon tidak akan didiami lagi.
6 And a mixed people will be living in Ashdod, and I will have the pride of the Philistines cut off.
Di Asdod akan diam keturunan campuran, dan kebanggaan orang Filistin akan Kulenyapkan.
7 And I will take away his blood from his mouth, and his disgusting things from between his teeth; and some of his people will be kept for our God: and he will be as a family in Judah, and Ekron as one living in Jerusalem.
Aku akan melenyapkan darah dari mulutnya dan kejijikan dari antara giginya, dan yang tinggal dari merekapun akan menjadi kepunyaan Allah kita. Mereka akan dianggap seperti suatu kaum di Yehuda, dan orang Ekron seperti orang Yebus.
8 And I will put my forces in position round my house, so that there may be no coming and going: and no cruel master will again go through them: for now I have seen his trouble.
Aku berkemah dekat rumah-Ku sebagai pengawal terhadap mereka yang lalu-lalang; tidak akan ada lagi penindas mendatanginya, sebab sekarang Aku sendiri telah mengindahkannya.
9 Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass.
Bersorak-soraklah dengan nyaring, hai puteri Sion, bersorak-sorailah, hai puteri Yerusalem! Lihat, rajamu datang kepadamu; ia adil dan jaya. Ia lemah lembut dan mengendarai seekor keledai, seekor keledai beban yang muda.
10 And he will have the war-carriage cut off from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be cut off: and he will say words of peace to the nations: and his rule will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
Ia akan melenyapkan kereta-kereta dari Efraim dan kuda-kuda dari Yerusalem; busur perang akan dilenyapkan, dan ia akan memberitakan damai kepada bangsa-bangsa. Wilayah kekuasaannya akan terbentang dari laut sampai ke laut dan dari sungai Efrat sampai ke ujung-ujung bumi.
11 And as for you, because of the blood of your agreement, I have sent out your prisoners from the deep hole in which there is no water.
Mengenai engkau, oleh karena darah perjanjian-Ku dengan engkau, Aku akan melepaskan orang-orang tahananmu dari lobang yang tidak berair.
12 And they will come back to you, O daughter of Zion, as prisoners of hope: today I say to you that I will give you back twice as much;
Kembalilah ke kota bentengmu, hai orang tahanan yang penuh harapan! Pada hari ini juga Aku memberitahukan: Aku akan memberi ganti kepadamu dua kali lipat!
13 For I have made Judah a bow bent for my use, I have made Ephraim the arrows of the bow; I will make your sons, O Zion, take up arms against your sons, O Greece, and will make you like the sword of a man of war.
Sebab Aku melentur Yehuda bagi-Ku, busur Kuisi dengan Efraim, dan Aku mengayunkan anak-anakmu, hai Sion, terhadap anak-anakmu, hai Yunani, dan Aku akan memakai engkau seperti pedang seorang pahlawan.
14 And the Lord will be seen over them, and his arrow will go out like the thunder-flame: and the Lord God, sounding the war-horn, will go in the storm-winds of the South.
TUHAN akan menampakkan diri kepada mereka, dan anak panah-Nya akan melayang keluar seperti kilat. Dan Tuhan ALLAH akan meniup sangkakala dan akan berjalan maju dalam angin badai dari selatan.
15 The Lord of armies will be a cover for them; and they will overcome, crushing under foot the armed men; they will take their blood for drink like wine: they will be full like the sides of the altar.
TUHAN semesta alam akan melindungi mereka, dan mereka akan menghabisi dan menginjak-injak pengumban-pengumban. Mereka akan minum darah seperti minum anggur dan menjadi penuh seperti bokor penyiraman, seperti penjuru-penjuru mezbah.
16 And the Lord their God will be their saviour in that day, giving them food like the flock of his people: for they will be like the jewels of a crown shining over his land.
TUHAN, Allah mereka, akan menyelamatkan mereka pada hari itu; seperti kawanan domba umat-Nya itu, sungguh, mereka seperti permata-permata mahkota yang berkilap-kilap, demikianlah mereka di tanah TUHAN.
17 For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins.
Sungguh, alangkah baiknya itu dan alangkah indahnya! Teruna bertumbuh pesat karena gandum, dan anak dara karena anggur.
