Zacharias 8

1 And the word of the Lord Almighty came, saying,

١ وَأَوْحَى الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَيَّ بِهَذِهِ الْكَلِمَةِ:

2 Thus saith the Lord Almighty; I have been jealous for Jerusalem and for Sion with great jealousy, and I have been jealous for her with great fury.

٢ «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: إِنِّي أَغَارُ عَلَى صِهْيَوْنَ غَيْرَةً عَظِيمَةً مُفْعَمَةً بِغَضَبٍ شَدِيدٍ عَلَى أَعْدَائِهَا.

3 Thus saith the Lord; I will return to Sion, and dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a true city, and the mountain of the Lord Almighty a holy mountain.

٣ لِهَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: هَا أَنَا عَائِدٌ إِلَى صِهْيَوْنَ لأُقِيمَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَتُدْعَى آنَئِذٍ مَدِينَةَ الْحَقِّ، كَمَا يُدْعَى جَبَلُ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ الْجَبَلَ الْمُقَدَّسَ.

4 Thus saith the Lord Almighty; There shall yet dwell old men and old women in the streets of Jerusalem, every one holding his staff in his hand for age.

٤ وَيَعُودُ الشُّيُوخُ مِنْ رِجَالٍ وَنِسَاءٍ، مِمَّنْ يَتَّكِئُونَ عَلَى عِصِيِّهِمْ لِفَرْطِ كِبَرِ أَعْمَارِهِمْ، فَيَجْلِسُونَ فِي شَوَارِعِ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

5 And the broad places of the city shall be filled with boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

٥ وَتَكْتَظُّ طُرُقَاتُهَا بِالأَوْلادِ وَالْبَنَاتِ اللّاعِبِينَ فِيهَا.

6 Thus saith the Lord Almighty; If it shall be impossible in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, shall it also be impossible in my sight? saith the Lord Almighty.

٦ فَإِنْ كَانَ هَذَا الأَمْرُ عَجِيباً فِي أَعْيُنِ الْبَقِيَّةِ النَّاجِيَةِ مِنْ هَذَا الشَّعْبِ، أَيَكُونُ عَجِيباً فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ؟

7 Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Behold, I [will] save my people from the east country, and the west country;

٧ هَا أَنَا أُنْقِذُ شَعْبِي الْمَنْفِيَّ فِي أَرْضِ الْمَشْرِقِ أَوْ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ.

8 and I will bring them in, and cause [them] to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be to me a people, and I will be to them a God, in truth and in righteousness.

٨ وَأَرُدُّهُمْ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لِيَسْكُنُوا فِيهَا، وَيَكُونُونَ لِي شَعْباً وَأَنَا أَكُونُ لَهُمْ إِلَهاً بِالْحَقِّ وَالْعَدْلِ.

9 Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Let your hands be strong, [ye that] hear in these days these words out of the mouth of the prophets, from the day that the house of the Lord Almighty was founded, and from the time that the temple was built.

٩ وَلْتَتَشَدَّدْ أَيْدِيكُمْ أَنْتُمْ يَا مَنْ تَسْمَعُونَ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ الَّتِي نَطَقَ بِها الأَنْبِيَاءُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا حَاضِرِينَ عِنْدَ إِرْسَاءِ أَسَاسِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ لإِعَادَةِ بِنَائِهِ،

10 For before those days the wages of men could not be profitable, and there could be no hire of cattle, and there could be no peace by reason of the affliction to him that went out or to him that came in: for I would have let loose all men, every one against his neighbour.

١٠ فَإِنَّهُ قَبْلَ تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ لَمْ تُدْفَعْ أُجْرَةٌ لِرَجُلٍ أَوْ بَهِيمَةٍ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ هُنَاكَ مَنْ يَأْمَنُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِ فِي ذِهَابِهِ وَإِيَابِهِ، لأَنَّنِي أَثَرْتُ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ ضِدَّ صَاحِبِهِ.

11 But now I [will] not do to the remnant of this people according to the former days, saith the Lord Almighty.

١١ أَمَّا الآنَ فَلَنْ أَتَعَامَلَ مَعَ بَقِيَّةِ شَعْبِي النَّاجِيَةِ كَمَا تَعَامَلْتُ مَعَهُ فِي الأَيَّامِ الْغَابِرَةِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.

12 But I will shew peace: the vine shall yield her fruit, and the land shall yield her produce, and the heaven shall give its dew: and I will give as an inheritance all these things to the remnant of my people.

١٢ بَلْ يَزْرَعُونَ فِي سَلامٍ، فَتُعْطِي الْكُرُومُ ثَمَرَهَا وَالأَرْضُ غَلّاتِهَا، وَتَجُودُ السَّمَاءُ بِأَمْطَارِهَا، وَأُوَرِّثُ بَقِيَّةَ هَذَا الشَّعْبِ النَّاجِيَةَ كُلَّ هَذِهِ.

13 And it shall come to pass, as ye were a curse among the nations, O house of Juda, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: be of good courage, and strengthen your hands.

١٣ وَكَمَا كُنْتُمْ لَعْنَةً بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ يَا أَبْنَاءَ يَهُوذَا وَإِسْرَائِيلَ، فَإِنَّنِي أُخَلِّصُكُمْ فَتُصْبِحُونَ بَرَكَةً. لَا تَجْزَعُوا، بَلْ تَشَجَّعُوا.

14 For thus saith the Lord Almighty; As I took counsel to afflict you when your fathers provoked me, saith the Lord Almighty, and I repented not:

١٤ لأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ، كَمَا وَطَّدْتُ الْعَزْمَ أَنْ أُعَاقِبَكُمْ بِالشَّرِّ عِنْدَمَا أَثَارَ آبَاؤُكُمْ سَخَطِي، وَلَمْ أَرْجِعْ عَنْ عَزْمِي، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ،

15 so have I prepared and taken counsel in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Juda: be ye of good courage.

١٥ فَإِنِّي عُدْتُ أَيْضاً فَقَضَيْتُ فِي هَذِهِ الأَيَّامِ أَنْ أُحْسِنَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَإِلَى شَعْبِ يَهُوذَا. فَلا تَجْزَعُوا.

16 These [are] the things which ye shall do; speak truth every one with his neighbour; judge truth and peaceable judgment in your gates:

١٦ وَهَذَا مَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَفْعَلُوهُ: لَا تَكْذِبُوا بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ، وَاحْكُمُوا فِي سَاحَاتِ قَضَائِكُمْ بِالْعَدْلِ وَأَحْكَامِ السَّلامِ.

17 and let none of you devise evil in his heart against his neighbour; and love not a false oath: for all these things I hate, saith the Lord Almighty.

١٧ لَا يُضْمِرْ أَحَدُكُمْ شَرّاً فِي قَلْبِهِ لِقَرِيبِهِ، وَلا تَحْلِفُوا يَمِينَ زُورٍ، فَإِنَّ هَذِهِ جَمِيعَهَا مَقَتُّهَا، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ».

18 And the word of the Lord Almighty came to me, saying,

١٨ ثُمَّ أَوْحَى الرَّبُّ إِلَيَّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

19 Thus saith the Lord Almighty, The fourth fast, and the fifth fast, and the seventh fast, and the tenth fast, shall be to the house of Juda for joy and gladness, and for good feasts; and ye shall rejoice; and love ye the truth and peace.

١٩ «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: إِنَّ أَصْوَامَكُمُ فِي الشُّهُورِ الرَّابِعِ وَالْخَامِسِ وَالسَّابِعِ وَالْعَاشِرِ سَتَكُونُ مَوَاسِمَ ابْتِهَاجٍ وَفَرَحٍ وَأَعْيَادٍ سَعِيدَةٍ يَتَمَتَّعُ بِها شَعْبُ يَهُوذَا، لِهَذَا أَحِبُّوا الْحَقَّ وَالسَّلامَ.

20 Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Yet shall many peoples come, and the inhabitants of many cities;

٢٠ وَسَتَأْتِي شُعُوبٌ أَيْضاً وَأَفْوَاجٌ مِنْ سُكَّانِ مُدُنٍ كَثِيرَةٍ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

21 and the inhabitants of five cities shall come together to one city, saying, Let us go to make supplication to the Lord, and to seek the face of the Lord Almighty; I will go also.

٢١ وَيَمْضِي أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ الأُخْرَى قَائِلِينَ: هَيَّا نَذْهَبْ عَلَى الْفَوْرِ لِنَطْلُبَ رِضَى وَجْهِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ وَنَلْتَمِسَ بَرَكَتَهُ، لأَنَّنَا عَلَى أَيِّ حَالٍ مُنْطَلِقُونَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ.

22 And many peoples and many nations shall come to seek earnestly the face of the Lord Almighty in Jerusalem, and to obtain favour of the Lord.

٢٢ فَتَتَوَافَدُ أُمَمٌ كَثِيرَةٌ وَشُعُوبٌ قَوِيَّةٌ لِيَلْتَمِسُوا وَجْهَ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَلِيَحْظَوْا بِرِضَاهُ.

23 Thus saith the Lord Almighty; In those days [my word shall be fulfilled] if ten men of all the languages of the nations should take hold—even take hold of the hem of a Jew, saying, We will go with thee; for we have heard that God is with you.

٢٣ فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ يَتَشَبَّثُ عَشَرَةُ رِجَالٍ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ الأُمَمِ بِثَوْبِ رَجُلٍ يَهُودِيٍّ قَائِلِينَ: دَعْنَا نَذْهَبُ مَعَكُمْ، لأَنَّنَا سَمِعْنَا أَنَّ الرَّبَّ مَعَكُمْ».