Zechariah 9
1 The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach and its respite in Damascus. For the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is of the Lord.
Yehowa ƒe nya tsi tsitre ɖe Hadraknyigba ŋu, eye ava Damasko hã dzi, elabena Yehowa ƒe ŋku le amewo kple Israel ƒe toawo katã ŋu.
2 Hamath also is at its limits, and Tyre and Sidon. For, of course, they have assumed themselves to be exceedingly wise.
Ava Hamat si ƒo xlãe la hã dzi, eye ava Tiro kple Sidon hã dzi togbɔ be wodze aye ale gbegbe hã.
3 And Tyre has built herself a fortress, and she has piled together silver, as if it were soil, and gold, as if it were the mud of the streets.
Tiro tu mɔ sesẽ na eɖokui, eli kɔ klosalo abe ʋuʋudedi ene, eye nenema ke sika bɔ abe ke si le mɔdodo dzi ene.
4 Behold, the Lord will possess her, and he will strike her strength in the sea, and she will be devoured by fire.
Ke Yehowa axɔ kesinɔnuwo le esi, akaka eƒe tɔdziʋuwo kple wo me nɔlawo ƒe ŋusẽ, eye dzo ava fiae ƒioƒioƒio.
5 Ashkelon will see and be afraid. Both Gaza and he will be very sorrowful, as well as Ekron, because her hope has been confounded. And the king will pass away from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
Askelon akpɔe, eye vɔvɔ̃ aɖoe. Gaza aŋe kple vevesese. Nenema kee nye Ekron hã, elabena eƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ abu ɖee. Woawu Gaza fia, eye Askelon azu aƒedo.
6 And the divider will sit in Ashdod, and I will scatter the arrogance of the Philistines.
Amedzrowo ava xɔ Asdod, eye maɖe Filistitɔwo ƒe dada la ɖa.
7 And I will take away his blood from his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth, and yet he will be left for our God, and he will be like a governor in Judah, and Ekron will be like a Jebusite.
Maɖe ʋu ɖa le woƒe nuwo me kple nuɖuɖu si wotsri na wo la le woƒe aɖutame. Ame siwo susɔ la anye míaƒe Mawu la tɔ, woazu kplɔlawo le Yuda, eye Ekron anɔ abe Yebusitɔwo ene.
8 And I will encircle my house with those who serve me in war, going and returning, and the exactor will no longer pass over them. For now I have seen with my eyes.
Ke maʋli nye gbedoxɔ la ta tso adzohawo ƒe asi me. Ŋutasẽla magaɖu nye amewo dzi akpɔ gbeɖe o, elabena azɔ mele wo ŋu dzɔm.
9 Rejoice well, daughter of Zion, shout for joy, daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, your King will come to you: the Just One, the Savior. He is poor and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt, the son of a donkey.
Dzi nadzɔ wò, O Zion vinyɔnu! Do ɣli, wò Yerusalem vinyɔnu, kpɔ ɖa, wò fia gbɔna gbɔwò. Enye dzɔdzɔetɔ, eye wòhe ɖeɖe vɛ, ebɔbɔ eɖokui, eye wòle tedzi dom, si nye tedzivi si nye tedzinɔ ƒe vi.
10 And I will scatter the four-horse chariot out of Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be destroyed. And he will speak peace to the Gentiles, and his power will be from sea to sea, and from the rivers even to the end of the earth.
Axɔ tasiaɖamwo le Efraim si kple aʋawɔsɔwo le Yerusalem si, eye wòaŋe woƒe aʋawɔdatiwo. Aɖe gbeƒã ŋutifafa na dukɔwo, eƒe fiaɖuƒe akeke tso ƒuta ayi ƒuta, tso tɔsisi la nu ayi anyigba ƒe seƒewo ke.
11 You, likewise, by the blood of your testimony, have sent forth your prisoners from the pit, in which there is no water.
Ɖe nu si mebla kpli wò, tre enu kple ʋu ta la, maɖe wò tso ku me, be màgaku ɖe do globo ƒuƒui la me o.
12 Turn back to the fortress, prisoners of hope. Today, I also announce that I will repay you double,
Mitrɔ yi ɖe miaƒe mɔ sesẽwo me, O, mi gamenɔla siwo si mɔkpɔkpɔ le. Ke azɔ la, mele gbeƒã ɖem na mi be magbugbɔ aɖo nu siwo miebu la teƒe na mi zi eve.
13 because I have stretched out Judah for myself, like a bow; I have filled Ephraim. And I will raise up your sons, Zion, above your sons, Greece. And I will set you as the sword of the strength.
Mabɔ Yuda abe ale si mebɔa nye da ene, eye matsɔ Efraim awɔ datii ayɔ eme fũu. O Zion, manyɔ viwò ŋutsuwo, ɖe Griktɔwo ŋu, eye mawɔ wò abe aʋawɔla ƒe yi ene.
14 And the Lord God will be seen over them, and his arrow will go forth like lightning. And the Lord God will sound the trumpet, and he will go forth into the whirlwind of the South.
Yehowa ava do ɖe wo dzi kpoyi, eye eƒe aŋutrɔwo anɔ bibim abe dzikedzo ene. Aƒetɔ Yehowa aku kpẽ azɔ le anyigbeme ƒe ahomwo me,
15 The Lord of hosts will protect them. And they will devour and subdue with the stones of the sling. And, when drinking, they will become inebriated, as if with wine, and they will be filled like bowls and like the horns of the altar.
eye Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Mawu la atsɔ akpoxɔnu atsyɔ wo dzi. Woagblẽ nu, eye woatsɔ kpe ade aŋetu me atsɔ aɖu wo dzii. Woano woawo ŋutɔ ƒe ʋu abe wain ene, wòayɔ woƒe ƒodo fũu abe agba ene, eye wòaƒo wo bekee abe ale si wokɔa wain ɖe vɔsamlekpui ƒe dzogoewo dzi ene.
16 And in that day, the Lord their God will save them as the flock of his people. For holy stones will be lifted up over his land.
Yehowa, woƒe Mawu la aɖe wo gbe ma gbe abe ame siwo nye eƒe alẽhawo ene. Woaklẽ le eƒe anyigba la dzi abe adzagba le fiakuku ŋu ene.
17 For what is his goodness and what is his beauty, other than grain among the elect and wine springing forth virgins?
Aleke woahanyo eye woahadze anii! Bli ana ɖekakpuiawo natsi nyuie, eye wain yeye ana ɖetugbiawo hã natsi nyuie.
