Zechariah 8
1 Againe the worde of the Lord of hostes came to me, saying,
Dubbiin Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼuu ammas gara koo dhufe.
2 Thus saith the Lord of hostes, I was ielous for Zion with great ielousie, and I was ielous for her with great wrath.
Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu akkana jedha: “Ani Xiyooniif hinaaffaa guddaa qaba; hinaaffaa isheetiin guggubachaan jira.”
3 Thus saith the Lord, I wil returne vnto Zion, and wil dwel in the mids of Ierusalem: and Ierusalem shalbe called a citie of trueth, and the Mountaine of the Lord of hostes, the holy Mountaine.
Waaqayyo akkana jedha: “Ani Xiyoonitti deebiʼee Yerusaalem keessa nan jiraadha. Yerusaalemis Magaalaa Dhugaa jedhamti; tulluun Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼuus Tulluu Qulqulluu jedhamee ni waamama.”
4 Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, There shall yet olde men and olde women dwell in the streetes of Ierusalem, and euery man with his staffe in his hand for very age.
Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu akkana jedha: “Ammas yeroo tokko jaarsolii fi jaartoliin daandii Yerusaalem irra ni tataaʼu; tokkoon tokkoon isaanii sababii dulluma isaaniitiif ulee harkatti qabatu.
5 And the streetes of the citie shalbe full of boyes and girles, playing in the streetes thereof.
Daandiin magaalattii ijoollee dhiiraa fi durbaa kanneen achi taphataniin ni guutama.”
6 Thus saith the Lord of hostes, Though it be vnpossible in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these dayes, should it therefore be vnpossible in my sight, sayth the Lord of hostes?
Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu akkana jedha: “Yeroo sanatti wanni kun hambaa saba kanaatiif dinqii taʼu dandaʼa; anaaf garuu kun dinqii taʼuu dandaʼaa?” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu.
7 Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, Beholde, I will deliuer my people from the East countrey, and from the West countrey.
Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu akkana jedha: “Ani biyyoota baʼa biiftuutii fi lixa biiftuu keessaa saba koo nan baasa.
8 And I wil bring them, and they shall dwel in the mids of Ierusalem, and they shalbe my people, and I wil be their God in trueth, and in righteousnes.
Ani akka isaan Yerusaalem keessa jiraataniif isaan nan deebisa; isaan saba koo ni taʼu; anis dhugaa fi qajeelummaadhaan Waaqa isaanii nan taʼa.”
9 Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, Let your hands be strong, ye that heare in these dayes these words by the mouth of the Prophets, which were in the day, that the foundation of the House of the Lord of hostes was laide, that the Temple might be builded.
Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu akkana jedha: “Isin warri amma dubbii raajonni yeroo hundeen mana Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼuu buufametti achi turan dubbatan kana dhageessan, akka manni qulqullummaa ijaaramuuf irreen keessan haa jabaatu.
10 For before these dayes there was no hire for man nor any hire for beast, neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men, euery one against his neighbour.
Yeroo sanaan dura mindaan tokko iyyuu namaaf yookaan horiif hin baafamu turre. Namni tokko iyyuu sababii diina isaatiif nagaadhaan hojii isaatiif baʼee hin galu ture; ani nama hunda walitti kaaseen tureetii.
11 But nowe, I wil not intreate the residue of this people as aforetime, saith the Lord of hostes.
Garuu ani amma akkan duraan hojjedhe sana hambaa saba kanaatti hin hojjedhu” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu.
12 For the seede shall be prosperous: the vine shall giue her fruite, and the ground shall giue her increase, and the heauens shall giue their dewe, and I will cause the remnant of this people to possesse all these things.
“Sanyiin akka gaarii biqila; mukni wayiniis ija naqata; lafti midhaan kenniti; samiiwwanis fixeensa isaanii coccobsu. Ani waan kana hunda dhaala godhee hambaa saba kanaatiif nan kenna.
13 And it shall come to passe, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Iudah, and house of Israel, so wil I deliuer you, and ye shalbe a blessing: feare not, but let your hands be strong.
Yaa Yihuudaa fi Israaʼel akkuma isin saboota gidduutti waan abaarsaa turtan sana, ani isin baasee akka isin eebba taatan nan godha. Harki keessan haa jabaatuu malee hin sodaatinaa.”
14 For thus sayth the Lord of hostes, As I thought to punish you, when your fathers prouoked me vnto wrath, sayth the Lord of hostes, and repented not,
Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu akkana jedha: “Ani akkuma gaafa abbootiin keessan na aarsanitti balaa isinitti fiduu yaadee isinii naʼuu dide sana” jedha Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu;
15 So againe haue I determined in these daies to doe well vnto Ierusalem, and to the house of Iudah: feare ye not.
“Kanaafuu ani amma Yerusaalemii fi Yihuudaaf waan gaarii hojjechuu murteesseera. Isin hin sodaatinaa.
16 These are ye things that ye shall doe. Speake ye euery man the trueth vnto his neighbour: execute iudgement truely and vprightly in your gates,
Wanni isin gochuu qabdan kana: Dhugaa walitti dubbadhaa; karra keessan duratti murtii dhugaa fi nagaa kennaa;
17 And let none of you imagine euill in your hearts against his neighbour, and loue no false othe: for all these are the things that I hate, saith the Lord.
ollaa keessanitti waan hamaa hin malinaa; sobaan kakachuu illee hin jaalatinaa. Ani waan kana hunda nan jibbaa” jedha Waaqayyo.
18 And the worde of the Lord of hostes came vnto me, saying,
Ammas dubbiin Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼuu gara koo dhufe.
19 Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, The fast of the fourth moneth, and the fast of the fift, and the fast of the seuenth, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Iudah ioy and gladnes, and prosperous hie feasts: therefore loue the trueth and peace.
Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu akkana jedha: “Soomni jiʼa afuraffaa, shanaffaa, torbaffaa fi kurnaffaa Yihuudaaf yeroo gammachuu fi ililchuu, akkasumas yeroo ayyaana gammachuu taʼa. Kanaafuu dhugaa fi nagaa jaalladhaa.”
20 Thus saith the Lord of hostes, That there shall yet come people, and the inhabitants of great cities.
Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu akkana jedha: “Uummanni hedduunii fi jiraattonni magaalaa hedduun ammas ni dhufu;
21 And they that dwell in one citie, shall go to another, saying, Vp, let vs go and pray before the Lord, and seeke the Lord of hostes: I wil go also.
jiraattonni magaalaa tokkoo gara magaalaa biraa dhaqanii, ‘Kottaa mee Waaqayyo kadhachuu fi Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu barbaadachuuf dafnee haa deemnu. Ani mataan koo iyyuu nan deema’ jedhu.
22 Yea, great people and mightie nations shall come to seeke the Lord of hostes in Ierusalem, and to pray before the Lord.
Uummanni baayʼeenii fi saboonni humna qabeeyyiin Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu barbaadachuu fi isa kadhachuuf gara Yerusaalem ni dhufu.”
23 Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, In those dayes shall ten men take holde out of all languages of the nations, euen take holde of the skirt of him that is a Iewe, and say, We will go with you: for we haue heard that God is with you.
Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu akkana jedha: “Bara sana keessa afaanii fi saba hunda keessaa namoonni kudhan dhufanii handaara wandaboo namicha Yihuudii tokkoo qabatanii, ‘Nu akka Waaqni isin wajjin jiru waan dhageenyeef, si wajjin haa deemnu’ jedhuun.”
