Zacharias 12
1 The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel; says the Lord, that stretches out the sky, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.
Nkɔmhyɛ: Eyi ne Awurade asɛm a ɛfa Israel ho. Awurade a ɔtrɛw ɔsoro mu, nea ɔto asase fapem, nea ɔyɛ honhom a ɔte onipa mu asɛm ni:
2 Behold, I [will] make Jerusalem as trembling door-posts to all the nations round about, and in Judea there shall be a siege against Jerusalem.
“Merebɛyɛ Yerusalem kuruwa a ɛbɛma aman a atwa ne ho ahyia no atɔ ntintan. Wɔbɛtow ahyɛ Yuda ne Yerusalem so.
3 And it shall come to pass in that day [that] I will make Jerusalem a trodden stone to all the nations: every one that tramples on it shall utterly mock at [it], and all the nations of the earth shall be gathered together against it.
Saa da no a wiase aman nyinaa aboa wɔn ho ano retia no no, mɛma Yerusalem ayɛ ɔbotantim ama aman no nyinaa. Wɔn a wɔbɛpɛ sɛ wopirew no no nyinaa bepirapira wɔn ho.
4 In that day, says the Lord Almighty, I will strike every horse with amazement, and his rider with madness: but I will open mine eyes upon the house of Juda, and I will strike all the horses of the nations with blindness.
Saa da no, mɛma ɔpɔnkɔ biara abɔ huboa, na mɛma ne sotefo nso abɔ dam,” sɛnea Awurade se ni. “Mebue mʼani ahwɛ Yudafi, na mefurafura aman ahorow no apɔnkɔ ani.
5 And the captains of thousands of Juda shall say in their hearts, We shall find for ourselves the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the Lord Almighty their God.
Na Yuda mmusua bɛka wɔ wɔn koma mu se, ‘Yerusalemfo yɛ ahoɔdenfo, efisɛ Asafo Awurade yɛ wɔn Nyankopɔn.’
6 In that day I will make the captains of thousands of Juda as a firebrand among wood, and as a torch of fire in stubble; and they shall devour on the right hand and on the left all the nations round about: and Jerusalem shall dwell again by herself, [even] in Jerusalem.
“Saa da no, mɛyɛ Yuda mmusua sɛ ogya asanka a ɛhyɛ nnyina mu, te sɛ ogyatɛn a ɛredɛw wɔ nwura a wɔaboa ano mu. Wɔbɛhyew nnipa a wɔatwa wɔn ho ahyia nyinaa wɔ benkum ne nifa, nanso hwee renka Yerusalem wɔ faako a ɔwɔ.
7 And the Lord shall save the tabernacles of Juda as at the beginning, that the boast of the house of David, and the pride of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, may not magnify themselves against Juda.
“Awurade bɛbɔ Yuda atenae ho ban kan, sɛnea Dawidfi ne wɔn a wɔte Yerusalem anuonyam renkyɛn Yudafo anuonyam.
8 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and the weak one among them in that day shall be as David, and the house of David as the house of God, as the angel of the Lord before them.
Saa da no, Awurade bɛbɔ wɔn a wɔte Yerusalem ho ban, nea ɔyɛ mmerɛw koraa wɔ wɔn mu no bɛyɛ sɛ Dawid. Na Dawid asefo bɛyɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn, te sɛ Awurade Bɔfo a odi wɔn anim.
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Saa da no, mefi ase asɛe aman a wɔko tia Yerusalem nyinaa.
10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and compassion: and they shall look upon me, because they have mocked [me], and they shall make lamentation for him, as for a beloved [friend], and they shall grieve intensely, as for a firstborn [son].
“Mehwie adom ne nkotosrɛ honhom agu Dawidfi ne wɔn a wɔte Yerusalem so. Wɔbɛhwɛ me a wɔahwirew me, na wɔatwa adwo ama no te sɛ obi a ɔretwa adwo wɔ ɔba koro ho, na wɔasu yayaayaw te sɛ obi a ɔresu ne ba barima piesie.
11 In that day the lamentation in Jerusalem shall be very great, as the mourning for the pomegranate grove cut down in the plain.
Saa da no agyaadwotwa a ɛwɔ Yerusalem no ano bɛyɛ den te sɛ Hadad-Rimon agyaadwotwa wɔ Megido asasetam so.
12 And the land shall lament in separate families, the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves;
Asase no sofo nyinaa bedi awerɛhow, abusua biara ne wɔn yerenom; Dawid abusua ne wɔn yerenom, Natan abusua ne wɔn yerenom,
13 the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of Symeon by itself, and their wives by themselves;
Lewi abusua ne wɔn yerenom, Simei abusua ne wɔn yerenom,
14 all the families that are left, each family by itself, and their wives by themselves.
ne mmusua a aka no nyinaa ne wɔn yerenom.
