Zacharias 8

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

Pawòl SENYÈ Dèzame yo te vini kote mwen. Li te di:

2 Thus says 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.

Konsa pale SENYÈ Dèzame yo: “Mwen jalou anpil pou Sion; wi, ak gwo kòlè Mwen jalou pou li.”

3 Thus says 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.

Konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Mwen fin retounen nan Sion, e Mwen va demere nan mitan Jérusalem. Jérusalem va rele ‘Vil Verite a, e Mòn SENYÈ Dèzame yo, yo va rele ‘Mòn Sen an.’”

4 Thus says 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.

Konsa pale SENYÈ Dèzame yo: “Va gen ni granmoun gason, ni granmoun fanm nan ri a Jérusalem yo. Chak gason ak baton nan men l akoz anpil laj li.

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

Epi ri vil yo va vin ranpli ak jenn gason, e jenn fi k ap jwe nan ri yo tou.”

6 Thus says 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? says the Lord Almighty.

Konsa pale SENYÈ Dèzame yo: “Si sa parèt etonnan nan zye a retay pèp sila a, nan jou sa yo, èske sa va parèt etonnan tou nan zye pa m?” deklare SENYÈ Dèzame yo.

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

Konsa pale SENYÈ Dèzame yo: “Gade byen, Mwen va sove pèp Mwen soti nan peyi lès la, e soti nan peyi lwès la.

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.

Mwen va mennen yo vin rete nan mitan Jérusalem. Yo va pèp Mwen, e Mwen va Bondye yo nan laverite ak ladwati.”

9 Thus says the Lord Almighty; Let your hands be strong, [you 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.

Konsa pale SENYÈ Dèzame yo: “Kite men nou vin dyanm, nou menm k ap koute nan jou sa yo, pawòl sa yo ki soti nan bouch a pwofèt ki te pale nan jou ke fondasyon kay SENYÈ Dèzame yo te poze a, menm tanp lan, pou li te kapab vin bati.

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 neighbor.

Paske avan jou sa yo, pa t gen salè pou moun, pa t gen salè bèt; pa t gen lapè nonplis pou sila ki t ap antre oswa ki t ap soti, akoz lènmi li yo. Paske Mwen te mete tout moun kont pwochen yo.

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

Men koulye a, Mwen p ap aji ak retay pèp sa a tankou nan tan ansyen yo,” deklare SENYÈ Dèzame yo.

12 But I will show 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.

“Paske va gen semans lapè; pye rezen an va bay fwi li, peyi a va fè pwodiksyon pa l, e syèl yo va bay lawouze yo. Konsa, Mwen va fè retay a pèp sa a vin eritye tout bagay sa yo.

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

Li va vin rive ke menm jan nou te yon madichon pami nasyon yo, O lakay Juda, konsa Mwen va sove nou, pou nou kapab devni yon benediksyon. Pa pè, men kite men nou rete dyanm.”

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

Paske konsa pale SENYÈ Dèzame yo: “Menm jan ke Mwen te gen entansyon fè nou mal lè papa zansèt nou yo te pwovoke Mwen a lakòlè a,” pale SENYÈ Dèzame yo, “epi Mwen pa t ap repanti,

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

konsa ankò, Mwen te pran desizyon nan jou sila yo pou fè byen pou Jérusalem ak lakay Juda. Pa pè!

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

Sa yo se bagay ke nou va fè yo: pale verite a youn lòt, egzekite jijman pou laverite ak lapè nan pòtay nou yo.

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

Anplis, ke pèsòn nan nou pa fè plan mal nan kè li kont pwochen li, ni pa renmen fo sèman nan jijman. Paske tout sa yo se bagay ke M rayi,” deklare SENYÈ a.

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

Epi pawòl SENYÈ Dèzame yo te vin kote mwen. Li te di:

19 Thus says 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 you shall rejoice; and love you the truth and peace.

Konsa pale SENYÈ Dèzame yo: “Jèn nan katriyèm mwa a, jèn nan senkyèm mwa a, jèn nan setyèm mwa a, e jèn nan dizyèm mwa yo va devni pou lakay Juda gwo lajwa, kè kontan ak gwo fèt rejwisans; Donk lanmou, laverite ak lapè.”

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

Konsa pale SENYÈ Dèzame yo: “Li va toujou rive ke pèp nasyon yo va vini, pèp a anpil vil.

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.

Pèp k ap viv nan yon nasyon va ale nan yon lòt e va di: ‘Annou ale vit chache favè SENYÈ a, e chache SENYÈ Dèzame yo. Mwen menm tou, mwen prale.’

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

Konsa anpil pèp ak nasyon pwisan va vin chache SENYÈ Dèzame yo nan Jérusalem, e pou mande favè SENYÈ a.”

23 Thus says 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 you; for we have heard that God is with you.

Konsa pale SENYÈ Dèzame yo: “Nan jou sila yo, dis mesye ki nan tout nasyon yo va kenbe vètman an sila ki Jwif la, e va di: ‘Na p ale avèk ou, paske nou tande ke Bondye avèk ou.”’