Zechariah 12
1 The burden of a word of YHWH on Israel. A declaration of YHWH, Stretching out the heavens, and founding earth, And forming the spirit of man in his midst:
Esiae nye Yehowa ƒe nya si wògblɔ ɖe Israel ŋu, Yehowa si wɔ dziƒo kple anyigba, eye wòwɔ gbɔgbɔ de ame me, eyae gblɔ be,
2 “Behold, I am making Jerusalem a cup of reeling To all the surrounding peoples, And it is also against Judah, In the siege against Jerusalem.
“Mawɔ Yerusalem wòanye kplu si ne ame siwo ƒo xlãe noe la, woamu. Woaɖe to ɖe Yuda kple Yerusalem.
3 And it has come to pass in that day, I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone to all the peoples, All loading it are completely pressed down, And gathered against it have been all nations of the earth.
Gbe ma gbe ne dukɔ siwo katã le anyigba dzi ƒo ƒu ɖe eŋuti la, mawɔ Yerusalem wòanye agakpe si meʋãna o la na dukɔwo. Ame siwo katã adi be yewoamli agakpe sia la axɔ abi.
4 In that day,” a declaration of YHWH, “I strike every horse with astonishment, And its rider with madness, And on the house of Judah I open My eyes, And every horse of the peoples I strike with blindness.
Gbe ma gbe la, made vɔvɔ̃ sɔ ɖe sia ɖe me, eye matsɔ tsukuku ada ɖe wo dolawo dzi.” Yehowae gblɔe. “Nye ŋkuwo anɔ Yuda ƒe aƒe la ŋuti ɖaa, ke magbã ŋku na dukɔwo ƒe sɔwo.
5 And leaders of Judah have said in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem [are] strength to me, In YHWH of Hosts their God.
Ekema Yuda ƒe kplɔlawo agblɔ le woƒe dzi me be, ‘Yerusalemtɔwo sesẽ, elabena Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae nye woƒe Mawu.’
6 In that day I make the leaders of Judah As a hearth of fire among trees, And as a torch of fire in a sheaf, And they have consumed—on the right and on the left—all the surrounding peoples, And Jerusalem has again inhabited her place in Jerusalem.
“Gbe ma gbe la, mawɔ Yuda ƒe kplɔlawo woanɔ abe dzoɖenu le nake si woƒo kɔe la dzi ene. Woanɔ abe akakati bibi le gbe ƒuƒuwo dome ene. Woabi ame siwo ƒo xlã wo, ɖusime kple miame siaa, ke Yerusalem ya anɔ te sesĩe.
7 And YHWH has saved the tents of Judah first, So that the beauty of the house of David does not become great against Judah, And the beauty of the inhabitant of Jerusalem.
“Yehowa aɖe Yuda ƒe nɔƒewo gbã, ale be bubu si le David ƒe aƒe la kple Yerusalem me nɔlawo ŋu la malolo wu Yudatɔ o.
8 In that day YHWH covers over the inhabitant of Jerusalem, And the stumbling among them has been in that day as David, And the house of David as God—As the Messenger of YHWH—before them.
Gbe ma gbe la, Yehowa atsɔ akpoxɔnu atsyɔ Yerusalem nɔlawo dzi, ale be ame gblɔetɔ kekeake si le wo dome la anɔ abe David ene, eye David ƒe aƒe la anɔ abe Mawu ene, anɔ abe Yehowa ƒe dɔla si dze ŋgɔ na wo la ene.
9 And it has come to pass in that day, I seek to destroy all the nations Who are coming in against Jerusalem,
Gbe ma gbe la, matsrɔ̃ dukɔ siwo katã tso ɖe Yerusalem ŋu.
10 And I have poured on the house of David, And on the inhabitant of Jerusalem, The Spirit of grace and supplications, And they have looked to Me whom they pierced, And they have mourned over Him, Like a mourning over the only one, And they have been in bitterness for Him, Like a bitterness over the firstborn.
“Makɔ amenuveve kple gbedodoɖa ƒe gbɔgbɔ ɖe David ƒe aƒe la kple Yerusalem nɔlawo dzi. Woakpɔ nye, ame si wotɔ nui la dzi, woafa nɛ abe ale si wofana na vi ɖeka hɔ̃ɔ si ku la ene, eye woafa nɛ vevie abe ŋgɔgbevi si ku la ene.
11 In that day, great is the mourning of Jerusalem, As the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the Valley of Megiddon,
Gbe ma gbe la, avi aɖi hoo le Yerusalem abe ale si Hadad Rimon fa avi vevie le Megido ƒe balime ene.
12 And the land has mourned—every family apart, The family of the house of David apart, And their women apart; The family of the house of Nathan apart, And their women apart;
Anyigba la katã afa avi; to ɖe sia ɖe afa avi na eɖokui, eye wo srɔ̃wo anɔ wo gbɔ: to si tso David ƒe aƒe me kple wo srɔ̃wo, to si tso Natan ƒe aƒe me kple wo srɔ̃wo,
13 The family of the house of Levi apart, And their women apart; The family of Shimei apart, And their women apart,
to si tso Levi ƒe aƒe me kple wo srɔ̃wo, Simei ƒe to kple wo srɔ̃wo,
14 All the families that are left, Every family apart, and their women apart!”
eye to mamlɛawo katã hã kple wo srɔ̃wo.”
