Zechariah 8
1 And there is a word of YHWH of Hosts, saying,
又有萬軍上主的話：
2 “Thus said YHWH of Hosts: I have been zealous for Zion with great zeal, With great heat I have been zealous for her.
萬軍的上主這樣說：「我以極度的妒愛，愛著熙雍，為了她我發了很大的妒恨。
3 Thus said YHWH: I have turned back to Zion, And I have dwelt in the midst of Jerusalem, And Jerusalem has been called The City of Truth, And The Mountain of YHWH of Hosts, The Holy Mountain.
上主這樣說：我要返回熙雍，住在耶路撒冷；耶路撒冷將稱為『忠城』，萬軍上主的山將稱為『聖山』」。
4 Thus said YHWH of Hosts: Again old men and old women dwell In broad places of Jerusalem, And each his staff in his hand, Because of abundance of days.
萬軍的上主這樣說：「將有老夫老婦坐在耶路撒冷各街市上，每人因年高老邁，手中扶著拐杖；
5 And broad places of the city are full of boys and girls, Playing in its broad places.
城裏街市上，都要滿了男女兒童，在街市上遊戲。
6 Thus said YHWH of Hosts: Surely it is wonderful in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, Also in My eyes it is wonderful, A declaration of YHWH of Hosts.
萬軍的上主這樣到那些時日，這事在這百姓眼中是件奇事，難道在我眼中也是件奇事嗎﹖──萬軍上主的斷語。
7 Thus said YHWH of Hosts: Behold, I am saving My people from the land of the rising, And from the land of the going in, of the sun,
萬軍的上主這樣說：看，我要由日出之地和日落之地救回我的百姓；
8 And I have brought them in, They have dwelt in the midst of Jerusalem, And they have been to Me for a people, And I am to them for God, In truth and in righteousness.
我要本著忠實和正義，領他們回來，住在耶路撒冷；他們要作我的百姓，我要作他們的天主」。
9 Thus said YHWH of Hosts: Let your hands be strong, You who are hearing in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets, That in the day the house of YHWH of Hosts has been founded, The temple [is] to be built.
萬軍的上主這樣說：「當建築萬軍的上主殿，奠基的時日，你們由先知口中聽見這話的人，應加強你們的手臂。
10 For before those days there has been no hiring of man, Indeed, a hiring of beasts there is none; And to him who is going out, And to him who is coming in, There is no peace because of the adversary, And I send all men—each against his neighbor.
既使在這些日子以前，人得不到工資，牲畜也沒有報酬，因為我曾使人互相攻擊；
11 And now, not as [in] the former days [am] I to the remnant of this people, A declaration of YHWH of Hosts.
但是現今我對待這百姓的遺民，決不像住日一樣──萬軍上主的斷語。
12 Because of the sowing of peace, The vine gives her fruit, And the earth gives her increase, And the heavens give their dew, And I have caused the remnant of this people To inherit all these.
因為我要散播和平；葡萄園必結果實，土地必有出產，上天必降甘露；我必要使這百姓的遺民獲得這一切。
13 And it has come to pass, As you have been a reviling among nations, O house of Judah, and house of Israel, So I save you, and you have been a blessing, Do not fear, let your hands be strong.
猶大家和以色列家，昔日你們在異民中怎樣成為可詛咒的，將來我也要照樣拯救你們，使你們受人祝福；你們不要害怕，應加強你們的手臂!
14 For thus said YHWH of Hosts: As I purposed to do evil to you, When your fathers made Me angry—said YHWH of Hosts—And I did not relent,
因為萬軍的上主這樣說：就如你們的祖先惹我發怒的時候，我曾決意懲罰你們──萬軍的上主說──而毫不動情；
15 So I have turned back, I have purposed, in these days, To do good with Jerusalem, And with the house of Judah—do not fear!
照樣，在這些日子裏，我也要決意善待耶路撒冷和猶大家；你們不要害怕!
16 These [are] the things that you do: Each speak truth with his neighbor, Judge [with] truth and peaceful judgment in your gates,
你們應該遵行的訓令是：彼此談話要誠實，在城門口應作公正與和平的裁判；
17 And do not devise the evil of his neighbor in your heart, And do not love a false oath, For all these [are] things that I have hated, A declaration of YHWH.”
不可人中圖謀惡事，彼此相害，也不可喜歡發假誓，因為這一切都是我所憎惡的──上主的斷語。」
18 And there is a word of YHWH of Hosts to me, saying,
萬軍上主的話傳給我說：
19 “Thus said YHWH of Hosts: The fast of the fourth, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth [months], are to the house of Judah for joy and for rejoicing, and for pleasant appointed times, and the truth and the peace they have loved.
「萬軍的上主這樣說：四月的齋戒、七月的齋戒，為猶大家將變為愉快和喜樂以及歡躍的佳節；但你們應愛好忠實與和平」。
20 Thus said YHWH of Hosts: Yet peoples come, and inhabitants of many cities,
萬軍的上主這樣說：「還有許多民族和各大城市的居民要前來；
21 Indeed, inhabitants of one Have gone to another, saying, We go diligently, To appease the face of YHWH, To seek YHWH of Hosts—I go, even I.
一城的居民到另一 城去，向該城的固民說：我們快去懇求上主開恩，去尋求萬軍的上主! ──我也同去。」
22 Indeed, many peoples have come in, and mighty nations, To seek YHWH of Hosts in Jerusalem, And to appease the face of YHWH.
將有許多民族和強盛的國民，來到耶路撒冷尋求萬軍的上主，懇求上主開恩。
23 Thus said YHWH of Hosts: In those days ten men of all languages of the nations take hold, Indeed, they have taken hold on the skirt of a man, a Jew, saying, We go with you, for we heard God [is] with you!”
萬軍的上主這樣說：「在那日子裏，十個說異國方言的人將抓住一個猶太人的衣服說：我們要同你們一起去，因為我們聽說天主與你們在一起」。
