Zechariah 8

1 And there is a word of YHWH of Hosts, saying,

LEUM GOD Kulana El tuh sang kas in sulkakinyuk se inge nu sel Zechariah:

2 “Thus said YHWH of Hosts: I have been zealous for Zion with great zeal, With great heat I have been zealous for her.

“Nga arulana ke kasru acn Jerusalem ke sripen lungse yohk luk nu sin mwet we, sie lungse su pwanang nga kasrkusrak sin mwet lokoalok lal.

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.

Nga ac foloko nu Jerusalem, siti mutal sik, ac muta we. Ac fah eteyuk acn we mu sie siti su inse pwayena nu sik, ac eol sin LEUM GOD Kulana ac fah pangpang eol mutal.

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.

Mukul matu ac mutan matu, su arulana matu pwanang elos orekmakin sikal, elos ac fah sifil tukeni muta ke acn in tukeni in siti uh.

5 And broad places of the city are full of boys and girls, Playing in its broad places.

Ac inkanek uh fah sifilpa sessesla ke tulik mukul ac tulik mutan ma srisrital.

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.

“Ma se inge ac nunkeyuk mu upa sin mwet lula in mutunfacl se inge, tusruktu ac tia upa sik.

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,

Nga fah molela mwet luk liki facl ma elos utukla sruoh we,

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.

ac folokunulosme liki acn kutulap ac roto elos in tuh muta in Jerusalem. Elos fah mwet luk, ac nga fah God lalos, ac nga fah leum faclos ke suwohs ac pwaye.

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.

“Kowos in pulaik na, tuh inge kowos sifil pacna lohng kas su mwet palu elos tuh kaskaskin ke pacl se ma tuh oakwuk pwelung nu ke sifil musaiyuk Tempul luk.

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.

Meet liki pacl sac, wangin sunun mani in sang moli mwet orekma ku kosro in orekma, ac wangin mwet moul in misla ke sripen mwet sulallal. Nga tuh furokla mwet uh in alein nu sin sie sin sie.

11 And now, not as [in] the former days [am] I to the remnant of this people, A declaration of YHWH of Hosts.

Tusruktu ingela nga ac oru in sie na liki meet ah nu sin mwet in mutunfacl se inge su painmoulla.

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.

Elos ac fah yukwiya sacn sunalos in misla. Ima grape lalos ac fah isus fahko, fohkon acn uh ac fah sranom, na ac fah yohk af. Nga fah sang mwe insewowo inge nukewa nu sin mwet in mutunfacl sik su ac painmoulla.

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.

Mwet Judah ac mwet Israel! In pacl meet ah mwet in mutunfacl saya uh ac selngai sie sin sie ac fahk, ‘Lela kain ongoiya ma tuh putati nu fin mwet Judah ac mwet Israel in putati nu fowos!’ Tusruktu nga fah molikowosla, na mwet in mutunfacl saya uh ac fah fahk nu sin sie sin sie, ‘Lela kowos in insewowo oana mwet Judah ac mwet Israel!” Ouinge kowos in pulaik ac tiana sangeng.”

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,

LEUM GOD Kulana El fahk, “Ke mwet matu lowos meet ah tuh oru nga kasrkusrakak ah, nga lumahla mwe ongoiya nu selos, ac tiana ekulla nunak luk, a nga orala na ma nga akoo nu selos uh.

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!

Tusruktu inge, nga lumahla tari nga in akinsewowoye mwet Jerusalem ac mwet Judah. Ke ma inge, nimet kowos sangeng.

16 These [are] the things that you do: Each speak truth with his neighbor, Judge [with] truth and peaceful judgment in your gates,

Pa inge ma kowos enenu in oru: Kaskas in pwaye nu sin sie sin sie. In pacl in nununku, kowos oru nununku lowos an in suwohs ac pwaye, tuh in oasr misla.

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.”

Nimet oru kutena kain oakwuk ma ac kunausla sie sin sie. Ac nimet orek loh kikiap ye fulahk. Nga srunga kikiap, sesuwos, ac kutena ma ac kunausla moul lun mwet.”

18 And there is a word of YHWH of Hosts to me, saying,

LEUM GOD Kulana El sang kas in sulkakinyuk inge nu sel Zechariah:

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.

“Lalo ma orek ke malem akakosr, aklimekosr, akitkosr, ac aksingoul uh, ingela ac fah pangpang kufwa in engan ac insewowo nu sin mwet Judah. Kowos fah lungse ma pwaye ac ma misla.”

20 Thus said YHWH of Hosts: Yet peoples come, and inhabitants of many cities,

LEUM GOD Kulana El fahk, “Pacl se ac fah tuku ke mwet in siti puspis ac fah tuku nu Jerusalem.

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.

Elos su tuku liki sie siti ac fah fahk nu selos su tuku liki sie pacna siti, ‘Kut ac som alu nu sin LEUM GOD Kulana, ac pre Elan akinsewowoye kut. Fahsru wi kut!”

22 Indeed, many peoples have come in, and mighty nations, To seek YHWH of Hosts in Jerusalem, And to appease the face of YHWH.

Mwet puspis, oayapa mutunfacl ku puspis, ac fah tuku nu Jerusalem in alu nu sin LEUM GOD Kulana, ac pre ac siyuk ke mwe akinsewowo lal.

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!”

In len ingo, mwet saya singoul ac fah tuku nu yurin sie mwet Jew ac fahk, ‘Kut ke wi kom, mweyen kut lohng lah God El wi kowos, mwet Jew.’”