Zechariah 8

1 The word of the LORD of hosts came to me.

١ وَأَوْحَى الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَيَّ بِهَذِهِ الْكَلِمَةِ:

2 Thus says the LORD of hosts: "I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath."

٢ «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: إِنِّي أَغَارُ عَلَى صِهْيَوْنَ غَيْرَةً عَظِيمَةً مُفْعَمَةً بِغَضَبٍ شَدِيدٍ عَلَى أَعْدَائِهَا.

3 Thus says the LORD: "I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called 'The City of Truth;' and the mountain of the LORD of hosts, 'The Holy Mountain.'"

٣ لِهَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: هَا أَنَا عَائِدٌ إِلَى صِهْيَوْنَ لأُقِيمَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَتُدْعَى آنَئِذٍ مَدِينَةَ الْحَقِّ، كَمَا يُدْعَى جَبَلُ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ الْجَبَلَ الْمُقَدَّسَ.

4 Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Old men and old women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

٤ وَيَعُودُ الشُّيُوخُ مِنْ رِجَالٍ وَنِسَاءٍ، مِمَّنْ يَتَّكِئُونَ عَلَى عِصِيِّهِمْ لِفَرْطِ كِبَرِ أَعْمَارِهِمْ، فَيَجْلِسُونَ فِي شَوَارِعِ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

5 The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets."

٥ وَتَكْتَظُّ طُرُقَاتُهَا بِالأَوْلادِ وَالْبَنَاتِ اللّاعِبِينَ فِيهَا.

6 Thus says the LORD of hosts: "If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes?" says the LORD of hosts.

٦ فَإِنْ كَانَ هَذَا الأَمْرُ عَجِيباً فِي أَعْيُنِ الْبَقِيَّةِ النَّاجِيَةِ مِنْ هَذَا الشَّعْبِ، أَيَكُونُ عَجِيباً فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ؟

7 Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Look, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;

٧ هَا أَنَا أُنْقِذُ شَعْبِي الْمَنْفِيَّ فِي أَرْضِ الْمَشْرِقِ أَوْ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ.

8 and I will bring them, and they will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness."

٨ وَأَرُدُّهُمْ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لِيَسْكُنُوا فِيهَا، وَيَكُونُونَ لِي شَعْباً وَأَنَا أَكُونُ لَهُمْ إِلَهاً بِالْحَقِّ وَالْعَدْلِ.

9 Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Let your hands be strong, you who hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets who were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.

٩ وَلْتَتَشَدَّدْ أَيْدِيكُمْ أَنْتُمْ يَا مَنْ تَسْمَعُونَ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ الَّتِي نَطَقَ بِها الأَنْبِيَاءُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا حَاضِرِينَ عِنْدَ إِرْسَاءِ أَسَاسِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ لإِعَادَةِ بِنَائِهِ،

10 For before those days there was no wages for man, nor any wages for an animal; neither was there any peace to him who went out or came in, because of the adversary. For I set all men everyone against his neighbor.

١٠ فَإِنَّهُ قَبْلَ تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ لَمْ تُدْفَعْ أُجْرَةٌ لِرَجُلٍ أَوْ بَهِيمَةٍ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ هُنَاكَ مَنْ يَأْمَنُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِ فِي ذِهَابِهِ وَإِيَابِهِ، لأَنَّنِي أَثَرْتُ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ ضِدَّ صَاحِبِهِ.

11 But now I will not be to the remnant of this people as in the former days," says the LORD of hosts.

١١ أَمَّا الآنَ فَلَنْ أَتَعَامَلَ مَعَ بَقِيَّةِ شَعْبِي النَّاجِيَةِ كَمَا تَعَامَلْتُ مَعَهُ فِي الأَيَّامِ الْغَابِرَةِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.

12 "For the seed of peace and the vine will yield its fruit, and the ground will give its increase, and the heavens will give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.

١٢ بَلْ يَزْرَعُونَ فِي سَلامٍ، فَتُعْطِي الْكُرُومُ ثَمَرَهَا وَالأَرْضُ غَلّاتِهَا، وَتَجُودُ السَّمَاءُ بِأَمْطَارِهَا، وَأُوَرِّثُ بَقِيَّةَ هَذَا الشَّعْبِ النَّاجِيَةَ كُلَّ هَذِهِ.

13 It shall come to pass that, as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing. Do not be afraid. Let your hands be strong."

١٣ وَكَمَا كُنْتُمْ لَعْنَةً بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ يَا أَبْنَاءَ يَهُوذَا وَإِسْرَائِيلَ، فَإِنَّنِي أُخَلِّصُكُمْ فَتُصْبِحُونَ بَرَكَةً. لَا تَجْزَعُوا، بَلْ تَشَجَّعُوا.

14 For thus says the LORD of hosts: "As I thought to do evil to you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath," says the LORD of hosts, "and I did not repent;

١٤ لأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ، كَمَا وَطَّدْتُ الْعَزْمَ أَنْ أُعَاقِبَكُمْ بِالشَّرِّ عِنْدَمَا أَثَارَ آبَاؤُكُمْ سَخَطِي، وَلَمْ أَرْجِعْ عَنْ عَزْمِي، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ،

15 so again have I thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not be afraid.

١٥ فَإِنِّي عُدْتُ أَيْضاً فَقَضَيْتُ فِي هَذِهِ الأَيَّامِ أَنْ أُحْسِنَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَإِلَى شَعْبِ يَهُوذَا. فَلا تَجْزَعُوا.

16 These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,

١٦ وَهَذَا مَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَفْعَلُوهُ: لَا تَكْذِبُوا بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ، وَاحْكُمُوا فِي سَاحَاتِ قَضَائِكُمْ بِالْعَدْلِ وَأَحْكَامِ السَّلامِ.

17 and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate," says the LORD.

١٧ لَا يُضْمِرْ أَحَدُكُمْ شَرّاً فِي قَلْبِهِ لِقَرِيبِهِ، وَلا تَحْلِفُوا يَمِينَ زُورٍ، فَإِنَّ هَذِهِ جَمِيعَهَا مَقَتُّهَا، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ».

18 The word of the LORD of hosts came to me.

١٨ ثُمَّ أَوْحَى الرَّبُّ إِلَيَّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

19 Thus says the LORD of hosts: "The fasts of the fourth fifth, seventh, and tenth months shall be for the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace."

١٩ «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: إِنَّ أَصْوَامَكُمُ فِي الشُّهُورِ الرَّابِعِ وَالْخَامِسِ وَالسَّابِعِ وَالْعَاشِرِ سَتَكُونُ مَوَاسِمَ ابْتِهَاجٍ وَفَرَحٍ وَأَعْيَادٍ سَعِيدَةٍ يَتَمَتَّعُ بِها شَعْبُ يَهُوذَا، لِهَذَا أَحِبُّوا الْحَقَّ وَالسَّلامَ.

20 Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Many peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come;

٢٠ وَسَتَأْتِي شُعُوبٌ أَيْضاً وَأَفْوَاجٌ مِنْ سُكَّانِ مُدُنٍ كَثِيرَةٍ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

21 and the inhabitants of one shall go to another, saying, 'Let us go speedily to entreat the favor of the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts. I will go also.'

٢١ وَيَمْضِي أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ الأُخْرَى قَائِلِينَ: هَيَّا نَذْهَبْ عَلَى الْفَوْرِ لِنَطْلُبَ رِضَى وَجْهِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ وَنَلْتَمِسَ بَرَكَتَهُ، لأَنَّنَا عَلَى أَيِّ حَالٍ مُنْطَلِقُونَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ.

22 Yes, many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of the LORD."

٢٢ فَتَتَوَافَدُ أُمَمٌ كَثِيرَةٌ وَشُعُوبٌ قَوِيَّةٌ لِيَلْتَمِسُوا وَجْهَ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَلِيَحْظَوْا بِرِضَاهُ.

23 Thus says the LORD of hosts: "In those days, ten men will take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they will take hold of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, 'We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.'"

٢٣ فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ يَتَشَبَّثُ عَشَرَةُ رِجَالٍ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ الأُمَمِ بِثَوْبِ رَجُلٍ يَهُودِيٍّ قَائِلِينَ: دَعْنَا نَذْهَبُ مَعَكُمْ، لأَنَّنَا سَمِعْنَا أَنَّ الرَّبَّ مَعَكُمْ».