Zechariah 8
1 And the word of Yahweh of hosts came, saying:
Naʻe toe hoko foki kiate au ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ʻo pehē,
2 Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, I am jealous for Zion with a great jealousy, —Yea, with great wrath, am I jealous for her.
“ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau; naʻaku fuaʻa koeʻuhi ko Saione ʻi he fuaʻa lahi, pea naʻaku fuaʻa koeʻuhi ko ia, pea u houhau lahi.”
3 Thus, saith Yahweh, I have returned unto Zion, and will make my habitation in the midst of Jerusalem, —and Jerusalem, shall be called, The city of fidelity, and the mountain of Yahweh of hosts, The mountain of holiness.
ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova; “Kuo u foki mai ki Saione, pea te u nofo ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo Selūsalema: pea ʻe ui ʻa Selūsalema, ko e kolo ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae moʻoni; pea ko e moʻunga ʻo Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e moʻunga māʻoniʻoni.”
4 Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Yet shall old men and old women sit in the broadways of Jerusalem, —Yea, each one with his staff in his hand for multitude of days:
ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau; “ʻE toe nofo ʻi he ngaahi hala ʻo Selūsalema ʻae kakai mātuʻa mo e kau finemātuʻa, pea ʻe taki taha toʻo ha tokotoko ʻi hono nima koeʻuhi ko ʻenau motuʻa ʻaupito.
5 And, the broadways of the city, shall be full of boys and girls, —playing in the broadways thereof.
Pea ʻe fonu ʻae hala ʻoe kolo ʻi he tamaiki tangata, mo e tamaiki fefine, ʻoku fakavā ʻi hono ngaahi hala ʻo ia.”
6 Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Because it will be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people, in those days, In mine own eyes also, shall it be marvellous? Demandeth Yahweh of hosts.
ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau; “Kapau kuo faingataʻa ʻeni ki he mata ʻoe toenga kakai ni, ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko eni, pea ʻe faingataʻa ia foki ʻi hoku ʻao ʻoʻoku? ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau.
7 Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Behold me! saving my people out of the land of the dawn, —and out of the land of the going in of the sun;
ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau; “Vakai, te u fakamoʻui ʻa hoku kakai mei he fonua hahake, pea mei he fonua ʻi lulunga;
8 And I will bring them in, and they shall have their habitation in the midst of Jerusalem, —and shall become my people, and, I, will become their God, In faithfulness and in righteousness.
Pea te u ʻomi ʻakinautolu, pea te nau nofo ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo Selūsalema; pea ko hoku kakai ʻakinautolu, pea ko honau ʻOtua au, ʻi he moʻoni mo e māʻoniʻoni.”
9 Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Let your hands be strong, ye who are hearing, in these days, these words, —from the mouth of the prophets who, on the day the house of Yahweh of hosts, was founded, [foretold] that, the temple, should be built: —
ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau; “Ke mālohi homou nima, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku fanongo ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ni, ki he ngaahi lea ni, mei he ngutu ʻoe kau palōfita, ʻaia naʻe ʻi ai ʻi he ʻaho ko ia naʻe tō ai ʻae tuʻunga ʻoe fale ʻo Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, koeʻuhi kae langa ʻae fale tapu.
10 That, before those days, hire for man, could not be obtained, and, hire for beast, was there none, —and, neither to him who went out nor to him who came in, was there success by reason of the danger, Yea I let all men loose, each one against his neighbour.
He naʻe teʻeki ke hoko ʻae ngaahi ʻaho ko ia, naʻe ʻikai ha ngāue ʻoku fai ʻe ha tangata, pe ha ngāue ke fai ʻe ha manu; pea ko e meʻa ʻi he mamahi, naʻe ʻikai fiemālie ha taha naʻe ʻalu atu, pe hū mai; he naʻaku fakafehiʻa ʻae tangata taki taha kotoa pē ki hono kaungāʻapi.
11 But, now, not as in the former days, am I to this remnant of the people, —Declareth Yahweh of hosts;
Ka ko eni,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, “ʻE ʻikai te u hangē eni ko e ngaahi ʻaho ʻi muʻa ange ki he toenga kakai.
12 For, the seed, shall be secure—the vine, shall yield her fruit, and the land, yield her increase, and the heavens, yield their dew, —and I will cause this remnant of the people to inherit all these things.
Koeʻuhi ʻe monūʻia ʻae hako: ʻe tuku mai ʻe he vaine ʻa hono fua, pea ʻe ʻomi ʻe he kelekele ʻa hono tupu, pea ʻe foaki mei he langi ʻa hono hahau; pea te u pule ke maʻu ʻe he toenga kakai ni ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa pē.
13 And it shall come to pass that—Just as ye had become a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, So, will I save you, and ye shall become a blessing, —Do not fear, let your hands, be strong.
Pea ʻe hoko ʻo pehē, hangē ko hoʻomou hoko ko e malaʻia, ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe hiteni, ʻe fale ʻo Siuta, mo koe ʻe fale ʻo ʻIsileli; ʻe pehē pe ʻa ʻeku fakamoʻui ʻakimoutolu, pea te mou hoko ko e monūʻia: ʻoua naʻa manavahē, ka ʻe tuku ke mālohi homou nima.”
14 For, thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Just as I planned to bring calamity upon you, when your fathers provoked me, saith Yahweh of hosts, —and I relented not,
He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau; “Hangē naʻaku loto ke tautea ʻakimoutolu, ʻi he fakahouhauʻi au ʻe hoʻomou ngaahi tamai,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, “Pea naʻe ʻikai te u liliu mei ai:
15 So, have I again planned, in these days, to do good unto Jerusalem, and unto the house of Judah, —Do not fear!
ʻOku pehē foki, kuo u loto ke fai lelei ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ni, ki Selūsalema, pea mo e fale ʻo Siuta: ʻoua naʻa mou manavahē.”
16 These, are the things which ye shall do: Speak ye the truth, every man with his neighbour, truth and the sentence of peace, pronounce ye in your gates;
“Ko eni ʻae ngaahi meʻa te mou fai; Mou taki taha lea ʻaki ʻae moʻoni ki homou kaungāʻapi; fai ʻae fakamaau ʻi he moʻoni, mo e melino ʻi homou ngaahi matapā.
17 And let, no man, devise, the injury of his neighbour, in your heart, and the oath of falsehood, do not love, —for, all these, are things which I hate, declareth Yahweh.
Pea ʻoua naʻa femahalokoviʻaki ʻi homou loto ki homou kaungāʻapi, pea ʻoua naʻa manako ki he fuakava loi; he ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, ko e ngaahi meʻa ia ʻoku ou fehiʻa ki ai.”
18 And the word of Yahweh of hosts came unto me, saying:
Pea naʻe hoko mai ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ʻo pehē,
19 Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts—The fast of the fourth, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the eleventh, shall become to the house of Judah a gladness and a rejoicing, and pleasant appointed meetings, —But, truth and peace, see that ye love.
“ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau; Ko e ʻaukai ʻi hono fā ʻoe māhina, mo e ʻaukai ʻi hono nima, mo e ʻaukai ʻi hono fitu, mo e ʻaukai ʻi hono hongofulu, ʻe hoko ia ko e fiefia, mo e nekeneka, mo e ngaahi kātoanga fakafiefia ki he fale ʻo Siuta; ko ia mou ʻofa ki he moʻoni, mo e melino.”
20 Thus, saith Yahweh of hoses, —It shall yet be that there shall come in peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;
ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau; “ʻE toe haʻu ha kakai mo kinautolu ʻoku nofo ʻi he ngaahi kolo kehekehe:
21 And the inhabitants of one city, shall go, unto them of another, saying, Let us be going on to pacify the face of Yahweh, and to seek Yahweh of hosts, —I also, will go!
Pea ʻe ʻalu ʻae kakai ʻoe kolo ʻe taha ki he kolo ʻe taha, mo nau fepehēʻaki, ‘Ke tau ʻalu fakatoʻotoʻo ke lotu kia Sihova, pea ke kumi kia Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau: te u ʻalu foki mo au.’
22 So shall enter many peoples, and strong nations, to seek Yahweh of hosts in Jerusalem, —and to pacify the face of Yahweh.
ʻIo, ʻe haʻu ʻae kakai kehekehe mo e ngaahi puleʻanga mālohi ke kumi kia Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, pea ke lotu hū ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ʻi Selūsalema.”
23 Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, In those days, [it shall be] that ten men out of all the tongues of the nations, shall take hold, —yea take hold of the skirt of every one that is a Jew, saying—We will go with you! For we have heard [that], God, is with you.
ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau; “ʻI he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia ʻe puke atu ʻe he toko hongofulu mei he ngaahi lea kehekehe ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga, ʻio, te nau puke ʻae kapa ʻoe kofu ʻoe Siu mo nau pehē, Te tau ʻo mo koe: he kuo mau fanongo ʻoku ʻiate kimoutolu ʻae ʻOtua.”
