Zechariah 8

1 and to be word LORD Hosts to/for to say

Again the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying:

2 thus to say LORD Hosts be jealous to/for Zion jealousy great: large and rage great: large be jealous to/for her

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.”

3 thus to say LORD to return: return to(wards) Zion and to dwell in/on/with midst Jerusalem and to call: call to Jerusalem city [the] truth: faithful and mountain: mount LORD Hosts mountain: mount [the] holiness

This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”

4 thus to say LORD Hosts still to dwell old and old in/on/with street/plaza Jerusalem and man: anyone staff his in/on/with hand his from abundance day

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age.

5 and street/plaza [the] city to fill youth and maiden to laugh in/on/with street/plaza her

And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”

6 thus to say LORD Hosts for to wonder in/on/with eye: seeing remnant [the] people [the] this in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) also in/on/with eye: seeing my to wonder utterance LORD Hosts

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “If this is impossible in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be impossible in My eyes?” declares the LORD of Hosts.

7 thus to say LORD Hosts look! I to save [obj] people my from land: country/planet east and from land: country/planet entrance [the] sun

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west.

8 and to come (in): bring [obj] them and to dwell in/on/with midst Jerusalem and to be to/for me to/for people and I to be to/for them to/for God in/on/with truth: faithful and in/on/with righteousness

I will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”

9 thus to say LORD Hosts to strengthen: strengthen hand your [the] to hear: hear in/on/with day [the] these [obj] [the] word [the] these from lip [the] prophet which in/on/with day to found house: temple LORD Hosts [the] temple to/for to build

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were present when the foundations were laid to rebuild the temple, the house of the LORD of Hosts.

10 for to/for face: before [the] day [the] they(masc.) wages [the] man not to be and wages [the] animal nothing she and to/for to come out: come and to/for to come (in): come nothing peace: well-being from [the] enemy and to send: depart [obj] all [the] man man: anyone in/on/with neighbor his

For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor.

11 and now not like/as day [the] first: previous I to/for remnant [the] people [the] this utterance LORD Hosts

But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the past,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

12 for seed [the] peace [the] vine to give: give fruit her and [the] land: soil to give: give [obj] crops her and [the] heaven to give: give dew their and to inherit [obj] remnant [the] people [the] this [obj] all these

“For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.

13 and to be like/as as which to be curse in/on/with nation house: household Judah and house: household Israel so to save [obj] you and to be blessing not to fear to strengthen: strengthen hand your

As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.”

14 for thus to say LORD Hosts like/as as which to plan to/for be evil to/for you in/on/with be angry father your [obj] me to say LORD Hosts and not to be sorry: relent

For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the LORD of Hosts,

15 so to return: again to plan in/on/with day [the] these to/for be good [obj] Jerusalem and [obj] house: household Judah not to fear

“so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid.

16 these [the] word: thing which to make: do to speak: speak truth: true man: anyone with neighbor his truth: true and justice: judgement peace to judge in/on/with gate your

These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,

17 and man: anyone [obj] distress: evil neighbor his not to devise: devise in/on/with heart your and oath deception not to love: lover for [obj] all these which to hate utterance LORD

do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.

18 and to be word LORD Hosts to(wards) me to/for to say

Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,

19 thus to say LORD Hosts fast [the] fourth and fast [the] fifth and fast [the] seventh and fast [the] tenth to be to/for house: household Judah to/for rejoicing and to/for joy and to/for meeting: festival pleasant and [the] truth: true and [the] peace to love: lover

“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”

20 thus to say LORD Hosts still which to come (in): come people and to dwell city many

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—

21 and to go: went to dwell one to(wards) one to/for to say to go: went to go: went to/for to beg [obj] face of LORD and to/for to seek [obj] LORD Hosts to go: went also I

and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’

22 and to come (in): come people many and nation mighty to/for to seek [obj] LORD Hosts in/on/with Jerusalem and to/for to beg [obj] face of LORD

And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD.”

23 thus to say LORD Hosts in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) which to strengthen: hold ten human from all tongue: language [the] nation and to strengthen: hold in/on/with wing man Jew to/for to say to go: went with you for to hear: hear God with you

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”