Zechariah 10

1 Ask Yahweh to cause rain to fall (in the springtime/before the hot season starts), [because] he is the one who makes the clouds [from which the rain falls]. He causes showers to fall on us, and he causes crops to grow well in the fields.

Kwauru Jehova Nyasaye mondo omiu koth kinde komo; nikech Jehova Nyasaye ema miyo polo dudo. En ema ochiwo koth mondo ochwe ni ji kod yiende mag bungu.

2 [What people think that] the idols in their houses suggest [is only] nonsense, and people who [say that they can] interpret dreams tell [only] lies. When they [tell people things to] comfort [them, what they say] is useless, so the people [who (consult/trust in) them] are like lost sheep; they are attacked because they have no [one to protect them] [like] [MET] a shepherd [protects his sheep].

Nyiseche ma dhano oloso wuondo ji, jokor wach neno fweny mag miriambo; ka ginyiso ji lek ma ok adier, kendo gichiwo hoch manono. Mano emomiyo ji bayo abaya ka rombe maonge jakwath.

3 [Yahweh says, ] “I am angry with the leaders [MET] of my people, and I will punish them. [I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, take care of my people, the people of Judah, [like a shepherd takes care of his] [MET] flock, and I will cause them to be like [SIM] proud/powerful war horses.

“Mirimba lich kuom jokwath, kendo abiro kumo jotelo; nikech Jehova Nyasaye Maratego biro rito kwethne, ma gin jo-Juda, kendo enomi gichal faras mar lweny ma giro.

4 From Judah will come rulers [who will be very important], [like] [MET] a cornerstone is [the most important stone for a house], [like] [MET] a tent peg [is very important for a tent], [like] [MET] a bow [is very important for (an archer/a man who shoots arrows]).

Juda ema kidi mar gero kor ot kod sigingi migurogo hema nowuogie. Kuome ema atungʼ mar lweny, kod jotelo duto nowuogie.

5 They will all be like [SIM] mighty warriors trampling [their enemies] in the mud during a battle. [I, ] Yahweh, will be with them, so they will fight and defeat their enemies who ride on horses.

Ka giriwore kaachiel, ginichal gi jolweny maroteke manyono wasigu e yore motimo chwodho sa lweny. Nikech Jehova Nyasaye ni kodgi, gibiro gore mi gilo jo-farese.

6 I will cause the people [MTY] of Judah to become strong, and I will rescue the people [MTY] of Israel. I will bring them back [from the countries to which they were (exiled/forced to go)]; [I will do that] because I pity them. Then they will be as though I had not abandoned them, because I am Yahweh, their God, and I will answer them [when they pray for help].

“Abiro miyo od Juda bedo gi teko kendo reso joka Josef. Abiro dwogogi ira nikech asekechogi. Abiro dwoko kwayogi mi gichal joma ne pok akwedo, nimar an Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachgi, nikech awinjo kwayogi.

7 The people of Israel will be like [SIM] strong soldiers; they will be as happy as [people who have drunk a lot of] wine. Their children will see [their fathers being very happy], and they [also] will be happy because of what Yahweh [has done for them].

Jo-Efraim biro doko joma roteke kendo chunygi biro bedo mamor mana ka joma omadho divai. Nyithindgi biro neno gino mi gibed mamor; chunygi biro bedo mamor kuom Jehova Nyasaye.

8 I will signal for my people [to return from (being exiled/other countries)], and I will gather them together [in their own country]. I will rescue them, and they will become very numerous like [they were] previously.

Abiro timonegi ranyisi kaluongogi mi achokgi. Adier, abiro resogi; mi gidog joma thoth mana kaka ne gin chon.

9 I have caused them to be scattered among many people-groups, but in those distant countries they will think about me again. They and their children will remain alive and return [to Judah].

Kata obedo ni asekeyogi e dier ogendini, to gibiro para ka gin e pinje maboyogo. Gin kaachiel gi nyithindgi gibiro bedo mangima, kendo gibiro duogo.

10 I will bring them [back] from Egypt and from Assyria; I will bring them [back] from the Gilead and Lebanon [regions], and there will hardly be enough [HYP] space for them all [to live in Judah].

Abiro gologi Misri mi aduog-gi kendo abiro chokogi ka agologi Asuria. Abiro kelogi Gilead kod Lebanon, kendo ginibed mathoth mohingo kama omigi.

11 They will endure/experience many difficulties [as though they were walking] [MET] through a sea, but [I] will calm the waves of the sea; the Nile [River which is usually] deep will dry up. [I] will defeat the proud [soldiers of] Assyria, and [I will cause] Egypt to no longer be powerful [MTY].

Gibiro kalo nam chandruok; nam madhwolore ibiro pie, kendo kude duto mag aora Nael biro dwono. Sunga mar Asuria ibiro dwok piny kendo kondo mar Misri biro lal.

12 I will enable my people to be strong, and they will honor me and obey [IDM] me. [That will surely happen because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”

Abiro miyo gibedo motegno kuom Jehova Nyasaye, kendo kuom nyinge giniwuoth gichir,” Jehova Nyasaye ema owacho.