Zechariah 12
1 [This is] a message from Yahweh concerning Israel. Yahweh is the one who stretched out the sky, who created the earth, and who (gave life to humans/caused humans to be alive). This is what he says:
Hina Gode da mu fadegale gai. E da osobo bagade hahamoi. E da osobo bagade dunu ilima esalusu iasu. Amo Hina Gode da Isala: ili soge ea fa: no misunu hou olelema: ne, amo sia: ne iasu i.
2 “I will soon cause Jerusalem to be [like] [MET] a cup full [of very strong alcoholic drink], and the people of other nations who drink it will stagger around. And they will come and attack Jerusalem and [the other towns in] Judah.
E da amane sia: sa, “Na da Yelusaleme amo faigelei waini hanoga nabai agoane hamomu. Fifi asi gala ema sisiga: le disi da amoga nalu, adini ba: i dunu defele felowale masunu. Amola ilia da Yelusaleme doagala: musa: masea, ilia da Yuda moilai bai bagade huluane doagala: mu.
3 At that time, [the armies of] all the nations will gather to attack Jerusalem, but I will cause [the leaders of] Judah to be [like] [SIM] a very heavy rock, and all who [try to] lift it will be badly injured.
Be amo esoha, Na da Yelusaleme amo igi dioi bagadedafa agoane hamomu. Nowa fifi asi gala da amo gaguia gadomusa: dawa: sea da se bagade nabimu. Osobo bagade fifi asi gala huluane da Yelusaleme doagala: musa: gilisimu.
4 At that time I will cause every [one of their enemies’] horses to panic, and their riders to become crazy. I [IDM] will protect the people of Judah, but I will cause all their enemies’ horses to become blind.
Amo esoha, Na da ilia hosi huluane beda: ne fofogadigima: ne hamomu. Amola ilima fila heda: i dunu huluane Na da doula masa: ne hamomu. Na da Yuda fi sosodo aligimu, be ilima ha lai dunu ilia hosi si huluane Na da dofonesimu.
5 Then the leaders of Judah will say to themselves, ‘The people in Jerusalem are strong because the Commander of the armies of angels is their God.’
Amasea, Yuda sosogo fi ilia da ilisu amane sia: mu, ‘Hina Gode Bagadedafa da Ea fi dunu Yelusaleme ganodini esalebe ilima gasa fufugilisisa.’
6 At that time I will enable the leaders of Judah to be like [SIM] a pan containing hot coals [that is put] in a woodpile [to set it on fire], or like [SIM] a burning torch [that is put] in a [field of] ripe grain [to set it on fire]. The leaders of Judah [and their army] will destroy the people of the surrounding nations in all directions. But [the people of] Jerusalem will remain safe.
Amo galu, Na da Yuda sosogo fi ili, lalu amo da iwila ganodini o gagoma bugi denesi ganodini nebe, agoane hamomu. Ilia da ili sisiga: le fifi asi gala amo huluane wadela: lesimu. Yelusaleme fi dunu ilia da ilia moilai bai bagade ganodini hahawane gaga: iwane esalebe ba: mu.
7 And [I], Yahweh, will protect the tents of [the soldiers in other places in] Judah before [I rescue the people of Jerusalem], in order that the leaders of Jerusalem [DOU] will not be honored more than [the people in other places in] Judah [are honored].
Na, Hina Gode, da hidadea Yuda dadi gagui wa: i ilima hasalasu imunu. Amasea, Da: ibidi egaga fi dunu amola Yelusaleme fi dunu iligaga fi dunu ilima nodosu da Yuda fi dunu eno ilima nodosu hame baligimu.
8 At that time, I will protect [MET] the people of Jerusalem. When that happens, even the weakest people in Jerusalem will be [strong] like [King] David [was]. And the descendants [MTY] of David will [rule the people] like I [would], as though an angel sent from [me], Yahweh, was their leader.
Amo esoha, Hina Gode da Yelusaleme ganodini esalebe dunu gaga: mu. Ilia gilisisu ganodini, gogayaidafa dunu da Da: ibidi defele gasa bagade ba: mu. Da: ibidi egaga fi dunu da Hina Gode Ea a: igele dunu amola Godedafa amo defele, ili sigi masunu.
9 At that time, I will prepare to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem.”
Amo esoha, nowa fifi asi gala da Yelusaleme doagala: musa: adoba: sea, Na da amo fi gugunufinisimu.
10 “I, [Yahweh, ] will cause the descendants [MTY] of [King] David to act very kindly and mercifully. They will look at me, [the one] who has been stabbed, and they will cry bitterly, like people cry for a firstborn son [who has died] [DOU].
Na da Da: ibidi egaga fi dunu amola Yelusaleme fi dunu eno huluane amo asigidafa amola sia: ne gadosu a: silibu amoga nabalesimu. Ilia da Na bogoma: ne soi dagoi, amola amo esoha ilia da Na bu ba: muba: le, dunu da ea magobo mano bogoiba: le didiga: su defele, ha: giwane didiga: mu.
11 At that time, many people in Jerusalem will be crying bitterly, like people cried [when King Josiah was killed in the battle] at Hadad-Rimmon on the Megiddo Plain.
Megidou umi ganodini, ogogole ‘gode’ Ha: ida: delimone da bogoiba: le, dunu da ha: giwane didiga: sa. Na da Yelusaleme amoma bu masea, Yelusaleme fi dunu ilia didiga: su da amo defele ba: mu.
12 Many people in Judah will cry, each family by themselves: the male descendants of David by themselves, and their wives by themselves, the male descendants of [David’s son] Nathan by themselves, and their wives by themselves,
Yuda soge ganodini, sosogo fi huluane afafai da higagale dimu. Da: ibidi egaga fifi misi, Na: ida: ne egaga fifi misi, Lifai egaga fifi misi, Simiai egaga fifi misi amola eno fifi misi huluane da higagale didiga: mu. Dunu da ilisu didiga: mu amola uda da ilisu didiga: mu.
13 the male descendants [MTY] of Levi by themselves, and their wives by themselves, the male descendants of [Levi’s grandson] Shimei by themselves, and their wives by themselves,
14 and all the other members [of the kings’ clans and the priests’ clans] by themselves, and their wives by themselves.”
