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:
Kalvan hoi talai du kasakkung, tami hoi athung e muitha kasakkung, BAWIPA ni Isarelnaw hanlah a dei e lawk teh,
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.
Kai ni Jerusalem khopui petkalup lah kaawm e miphun pueng hanlah, yamuhrinae manang lah ka coung sak han. Jerusalem a kalup awh navah, Judah ram hai hottelah ao van han.
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.
Hatnae tueng dawkvah, hote khopui teh miphun pueng hanlah, talung ka ri e lah ka coung sak han. Hote talung katawmnaw pueng teh hote talung ni reppasei lah a ten awh han. Talai taminaw pueng ni Jerusalem khopui tuk hanlah a kamkhueng awh han.
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.
BAWIPA ni a dei e teh, hatnae tueng dawk kaawm e marang naw pueng kalue sak hanelah, marangransanaw pueng hah pathu sak han. Judah miphun ka khet vaiteh, alouke miphunnaw koe kaawm e marang naw a mit dawn sak hanelah ka rek han.
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.’
Jerusalem Cathut ransahu BAWIPA lahoi ahnimouh teh kaie kathaonae doeh telah Judah bawinaw ni a lungthung vah ati awh han.
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.
Hat navah, Judah bawinaw teh thinghong dawk e takhuen patetlah thoseh, Cabong dawk e hmai talî patetlah thoseh, ka o sak vaiteh, avoilah aranglah kaawm e miphunnaw pueng hmai a kak awh han. Jerusalem khopui hai amae hmuen dawk pou ao han.
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].
BAWIPA ni Judah rimnaw hmaloe a rungngang han. Hatdawkvah, Devit e catoun bawilennae hoi Jerusalem khocanaw e bawilennae teh Judah e hloilah kâphokâlen awh mahoeh.
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.
Hat hnin dawkvah, BAWIPA ni Jerusalem khocanaw a okhai vaiteh, hatnae tueng nah, a tha kayoun naw hah Devit patetlah thoseh, Devit canaw teh Cathut patetlah thoseh, ahnimae hmalah BAWIPA e kalvantami patetlah ao awh han.
9 At that time, I will prepare to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem.”
Hatnae hnin dawk, Jerusalem khopui tuk hanlah kamthaw e miphunnaw hah raphoe hanlah tha ka patho han.
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].
Lungmanae hoi ratoum ngainae hah Devit imthung hoi Jerusalem khocanaw lathueng vah, kai ni ka awi vaiteh, amamouh ni a thut e kai na hmu awh han. A na pa ni tawntoe e capa a khuikakhai e patetlah ahni hanelah a khuika awh han. A na pa ni camin hanelah a lungmathoe e patetlah a lungmathoe awh han.
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.
Megiddo yawn dawk Hadadrimmon kho vah a khuika e patetlah hat navah, Jerusalem kho dawk puenghoi khuikanae kaawm han.
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,
Khoram pueng ni a miphun lengkaleng alouklouk lah, a khuika awh han. Devit e imthungnaw alouklah, ahnimae a yunaw alouklah, Nathan e imthungnaw alouklah, ahnimae a yunaw alouklah,
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,
Levih e imthungnaw alouklah, a yunaw alouklah, Shimei e imthungnaw alouklah, a yunaw alouklah,
14 and all the other members [of the kings’ clans and the priests’ clans] by themselves, and their wives by themselves.”
Kacawie miphunnaw pueng hah alouklah, a yunaw hah alouklah, alouklouk lah lengkaleng a khuika awh han.
