Zechariah 14
1 Listen! It will soon be the time when Yahweh [will judge everyone]. At that time, the possessions that were taken from you [people of Jerusalem by your enemies will be returned to you, and] will be divided among you.
Yehowa ƒe ŋkeke gbɔna esi woama wò nuhahawo na mi.
2 [Before that happens, ] Yahweh will cause [the armies of] many [HYP] nations to attack Jerusalem. They will capture the city and steal all the valuable things from your houses and rape the women. They will take half of the people to other countries, but the other half of the people will be allowed to remain in the city.
Maƒo dukɔwo katã nu ƒu be woava awɔ avu kple Yerusalem, woaxɔ du la, woalɔ aƒewo katã ƒioƒioƒio, eye woalé nyɔnuwo sesẽtɔe adɔ kpli wo. Woakplɔ du la ƒe afã ayi aboyo mee, gake ame mamlɛawo atsi dua me.
3 Then Yahweh will go out to fight against those nations; he will fight like [SIM] [soldiers] fight in a battle.
Ekema Yehowa ado, awɔ aʋa kple dukɔ siawo abe ale si wòwɔa aʋae le aʋagbedzi ene.
4 On that day, he will stand on Olive [Tree] Hill, east of Jerusalem. Olive [Tree] Hill will be split into two [parts], with a large valley between the parts. Half of the hill will move toward the north and half [will move] toward the south.
Gbe ma gbe la, atsi tsitre ɖe Amito si le Yerusalem ƒe ɣedzeƒe la dzi, eye Amito la ama ɖe eve kpla, ɖeka ayi ɣedzeƒe, evelia ayi ɣetoɖoƒe. Bali gã aɖe anɔ wo dome ale be to la ƒe afã ayi anyiehe, eye afã ayi dziehe.
5 People will flee through that valley which extends to the other side (OR, to Azel), like [SIM] people fled when there was an earthquake during the time that King Uzziah ruled Judah. Then Yahweh my God will come with his holy [angels].
Miasi ato nye to la ƒe balime, elabena akeke va se ɖe keke Azel. Miasi abe ale si miesi le Yuda fia Uzia ƒe ŋkekewo me esime anyigba ʋuʋu la ene. Ekema Yehowa, nye Mawu la ava, eye kɔkɔetɔwo katã anɔ eŋu.
6 At that time, there will be no light [from the sun]; it will not become cold and there will be no frost.
Gbe ma gbe la, akaɖi, vuvɔ alo afu manɔ anyi o.
7 There has been no other time like that time, and only Yahweh knows when it will happen. There will be no daytime or nighttime; there will be [light continually], [even] in the evening.
Anye ŋkeke tɔxɛ, elabena ŋkeke alo zã manɔ anyi o. Yehowa koe nya ŋkeke sia. Ne zã do la, kekeli ava.
8 At that time, running/fresh water will flow from Jerusalem. One stream will flow toward the east to the [Dead] Sea. The other stream will flow toward the west to the [Mediterranean] Sea. The water will flow [all the time], during (summer/the hot season) as well as in (winter/the cold season).
Gbe ma gbe la, agbetsi asi tso Yerusalem, afã asi ayi ɖe ɣedzeƒeƒu la me, eye afã asi ayi ɣetoɖoƒeƒu la me. Anɔ alea le dzomeŋɔli kple vuvɔŋɔli siaa.
9 After that time, Yahweh will be the king [who rules] the entire world. [Everyone will know that] Yahweh, and only Yahweh [MTY], is the true God.
Yehowa aɖu fia ɖe anyigba blibo la dzi. Gbe ma gbe la, Yehowa ɖeka koe anɔ anyi, eye eya ko ƒe ŋkɔe anɔ anyi.
10 [At that time, ] all the land [in Judah] from Geba [town at the north] to Rimmon [town far to] the south of Jerusalem, will become a plain. Jerusalem will remain raised up like it has always been. [It will extend] from the Benjamin Gate and the First Gate [northeast] to the Tower of Hananel, and to the king’s winepresses [to the southwest].
Anyigba blibo la, tso Geba yi Rimon le Yerusalem ƒe dziehe, anɔ abe Araba ene. Ke woakɔ Yerusalem ɖe dzi, eye wòanɔ eteƒe tso Benyamingbo la nu yi ɖe Agbo Gbãtɔ nu, yi ɖe Dzogoegbo la nu, eye tso Hananel ƒe Gbetakpɔxɔ gbɔ va se ɖe fiawo ƒe wainfiaƒe.
11 Many people will live there, and the city will never be destroyed again. It will be a safe city.
Amewo anɔ eme, eye womagagbãe azɔ o. Dedinɔnɔ anɔ Yerusalem ɖaa.
12 But Yahweh will cause the people in all the nations that attacked Jerusalem to be afflicted by a (plague/severe illness). Their flesh will rot while they are still standing up. Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
Esiae nye dɔvɔ̃ si Yehowa akplɔ aƒu dukɔ siwo katã wɔ avu kple Yerusalem: woƒe ŋutilãwo aƒaƒã le esime wogale afɔ dzi le yiyim. Woƒe ŋkuwo avo ɖe tome na wo, eye woƒe aɖewo aƒaƒã ɖe nu me na wo.
13 At that time, Yahweh will cause many people to panic. People will grab and attack each other.
Gbe ma gbe la, Yehowa atsɔ ŋɔdzi aƒo ŋutsuwoe; ŋutsu ɖe sia ɖe aku ɖe nɔvia ƒe asi ŋu, eye woawɔ avu kple wo nɔewo.
14 [The people who live in other places in] Judah will fight to defend Jerusalem. They will collect the valuable things from the surrounding nations—a lot of gold and silver and clothes.
Yuda hã awɔ avu le Yerusalem; woaƒo dukɔ siwo katã ƒo xlã wo la ƒe kesinɔnuwo nu ƒu, sika kple klosalo gbogbo aɖe kple nudodowo.
15 The same plague [that will afflict the people of other nations] will afflict their horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the other work animals in their (camps/places where they have set up their tents).
Dɔvɔ̃ sia tɔgbi adze sɔwo, lãɖisɔwo, kposɔwo, tedziwo kple lã siwo katã le woƒe asaɖawo me la dzi.
16 The people of other nations who [previously] came [to fight] against Jerusalem, all those who are still alive, will return to Jerusalem every year to worship the King, the Commander of the armies of angels, and to celebrate the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters.
Ame siwo katã tsi agbe tso dukɔ siwo wɔ avu kple Yerusalem me la ayi aɖasubɔ Fia si nye Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, ƒe sia ƒe, eye woaɖu Agbadɔmeŋkekenyuiwo.
17 If there are people in those nations who do not go [to Jerusalem to worship there], rain will not fall on their land.
Ne ame siwo le anyigba la dzi dometɔ aɖe meyi ɖe Yerusalem ɖasubɔ Fia si nye Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la o la, tsi madza na wo o.
18 If the people of Egypt [or any other nation] do not go to Jerusalem, [they will not have any rain]. And Yahweh will cause them to experience the same plague that afflicted the [people of other] nations that did not celebrate the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters.
Ne Egiptetɔwo meyi ɖakpɔ gome le eme o la, tsi madza na wo o. Yehowa aƒo wo kple dɔvɔ̃ siwo wòtsɔ ƒo dukɔ siwo meyi ɖe Agbadɔmeŋkekenyuiɖuƒe o.
19 That is how [Yahweh] will punish [the people of] Egypt and [the people of] any [other] nation who do not go [to Jerusalem] to celebrate the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters.
Esia anye Egipte kple dukɔ bubu siwo meyi Agbadɔmeŋkekenyuiɖuƒe o la ƒe tohehe.
20 At that time, [the words] ‘Dedicated to Yahweh’ will be written on the bells that are fastened to the horses. The [cooking] pots in [the courtyard of the] temple will be [sacred], like the bowls that are near the altar.
Gbe ma gbe la, woaŋlɔ ɖe gavi siwo wode kɔ na sɔwo la dzi be, “Èle kɔkɔe na Yehowa,” eye nuɖaze siwo le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me la anɔ abe agba kɔkɔe siwo le vɔsamlekpui la ƒe ŋkume ene.
21 Every pot in Jerusalem and [in other places in] Judah will be dedicated to the Commander of the armies of angels. So everyone who offers sacrifices [there in Jerusalem] will be able to take some of the meat that has been brought for sacrifices, and cook it in their own pots. And at that time, people will no longer buy or sell things in [the courtyard of] the temple of the Commander of the armies of angels.
Nuɖaze ɖe sia ɖe si le Yerusalem kple Yuda la anɔ kɔkɔe na Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, eye ame siwo katã va vɔsaƒe la atsɔ nuɖaze aɖewo aɖa nu le wo me, eye gbe ma gbe la, Kanaantɔ aɖeke maganɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la ƒe gbedoxɔ me o.
