Zekaria 12
1 Esiae nye Yehowa ƒe nya si wògblɔ ɖe Israel ŋu, Yehowa si wɔ dziƒo kple anyigba, eye wòwɔ gbɔgbɔ de ame me, eyae gblɔ be,
The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel; says the Lord, that stretches out the sky, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.
2 “Mawɔ Yerusalem wòanye kplu si ne ame siwo ƒo xlãe noe la, woamu. Woaɖe to ɖe Yuda kple Yerusalem.
Behold, I [will] make Jerusalem as trembling door-posts to all the nations round about, and in Judea there shall be a siege against Jerusalem.
3 Gbe ma gbe ne dukɔ siwo katã le anyigba dzi ƒo ƒu ɖe eŋuti la, mawɔ Yerusalem wòanye agakpe si meʋãna o la na dukɔwo. Ame siwo katã adi be yewoamli agakpe sia la axɔ abi.
And it shall come to pass in that day [that] I will make Jerusalem a trodden stone to all the nations: every one that tramples on it shall utterly mock at [it], and all the nations of the earth shall be gathered together against it.
4 Gbe ma gbe la, made vɔvɔ̃ sɔ ɖe sia ɖe me, eye matsɔ tsukuku ada ɖe wo dolawo dzi.” Yehowae gblɔe. “Nye ŋkuwo anɔ Yuda ƒe aƒe la ŋuti ɖaa, ke magbã ŋku na dukɔwo ƒe sɔwo.
In that day, says the Lord Almighty, I will strike every horse with amazement, and his rider with madness: but I will open mine eyes upon the house of Juda, and I will strike all the horses of the nations with blindness.
5 Ekema Yuda ƒe kplɔlawo agblɔ le woƒe dzi me be, ‘Yerusalemtɔwo sesẽ, elabena Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae nye woƒe Mawu.’
And the captains of thousands of Juda shall say in their hearts, We shall find for ourselves the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the Lord Almighty their God.
6 “Gbe ma gbe la, mawɔ Yuda ƒe kplɔlawo woanɔ abe dzoɖenu le nake si woƒo kɔe la dzi ene. Woanɔ abe akakati bibi le gbe ƒuƒuwo dome ene. Woabi ame siwo ƒo xlã wo, ɖusime kple miame siaa, ke Yerusalem ya anɔ te sesĩe.
In that day I will make the captains of thousands of Juda as a firebrand among wood, and as a torch of fire in stubble; and they shall devour on the right hand and on the left all the nations round about: and Jerusalem shall dwell again by herself, [even] in Jerusalem.
7 “Yehowa aɖe Yuda ƒe nɔƒewo gbã, ale be bubu si le David ƒe aƒe la kple Yerusalem me nɔlawo ŋu la malolo wu Yudatɔ o.
And the Lord shall save the tabernacles of Juda as at the beginning, that the boast of the house of David, and the pride of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, may not magnify themselves against Juda.
8 Gbe ma gbe la, Yehowa atsɔ akpoxɔnu atsyɔ Yerusalem nɔlawo dzi, ale be ame gblɔetɔ kekeake si le wo dome la anɔ abe David ene, eye David ƒe aƒe la anɔ abe Mawu ene, anɔ abe Yehowa ƒe dɔla si dze ŋgɔ na wo la ene.
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and the weak one among them in that day shall be as David, and the house of David as the house of God, as the angel of the Lord before them.
9 Gbe ma gbe la, matsrɔ̃ dukɔ siwo katã tso ɖe Yerusalem ŋu.
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
10 “Makɔ amenuveve kple gbedodoɖa ƒe gbɔgbɔ ɖe David ƒe aƒe la kple Yerusalem nɔlawo dzi. Woakpɔ nye, ame si wotɔ nui la dzi, woafa nɛ abe ale si wofana na vi ɖeka hɔ̃ɔ si ku la ene, eye woafa nɛ vevie abe ŋgɔgbevi si ku la ene.
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and compassion: and they shall look upon me, because they have mocked [me], and they shall make lamentation for him, as for a beloved [friend], and they shall grieve intensely, as for a firstborn [son].
11 Gbe ma gbe la, avi aɖi hoo le Yerusalem abe ale si Hadad Rimon fa avi vevie le Megido ƒe balime ene.
In that day the lamentation in Jerusalem shall be very great, as the mourning for the pomegranate grove cut down in the plain.
12 Anyigba la katã afa avi; to ɖe sia ɖe afa avi na eɖokui, eye wo srɔ̃wo anɔ wo gbɔ: to si tso David ƒe aƒe me kple wo srɔ̃wo, to si tso Natan ƒe aƒe me kple wo srɔ̃wo,
And the land shall lament in separate families, the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves;
13 to si tso Levi ƒe aƒe me kple wo srɔ̃wo, Simei ƒe to kple wo srɔ̃wo,
the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of Symeon by itself, and their wives by themselves;
14 eye to mamlɛawo katã hã kple wo srɔ̃wo.”
all the families that are left, each family by itself, and their wives by themselves.
