Zekaria 9

1 Yehowa ƒe nya tsi tsitre ɖe Hadraknyigba ŋu, eye ava Damasko hã dzi, elabena Yehowa ƒe ŋku le amewo kple Israel ƒe toawo katã ŋu.

The burden of the word of the Lord, in the land of Sedrach, and his sacrifice [shall be] in Damascus; for the Lord looks upon men, and upon all the tribes of Israel.

2 Ava Hamat si ƒo xlãe la hã dzi, eye ava Tiro kple Sidon hã dzi togbɔ be wodze aye ale gbegbe hã.

And in Emath, [even] in her coasts, [are] Tyre and Sidon, because they were very wise.

3 Tiro tu mɔ sesẽ na eɖokui, eli kɔ klosalo abe ʋuʋudedi ene, eye nenema ke sika bɔ abe ke si le mɔdodo dzi ene.

And Tyrus built strongholds for herself, and heaped up silver as dust, and gathered gold as the mire of the ways.

4 Ke Yehowa axɔ kesinɔnuwo le esi, akaka eƒe tɔdziʋuwo kple wo me nɔlawo ƒe ŋusẽ, eye dzo ava fiae ƒioƒioƒio.

And therefore the Lord will take them for a possession, and will strike her power in the sea; and she shall be consumed with fire.

5 Askelon akpɔe, eye vɔvɔ̃ aɖoe. Gaza aŋe kple vevesese. Nenema kee nye Ekron hã, elabena eƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ abu ɖee. Woawu Gaza fia, eye Askelon azu aƒedo.

Ascalon shall see, and fear; Gaza also, and shall be greatly pained, and Accaron; for she is ashamed at her trespass; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ascalon shall not be inhabited.

6 Amedzrowo ava xɔ Asdod, eye maɖe Filistitɔwo ƒe dada la ɖa.

And aliens shall dwell in Azotus, and I will bring down the pride of the Philistines.

7 Maɖe ʋu ɖa le woƒe nuwo me kple nuɖuɖu si wotsri na wo la le woƒe aɖutame. Ame siwo susɔ la anye míaƒe Mawu la tɔ, woazu kplɔlawo le Yuda, eye Ekron anɔ abe Yebusitɔwo ene.

And I will take their blood out of their mouth, and their abominations from between their teeth; and these also shall be left to our God, and they shall be as a captain of a thousand in Juda, and Accaron as a Jebusite.

8 Ke maʋli nye gbedoxɔ la ta tso adzohawo ƒe asi me. Ŋutasẽla magaɖu nye amewo dzi akpɔ gbeɖe o, elabena azɔ mele wo ŋu dzɔm.

And I will set up a defence for my house, that they may not pass through, nor turn back, neither shall there any more come upon them one to drive them away: for now have I seen with mine eyes.

9 Dzi nadzɔ wò, O Zion vinyɔnu! Do ɣli, wò Yerusalem vinyɔnu, kpɔ ɖa, wò fia gbɔna gbɔwò. Enye dzɔdzɔetɔ, eye wòhe ɖeɖe vɛ, ebɔbɔ eɖokui, eye wòle tedzi dom, si nye tedzivi si nye tedzinɔ ƒe vi.

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion; proclaim [it] aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, the King is coming to you, just, and a Saviour; he is meek and riding on an ass, and a young foal.

10 Axɔ tasiaɖamwo le Efraim si kple aʋawɔsɔwo le Yerusalem si, eye wòaŋe woƒe aʋawɔdatiwo. Aɖe gbeƒã ŋutifafa na dukɔwo, eƒe fiaɖuƒe akeke tso ƒuta ayi ƒuta, tso tɔsisi la nu ayi anyigba ƒe seƒewo ke.

And he shall destroy the chariots out of Ephraim, and the horse out of Jerusalem, and the bow of war shall be utterly destroyed; and [there shall be] abundance and peace out of the nations; and he shall rule over the waters as far as the sea, and the rivers [to] the ends of the earth.

11 Ɖe nu si mebla kpli wò, tre enu kple ʋu ta la, maɖe wò tso ku me, be màgaku ɖe do globo ƒuƒui la me o.

And you by the blood of your covenant has sent forth your prisoners out of the pit that has no water.

12 Mitrɔ yi ɖe miaƒe mɔ sesẽwo me, O, mi gamenɔla siwo si mɔkpɔkpɔ le. Ke azɔ la, mele gbeƒã ɖem na mi be magbugbɔ aɖo nu siwo miebu la teƒe na mi zi eve.

You shall dwell in strongholds, you prisoners of the congregation: and for one day of your captivity I will recompense you double.

13 Mabɔ Yuda abe ale si mebɔa nye da ene, eye matsɔ Efraim awɔ datii ayɔ eme fũu. O Zion, manyɔ viwò ŋutsuwo, ɖe Griktɔwo ŋu, eye mawɔ wò abe aʋawɔla ƒe yi ene.

For I have bent you, O Juda, for myself [as] a bow, I have filled Ephraim; and I will raise up your children, O Sion, against the children of the Greeks, and I will handle you as the sword of a warrior.

14 Yehowa ava do ɖe wo dzi kpoyi, eye eƒe aŋutrɔwo anɔ bibim abe dzikedzo ene. Aƒetɔ Yehowa aku kpẽ azɔ le anyigbeme ƒe ahomwo me,

And the Lord shall be over them, and [his] arrow shall go forth as lightning: and the Lord Almighty shall blow with the trumpet; and shall proceed with the tumult of his threatening.

15 eye Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Mawu la atsɔ akpoxɔnu atsyɔ wo dzi. Woagblẽ nu, eye woatsɔ kpe ade aŋetu me atsɔ aɖu wo dzii. Woano woawo ŋutɔ ƒe ʋu abe wain ene, wòayɔ woƒe ƒodo fũu abe agba ene, eye wòaƒo wo bekee abe ale si wokɔa wain ɖe vɔsamlekpui ƒe dzogoewo dzi ene.

The Lord Almighty shall protect them, and they shall destroy them, and overwhelm them with sling-stones; and they shall swallow them down as wine, and fill the bowls as the altar.

16 Yehowa, woƒe Mawu la aɖe wo gbe ma gbe abe ame siwo nye eƒe alẽhawo ene. Woaklẽ le eƒe anyigba la dzi abe adzagba le fiakuku ŋu ene.

And the Lord their God shall save them in that day, [even] his people as a flock; for holy stones are rolled upon his land.

17 Aleke woahanyo eye woahadze anii! Bli ana ɖekakpuiawo natsi nyuie, eye wain yeye ana ɖetugbiawo hã natsi nyuie.

For if he has anything good, and if he has anything fair, the young [men shall have] corn, and [there shall be] fragrant wine to the virgins.