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.
“This is a declaration of Yahweh's word concerning the land of Hadrak and Damascus, its resting place; for the eyes of all humanity and all the tribes of Israel are toward Yahweh.
2 Ava Hamat si ƒo xlãe la hã dzi, eye ava Tiro kple Sidon hã dzi togbɔ be wodze aye ale gbegbe hã.
This declaration also concerns Hamath, which borders on Damascus, and it concerns Tyre and Sidon, for they are 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.
Tyre has built herself a stronghold and heaped up silver like dust and refined gold like mud in the streets.
4 Ke Yehowa axɔ kesinɔnuwo le esi, akaka eƒe tɔdziʋuwo kple wo me nɔlawo ƒe ŋusẽ, eye dzo ava fiae ƒioƒioƒio.
Look! The Lord will dispossess her and destroy her strength on the sea, so she will be devoured by 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.
Ashkelon will see and be afraid! Gaza also will tremble greatly! Ekron, her hopes will be disappointed! The king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall no longer be inhabited!
6 Amedzrowo ava xɔ Asdod, eye maɖe Filistitɔwo ƒe dada la ɖa.
Strangers will make their homes in Ashdod, and I will cut off 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.
For I will remove their blood from their mouths and their abominations from between their teeth. Then they will become a remnant for our God like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will become like the Jebusites.
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.
I will camp around my land against enemy armies, so no one can pass through or return, for no oppressor will overrun them, for now I see with my own 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.
Shout with great joy, daughter of Zion! Shout with happiness, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold! Your king is coming to you with righteousness and is rescuing you. He is humble and is riding on a donkey, on the colt of a donkey.
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.
Then I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow will be cut off from battle; for he will speak peace to the nations, and his dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River 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.
As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the pit where there is 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.
Return to the stronghold, prisoners of hope! Even today I am declaring that I will return double to you,
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 Judah as my bow. I have filled my quiver with Ephraim. I have roused your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and have made you, Zion, like a warrior's sword!”
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,
Yahweh will appear to them, and his arrows will shoot out like lightning! For my Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet and will advance with the storms from Teman.
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.
Yahweh of hosts will defend them, and they will devour them and defeat the stones of the slings. Then they will drink and shout like men drunk on wine, and they will be filled with wine like bowls, like the corners of 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.
So Yahweh their God will rescue them on that day, as the flock of his people. They are the jewels of a crown that will shine on his land.
17 Aleke woahanyo eye woahadze anii! Bli ana ɖekakpuiawo natsi nyuie, eye wain yeye ana ɖetugbiawo hã natsi nyuie.
How good and how beautiful they will be! The young men will flourish on grain and the virgins on sweet wine!”
