Zakari 14
1 Gade! Men jou jijman Seyè a ap rive! Jou sa a, yo pral piye lavil Jerizalèm. Yo pral separe tou sa yo pran ladan li la devan je nou.
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.
2 Seyè a pral sanble tout nasyon yo pou y' al fè lagè ak lavil Jerizalèm. Y'ap pran lavil la, y'ap piye tout kay yo, y'ap fè kadejak sou medam yo. Yo pral depòte mwatye nan moun yo. Men, rès pèp la ap rete nan lavil la.
[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.
3 Lèfini, Seyè a pral parèt pou li al goumen ak nasyon yo, jan li te konn goumen nan tan lontan an.
Then Yahweh will go out to fight against those nations; he will fight like [SIM] [soldiers] fight in a battle.
4 Lè sa a, l'a desann kanpe sou mòn pye oliv yo, ki anfas lavil Jerizalèm, sou bò solèy leve. Mòn lan va fann de bò nèt ale, l'a fè yon fon nan mitan ki soti bò solèy leve desann bò solèy kouche: mwatye nan mòn lan va fè bò nò, lòt mwatye a va fè bò sid.
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.
5 N'a lonje fon an pou nou kouri chape kò nou jouk n'a rive lòt bò mòn Atsèl. N'a kouri met deyò menm jan zansèt nou yo te fè l' la lè tranblemanntè a te pase sou rèy Ozyas, wa peyi Jida a. Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va vini, l'ap mennen tout moun pa l' yo avè l'.
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].
6 Lè jou sa a va rive, p'ap gen limyè, p'ap fè fredi, dlo p'ap fè glas.
At that time, there will be no light [from the sun]; it will not become cold and there will be no frost.
7 Se va yon jou ki p'ap tankou lòt jou yo. Ap fè klè nèt. p'ap gen lannwit ankò. Se Seyè a sèl ki konnen lè sa va rive.
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.
8 Lè jou sa a va rive, bèl dlo dous pral koule soti lavil Jerizalèm. Mwatye nan dlo a ap fè yon branch larivyè desann bò solèy leve, tonbe nan lanmè Mouri a. Lòt mwatye a ap desann bò solèy kouche, tonbe nan lanmè Meditèrane a. Dlo a ap koule san rete, nan sezon fredi kou nan sezon chalè.
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).
9 Lè sa a, se Seyè a ki pral sèl wa sou tout latè. Lè sa a, se li ki pral sèl Bondye pou tout moun. Se li menm ase tout moun ap konnen.
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.
10 Tout peyi a pral tounen yon gwo plenn plat, depi Geba nan nò rive Rimon nan sid, ak Jerizalèm nan mitan. Sèl lavil Jerizalèm pral rete byen wo. L'ap soti depi Pòtay Benjamen an rive nan pòtay Kwen an, kote premye pòtay la te ye a, depi Fò Annanyèl rive nan moulen rezen wa a.
[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].
11 Moun va rete la nan lavil la, malè p'ap tonbe sou yo. Y'a viv ak kè poze lavil Jerizalèm.
Many people will live there, and the city will never be destroyed again. It will be a safe city.
12 Seyè a pral voye yon gwo maladi sou tout nasyon ki te fè lagè ak Jerizalèm. Y'ap rete kanpe sou de pye yo, epi tout vyann kò yo ap pouri. Grenn je yo pral pouri nan tèt yo, lang yo ap pouri nan bouch yo.
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.
13 Jou sa a, Seyè a pral fè yo pèdi tèt yo pran kouri. Yo pral tonbe yonn sou lòt, yonn pral touye lòt.
At that time, Yahweh will cause many people to panic. People will grab and attack each other.
14 Sòlda peyi Jida yo pral goumen tou pou defann lavil Jerizalèm, yo pral ranmase dènye richès moun lòt nasyon ki sou fwontyè yo: lò, ajan ak rad an kantite.
[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.
15 Menm maladi a pral tonbe tou sou chwal, milèt, chamo, bourik, sou tout bèt ki te nan kan lènmi yo.
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).
16 Nan moun lòt nasyon ki t'ap fè lagè ak lavil Jerizalèm yo, genyen ki va chape, ki p'ap mouri. Moun sa yo va moute chak lanne lavil Jerizalèm pou yo adore Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Wa a. Y'a fete fèt Tant yo.
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.
17 Si yon nasyon va derefize moute lavil Jerizalèm pou yo adore Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Wa a, yon ti degout lapli p'ap tonbe nan peyi yo a menm.
If there are people in those nations who do not go [to Jerusalem to worship there], rain will not fall on their land.
18 Si moun peyi Lejip yo derefize moute al fete fèt la, menm maladi Seyè a te voye sou moun ki derefize moute yo va tonbe sou yo tou.
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.
19 Se chatiman sa a ki pral tonbe sou peyi Lejip ansanm ak tout lòt nasyon ki va derefize moute pou fete fèt Tant yo.
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.
20 Lè jou sa a va rive, y'a make sou ti klòch ki nan lekipay chwal yo: Apa pou Seyè a! Batri koujen ki nan tanp Seyè a va tankou ti bòl ki devan lotèl yo: yo va apa nèt pou Seyè a.
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.
21 Y'a mete tout mamit ak tout chodyè moun yo ap sèvi lavil Jerizalèm ak nan tout peyi Jida a apa pou sèvis Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a. Konsa, tout moun ki vle ofri yon bèt pou yo touye pou Seyè a va vin pran yonn pou yo bouyi vyann bèt yo ofri a. Lè jou sa a va rive, p'ap gen moun k'ap vann ankò nan tanp Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a.
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.
