Zakharia 10
1 Mintalah hujan dari pada TUHAN pada akhir musim semi! Tuhanlah yang membuat awan-awan pembawa hujan deras, dan hujan lebat akan Diberikannya kepada mereka dan tumbuh-tumbuhan di padang kepada setiap orang.
Ask Yahweh to cause rain to fall (in the springtime/before the hot season starts), [because] he is the one who makes the clouds [from which the rain falls]. He causes showers to fall on us, and he causes crops to grow well in the fields.
2 Sebab apa yang dikatakan oleh terafim adalah jahat, dan yang dilihat oleh juru-juru tenung adalah dusta, dan mimpi-mimpi yang disebutkan mereka adalah hampa, serta hiburan yang diberikan mereka adalah kesia-siaan. Oleh sebab itu bangsa itu berkeliaran seperti kawanan domba dan menderita sengsara sebab tidak ada gembala.
[What people think that] the idols in their houses suggest [is only] nonsense, and people who [say that they can] interpret dreams tell [only] lies. When they [tell people things to] comfort [them, what they say] is useless, so the people [who (consult/trust in) them] are like lost sheep; they are attacked because they have no [one to protect them] [like] [MET] a shepherd [protects his sheep].
3 "Terhadap para gembala akan bangkit murka-Ku dan terhadap kepala-kepala kawanan kambing Aku akan mengadakan pembalasan, sebab TUHAN semesta alam memperhatikan kawanan ternak-Nya, yakni kaum Yehuda, dan membuat mereka sebagai kuda keagungan-Nya dalam pertempuran.
[Yahweh says, ] “I am angry with the leaders [MET] of my people, and I will punish them. [I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, take care of my people, the people of Judah, [like a shepherd takes care of his] [MET] flock, and I will cause them to be like [SIM] proud/powerful war horses.
4 Dari pada mereka akan muncul batu penjuru, dari pada mereka akan muncul patok kemah, dari pada mereka akan muncul busur perang, dari pada mereka akan keluar semua penguasa bersama-sama.
From Judah will come rulers [who will be very important], [like] [MET] a cornerstone is [the most important stone for a house], [like] [MET] a tent peg [is very important for a tent], [like] [MET] a bow [is very important for (an archer/a man who shoots arrows]).
5 Maka mereka akan seperti pahlawan yang menginjak-injak musuh seakan-akan itu lumpur di jalan; mereka akan berperang, sebab TUHAN menyertai mereka, dan mereka akan membuat malu orang-orang yang mengendarai kuda.
They will all be like [SIM] mighty warriors trampling [their enemies] in the mud during a battle. [I, ] Yahweh, will be with them, so they will fight and defeat their enemies who ride on horses.
6 Aku akan membuat kuat kaum Yehuda, dan Aku menyelamatkan keturunan Yusuf. Aku akan membawa mereka kembali, sebab Aku menyayangi mereka; dan keadaan mereka seakan-akan tidak pernah ditolak oleh Aku, sebab Akulah TUHAN, Allah mereka, dan Aku akan menjawab mereka.
I will cause the people [MTY] of Judah to become strong, and I will rescue the people [MTY] of Israel. I will bring them back [from the countries to which they were (exiled/forced to go)]; [I will do that] because I pity them. Then they will be as though I had not abandoned them, because I am Yahweh, their God, and I will answer them [when they pray for help].
7 Efraim akan seperti seorang pahlawan, hati mereka akan bersukacita seperti oleh anggur. Anak-anak mereka akan melihatnya, lalu bersukacita dan hati mereka bersorak-sorak karena TUHAN.
The people of Israel will be like [SIM] strong soldiers; they will be as happy as [people who have drunk a lot of] wine. Their children will see [their fathers being very happy], and they [also] will be happy because of what Yahweh [has done for them].
8 Aku akan bersiul memanggil mereka dan Aku akan mengumpulkan mereka, sebab Aku sudah membebaskan mereka, dan jumlah mereka menjadi banyak seperti dahulu.
I will signal for my people [to return from (being exiled/other countries)], and I will gather them together [in their own country]. I will rescue them, and they will become very numerous like [they were] previously.
9 Sekalipun Aku telah menyerakkan mereka ke antara bangsa-bangsa, tetapi di tempat-tempat yang jauh mereka akan ingat kepada-Ku; mereka akan hidup bersama-sama anak-anak mereka dan mereka akan kembali.
I have caused them to be scattered among many people-groups, but in those distant countries they will think about me again. They and their children will remain alive and return [to Judah].
10 Aku akan membawa mereka kembali dari tanah Mesir, dan dari Asyur Aku akan mengumpulkan mereka; Aku akan membawa mereka masuk ke tanah Gilead dan ke Libanon, sehingga tidak ada tempat lagi bagi mereka.
I will bring them [back] from Egypt and from Assyria; I will bring them [back] from the Gilead and Lebanon [regions], and there will hardly be enough [HYP] space for them all [to live in Judah].
11 Mereka akan menyeberangi laut Mesir dan Ia akan memukul gelombang di laut, sehingga segala tempat yang dalam di sungai Nil menjadi kering. Kebanggaan Asyur akan diturunkan dan tongkat kerajaan Mesir akan lewat.
They will endure/experience many difficulties [as though they were walking] [MET] through a sea, but [I] will calm the waves of the sea; the Nile [River which is usually] deep will dry up. [I] will defeat the proud [soldiers of] Assyria, and [I will cause] Egypt to no longer be powerful [MTY].
12 Aku akan menguatkan mereka, dan mereka akan bermegah di dalam nama TUHAN," demikianlah firman TUHAN.
I will enable my people to be strong, and they will honor me and obey [IDM] me. [That will surely happen because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”
