Zaccharias Propheta 9
1 Onus verbi Domini in terra Hadrach, et Damasci requiei eius: quia Domini est oculus hominis, et omnium tribuum Israel.
A word of the Lord: The Lord has come to the land of Hadrach, and Damascus is his resting-place: for the towns of Aram are the Lord's,
2 Emath quoque in terminis eius, et Tyrus, et Sidon: assumpserunt quippe sibi sapientiam valde.
As well as Hamath, which is by its limit, and Tyre and Zidon, because they are very wise.
3 Et aedificavit Tyrus munitionem suam, et coacervavit argentum quasi humum, et aurum ut lutum platearum.
And Tyre made for herself a strong place, and got together silver like dust and the best gold like the earth of the streets.
4 Ecce Dominus possidebit eam, et percutiet in mari fortitudinem eius, et haec igne devorabitur.
See, the Lord will take away her heritage, overturning her power in the sea; and she will be burned up with fire.
5 Videbit Ascalon, et timebit: et Gaza, et dolebit nimis: et Accaron, quoniam confusa est spes eius: et peribit rex de Gaza, et Ascalon non habitabitur.
Ashkelon will see it with fear, and Gaza, bent with pain; and Ekron, for her hope will be shamed: and the king will be cut off from Gaza, and Ashkelon will be unpeopled.
6 Et sedebit separator in Azoto, et disperdam superbiam Philisthinorum.
And a mixed people will be living in Ashdod, and I will have the pride of the Philistines cut off.
7 Et auferam sanguinem eius de ore eius, et abominationes eius de medio dentium eius, et relinquetur etiam ipse Deo nostro, et erit quasi dux in Iuda, et Accaron quasi Iebusaeus.
And I will take away his blood from his mouth, and his disgusting things from between his teeth; and some of his people will be kept for our God: and he will be as a family in Judah, and Ekron as one living in Jerusalem.
8 Et circumdabo domum meam ex his, qui militant mihi euntes et revertentes, et non transibit super eos ultra exactor: quia nunc vidi in oculis meis.
And I will put my forces in position round my house, so that there may be no coming and going: and no cruel master will again go through them: for now I have seen his trouble.
9 Exulta satis filia Sion, iubila filia Ierusalem: ECCE REX TUUS veniet tibi iustus, et salvator: ipse pauper, et ascendens super asinam, et super pullum filium asinae.
Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass.
10 Et disperdam quadrigam ex Ephraim, et equum de Ierusalem, et dissipabitur arcus belli: et loquetur pacem Gentibus, et potestas eius a mari usque ad mare, et a fluminibus usque ad fines terrae.
And he will have the war-carriage cut off from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be cut off: and he will say words of peace to the nations: and his rule will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
11 Tu quoque in sanguine testamenti tui emisisti vinctos tuos de lacu, in quo non est aqua.
And as for you, because of the blood of your agreement, I have sent out your prisoners from the deep hole in which there is no water.
12 Convertimini ad munitionem vincti spei, hodie quoque annuncians duplicia reddam tibi.
And they will come back to you, O daughter of Zion, as prisoners of hope: today I say to you that I will give you back twice as much;
13 Quoniam extendi mihi Iuda quasi arcum, implevi Ephraim: et suscitabo filios tuos Sion super filios tuos Graecia: et ponam te quasi gladium fortium.
For I have made Judah a bow bent for my use, I have made Ephraim the arrows of the bow; I will make your sons, O Zion, take up arms against your sons, O Greece, and will make you like the sword of a man of war.
14 Et Dominus Deus super eos videbitur, et exibit ut fulgur, iaculum eius: et Dominus Deus in tuba canet, et vadet in turbine Austri.
And the Lord will be seen over them, and his arrow will go out like the thunder-flame: and the Lord God, sounding the war-horn, will go in the storm-winds of the South.
15 Dominus exercituum proteget eos: et devorabunt, et subiicient lapidibus fundae: et bibentes inebriabuntur quasi a vino, et replebuntur ut phialae, et quasi cornua altaris.
The Lord of armies will be a cover for them; and they will overcome, crushing under foot the armed men; they will take their blood for drink like wine: they will be full like the sides of the altar.
16 Et salvabit eos Dominus Deus eorum in die illa, ut gregem populi sui: quia lapides sancti elevabuntur super terram eius.
And the Lord their God will be their saviour in that day, giving them food like the flock of his people: for they will be like the jewels of a crown shining over his land.
17 Quid enim bonum eius est, et quid pulchrum eius, nisi frumentum electorum, et vinum germinans virgines?
For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins.
