Sakaria 13
1 “Saa da no, wobetu asubura ama Dawidfi ne Yerusalemfo de ahohoro wɔn bɔne ne wɔn ho fi.
“In that day there is a fountain opened To the house of David And to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, For sin and for impurity.
2 “Saa da no, meyi ahoni no din afi asase no so, na wɔrenkae wɔn bio,” sɛnea Asafo Awurade se ni. “Meyi adiyifo ne fi honhom afi asase no so.
And it has come to pass in that day,” A declaration of YHWH of Hosts, “I cut off the names of the idols from the land, And they are not remembered anymore, And also the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness I cause to pass away from the land.
3 Sɛ obi kɔ so hyɛ nkɔm a agya ne ɛna a wɔwoo saa nipa no bɛka akyerɛ no se, ‘Ɛsɛ sɛ wuwu, efisɛ, wode Awurade din atwa atoro.’ Sɛ ɔhyɛ nkɔm a, ɔno ankasa awofo bɛwɔ no afoa.
And it has been, when one prophesies again, That his parents, his father and his mother, Have said to him, You do not live, For you have spoken falsehood in the Name of YHWH, And his father and his mother, his parents, Have pierced him through in his prophesying.
4 “Saa da no, odiyifo biara ani bewu wɔ ne nkɔmhyɛ anisoadehu ho. Ɔrenhyɛ odiyifo atade a wɔde nwi ayɛ no mfa nnaadaa nnipa.
And it has come to pass in that day, The prophets are ashamed, each of his vision, in his prophesying, And they do not put on a hairy robe to deceive.
5 Ɔbɛka se, ‘Menyɛ odiyifo. Meyɛ okuafo. Na efi me mmerantebere mu, asase yi so na minya mʼano aduan.’
And [one] has said, I am not a prophet, A man—I am a tiller of ground, For ground [is] my possession from my youth.
6 Na sɛ obi bisa no se, ‘Akuru bɛn na ɛwɔ wo ho yi a?’ Obebua se, ‘Ɛyɛ akuru a minyaa wɔ me nnamfonom fi.’”
And [one] has said to him, What [are] these wounds in your hands? And he has said, Because I was struck [at] home by my lovers.
7 “Sɔre, afoa, sɔre tia me guanhwɛfo, tia onipa a ɔbɛn me!” Sɛnea Asafo Awurade se ni. “Bɔ oguanhwɛfo no, na nguan no bɛbɔ ahwete, na mɛma me nsa so atia nguantenmma no.
Sword, awake against My Shepherd, And against a hero—My Fellow,” A declaration of YHWH of Hosts. “Strike the Shepherd, and the flock is scattered, And I have put back My hand on the little ones.
8 Asase no so nyinaa,” sɛnea Awurade se ni, “Wɔbɛbɔ nkyɛmu abiɛsa mu abien ahwe fam ma wɔawuwu; na nkyɛmu abiɛsa mu baako bɛka wɔ so.
And it has come to pass, In all the land,” a declaration of YHWH, “Two parts in it are cut off—they expire, And the third is left in it.
9 Mede nkyɛmu abiɛsa mu baako yi bɛfa ogya mu; mɛnan wɔn te sɛnea wɔnan dwetɛ, na masɔn wɔn so sɛ sikakɔkɔɔ. Wɔbɛbɔ me din afrɛ me, na megye wɔn so. Mɛka se, ‘Wɔyɛ me nkurɔfo,’ na wɔbɛka se, ‘Awurade yɛ yɛn Nyankopɔn.’”
And I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It calls in My Name, and I answer it, I have said, It [is] My people, And it says, YHWH [is] my God!”
