Sakaria 2

1 Afei memaa mʼani so, na mihuu ɔbarima bi a okura susuhama sɛ ogyina mʼanim!

And I lifted up my eyes, and looked. And, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

2 Mibisaa no se, “Ɛhe na worekɔ?” Obuae se, “Merekosusuw Yerusalem, ahu ne trɛw ne ne tenten.”

Then I said, Where do thou go? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem. To see what is the breadth of it, and what is the length of it.

3 Na ɔbɔfo a na ɔne me rekasa na kɔe, na ɔbɔfo foforo behyiaa no

And, behold, the agent who talked with me went forth. And another agent went out to meet him,

4 na ɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Tu mmirika, ka kyerɛ saa aberante no se, ‘Yerusalem bɛyɛ kuropɔn a enni afasu esiane nnipa ne mmoa dodow a wɔwɔ mu nti.

and said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and cattle therein.

5 Na mʼankasa mɛyɛ ogya fasu, atwa ho ahyia,’ sɛnea Awurade se ni, ‘na mayɛ ne mu anuonyam.’

For I, says Jehovah, will be to her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

6 “Mommra! Mommra! Munguan mfi atifi asase no so,” sɛ Awurade se ni, “Na mahwete mo mu ama ɔsoro mframa anan no,” sɛnea Awurade se ni.

Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, says Jehovah. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, says Jehovah.

7 “Mommra, Sion! Munguan, mo a mote Ɔbabea Babilonia!”

Ho Zion, escape, thou who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.

8 Efisɛ sɛɛ na Asafo Awurade se, “Onuonyamfo no asoma me akotia aman a wɔafow mo nneɛma no akyi no, nea ɔde ne nsa bɛka mo biara no de nsa aka AWURADE aniwa nkesua.

For thus says Jehovah of hosts: After glory he has sent me to the nations which plundered you. For he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.

9 Nokware, mɛma me nsa so de atia wɔn sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔn nkoa bɛfom wɔn nneɛma. Na ɛbɛma moahu sɛ Asafo Awurade na wasoma me.

For, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall be a spoil to those who served them. And ye shall know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me.

10 “Teɛ mu na ma wʼani nnye, Ɔbabea Sion. Efisɛ, mereba, na mene mo bɛtena,” sɛnea Awurade se ni.

Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, says Jehovah.

11 “Aman bebree bɛka Awurade ho saa da no na wɔabɛyɛ me nkurɔfo. Me ne mo bɛtena, na mubehu sɛ, Asafo Awurade na wasoma me mo nkyɛn.

And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be my people, and I will dwell in the midst of thee. And thou shall know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me to thee.

12 Awurade bɛfa Yuda sɛ nʼagyapade wɔ asase kronkron no so, na ɔbɛfa Yerusalem bio.

And Jehovah shall inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

13 Monyɛ komm wɔ Awurade anim, adesamma nyinaa, efisɛ wakanyan ne ho wɔ ne tenabea kronkron hɔ.”

Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah, for he has arisen out of his holy habitation.