Sakaria 2

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

Then I looked up and saw 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.”

I said, ‘Where are you going?’ He replied, ‘To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and length.’

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

Then the messenger who talked with me stepped forward, and another messenger 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 and tell to that young man that Jerusalem will be inhabited like a village without walls, because so many people and cattle will live there.

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

For I, says the Lord, will be a wall of fire her, 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.

Up! Away! Flee from the land of the north, says the Lord. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, says the Lord.

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

Up, escape to Zion, you who live in 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.

This is what the Lord of hosts says to the nations which plundered you: Whoever touches you touches the apple of my 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.

I will raise my hand against them. They will be plunder for their own slaves; and you will know that the Lord 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, daughter of Zion! I am coming, I will live among you, says the Lord.

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.

Many nations will join themselves to the Lord in that day, and will be his people, and he will live among you. You will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.

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

The Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land. He will again choose Jerusalem.

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

Be silent, everyone, in the presence of the Lord, because he is coming from his holy dwelling.’