Sakaria 9

1 Nkɔmhyɛ: Awurade asɛm tia Hadrak asase na ɛbɛka Damasko efisɛ, nnipa ne Israel mmusuakuw nyinaa ani wɔ Awurade so.

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 Na ɛbɛka Hamat a ɔne no bɔ hye, ɛbɛka Tiro ne Sidon, ɛwɔ mu sɛ wɔyɛ anyansafo.

As well as Hamath, which is by its limit, and Tyre and Zidon, because they are very wise.

3 Tiro asi abandennen ama ne ho; waboa dwetɛ ano te sɛ mfutuma, ne sikakɔkɔɔ ano te sɛ dɔte a ɛwɔ mmɔnten so.

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 Nanso Awurade begye nʼahode nyinaa na wasɛe ne tumi a ɔwɔ wɔ po so, na wɔde ogya bɛhyew no dwerɛbee.

See, the Lord will take away her heritage, overturning her power in the sea; and she will be burned up with fire.

5 Askelon behu na wasuro Gasa de ɔyaw bebubu ne mu, na Ekron nso saa ara, efisɛ nʼanidaso bɛsa. Gasa bɛhwere ne hene na wobegyaw Askelon ofituw.

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 Ananafo bɛtena Asdod, na metwa Filistifo ahantan agu.

And a mixed people will be living in Ashdod, and I will have the pride of the Philistines cut off.

7 Meyi mogya afi wɔn ano, akyiwade nnuan nso meyi afi wɔn ano. Nkae no bɛyɛ yɛn Nyankopɔn de; wɔbɛyɛ Yuda ntuanofo, na Ekron bɛyɛ sɛ Yebusifo.

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 Nanso mɛbɔ me Fi ho ban wɔ wɔn a wɔtetɛw bɔ korɔn ho. Ɔhyɛsoni biara ntumi mfa me nkurɔfo so bio, efisɛ afei merewɛn.

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 Di ahurusi, Ɔbabea Sion! Teɛ mu, Ɔbabea Yerusalem! Hwɛ, wo hene reba wo nkyɛn. Ɔteɛ na ɔwɔ nkwagye, odwo, na ɔte afurum so, afurum ba so na ɔte.

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 Megye nteaseɛnam afi Efraim ne akofo apɔnkɔ afi Yerusalem, na akodi tadua no wobebubu mu. Ɔbɛpae mu aka asomdwoe nsɛm akyerɛ aman no. Nʼahenni befi po akɔka po; ebefi Asubɔnten no akɔpem nsase ano.

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 Na wo de, esiane me ne wo mogya apam no nti, meyi wo nneduafo afi amoa a nsu nni mu mu.

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 Monsan nkɔ mʼaban mu, nneduafo a mowɔ anidaso; mprempren mpo merebɔ mo nkae sɛ mɛhyɛ mo anan mu mmɔho.

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 Mɛkom Yuda sɛnea mikuntun me tadua na mede Efraim bɛhyɛ mu. Mɛkanyan wo mmabarima, Sion, atia wo Hela mmabarima, na mɛyɛ wo sɛ ɔkofo afoa.

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 Afei Awurade bɛda ne ho adi wɔ wɔn so; nʼagyan betwa yerɛw te sɛ anyinam. Otumfo Awurade bɛhyɛn torobɛnto no; ɔbɛbɔ nsra wɔ atɔe fam ahum mu,

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 Asafo Awurade bɛkata wɔn so. Wɔde ahwimmo bɛsɛe na wɔde adi nkonim. Wɔbɛnom na wɔabobɔ mu sɛnea wɔanom nsa; wɔbɛyɛ ma te sɛ kuruwa a wɔde pete afɔremuka ntwea so.

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 Awurade wɔn Nyankopɔn, begye wɔn saa da no sɛ oguanhwɛfo gye ne nguan. Wobetwa yerɛw yerɛw wɔ nʼasase so, sɛ abohemaa a ɛbobɔ ahenkyɛw ho.

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 Sɛnea wɔn ho betwa na wɔn ho ayɛ fɛ afa! Aduan bɛma mmerante anyin ahoɔden so na nsa foforo bɛma mmabaa anyin saa ara.

For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins.