Sakaria 9

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

The burden of the word of Yhwh in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward Yhwh.

2 Na ɛbɛka Hamat a ɔne no bɔ hyeɛ; ɛbɛka Tiro ne Sidon, ɛwom sɛ wɔyɛ anyansafoɔ.

And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyre, and Sidon, though it be very wise.

3 Tiro asi abandenden ama ne ho; waboa dwetɛ ano te sɛ mfuturo, ne sikakɔkɔɔ ano te sɛ dɔteɛ a ɛwɔ mmɔntene so.

And Tyre did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

4 Nanso, Awurade bɛgye nʼahodeɛ nyinaa na wasɛe ne tumi a ɔwɔ wɔ ɛpo so, na wɔde ogya bɛhye no dworobɛɛ.

Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

5 Askelon bɛhunu na wasuro Gasa de ɔyea bɛnukanuka ne mu, na Ekron nso saa ara, ɛfiri sɛ nʼanidasoɔ bɛsa. Gasa bɛhwere ne ɔhene na wɔbɛgya Askelon afituo.

Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

6 Ananafoɔ bɛtena Asdod, na mɛtwa Filistifoɔ ahantan agu.

And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

7 Mɛyi mogya afiri wɔn ano, akyiwadeɛ nnuane nso mɛyi afiri wɔn ano. Nkaeɛfoɔ no bɛyɛ yɛn Onyankopɔn dea wɔbɛyɛ Yuda ntuanofoɔ, na Ekron bɛyɛ sɛ Yebusifoɔ.

And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

8 Nanso mɛbɔ me Fie ho ban wɔ wɔn a wɔtetɛ bɔ korɔno ho. Ɔhyɛsofoɔ biara ntumi mfa me nkurɔfoɔ so bio, ɛfiri sɛ afei merewɛn.

And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.

9 Di ahurisie Ao, Ɔbabaa Sion! Team, Ɔbabaa Yerusalem! Hwɛ, wo ɔhene reba wo nkyɛn. Ɔtene na ɔwɔ nkwagyeɛ, ɔdwo, na ɔte afunumu so, afunumu ba so na ɔteɛ.

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt the foal of a donkey.

10 Mɛgye nteaseɛnam afiri Efraim ne akofoɔ apɔnkɔ afiri Yerusalem, na akodie tadua no wɔbɛbubu mu. Ɔbɛpae mu aka asomdwoeɛ nsɛm akyerɛ aman no. Nʼahennie bɛfiri ɛpo akɔka ɛpo ɛbɛfiri Asubɔnten no akɔpem nsase ano.

And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.

11 Na wo deɛ, ɛsiane me ne wo mogya apam no enti, mɛyi wo nneduafoɔ afiri amena a nsuo nni mu.

As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

12 Monsane nkɔ mʼaban mu, Ao nneduafoɔ a mowɔ anidasoɔ; seesei mpo merebɔ mo nkaeɛ sɛ mɛhyɛ mo anan mu mmɔho.

Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;

13 Mɛkoa Yuda sɛdeɛ mekoa me tadua na mede Efraim bɛhyɛ mu. Mɛkanyane wo mmammarima, Ao Sion, atia wo Hela mmammarima, na mɛyɛ wo sɛ ɔkofoɔ akofena.

When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.

14 Afei Awurade bɛda ne ho adi wɔn so; nʼagyan bɛtwa yerɛ te sɛ anyinam. Otumfoɔ Awurade bɛhyɛn totorobɛnto no; ɔbɛbɔ nsra wɔ atɔeɛ fam ahum mu,

And Yhwh shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord Yhwh shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.

15 Asafo Awurade bɛyɛ ɛkyɛm ama wɔn. Wɔde ahwimmoɔ bɛsɛe na wɔde adi nkonim. Wɔbɛnom na wɔabobɔ mu sɛdeɛ wɔanom nsã; wɔbɛyɛ ma te sɛ kuruwa a wɔde pete afɔrebukyia ntweaso.

Yhwh of Armies shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.

16 Awurade wɔn Onyankopɔn, bɛgye wɔn saa ɛda no sɛ odwanhwɛfoɔ gye ne nnwan. Wɔbɛtwa nyinam nyinam wɔ nʼasase so, sɛ aboɔdemmoɔ a ɛbobɔ ahenkyɛ ho.

And Yhwh their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.

17 Sɛdeɛ wɔn ho bɛtwa na wɔn ho ayɛ fɛ afa! Aduane bɛma mmeranteɛ anyini ahoɔden so na nsã foforɔ bɛma mmabaawa anyini saa ara.

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! grain shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.