Zechariah 8
1 Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun si tún tọ́ mí wá.
And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying:
2 Báyìí ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí, “Owú ńlá ńlá ni mo jẹ fún Sioni, pẹ̀lú ìbínú ńlá ńlá ni mo fi jowú fún un.”
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I have been jealous for Sion with a great jealousy, and with a great indignation have I been jealous for her.
3 Báyìí ni Olúwa wí, “Mo yípadà sí Sioni èmi ó sì gbé àárín Jerusalẹmu. Nígbà náà ni a ó sì pé Jerusalẹmu ni ìlú ńlá òtítọ́; àti òkè ńlá Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun, ni a ó pè ní òkè ńlá mímọ́.”
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I am returned to Sion, and I will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called The city of truth, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, The sanctified mountain.
4 Báyìí ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí, “Arúgbó ọkùnrin, àti arúgbó obìnrin, yóò gbé ìgboro Jerusalẹmu, àti olúkúlùkù pẹ̀lú ọ̀pá ni ọwọ́ rẹ̀ fún ogbó.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem: and every man with his staff in his hand through multitude of days.
5 Ìgboro ìlú yóò sì kún fún ọmọdékùnrin, àti ọmọdébìnrin, tí ń ṣiré ní ìta wọn.”
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls, playing in the streets thereof.
6 Báyìí ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí pé, “Bí ó bá ṣe ìyanu ní ojú ìyókù àwọn ènìyàn yìí ni ọjọ́ wọ̀nyí, ǹjẹ́ ó ha lè jẹ́ ìyanu ni ojú mi bí?” ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: If it seem hard in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days: shall it be hard in my eyes, saith the Lord of hosts?
7 Báyìí ní Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí pé, “Kíyèsi i, èmi ó gba àwọn ènìyàn mi kúrò ni ilẹ̀ ìlà-oòrùn, àti kúrò ni ilẹ̀ ìwọ̀-oòrùn.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will save my people from the land of the east, and from the land of the going down of the sun.
8 Èmi ó sì mú wọn padà wá, wọn ó sì máa gbé àárín Jerusalẹmu. Wọn ó sì jẹ́ ènìyàn mi, èmi ó sì jẹ́ Ọlọ́run wọn, ní òtítọ́, àti ní òdodo.”
And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God in truth and in justice.
9 Báyìí ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí pé, “Jẹ́ kí ọwọ́ yín le ẹ̀yin ti ń gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ wọ̀nyí ní ọjọ́ wọ̀nyí ni ẹnu àwọn wòlíì tí ó wà ni ọjọ́ tí a fi ìpìlẹ̀ ilé Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun lélẹ̀, jẹ́ ki ọwọ́ rẹ̀ le kí a bá lè kọ́ tẹmpili.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Let your hands be strengthened, you that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, in the day that the house of the Lord of hosts was founded, that the temple might be built.
10 Nítorí pé, ṣáájú ọjọ́ wọ̀nyí, owó ọ̀yà ènìyàn kò tó nǹkan, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọ̀yà ẹran pẹ̀lú, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò sí àlàáfíà fún ẹni ń jáde lọ, tàbí ẹni ti ń wọlé bọ, nítorí ìpọ́njú náà: nítorí mo dojú gbogbo ènìyàn, olúkúlùkù kọ aládùúgbò rẹ̀.
For before those days there was no hire for men, neither was there hire for beasts, neither was there peace to him that came in, nor to him that went out, because of the tribulation: and I let all men go every one against his neighbour.
11 Ṣùgbọ́n ní ìsinsin yìí èmi kì yóò ṣè sí ìyókù àwọn ènìyàn yìí gẹ́gẹ́ bí tí ìgbà àtijọ́,” ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí.
But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people according to the former days, saith the Lord of hosts.
12 “Nítorí irúgbìn yóò gbilẹ̀, àjàrà yóò ṣo èso rẹ̀, ilẹ̀ yóò sì hu ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ nǹkan rẹ̀ jáde, àwọn ọ̀run yóò sì mu ìrì wọn wá; èmi ó sì mu kí èyí jẹ ogún ìní àwọn ìyókù ènìyàn yìí ni gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí.
But there shall be the seed of peace: the vine shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew: and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
13 Yóò sì ṣe, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀yin tí jẹ́ ègún láàrín àwọn kèfèrí, ẹ̀yin ilé Juda, àti ilé Israẹli, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi ó gbà yín sílẹ̀; ẹ̀yin o sì jẹ́ ìbùkún, ẹ má bẹ̀rù, ṣùgbọ́n jẹ́ ki ọwọ́ yín le.”
And it shall come to pass, that as you were a curse among the Gentiles, O house of Juda, and house of Israel: so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing: fear not, let your hands be strengthened.
14 Nítorí báyìí ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí: “Gẹ́gẹ́ bí mo ti rò láti ṣe yín níbi nígbà tí àwọn baba yín mú mi bínú,” ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí, tí èmi kò sì ronúpìwàdà.
For thus saith the Lord of hosts: As I purposed to afflict you, when your fathers had provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord,
15 “Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi sì ti ro ọjọ́ wọ̀nyí láti ṣe rere fún Jerusalẹmu, àti fún ilé Juda: ẹ má bẹ̀rù.
And I had no mercy: so turning again I have thought in these days to do good to the house of Juda, and Jerusalem: fear not.
16 Wọ̀nyí ni nǹkan tí ẹ̀yin ó ṣe: ki olúkúlùkù yín kí ó máa ba ọmọnìkejì rẹ̀ sọ òtítọ́; ṣe ìdájọ́ tòótọ́ àti àlàáfíà ní àwọn ibodè yín.
These then are the things, which you shall do: Speak ye truth every one to his neighbour: judge ye truth and judgment of peace in your gates.
17 Ẹ má ṣe jẹ́ kí ẹnìkan ro ibi ni ọkàn rẹ̀ sí ẹnìkejì rẹ̀; ẹ má fẹ́ ìbúra èké; nítorí gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí ni mo kórìíra,” ni Olúwa wí.
And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his friend: and love not a false oath: for all these are the things that I hate, saith the Lord.
18 Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun sì tọ mi wá wí pé.
And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying:
19 Báyìí ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí pé: “Àwẹ̀ oṣù kẹrin, karùn-ún, keje, àti tí ẹ̀kẹwàá, yóò jẹ́ ayọ̀ àti dídùn inú, àti àpéjọ àríyá fún ilé Juda; nítorí náà, ẹ fẹ́ òtítọ́ àti àlàáfíà.”
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth shall be to the house of Juda, joy, and gladness, and great solemnities: only love ye truth and peace.
20 Báyìí ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí pé, “Àwọn ènìyàn yóò sá à tún wa, àti ẹni tí yóò gbe ìlú ńlá púpọ̀.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, until people come, and dwell in many cities,
21 Àwọn ẹni tí ń gbé ìlú ńlá kan yóò lọ sí òmíràn, wí pé, ‘Ẹ jẹ́ kí a yára lọ gbàdúrà kí a sì wá ojúrere Olúwa, àti láti wá Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun. Èmi pẹ̀lú yóò sì lọ.’
And the inhabitants go one to another, saying: Let us go, and entreat the face of the Lord, and let us seek the Lord of hosts: I also will go.
22 Nítòótọ́, ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ènìyàn àti àwọn alágbára orílẹ̀-èdè yóò wá láti wá Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun ní Jerusalẹmu; àti láti gbàdúrà, àti láti wá ojúrere Olúwa.”
And many peoples, and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the face of the Lord.
23 Báyìí ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí pé, “Ní àwọn ọjọ́ wọ̀nyí ni ọkùnrin mẹ́wàá láti inú gbogbo èdè àti orílẹ̀-èdè yóò dìímú, àní yóò di etí aṣọ ẹni tí i ṣe Júù mú, wí pé, ‘Àwa yóò ba ọ lọ, nítorí àwa tí gbọ́ pé, Ọlọ́run wà pẹ̀lú rẹ.’”
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: In those days, wherein ten men of all languages of the Gentiles shall take hold, and shall hold fast the shirt of one that is a Jew, saying: We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
