Zacarias 10

1 Ask of Yahweh rain in the spring time,

Yahweh who makes storm clouds,

and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.

2 For the teraphim*10:2 teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property. have spoken vanity,

and the diviners have seen a lie;

and they have told false dreams.

They comfort in vain.

Therefore they go their way like sheep.

They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.

3 My anger is kindled against the shepherds,

and I will punish the male goats,

for Yahweh of Armies has visited his flock, the house of Judah,

and will make them as his majestic horse in the battle.

4 From him will come the cornerstone,

from him the tent peg,

from him the battle bow,

from him every ruler together.

5 They will be as mighty men,

treading down muddy streets in the battle.

They will fight, because Yahweh is with them.

The riders on horses will be confounded.

6 "I will strengthen the house of Judah,

and I will save the house of Joseph.

I will bring them back,

for I have mercy on them.

They will be as though I had not cast them off,

for I am Yahweh their God, and I will hear them.

7 Ephraim will be like a mighty man,

and their heart will rejoice as through wine.

Yes, their children will see it and rejoice.

Their heart will be glad in Yahweh.

8 I will signal for them and gather them,

for I have redeemed them.

They will increase as they were before.

9 I will sow them among the peoples.

They will remember me in far countries.

They will live with their children and will return.

10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt,

and gather them out of Assyria.

I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon;

and there won’t be room enough for them.

11 He will pass through the sea of affliction,

and will strike the waves in the sea,

and all the depths of the Nile will dry up;

and the pride of Assyria will be brought down,

and the scepter of Egypt will depart.

12 I will strengthen them in Yahweh.

They will walk up and down in his name," says Yahweh.

Te Whakaoranga o Hūrā me Īharaira

1 Īnoia he ua i a Ihowā i te wā o tō muri ua;

arā i a Ihowā e hanga nei i ngā uira.

He nui anō te ua e hōmai e ia ki a rātou,

he tarutaru i te māra mā tēnei mā tēnei.

2 He tekateka noa hoki te kōrero a ngā terapimi,

he teka te kite a ngā tohunga,

he horihori ngā moe i kōrerotia e rātou;

he hanga noa iho tā rātou whakamārie.

Nā reira, haere ana rātou ānō he kāhui hipi;

kārangirangi kau ana i te kore hēpara.

3 "I mura tōku riri ki ngā hēpara,

i whiua anō e ahau ngā koati toa;

kua tae mai hoki a Ihowā o ngā mano ki tāna kāhui, ki te whare o Hūrā,

kua mea i a rātou hei hōiho ātanga mōna i te tatauranga.

4 "Nō roto i a ia te putanga ake o te kōhatu o te kokonga,

nō roto i a ia te whao,

nō roto i a ia te kōpere mō te tatauranga,

nō roto i a ia ngā kaiakiaki katoa, rūpeke, rūpeke.

5 Ā, ka rite rātou ki ngā mārohirohi

e takatakahi ana i ō rātou hoariri ki te paru o ngā waharoa

i te mea e whawhai ana;

ka whawhai anō rātou, nō te mea kei a rātou a Ihowā,

ā, ka whakamā ngā kaieke hōiho.

6 "Nā, ka kaha i ahau te whare o Hūrā,

ka ora anō i ahau te whare o Hōhepa.

Ka whakahokia ki te nohoanga;

nō te mea ka tohungia rātou e ahau,

ā, me te mea kīhai rātou i peia e ahau;

ko ahau hoki, ko Ihowā, tō rātou Atua,

ka whakarongo anō ahau ki a rātou.

7 Nā, ka rite ngā Ēparaimi ki te mārohirohi,

ka koa anō tō rātou ngākau me te mea nā te wāina.

Ka kite anō ā rātou tamariki, ā, ka koa;

ka whakamanamana tō rātou ngākau ki a Ihowā.

8 "Ka hī ahau ki a rātou, ka huihui i a rātou;

kua hokona hoki rātou e ahau;

ā, ka tini rātou, ka pērā me rātou i tini rā.

9 Ā, ka whakatōkia rātou e ahau ki roto ki ngā iwi,

ka mahara anō rātou ki ahau i ngā whenua tawhiti,

ka ora hoki rātou me ā rātou tamariki, ā, ka hoki.

10 Ka whakahokia mai anō rātou e ahau i te whenua o Īhipa,

ka huihuia mai i Ahiria.

Ka kawea anō ki te whenua o Kireara, ki Repanōna,

tē kitea he wāhi mō rātou.

11 Nā, ka tika atu ia i waenga moana,

arā i te raruraru, ā, ka patu i ngā ngaru i te moana,

ka maroke hoki ngā wāhi hōhonu o te awa.

Ā, ka riro iho te whakapehapeha o Ahiria,

ka riro kē anō te hēpeta a Īhipa.

12 Ka whakakahangia anō rātou e ahau i runga i a Ihowā;

ka hāereere hoki rātou i runga i tōna ingoa,"

e ai tā Ihowā.