Zacarias 12

1 A revelation of Yahweh’s word concerning Israel: Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says: 2 "Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and it will also be on Judah in the siege against Jerusalem. 3 It will happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples. All who burden themselves with it will be severely wounded, and all the nations of the earth will be gathered together against it. 4 In that day," says Yahweh, "I will strike every horse with terror and his rider with madness. I will open my eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness. 5 The chieftains of Judah will say in their heart, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Yahweh of Armies their God.’

6 In that day I will make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will devour all the surrounding peoples on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem will yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem.

7 Yahweh also will save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of David’s house and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem not be magnified above Judah. 8 In that day Yahweh will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He who is feeble among them at that day will be like David, and David’s house will be like God, like Yahweh’s angel before them. 9 It will happen in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

10 I will pour on David’s house and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplication. They will look to me*12:10 After "me", the Hebrew has the two letters "Aleph Tav" (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet), not as a word, but as a grammatical marker. whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for his firstborn. 11 In that day there will be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddo. 12 The land will mourn, every family apart; the family of David’s house apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; 13 the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart; 14 all the families who remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.

Te Whakawāteatanga o Hiruhārama e Meāke nei

1 Ko te poropititanga, he kupu nā Ihowā mō Īharaira: E ai tā Ihowā, nāna nei ngā rangi i hora, nāna te whenua i whakatū, nāna i whai āhua ai te wairua o te tangata i roto i a ia: 2 "Tēnei ahau te mea nei i Hiruhārama hei kapu wiri ki ngā iwi katoa ā taka noa; ka pēhi anō i a Hūrā i te whakapaenga o Hiruhārama. 3 Nā, i taua rā ka meinga e ahau a Hiruhārama hei kōhatu taimaha ki ngā iwi katoa; ko te hunga katoa e hāpai ana ka māruru rawa. Ā, ka huihui ngā iwi katoa o te whenua ki te tū ki a ia. 4 I taua rā," e ai tā Ihowā, "ka patua e ahau ki te mīharo ngā hōiho katoa, me ō rātou kaieke ki te haurangi. Ā, ka titiro matatau ōku kanohi ki te whare o Hūrā, ka patua anō e ahau ngā hōiho katoa o ngā iwi ki te matapō. 5 Ā, ka mea ngā rangatira o Hūrā i roto i ō rātou ngākau, ‘Ko ngā tāngata o Hiruhārama hei kaha mōku i runga i tō rātou Atua, i a Ihowā o ngā mano.’

6 "I taua rā ka meinga e ahau ngā rangatira o Hūrā kia rite ki te kānga ahi i roto i ngā rākau, kia rite anō ki te rama ahi i roto i te paihere. Ka pau hoki i a rātou ngā iwi katoa i te taha matau, i te taha mauī, ā, karapoi noa; ā tērā a Hiruhārama e noho anō i runga i tōna tūranga, arā i Hiruhārama.

7 "Nā, ka whakaora a Ihowā i ngā tēneti o Hūrā i te tuatahi, kei whakapehapeha te korōria o te whare o Rāwiri, te korōria rānei o ngā tāngata o Hiruhārama ki a Hūrā. 8 I taua rā ka tiakina e Ihowā ngā tāngata o Hiruhārama; nā, ko te tangata ngoikore i roto i a rātou, ka rite i taua rā ki a Rāwiri; ko te whare o Rāwiri ki te Atua, ki te anahera a Ihowā i tō rātou aroaro. 9 I taua rā ka whai ahau kia whakangaromia ngā iwi katoa e haere mai ana ki te whawhai ki Hiruhārama."

He Tangi mō te Mea i Werohia

10 "Ka ringihia anō e ahau te wairua o te aroha noa, o ngā īnoi ki runga ki te whare o Rāwiri, ki ngā tāngata o Hiruhārama, ā, ka titiro rātou ki ahau ki tā rātou i wero ai, ka tangi anō ki a ia, me te mea e tangi ana ki tāna huatahi, ka pōuri anō ki a ia, me te mea e pōuri ana ki tāna mātāmua. 11 I taua rā ka nui te tangi i roto i Hiruhārama, ka rite ki te tangi i Harararimono i te raorao o Mekirono. 12 Ā, ka tangi te whenua, tēnei hapū, tēnei hapū, wehe rawa; ko te hapū o te whare o Rāwiri wehe rawa, ko ā rātou wāhine wehi rawa; ko te hapū o te whare o Nātana wehe rawa, ko ā rātou wāhine wehe rawa; 13 ko te hapū o te whare o Rīwai wehe rawa, ko ā rātou wāhine wehe rawa; ko te hapū o Himei wehe rawa, ko ā rātou wāhine wehe rawa. 14 Ko ngā hapū katoa e toe ana, ko tēnei hapū, ko tēnei hapū, wehe rawa, me ā rātou wāhine wehe rawa."