Zacarias 8

1 The word of Yahweh of Armies came to me. 2 Yahweh of Armies says: "I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath."

3 Yahweh says: "I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the middle of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called ‘The City of Truth;’ and the mountain of Yahweh of Armies, ‘The Holy Mountain.’"

4 Yahweh of Armies says: "Old men and old women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand because of their old age. 5 The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets."

6 Yahweh of Armies says: "If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes?" says Yahweh of Armies.

7 Yahweh of Armies says: "Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country. 8 I will bring them, and they will dwell within Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness."

9 Yahweh of Armies says: "Let your hands be strong, you who hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets who were in the day that the foundation of the house of Yahweh of Armies was laid, even the temple, that it might be built. 10 For before those days there was no wages for man nor any wages for an animal, neither was there any peace to him who went out or came in, because of the adversary. For I set all men everyone against his neighbor. 11 But now I will not be to the remnant of this people as in the former days," says Yahweh of Armies. 12 "For the seed of peace and the vine will yield its fruit, and the ground will give its increase, and the heavens will give their dew. I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things. 13 It shall come to pass that, as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you shall be a blessing. Don’t be afraid. Let your hands be strong."

14 For Yahweh of Armies says: "As I thought to do evil to you when your fathers provoked me to wrath," says Yahweh of Armies, "and I didn’t repent, 15 so again I have thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Don’t be afraid. 16 These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates, 17 and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath; for all these are things that I hate," says Yahweh.

18 The word of Yahweh of Armies came to me. 19 Yahweh of Armies says: "The fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months shall be for the house of Judah joy, gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace."

20 Yahweh of Armies says: "Many peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come. 21 The inhabitants of one will go to another, saying, ‘Let’s go speedily to entreat the favor of Yahweh, and to seek Yahweh of Armies. I will go also.’ 22 Yes, many peoples and strong nations will come to seek Yahweh of Armies in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of Yahweh." 23 Yahweh of Armies says: "In those days, ten men out of all the languages of the nations will take hold of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, ‘We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’"

Tā Ihowā Kī Taurangi kia Whakahoungia a Hiruhārama

1 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā o ngā mano ki ahau, i mea: 2 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano: "Nui atu te hae i hae ai ahau ki Hiona, he nui hoki te riri i hae ai ahau ki a ia."

3 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: "Kua hoki nei ahau ki Hiona, kua noho ki Hiruhārama. Ā, tērā e kīia a Hiruhārama, Ko te Pā o te Pono; ko te maunga o Ihowā o ngā mano, Ko te Maunga Tapu."

4 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano: "Tēnei ake ka noho he koroheke, he rūruhi ki ngā waharoa o Hiruhārama, rite rawa te ringa o tēnei, o tēnei, i te tokotoko, he maha hoki nō ngā tau. 5 Ko ngā waharoa anō o te pā kapi tonu i ngā tamariki tāne, i ngā kōtiro e tākaro ana i ōna waharoa."

6 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano: "Ki te pakeke ki te titiro a ngā mōrehu o tēnei iwi i aua rā, e pakeke anō rānei ki tāku titiro? E ai tā Ihowā o ngā mano. 7 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano: Tēnei ahau te whakaora nei i tāku iwi i te whenua ki te rāwhiti, i te whenua anō hoki ki te hauāuru. 8 Ka kawea mai anō rātou e ahau, ka noho rātou ki waenganui o Hiruhārama. Ā, hei iwi rātou māku, ko ahau hoki hei Atua mō rātou i runga i te pono, i te tika."

9 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano: "Kia kaha ō koutou ringa, e te hunga e rongo ana i ēnei rā ki ēnei kupu o roto i te māngai o ngā poropiti i te rā i whakatakotoria ai te tūranga mō te whare o Ihowā o ngā mano, arā mō te temepara kia hangā ai. 10 I mua hoki i ēnei rā kāhore he utu mō te mahi a te tangata, kāhore he utu mō tā te kararehe; kāhore hoki he āta noho mō te tangata i haere atu, mō te tangata anō i haere mai, i te hoariri hoki. Nāku hoki i mea ngā tāngata katoa kia whawhai ki tōna hoa, ki tōna hoa. 11 Nā, e kore tāku ināianei ki ngā mōrehu o tēnei iwi e rite ki tō ngā rā ō mua," e ai tā Ihowā o ngā mano.

12 "Nō te mea ka ai te purapura o te rongo mau, ka tukua mai ōna hua e te wāina, ka tukua mai anō ōna mau e te whenua, ka hōmai hoki tō rātou tōmairangi e ngā rangi; māku anō e mea ngā mōrehu o tēnei iwi kia whiwhi ki ēnei mea katoa. 13 Nā, i mua hei kanga koutou i roto i ngā iwi, e te whare o Hūrā, e te whare o Īharaira, ka pēnā te nui o tāku whakaora i a koutou, ā, hei manaakitanga koutou. Kaua e wehi, kia kaha ō koutou ringa."

14 Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano: "Ka rite ki tāku meatanga i te hē mō koutou i te whakapātaritaringa a ō koutou mātua ki ahau," e ai tā Ihowā o ngā mano, "ā, kīhai tōku whakaaro i puta kē; 15 ka pērā anō te hoki ake o tōku whakaaro i ēnei rā ki te pai kia meatia ki Hiruhārama, ki te whare anō o Hūrā; kaua e wehi. 16 Ko a koutou ēnei e mea ai: Kōrerotia te pono ki tōna hoa, ki tōna hoa; kia pono, kia whai i te rangimārie tā koutou whakarite whakawā i ō koutou kūwaha; 17 kaua hoki e whakaaroa he kino i roto i ō koutou ngākau ki tōna hoa, ki tōna hoa; kaua anō e arohaina te oati teka; nō te mea e kinongia ana ēnei mea katoa e ahau," e ai tā Ihowā.

Te Nohopuku Harakoa

18 I puta anō te kupu a Ihowā o ngā mano ki ahau, i mea: 19 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano: "Ko te nohopuku o te whā o ngā marama, ko te nohopuku o te rima, ko te nohopuku o te whitu, ko te nohopuku o te ngahuru, hei oranga ngākau ēnā ki te whare o Hūrā, hei mea whakahari, hei hākari harakoa; nā, arohaina te pono me te āta noho."

He Maha ngā Iwi ka Whakamanea ki Hiruhārama

20 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano: "Tēnei ake ka tae mai he iwi, he tāngata i ngā pā maha; 21 ā, ka haere ngā tāngata o tētahi pā ki tētahi pā, ka mea, ‘Hāpainga, tātou ka haere ki te īnoi ki te aroaro o Ihowā, ki te rapu i a Ihowā o ngā mano; ka haere anō hoki ahau.’ 22 Āe rā, he tini ngā iwi, he kaha ngā tauiwi e haere mai ki te rapu i a Ihowā o ngā mano i Hiruhārama, ki te īnoi ki te aroaro o Ihowā."

23 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano: "I aua rā ka hopu ngā tāngata kotahi tekau, he hunga nō ngā reo katoa o ngā iwi, ka hopu i te remu o tō tētahi Hūrai, ka mea, ‘Kia haere tahi tātou; kua rongo hoki mātou kei a koutou te Atua.’ "