Zacarias 9

1 A revelation.

Yahweh’s word is against the land of Hadrach,

and will rest upon Damascus—

for the eye of man

and of all the tribes of Israel is toward Yahweh—

2 and Hamath, also, which borders on it,

Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.

3 Tyre built herself a stronghold,

and heaped up silver like the dust,

and fine gold like the mire of the streets.

4 Behold, the Lord will dispossess her,

and he will strike her power in the sea;

and she will be devoured with fire.

5 Ashkelon will see it, and fear;

Gaza also, and will writhe in agony;

as will Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed;

and the king will perish from Gaza,

and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

6 Foreigners will dwell in Ashdod,

and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

7 I will take away his blood out of his mouth,

and his abominations from between his teeth;

and he also will be a remnant for our God;

and he will be as a chieftain in Judah,

and Ekron as a Jebusite.

8 I will encamp around my house against the army,

that no one pass through or return;

and no oppressor will pass through them any more:

for now I have seen with my eyes.

9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion!

Shout, daughter of Jerusalem!

Behold, your King comes to you!

He is righteous, and having salvation;

lowly, and riding on a donkey,

even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim

and the horse from Jerusalem.

The battle bow will be cut off;

and he will speak peace to the nations.

His dominion will be from sea to sea,

and from the River to the ends of the earth.

11 As for you also,

because of the blood of your covenant,

I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.

12 Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope!

Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.

13 For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me.

I have loaded the bow with Ephraim.

I will stir up your sons, Zion,

against your sons, Greece,

and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.

14 Yahweh will be seen over them.

His arrow will flash like lightning.

The Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet,

and will go with whirlwinds of the south.

15 Yahweh of Armies will defend them.

They will destroy and overcome with sling stones.

They will drink, and roar as through wine.

They will be filled like bowls,

like the corners of the altar.

16 Yahweh their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people;

for they are like the jewels of a crown,

lifted on high over his land.

17 For how great is his goodness,

and how great is his beauty!

Grain will make the young men flourish,

and new wine the virgins.

He Whakawātanga ki ngā Hoariri o Īharaira

1 Ko te poropititanga o te kupu a Ihowā i te whenua o Hararaka;

nā, ko tōna taunga atu kei Ramahiku.

E whai kanohi ana hoki te tangata

me ngā hapū katoa o Īharaira ki a Ihowā.

2 Kei Hāmata anō e tata rā ki reira;

kei Tāira, kei Hairona nō te mea he pā whakaaro nui rawa ia.

3 I hangā anō e Tāira he pā kaha mōna,

i opehia e ia te hiriwa, ānō he puehu,

te kōura parakore, ānō ko te paru o ngā waharoa.

4 Nanā, mā te Ariki ia e pei,

ka patua hoki e ia tōna kaha i te moana;

ka pau ia i te ahi.

5 Ka kite a Ahakerono, ā, ka wehi,

a Kaha, nui atu te mamae, me Ekerono anō;

nō te mea he whakamā tō tāna i tūmanako ai;

ka kore hoki tō Kaha kīngi;

e kore anō a Ahakerono e nohoia.

6 Ā, ka nohoia a Aharoro e te pōriro,

ka hātepea atu anō e ahau te whakapehapeha o ngā Pirihitini.

7 Ka kore anō i ahau ōna toto i roto i tōna māngai,

me āna mea whakarihariha i waenganui i ōna niho;

nā, hei mōrehu ia mō tō tātou Atua,

ka rite anō ki te kāwana i roto i a Hūrā,

ka rite anō a Ekerono ki te Iepuhi.

8 Ka nohoia anō e ahau ngā taha o tōku whare,

hei ārai mō te taua, mō te tangata anō e tika ana nā reira,

mō te tangata e hoki ana.

E kore anō te kaitūkino e tika nā waenga i a rātou ā muri ake nei;

kua kite nei hoki ōku kanohi ināianei.

Te Kīngi e Haere mai mō Hiona

9 Kia nui te whakamanamana, e te tamāhine a Hiona,

hāmama, e te tamāhine a Hiruhārama!

Nanā, ko tōu Kīngi e haere nā ki a koe;

he tika ia, he whakaora,

he ngākau māhaki, e noho ana i runga i te kāihe,

i te kūao anō, i te tama a te kāihe.

10 Ā, ka hātepea atu e ahau te hāriata o Ēparaima,

me te hōiho o Hiruhārama;

ka hātepea atu anō te kōpere o te whawhai;

mō te rongo mau hoki āna kupu ki ngā tauiwi;

ka kīngi anō ia i tētahi moana ā tae noa ki tētahi moana,

i te awa ā tae noa ki ngā pito o te whenua.

11 Me koe anō, nā te toto o tāu kawenata

i ungā atu ai e ahau ōu herehere

i roto i te poka kāhore nei ōna wai.

12 Tahuri ki te pā kaha, e ngā herehere, e te hunga e tūmanako ana;

i tēnei rā nei me whakaatu e ahau e rua āku whakautu ki a koe.

13 Kua piko hoki i ahau a Hūrā māku,

kua whakakīia te kōpere ki a Ēparaima;

ā, ka oho i ahau āu tama, e Hiona,

ki te whawhai ki āu tama, e Kariki,

ka meinga hoki koe e ahau kia rite ki te hoari a te mārohirohi.

14 Ā, ka kitea a Ihowā i runga i a rātou,

ka puta atu anō tāna pere ānō he uira.

Ka tangi hoki te tētere a te Ariki, a Ihowā,

ā, ka haere ia i runga i ngā tūkauati o te tonga.

15 Mā Ihowā o ngā mano rātou e tiaki;

ā, ka kai rātou, ā, ka takahi i ngā kōhatu o te kōtaha;

ka inu anō rātou, ka hāmama me te mea nā te wāina;

ka kī rātou ānō he peihana,

ānō ko ngā koki o te āta.

16 Nā, ka whakaora a Ihowā, tō rātou Atua,

i a rātou i taua rā, me he kāhui nō tāna iwi;

ka rite hoki rātou ki ngā kōhatu o te karauna,

maiangi rawa i runga i tōna whenua.

17 Nā, koia anō tōna pai, koia anō tōna ātaahua!

Ka tupu ngā tama i te wīti,

ngā kōtiro i te wāina hou.