زَكَريَّا 12

١ 1 وَحْيُ كَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ. يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ بَاسِطُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَمُؤَسِّسُ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَابِلُ رُوحِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ فِي دَاخِلِهِ:

[This is] a message from Yahweh concerning Israel. Yahweh is the one who stretched out the sky, who created the earth, and who (gave life to humans/caused humans to be alive). This is what he says:

٢ 2 «هَأَنَذَا أَجْعَلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ كَأْسَ تَرَنُّحٍ لِجَمِيعِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ حَوْلَهَا، وَأَيْضًا عَلَى يَهُوذَا تَكُونُ فِي حِصَارِ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

“I will soon cause Jerusalem to be [like] [MET] a cup full [of very strong alcoholic drink], and the people of other nations who drink it will stagger around. And they will come and attack Jerusalem and [the other towns in] Judah.

٣ 3 وَيَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ أَنِّي أَجْعَلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ حَجَرًا مِشْوَالًا لِجَمِيعِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ، وَكُلُّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَشِيلُونَهُ يَنْشَقُّونَ شَقًّا. وَيَجْتَمِعُ عَلَيْهَا كُلُّ أُمَمِ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

At that time, [the armies of] all the nations will gather to attack Jerusalem, but I will cause [the leaders of] Judah to be [like] [SIM] a very heavy rock, and all who [try to] lift it will be badly injured.

٤ 4 فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، أَضْرِبُ كُلَّ فَرَسٍ بِٱلْحَيْرَةِ وَرَاكِبَهُ بِٱلْجُنُونِ. وَأَفْتَحُ عَيْنَيَّ عَلَى بَيْتِ يَهُوذَا، وَأَضْرِبُ كُلَّ خَيْلِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ بِٱلْعَمَى.

At that time I will cause every [one of their enemies’] horses to panic, and their riders to become crazy. I [IDM] will protect the people of Judah, but I will cause all their enemies’ horses to become blind.

٥ 5 فَتَقُولُ أُمَرَاءُ يَهُوذَا فِي قَلْبِهِمْ: إِنَّ سُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ قُوَّةٌ لِي بِرَبِّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهِهِمْ.

Then the leaders of Judah will say to themselves, ‘The people in Jerusalem are strong because the Commander of the armies of angels is their God.’

٦ 6 فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ أَجْعَلُ أُمَرَاءَ يَهُوذَا كَمِصْبَاحِ نَارٍ بَيْنَ ٱلْحَطَبِ، وَكَمِشْعَلِ نَارٍ بَيْنَ ٱلْحُزَمِ. فَيَأْكُلُونَ كُلَّ ٱلشُّعُوبِ حَوْلَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلْيَسَارِ، فَتَثْبُتُ أُورُشَلِيمُ أَيْضًا فِي مَكَانِهَا بِأُورُشَلِيمَ.

At that time I will enable the leaders of Judah to be like [SIM] a pan containing hot coals [that is put] in a woodpile [to set it on fire], or like [SIM] a burning torch [that is put] in a [field of] ripe grain [to set it on fire]. The leaders of Judah [and their army] will destroy the people of the surrounding nations in all directions. But [the people of] Jerusalem will remain safe.

٧ 7 وَيُخَلِّصُ ٱلرَّبُّ خِيَامَ يَهُوذَا أَوَّلًا لِكَيْلَا يَتَعَاظَمَ ٱفْتِخَارُ بَيْتِ دَاوُدَ وَٱفْتِخَارُ سُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ عَلَى يَهُوذَا.

And [I], Yahweh, will protect the tents of [the soldiers in other places in] Judah before [I rescue the people of Jerusalem], in order that the leaders of Jerusalem [DOU] will not be honored more than [the people in other places in] Judah [are honored].

٨ 8 فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ يَسْتُرُ ٱلرَّبُّ سُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَيَكُونُ ٱلْعَاثِرُ مِنْهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ مِثْلَ دَاوُدَ، وَبَيْتُ دَاوُدَ مِثْلَ ٱللهِ، مِثْلَ مَلَاكِ ٱلرَّبِّ أَمَامَهُمْ.

At that time, I will protect [MET] the people of Jerusalem. When that happens, even the weakest people in Jerusalem will be [strong] like [King] David [was]. And the descendants [MTY] of David will [rule the people] like I [would], as though an angel sent from [me], Yahweh, was their leader.

٩ 9 وَيَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ أَنِّي أَلْتَمِسُ هَلَاكَ كُلِّ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلْآتِينَ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

At that time, I will prepare to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem.”

١٠ 10 «وَأُفِيضُ عَلَى بَيْتِ دَاوُدَ وَعَلَى سُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ رُوحَ ٱلنِّعْمَةِ وَٱلتَّضَرُّعَاتِ، فَيَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيَّ، ٱلَّذِي طَعَنُوهُ، وَيَنُوحُونَ عَلَيْهِ كَنَائِحٍ عَلَى وَحِيدٍ لَهُ، وَيَكُونُونَ فِي مَرَارَةٍ عَلَيْهِ كَمَنْ هُوَ فِي مَرَارَةٍ عَلَى بِكْرِهِ.

“I, [Yahweh, ] will cause the descendants [MTY] of [King] David to act very kindly and mercifully. They will look at me, [the one] who has been stabbed, and they will cry bitterly, like people cry for a firstborn son [who has died] [DOU].

١١ 11 فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ يَعْظُمُ ٱلنَّوْحُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ كَنَوْحِ هَدَدْرِمُّونَ فِي بُقْعَةِ مَجِدُّونَ.

At that time, many people in Jerusalem will be crying bitterly, like people cried [when King Josiah was killed in the battle] at Hadad-Rimmon on the Megiddo Plain.

١٢ 12 وَتَنُوحُ ٱلْأَرْضُ عَشَائِرَ عَشَائِرَ عَلَى حِدَتِهَا: عَشِيرَةُ بَيْتِ دَاوُدَ عَلَى حِدَتِهَا، وَنِسَاؤُهُمْ عَلَى حِدَتِهِنَّ. عَشِيرَةُ بَيْتِ نَاثَانَ عَلَى حِدَتِهَا، وَنِسَاؤُهُمْ عَلَى حِدَتِهِنَّ.

Many people in Judah will cry, each family by themselves: the male descendants of David by themselves, and their wives by themselves, the male descendants of [David’s son] Nathan by themselves, and their wives by themselves,

١٣ 13 عَشِيرَةُ بَيْتِ لَاوِي عَلَى حِدَتِهَا، وَنِسَاؤُهُمْ عَلَى حِدَتِهِنَّ. عَشِيرَةُ شَمْعِي عَلَى حِدَتِهَا، وَنِسَاؤُهُمْ عَلَى حِدَتِهِنَّ.

the male descendants [MTY] of Levi by themselves, and their wives by themselves, the male descendants of [Levi’s grandson] Shimei by themselves, and their wives by themselves,

١٤ 14 كُلُّ ٱلْعَشَائِرِ ٱلْبَاقِيَةِ عَشِيرَةٌ عَشِيرَةٌ عَلَى حِدَتِهَا، وَنِسَاؤُهُمْ عَلَى حِدَتِهِنَّ.

and all the other members [of the kings’ clans and the priests’ clans] by themselves, and their wives by themselves.”