Zechariah 8
1 Now this message of the Lord of hosts came to me:
万军之耶和华的话临到我说：
2 The Lord of hosts says: I passionately care for Zion, and I am fiercely protective of her.
“万军之耶和华如此说：我为锡安心里极其火热，我为她火热，向她的仇敌发烈怒。
3 The Lord says, I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem and Jerusalem will be called, ‘The City of Truth’ and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, ‘The Holy Mountain.’
耶和华如此说：我现在回到锡安，要住在耶路撒冷中。耶路撒冷必称为诚实的城，万军之耶和华的山必称为圣山。
4 The Lord of hosts says: Old men and old women will sit again in the squares of Jerusalem, each leaning on a staff because of old age.
万军之耶和华如此说：将来必有年老的男女坐在耶路撒冷街上，因为年纪老迈就手拿拐杖。
5 And the streets of the city will be full of boys, and of girls playing in its squares.
城中街上必满有男孩女孩玩耍。
6 The Lord of hosts says: Just because it seems impossible to the remnant of this people in these days, is it also impossible for me? says the Lord of hosts.
万军之耶和华如此说：到那日，这事在余剩的民眼中看为希奇，在我眼中也看为希奇吗？这是万军之耶和华说的。
7 The Lord of hosts says: I will rescue my people from the land of the east and the land of the west.
万军之耶和华如此说：我要从东方从西方救回我的民。
8 I will bring them and they will live in Jerusalem, and they will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and righteousness.
我要领他们来，使他们住在耶路撒冷中。他们要作我的子民，我要作他们的 神，都凭诚实和公义。”
9 The Lord of hosts says: Let your hands be strong, you who hear in these days the words of the prophets spoken when the foundations for the house of the Lord of hosts were laid.
万军之耶和华如此说：“当建造万军之耶和华的殿，立根基之日的先知所说的话，现在你们听见，应当手里强壮。
10 For before those days there were no wages for people or animals. No one could go out or return safe from enemies, because I set each against their neighbor.
那日以先，人得不着雇价，牲畜也是如此；且因敌人的缘故，出入之人不得平安，乃因我使众人互相攻击。
11 But now I will treat the remnant of the people differently from former days, says the Lord of hosts.
但如今，我待这余剩的民必不像从前。这是万军之耶和华说的。
12 Peace will be sown. The vine will bear its fruit and the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. I will give the remnant of this people all these things.
因为他们必平安撒种，葡萄树必结果子，地土必有出产，天也必降甘露。我要使这余剩的民享受这一切的福。
13 Just as you were accursed among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid, but let your hands be strong.
犹大家和以色列家啊，你们从前在列国中怎样成为可咒诅的；照样，我要拯救你们，使人称你们为有福的。你们不要惧怕，手要强壮。”
14 For the Lord of hosts says: As I planned to do evil to you when your ancestors provoked me to anger, says the Lord of hosts, and I did not relent,
万军之耶和华如此说：“你们列祖惹我发怒的时候，我怎样定意降祸，并不后悔。
15 so again have I planned in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not be afraid.
现在我照样定意施恩与耶路撒冷和犹大家，你们不要惧怕。
16 These are the things that you should do: Speak the truth to each other. Render peaceful decisions in your gates.
你们所当行的是这样：各人与邻舍说话诚实，在城门口按至理判断，使人和睦。
17 Let none of you devise evil in your heart against one another. Do not love perjury. All these are things I hate, says the Lord.
谁都不可心里谋害邻舍，也不可喜爱起假誓，因为这些事都为我所恨恶。这是耶和华说的。”
18 And this message of the Lord of hosts came to me:
万军之耶和华的话临到我说：
19 The Lord of hosts says: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, will be festivals of joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore love truth and peace.
“万军之耶和华如此说：四月、五月禁食的日子，七月、十月禁食的日子，必变为犹大家欢喜快乐的日子和欢乐的节期；所以你们要喜爱诚实与和平。”
20 The Lord of hosts says: Peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will come,
万军之耶和华如此说：“将来必有列国的人和多城的居民来到。
21 and the inhabitants of one city will go to another, saying, “Let us go speedily to entreat the favor of the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts; I will go also.”
这城的居民必到那城，说：‘我们要快去恳求耶和华的恩，寻求万军之耶和华；我也要去。’
22 Many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of the Lord.
必有列邦的人和强国的民来到耶路撒冷寻求万军之耶和华，恳求耶和华的恩。
23 The Lord of hosts says: In those days ten people from all languages and nations will take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, “We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”
万军之耶和华如此说：在那些日子，必有十个人从列国诸族中出来，拉住一个犹大人的衣襟，说：‘我们要与你们同去，因为我们听见 神与你们同在了。’”
