Zechariah 8

1 The word of the LORD of Hosts came to me.

Caempuei BOEIPA ol pai tih,

2 The LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.”

“Caempuei BOEIPA he ni a thui. Zion hamla ka thatlai. Thatlainah loh len tih kosi khaw dung. Anih hamla ka thatlai,” a ti.

3 The LORD 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 the LORD of Hosts, ‘The Holy Mountain.’”

BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Zion la ka mael vetih Jerusalem khui ah kho ka sak ni. Te vaengah Jerusalem te oltak khopuei, caempuei BOEIPA kah tlang, hmuencim tlang la a khue ni.

4 The LORD of Hosts 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.

Caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Jerusalem toltung ah patong neh hamca koep kho a sak ni. Hlang he khohnin cup vetih a kut dongah a conghol a pom ni.

5 The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.”

Khopuei toltung ah camoe bae vetih a toltung ah hutaca rhoek luem uh ni.

6 The LORD of Hosts 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 the LORD of Hosts.

Caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Te khohnin ah tah pilnam meet he a mik ah khobaerhambae om sitoe cakhaw kai mik dongah khobaerhambae om aya? Caempuei BOEIPA kah olphong ni.

7 The LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country.

Caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Ka pilnam te khocuk khohmuen lamkah khaw, khotlak khohmuen lamkah khaw ka khang coeng ne.

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.”

Amih te ka khuen vetih Jerusalem khui ah kho a sak uh ni. Kamah taengah pilnam la om uh vetih kai khaw amih taengah uepomnah neh, duengnah neh Pathen la ka om ni.

9 The LORD of Hosts 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 the LORD of Hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.

Caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Tonghma rhoek ka dong lamkah he ol he, tahae khohnin kah aka ya rhoek tah na kut moem uh laeh. Te tah bawkim sak hamla, caempuei BOEIPA im a toong khohnin vaengkah coeng ni.

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.

Te khohnin hmai ah tah hlang kah thapang om pawt tih rhamsa kah thapang a tal pah. Aka voei ham neh aka cet ham khaw ngaimongnah tal coeng. Hlang boeih te ka tueih coeng dongah hlang he a hui taengah rhal la om coeng.

11 But now I will not be to the remnant of this people as in the former days,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Tedae tahae ah kai he pilnam a meet taengah hnukbuet tue bangla ka om moenih. He tah caempuei BOEIPA kah olphong ni.

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.

Rhoepnah misur tii te a thaih cuen vetih khohmuen loh a cangpai a paek ni. Vaan loh a buemtui a paek ni. He boeih he pilnam kah a meet taengah ka pang sak.

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.”

Namtom lakli ah rhunkhuennah la na om uh vanbangla, Judah imkhui neh Israel imkhui nang te kan khang van vetih yoethennah la na om ni. Rhih uh boeh, na kut mah caang sakuh.

14 For the LORD of Hosts says: “As I thought to do evil to you when your fathers provoked me to wrath,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I didn’t repent,

Caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Na pa rhoek loh kai taengah a thintoek uh dongah ni nangmih soah thaehuet hamla ka mangtaeng van. Caempuei BOEIPA loh, 'Ka yut mahpawh,’ a ti.

15 so again I have thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Don’t be afraid.

He khohnin ah tah ka mael tih Jerusalem te then sak ham neh Judah imkhui te na rhih pawt ham ka mangtaeng coeng.

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,

He ol he vai uh. Hlang loh a hui taengah oltak mah thui saeh. Na vongka ah lai a tloek te rhoepnah dongah oltak neh tiktamnah la om saeh.

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 the LORD.

Hlang loh a hui te a thinko nen pataeng boethae la taeng boel saeh. A honghi kah olhlo khaw lungnah uh boeh. He boeih he ka thiinah. He tah BOEIPA kah olphong ni.

18 The word of the LORD of Hosts came to me.

Caempuei BOEIPA kah ol he kai taengla ha pai tih,

19 The LORD of Hosts 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.”

“Caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. A pali yaehnah neh a panga yaehnah khaw, a parhih yaehnah neh a parha kah yaehnah khaw, Judah imkhui ham tah omngaihnah ham neh kohoenah la, khoning then la poeh ni. Te dongah oltak neh rhoepnah mah lungnah uh.

20 The LORD of Hosts says: “Many peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come.

Caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Pilnam neh khopuei kah khosa rhoek muep kun uh pueng ni.

21 The inhabitants of one will go to another, saying, ‘Let’s go speedily to entreat the favor of the LORD, and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I will go also.’

Te vaengah khosa rhoek te pakhat loh pakhat taengla cet uh vetih, “Ceh, BOEIPA mikhmuh ah kothae tueng ham neh caempuei BOEIPA te tlap hamla cet uh sih, kai khaw ka cet coeng,” a ti nah ni.

22 Yes, many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of the LORD.”

Pilnam miping neh namtom pilnu loh Jerusalem ah caempuei BOEIPA tlap ham neh BOEIPA mikhmuh ah kothae tueng hamla halo uh ni.

23 The LORD of Hosts 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.’”

Caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Te khohnin ah tah namtom olka cungkuem lamloh hlang parha te sisuk uh ni. Judah hlang kah hnihmoi ah sisuk uh vetih, “Nangmih taengkah Pathen ka yaak uh dongah nangmih neh cet sih,” a ti ni,” a ti nah.