Zakari 8
1 Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a te bay Zakari mesaj sa a:
The word of the LORD of hosts came to me.
2 -Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di: Mwen sitèlman renmen moun mòn Siyon yo, mwen fè jalouzi anpil pou yo. Mwen fè kòlè sou lènmi yo.
Thus says the LORD of hosts: "I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath."
3 Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di ankò: M'ap tounen sou mòn Siyon an. Mwen pral rete nan mitan lavil Jerizalèm. Y'a rele Jerizalèm Lavil kote moun kenbe pye Bondye yo fèm. Y'a rele mòn Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a Mòn ki apa pou Seyè a.
Thus says the LORD: "I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called 'The City of Truth;' and the mountain of the LORD of hosts, 'The Holy Mountain.'"
4 Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di ankò: N'a wè vye granmoun, fanm kou gason, vin chita sou plas piblik nan lavil Jerizalèm. Yo chak va gen yon baton nan men yo pou yo ka mache tèlman y'ap vye granmoun.
Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Old men and old women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
5 Lari yo va plen ti gason ak ti fi k'ap jwe konsa toupatou.
The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets."
6 Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di ankò: Pou ti ponyen moun ki rete koulye a nan peyi a, sa se yon bagay yo di ki pa ka rive. Men, pa pou mwen. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
Thus says the LORD of hosts: "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.
7 Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di ankò. Se mwen menm k'ap delivre pèp mwen an, k'ap fè yo soti nan peyi ki sou bò solèy leve a ak nan peyi ki sou bò solèy kouche a.
Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Look, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
8 M'ap mennen yo tounen pou yo ka rete lavil Jerizalèm ankò. Y'a pou mwen yon pèp ki rele m' pa m'. Mwen menm m'a Bondye yo. M'a kenbe kontra mwen te pase ak yo a. Yo menm, y'a fè sa m'a mande yo fè.
and I will bring them, and they will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness."
9 Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a pale, li di konsa: -Pran kouraj, nou menm k'ap tande koulye a nan bouch pwofèt yo menm mesaj Bondye te bay lè yo t'ap mete men nan fondasyon tanp Seyè a pou rebati kay ki apa pou li a.
Thus says the LORD of hosts: "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.
10 Paske, anvan jou sa yo, pa t' gen travay ni pou moun ni pou bèt. Pesonn pa t' ka ale vini ak kè poze nan peyi a poutèt lènmi yo. Mwen te fè moun leve yonn kont lòt.
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 Men koulye a, mwen pral aji yon lòt jan ak ti rès moun ki vivan toujou nan peyi a. Se Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a ki di sa.
But now I will not be to the remnant of this people as in the former days," says the LORD of hosts.
12 Y'a plante jaden yo ak kè poze. Pye rezen yo va donnen, tè a va bay rekòt. Lapli va tonbe sot nan syèl la. M'a bay ti rès moun ki vivan toujou nan pèp la tout benediksyon sa yo.
"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; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.
13 Nou menm moun Jida ak moun Izrayèl, menm jan yon lè mwen te fè nou tounen yon madichon nan mitan lòt nasyon yo, konsa tou m'a delivre nou, m'a fè nou tounen benediksyon nan mitan lòt nasyon yo. Nou pa bezwen pè. Pran kouraj!
It shall come to pass that, as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing. Do not be afraid. Let your hands be strong."
14 Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di ankò: -Lè zansèt nou yo te fè m' fache sou yo, mwen te pran desizyon pou m' te pini yo. Mwen pa t' chanje lide.
For thus says the LORD of hosts: "As I thought to do evil to you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath," says the LORD of hosts, "and I did not repent;
15 Konsa tou, koulye a mwen pran desizyon pou m' beni moun lavil Jerizalèm ak moun fanmi Jida yo. Nou pa bezwen pè anyen.
so again have I thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not be afraid.
16 Men sa pou nou fè: Lè n'ap pale yonn ak lòt, pa bay manti. Nan tribinal, se pou nou rann jistis san patipri pou tout moun ka viv byen yonn ak lòt.
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 Pa fè plan pou nou aji mal yonn ak lòt. Pa fè sèman, lèfini pou n'ap bay manti pou akize moun. Paske, tou sa se bagay mwen pa vle wè. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa!
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.
18 Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a pale ak Zakari ankò, li di l' konsa:
The word of the LORD of hosts came to me.
19 -Jèn yo konn fè chak katriyèm mwa, chak senkyèm mwa, chak setyèm mwa ak chak dizyèm mwa a pral yon plezi, yon kè kontan pou moun Jida yo, yon okazyon pou yo fè fèt. Se pou nou renmen viv byen yonn ak lòt san bay manti.
Thus says the LORD of hosts: "The fasts of the fourth fifth, seventh, and tenth months shall be for the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace."
20 Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di ankò: -Yon lè gen pou rive moun va soti nan gwo lavil lòt peyi yo pou yo vini lavil Jerizalèm.
Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Many peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come;
21 Moun va soti nan yon lavil, y'a ale nan yon lòt, y'a di moun ki la yo: Ann al adore Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a! Ann al lapriyè nan pye Seyè a pou mande l' benediksyon. Ann ale non!
and the inhabitants of one shall 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.'
22 Anpil moun ap soti nan gran peyi, y'ap vini lavil Jerizalèm pou yo adore Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a. Y'ap vin lapriyè nan pye l' pou mande l' benediksyon.
Yes, many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of the LORD."
23 Wi, men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di ankò: Lè sa a, dis moun ap soti nan lòt peyi kote yo pale lòt lang, y'a kenbe yon jwif nan rad, y'a di l': Nou vle ale avè ou, paske nou tande se avèk jwif yo Bondye ye.
Thus says the LORD of hosts: "In those days, ten men will take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they 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.'"
