Zechariah 8
1 LEUM GOD Kulana El tuh sang kas in sulkakinyuk se inge nu sel Zechariah:
And the word of the Lord Almighty came, saying,
2 “Nga arulana ke kasru acn Jerusalem ke sripen lungse yohk luk nu sin mwet we, sie lungse su pwanang nga kasrkusrak sin mwet lokoalok lal.
Thus says the Lord Almighty; I have been jealous for Jerusalem and for Sion with great jealousy, and I have been jealous for her with great fury.
3 Nga ac foloko nu Jerusalem, siti mutal sik, ac muta we. Ac fah eteyuk acn we mu sie siti su inse pwayena nu sik, ac eol sin LEUM GOD Kulana ac fah pangpang eol mutal.
Thus says the Lord; I will return to Sion, and dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a true city, and the mountain of the Lord Almighty a holy mountain.
4 Mukul matu ac mutan matu, su arulana matu pwanang elos orekmakin sikal, elos ac fah sifil tukeni muta ke acn in tukeni in siti uh.
Thus says the Lord Almighty; There shall yet dwell old men and old women in the streets of Jerusalem, every one holding his staff in his hand for age.
5 Ac inkanek uh fah sifilpa sessesla ke tulik mukul ac tulik mutan ma srisrital.
And the broad places of the city shall be filled with boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
6 “Ma se inge ac nunkeyuk mu upa sin mwet lula in mutunfacl se inge, tusruktu ac tia upa sik.
Thus says the Lord Almighty; If it shall be impossible in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, shall it also be impossible in my sight? says the Lord Almighty.
7 Nga fah molela mwet luk liki facl ma elos utukla sruoh we,
Thus says the Lord Almighty; Behold, I [will] save my people from the east country, and the west country;
8 ac folokunulosme liki acn kutulap ac roto elos in tuh muta in Jerusalem. Elos fah mwet luk, ac nga fah God lalos, ac nga fah leum faclos ke suwohs ac pwaye.
and I will bring them in, and cause [them] to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be to me a people, and I will be to them a God, in truth and in righteousness.
9 “Kowos in pulaik na, tuh inge kowos sifil pacna lohng kas su mwet palu elos tuh kaskaskin ke pacl se ma tuh oakwuk pwelung nu ke sifil musaiyuk Tempul luk.
Thus says the Lord Almighty; Let your hands be strong, [you that] hear in these days these words out of the mouth of the prophets, from the day that the house of the Lord Almighty was founded, and from the time that the temple was built.
10 Meet liki pacl sac, wangin sunun mani in sang moli mwet orekma ku kosro in orekma, ac wangin mwet moul in misla ke sripen mwet sulallal. Nga tuh furokla mwet uh in alein nu sin sie sin sie.
For before those days the wages of men could not be profitable, and there could be no hire of cattle, and there could be no peace by reason of the affliction to him that went out or to him that came in: for I would have let loose all men, every one against his neighbour.
11 Tusruktu ingela nga ac oru in sie na liki meet ah nu sin mwet in mutunfacl se inge su painmoulla.
But now I [will] not do to the remnant of this people according to the former days, says the Lord Almighty.
12 Elos ac fah yukwiya sacn sunalos in misla. Ima grape lalos ac fah isus fahko, fohkon acn uh ac fah sranom, na ac fah yohk af. Nga fah sang mwe insewowo inge nukewa nu sin mwet in mutunfacl sik su ac painmoulla.
But I will show peace: the vine shall yield her fruit, and the land shall yield her produce, and the heaven shall give its dew: and I will give as an inheritance all these things to the remnant of my people.
13 Mwet Judah ac mwet Israel! In pacl meet ah mwet in mutunfacl saya uh ac selngai sie sin sie ac fahk, ‘Lela kain ongoiya ma tuh putati nu fin mwet Judah ac mwet Israel in putati nu fowos!’ Tusruktu nga fah molikowosla, na mwet in mutunfacl saya uh ac fah fahk nu sin sie sin sie, ‘Lela kowos in insewowo oana mwet Judah ac mwet Israel!” Ouinge kowos in pulaik ac tiana sangeng.”
And it shall come to pass, as you were a curse amongst the nations, O house of Juda, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing: be of good courage, and strengthen your hands.
14 LEUM GOD Kulana El fahk, “Ke mwet matu lowos meet ah tuh oru nga kasrkusrakak ah, nga lumahla mwe ongoiya nu selos, ac tiana ekulla nunak luk, a nga orala na ma nga akoo nu selos uh.
For thus says the Lord Almighty; As I took counsel to afflict you when your fathers provoked me, says the Lord Almighty, and I repented not:
15 Tusruktu inge, nga lumahla tari nga in akinsewowoye mwet Jerusalem ac mwet Judah. Ke ma inge, nimet kowos sangeng.
so have I prepared and taken counsel in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Juda: be you of good courage.
16 Pa inge ma kowos enenu in oru: Kaskas in pwaye nu sin sie sin sie. In pacl in nununku, kowos oru nununku lowos an in suwohs ac pwaye, tuh in oasr misla.
These [are] the things which you shall do; speak truth every one with his neighbour; judge truth and peaceful judgement in your gates:
17 Nimet oru kutena kain oakwuk ma ac kunausla sie sin sie. Ac nimet orek loh kikiap ye fulahk. Nga srunga kikiap, sesuwos, ac kutena ma ac kunausla moul lun mwet.”
and let none of you devise evil in his heart against his neighbour; and love not a false oath: for all these things I hate, says the Lord Almighty.
18 LEUM GOD Kulana El sang kas in sulkakinyuk inge nu sel Zechariah:
And the word of the Lord Almighty came to me, saying,
19 “Lalo ma orek ke malem akakosr, aklimekosr, akitkosr, ac aksingoul uh, ingela ac fah pangpang kufwa in engan ac insewowo nu sin mwet Judah. Kowos fah lungse ma pwaye ac ma misla.”
Thus says the Lord Almighty, The fourth fast, and the fifth fast, and the seventh fast, and the tenth fast, shall be to the house of Juda for joy and gladness, and for good feasts; and you shall rejoice; and love you the truth and peace.
20 LEUM GOD Kulana El fahk, “Pacl se ac fah tuku ke mwet in siti puspis ac fah tuku nu Jerusalem.
Thus says the Lord Almighty; Yet shall many peoples come, and the inhabitants of many cities;
21 Elos su tuku liki sie siti ac fah fahk nu selos su tuku liki sie pacna siti, ‘Kut ac som alu nu sin LEUM GOD Kulana, ac pre Elan akinsewowoye kut. Fahsru wi kut!”
and the inhabitants of five cities shall come together to one city, saying, Let us go to make supplication to the Lord, and to seek the face of the Lord Almighty; I will go also.
22 Mwet puspis, oayapa mutunfacl ku puspis, ac fah tuku nu Jerusalem in alu nu sin LEUM GOD Kulana, ac pre ac siyuk ke mwe akinsewowo lal.
And many peoples and many nations shall come to seek earnestly the face of the Lord Almighty in Jerusalem, and to obtain favour of the Lord.
23 In len ingo, mwet saya singoul ac fah tuku nu yurin sie mwet Jew ac fahk, ‘Kut ke wi kom, mweyen kut lohng lah God El wi kowos, mwet Jew.’”
Thus says the Lord Almighty; In those days [my word shall be fulfilled] if ten men of all the languages of the nations should take hold—even take hold of the hem of a Jew, saying, We will go with you; for we have heard that God is with you.
