Zechariah 9

massa devar-Adonai be'erets khadrakh vedammeseq menukhato ki la-Adonai en adam vekhol shivte yisra'el

A pronouncement: The word of GOD. [God] will reside in the land of Hadrach and Damascus; For mortals will turn their eyes to GOD— Like all the tribes of Israel—

vegam-khamat tigbol-bah tsor vetsidon ki khokhmah me'od

Including Hamath, which borders on that land, And Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.

vattiven tsor matsor lah vattitsbor-kesef ke'afar vekharuts ketit khutsot

Tyre has built herself a fortress; She has amassed silver like dust, And gold like the mud in the streets.

hinneh adonay yorishennah vehikkah vayyam khelah vehi ba'esh te'akhel

But my Sovereign will impoverish her; Her forces shall be defeated at sea, And she herself shall be consumed by fire.

tere ashqelon vetira ve'azzah vetakhil me'od ve'eqron ki-hovish mebbatah ve'avad melekh me'azzah ve'ashqelon lo teshev

Ashkelon shall see it and be frightened, Gaza shall tremble violently, And Ekron, at the collapse of her hopes. Kingship shall vanish from Gaza, Ashkelon shall be without inhabitants,

veyashav mamzer be'ashdod vehikhratti ge'on pelishtim

And a mongrel people shall settle in Ashdod. I will uproot the grandeur of Philistia.

vahasiroti damayw mippiv veshiqqutsayw mibben shinnayw venishar gam-hu lelohenu vehayah ke'alluf bihudah ve'eqron kivusi

But I will clean out the blood from its mouth, And the detestable things from between its teeth. Its survivors, too, shall belong to our God: They shall become like a clan in Judah, And Ekron shall be like the Jebusites.

vekhaniti leveti mitsavah me'over umishav velo-ya'avor alehem od noges ki attah ra'iti ve'enay

And I will encamp in My House against armies, Against any that come and go, And no oppressor shall ever overrun them again; For I have now taken note with My own eyes.

gili me'od bat-tsiyyon hari'i bat yerushalai͏m hinneh malkekh yavo lakh tsaddiq venosha hu ani verokhev al-khamor ve'al-ayir ben-atonot

Rejoice greatly, Fair Zion; Raise a shout, Fair Jerusalem! Lo, your king is coming to you. He is victorious, triumphant, Yet humble, riding on a donkey, On a jackass foaled by a jenny.

vehikhratti-rekhev me'efrayim vesus mirushalai͏m venikhretah qeshet milkhamah vedibber shalom laggoyim umoshlo miyyam ad-yam uminnahar ad-afse-arets

He shall banish chariots from Ephraim And horses from Jerusalem; The warrior’s bow shall be banished. He shall call on the nations to surrender, And his rule shall extend from sea to sea And from ocean to land’s end.

gam-at bedam-beritekh shillakhti asirayikh mibbor en mayim bo

You, for your part, have released Your prisoners from the dry pit, For the sake of the blood of your covenant,

shuvu levitsaron asire hattiqvah gam-hayyom maggid mishneh ashiv lakh

[Saying], “Return to Bizzaron, You prisoners of hope.” In return [I] announce this day: I will repay you double.

ki-darakhti li yehudah qeshet milleti efrayim ve'orarti vanayikh tsiyyon al-banayikh yavan vesamtikh kekherev gibbor

For I have drawn Judah taut, And applied [My hand] to Ephraim as to a bow, And I will arouse your sons, O Zion, Against your sons, O Javan, And make you like a warrior’s sword.

va-Adonai alehem yera'eh veyatsa khabbaraq khitso vadonay Adonai bashofar yitqa vehalakh besa'arot teman

And GOD will be made manifest to Judah, With arrows that flash like lightning; My Sovereign GOD shall sound the ram’s horn And advance in a stormy tempest.

Adonai tseva'ot yagen alehem ve'okhlu vekhaveshu avne-qela veshatu hamu kemo-yayin umale'u kammizraq kezaviyyot mizbeakh

GOD of Hosts will protect them With slingstones that devour and conquer; They shall drink, shall rage as with wine, And be filled [with it] like a dashing bowl, Like the corners of an altar.

vehoshi'am Adonai elohehem bayyom hahu ketson ammo ki avne-nezer mitnosesot al-admato

The ETERNAL their God shall make them prosper On that day, [Pasturing] this covenanted people like sheep. [They shall be] like crown jewels glittering on God’s soil.

ki mah-ttuvo umah-yyofyo dagan bakhurim vetirosh yenovev betulot

How lovely, how beautiful they shall be, Producing young men like new grain, Young women like new wine!