Zacarias 12
Magandang Balita Biblia
Ang Pagliligtas na Gagawin sa Jerusalem
12 Ito ang mensahe ni Yahweh para sa Israel, ang Diyos na gumawa ng langit at lupa, at nagbigay-buhay sa tao: 2 “Ang Jerusalem ay gagawin kong parang isang mangkok na puno ng alak upang ang sinumang maghangad lumusob dito ay maging parang lasing na susuray-suray. Ang pagkubkob sa Jerusalem ay pagkubkob na rin sa buong Juda. 3 Sa araw na iyon, ang mga bansa ay magkakaisa laban sa Jerusalem ngunit gagawin ko itong tulad sa isang malaking bato na mahirap galawin. Sinumang gumalaw nito ay naghahanap ng sakit ng katawan. 4 Tatakutin ko ang kanilang mga kabayo at magugulo ang mga kawal na sakay nito. Babantayan ko ang Juda at bubulagin ang mga kabayo ng kaaway. 5 Dahil dito, sasabihin ng mga taga-Juda na ang lakas ng Jerusalem ay buhat kay Yahweh na Makapangyarihan sa lahat, ang kanilang Diyos.
6 “Sa araw na iyon, ang Juda ay gagawin kong parang apoy na tutupok sa kakahuyan at sulo na susunog sa ginapas na palay. Lilipulin niya ang mga karatig-bansa at ang Jerusalem naman ay muling titirhan ng mga tao.
7 “Ang unang pagtatagumpayin ko ay ang mga sambahayan ng Juda upang ang karangalan ng angkan ni David at ng mga taga-Jerusalem ay hindi humigit sa ibang bayan ng Juda. 8 Sa araw na iyon, palalakasin ko ang mga taga-Jerusalem upang pati ang mga mahihina ay magiging sinlakas ni David. Ang sambahayan ni David ay magiging makapangyarihang tulad ng Diyos, tulad ng anghel ni Yahweh na nanguna sa kanila. 9 At sa araw na iyon, mawawasak ang alinmang bansang mangangahas sumakop sa Jerusalem.
10 “Ang(A) (B) lahi ni David at ang mga taga-Jerusalem ay gagawin kong mahabagin at mapanalanginin. Sa gayon, kapag pinagmasdan nila ang kanilang sinaksak ng sibat ay tatangisan nila itong parang kaisa-isang anak o anak na panganay. 11 Sa araw na iyon, ang iyakan sa Jerusalem ay matutulad sa nangyari noon sa Hadad-rimon sa kapatagan ng Megido. 12 Tatangis ang buong lupain, ang bawat sambahayan, ang lahi ni David, pati ang kababaihan doon, ang lahi ni Natan, pati ang sambahayan doon, 13 ang lahi ni Levi, pati ang kababaihan doon, ang lahi ni Simei, pati ang kababaihan doon, 14 at ang iba pang lahi, pati ang kanilang kababaihan.”
Zechariah 12
Contemporary English Version
Victory for Jerusalem
12 This is a message from the Lord about Israel:
I am the Lord! I stretched out the heavens; I put the earth on its foundations and gave breath to humans. 2 I have decided that Jerusalem will become a bowl of wine that makes the neighboring nations drunk. And when Jerusalem is attacked, Judah will also be attacked.[a] 3 But I will turn Jerusalem into a heavy stone that crushes anyone who tries to lift it.
When all nations on earth surround Jerusalem, 4 I will blind every horse and make them panic, and every rider will be confused. But at the same time, I will watch over Judah. 5 Then every clan in Judah will realize that I, the Lord All-Powerful, am their God, and that I am the source of their strength.
6 At that time I will let the clans of Judah be like a ball of fire in a wood pile or a fiery torch in a hay stack. Then Judah will send the surrounding nations up in smoke. And once again the city of Jerusalem will be filled with people.
7 But I will first give victory to Judah, so the kingdom of David and the city of Jerusalem in all of their glory won't be thought of more highly than Judah itself. 8 I, the Lord God, will protect Jerusalem. Even the weakest person there will be as strong as David, and David's kingdom will rule as though my very own angel were its leader. 9 I am determined to wipe out every nation that attacks Jerusalem.
Mourning for the One Pierced with a Spear
10 (A) I, the Lord, will make the descendants of David and the people of Jerusalem feel deep sorrow and pray when they see the one they pierced with a spear. They will mourn and weep for him, as parents weep over the death of their only child or their first-born. 11 On that day the people of Jerusalem will mourn as much as everyone did for Hadad Rimmon[b] on the flatlands near Megiddo. 12 Everyone of each family in the land will mourn, and the men will mourn separately from the women. This includes those from the family of David, and the families of Nathan, 13 Levi, Shimei,[c] 14 and all other families as well.
Zechariah 12
New King James Version
The Coming Deliverance of Judah
12 The [a]burden of the word of the Lord against Israel. Thus says the Lord, (A)who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and (B)forms the spirit of man within him: 2 “Behold, I will make Jerusalem (C)a cup of [b]drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem. 3 (D)And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem (E)a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it. 4 In that day,” says the Lord, (F)“I will strike every horse with confusion, and its rider with madness; I will open My eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness. 5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in the Lord of hosts, their God.’ 6 In that day I will make the governors of Judah (G)like a firepan in the woodpile, and like a fiery torch in the sheaves; they shall devour all the surrounding peoples on the right hand and on the left, but Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place—Jerusalem.
7 “The Lord will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall not become greater than that of Judah. 8 In that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; the one who is feeble among them in that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the Angel of the Lord before them. 9 It shall be in that day that I will seek to (H)destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Mourning for the Pierced One
10 (I)“And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will (J)look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him (K)as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn. 11 In that day there shall be a great (L)mourning in Jerusalem, (M)like the mourning at Hadad Rimmon in the plain of [c]Megiddo. 12 (N)And the land shall mourn, every family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of (O)Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves; 13 the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei by itself, and their wives by themselves; 14 all the families that remain, every family by itself, and their wives by themselves.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 12:1 oracle, prophecy
- Zechariah 12:2 Lit. reeling
- Zechariah 12:11 Heb. Megiddon
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