Zacarias 9
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Ang Parusa sa mga Bansa sa Paligid
9 Ito(A) (B) ang ipinapasabi ni Yahweh: “Itinakda ko na ang parusa sa lupain ng Hadrac at sa lunsod ng Damasco. Ang mga lunsod ng Aram ay akin, kung paanong ang lahat ng lipi ni Israel ay akin. 2 Akin din ang Hamat na nasa hangganan ng Hadrac, gayon din ang Tiro at Sidon, bagaman sila'y napakarunong. 3 Ang Tiro ay napapaligiran ng matibay na pader. Nag-ipon siya ng makapal na pilak at gintong sindami ng alabok sa lansangan. 4 Ngunit ngayon, kukunin ni Yahweh ang lahat niyang ari-arian at ihahagis lahat sa dagat. Ang lunsod naman ay ipatutupok niya sa apoy.
5 “Makikita(C) ito ng Ashkelon at siya ay mangingilabot. Manginginig rin sa takot ang Gaza, at mawawalan ng pag-asa ang Ekron. Mawawalan ng hari ang Gaza at wala nang maninirahan pa sa Ashkelon. 6 Paghaharian ng mga dayuhan ang Asdod. Ibabagsak ko ang palalong Filistia. 7 Hindi na sila kakain ng dugo o anumang ipinagbabawal na pagkain. Ang matitira ay mapapabilang sa aking bayan at ituturing na isa sa mga angkan ni Juda. Ang mga taga-Ekron ay mapapabilang din sa aking bayan, tulad ng nangyari sa mga Jebuseo. 8 Babantayan ko ang aking bayan upang hindi ito mapasok ng kaaway. Hindi ko na papahintulutang lupigin pa sila ng iba, sapagkat nakita ko na ang kanilang paghihirap.”
Ang Magiging Hari ng Zion
9 O(D) Zion, magdiwang ka sa kagalakan!
O Jerusalem, ilakas mo ang awitan!
Pagkat dumarating na ang iyong hari
na mapagtagumpay at mapagwagi.
Dumarating siyang may kapakumbabaan,
batang asno ang kanyang sinasakyan.
10 “Ipapaalis(E) niya ang mga karwahe sa Efraim,
gayundin ang mga kabayong pandigma ng Jerusalem.
Panudla ng mga mandirigma ay mawawala,
pagkat paiiralin niya'y ang pagkakasundo ng mga bansa.
Hangganan ng kaharian niya'y dagat magkabila,
mula sa Ilog Eufrates hanggang dulo ng lupa.”
Muling Aayusin ang Zion
11 Sinabi(F) pa ni Yahweh,
“Alang-alang sa ating tipan na pinagtibay ng dugo,
ibabalik ko ang mga anak mong itinapon sa balong tuyo.
12 Kayo, mga bilanggo, na di nawalan ng pag-asa,
ay maaari nang bumalik sa inyong lupain.
Ang magandang kalagayan ninyo noong unang panahon,
ay aking hihigitan at pag-iibayuhin.
13 Binanat ko ang Juda gaya ng isang pana,
at ang Efraim naman ang aking panudla.
Kayong mga taga-Zion ay aking isasagupa
laban sa mga anak ng mga taga-Grecia;
gaya ng tabak ng isang mandirigma,
sila'y gagawin kong aking sandata.”
14 Si Yahweh ay magpapakita sa kanyang bayan,
at ang palaso niya'y parang kidlat na sisibat;
trumpeta ng Panginoong Yahweh, kanyang hihipan
at sila'y parang ipu-ipong sasalakay sa katimugan.
15 Si Yahweh na Makapangyarihan sa lahat, sa kanila'y mag-iingat;
sa pagdumog sa kaaway sila'y di maaawat.
Dugo ng mga ito'y kanilang paaagusin,
gaya ng mga handog na sa altar inihain.
16 Sa araw na iyon, ililigtas sila ni Yahweh na kanilang Diyos
pagkat sila'y kanyang kawan, iniibig na lubos.
Sa buong lupain ay magniningning sila,
parang batong hiyas ng isang korona.
17 Mararanasan nila'y kagandaha't kasaganaan;
pagkain at alak, may taglay na kalakasan,
para sa kabinataan at mga kadalagahan.
Zechariah 9
New King James Version
Israel Defended Against Enemies
9 The [a]burden of the word of the Lord
Against the land of Hadrach,
And (A)Damascus its resting place
(For (B)the eyes of men
And all the tribes of Israel
Are on the Lord);
2 Also against (C)Hamath, which borders on it,
And against (D)Tyre and (E)Sidon, though they are very (F)wise.
3 For Tyre built herself a tower,
Heaped up silver like the dust,
And gold like the mire of the streets.
4 Behold, (G)the Lord will cast her out;
He will destroy (H)her power in the sea,
And she will be devoured by fire.
5 Ashkelon shall see it and fear;
Gaza also shall be very sorrowful;
And (I)Ekron, for He dried up her expectation.
The king shall perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
6 “A[b] mixed race shall settle (J)in Ashdod,
And I will cut off the pride of the (K)Philistines.
7 I will take away the blood from his mouth,
And the abominations from between his teeth.
But he who remains, even he shall be for our God,
And shall be like a leader in Judah,
And Ekron like a Jebusite.
8 (L)I will camp around My house
Because of the army,
Because of him who passes by and him who returns.
No more shall an oppressor pass through them,
For now I have seen with My eyes.
The Coming King(M)
9 “Rejoice (N)greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, (O)your King is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.
10 I (P)will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
And the horse from Jerusalem;
The (Q)battle bow shall be cut off.
He shall speak peace to the nations;
His dominion shall be (R)‘from sea to sea,
And from the River to the ends of the earth.’
God Will Save His People
11 “As for you also,
Because of the blood of your covenant,
I will set your (S)prisoners free from the waterless pit.
12 Return to the stronghold,
(T)You prisoners of hope.
Even today I declare
That I will restore (U)double to you.
13 For I have bent Judah, My bow,
Fitted the bow with Ephraim,
And raised up your sons, O Zion,
Against your sons, O Greece,
And made you like the sword of a mighty man.”
14 Then the Lord will be seen over them,
And (V)His arrow will go forth like lightning.
The Lord God will blow the trumpet,
And go (W)with whirlwinds from the south.
15 The Lord of hosts will (X)defend them;
They shall devour and subdue with slingstones.
They shall drink and roar as if with wine;
They shall be filled with blood like [c]basins,
Like the corners of the altar.
16 The Lord their God will (Y)save them in that day,
As the flock of His people.
For (Z)they shall be like the [d]jewels of a crown,
(AA)Lifted like a banner over His land—
17 For (AB)how great is [e]its goodness
And how great its (AC)beauty!
(AD)Grain shall make the young men thrive,
And new wine the young women.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 9:1 oracle, prophecy
- Zechariah 9:6 Lit. An illegitimate one
- Zechariah 9:15 Sacrificial basins
- Zechariah 9:16 Lit. stones
- Zechariah 9:17 Lit. His
Zechariah 9
English Standard Version
Judgment on Israel's Enemies
9 The oracle of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach
and (A)Damascus is its resting place.
For the Lord has an eye on mankind
and on all the tribes of Israel,[a]
2 (B)and on Hamath also, which borders on it,
(C)Tyre and (D)Sidon, though (E)they are very wise.
3 Tyre has built herself (F)a rampart
and (G)heaped up silver like dust,
and fine gold like the mud of the streets.
4 But behold, the Lord will strip her of her possessions
and strike down (H)her power on the sea,
and (I)she shall be devoured by fire.
5 (J)Ashkelon shall see it, and be afraid;
Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish;
Ekron also, because its hopes are confounded.
The king shall perish from Gaza;
Ashkelon shall be uninhabited;
6 (K)a mixed people[b] shall dwell in Ashdod,
and I will cut off the pride of Philistia.
7 I will take away (L)its blood from its mouth,
and (M)its abominations from between its teeth;
(N)it too shall be a remnant for our God;
it shall be like (O)a clan in Judah,
and Ekron shall be like the Jebusites.
8 Then (P)I will encamp at my house as a guard,
(Q)so that none shall march to and fro;
(R)no oppressor shall again march over them,
(S)for now I see with my own eyes.
The Coming King of Zion
9 (T)Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
(U)Behold, (V)your king is coming to you;
righteous and having salvation is he,
(W)humble and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10 (X)I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and (Y)the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
and (Z)he shall speak peace to the nations;
(AA)his rule shall be from sea to sea,
and from (AB)the River[c] to the ends of the earth.
11 As for you also, because of (AC)the blood of my covenant with you,
(AD)I will set your prisoners free from (AE)the waterless pit.
12 Return to your stronghold, O (AF)prisoners of hope;
today I declare that (AG)I will restore to you double.
13 For (AH)I have bent Judah as my bow;
I have made Ephraim its arrow.
I will stir up your sons, O Zion,
against your sons, (AI)O Greece,
and wield you like a warrior's sword.
The Lord Will Save His People
14 Then the Lord will appear over them,
and (AJ)his arrow will go forth like lightning;
(AK)the Lord God will sound the trumpet
and will march forth in (AL)the whirlwinds (AM)of the south.
15 The Lord of hosts (AN)will protect them,
and (AO)they shall devour, (AP)and tread down the sling stones,
and (AQ)they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine,
and be full like a bowl,
drenched (AR)like the corners of the altar.
16 On that day the Lord their God will save them,
as (AS)the flock of his people;
for (AT)like the jewels of a crown
they shall shine on his land.
17 (AU)For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty!
(AV)Grain shall make the young men flourish,
and new wine the young women.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 9:1 Or For the eye of mankind, especially of all the tribes of Israel, is toward the Lord
- Zechariah 9:6 Or a foreign people; Hebrew a bastard
- Zechariah 9:10 That is, the Euphrates
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