1 أ تَتْ هَذِهِ الرِّسالَةُ مِنَ اللهِ القَدِيرِ:

And the word of Jehovah of hosts came to me, saying,

2 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «لَدَيَّ غَيرَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ عَلَى صِهْيَوْنَ.»

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.

3 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «عُدْتُ إلَى صِهْيَوْنَ وَسَأسْكُنُ في مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ. سَتُدْعَى مَدينَةُ القُدْسِ ‹المَدِينَةَ الأمِينَةَ،› وَسَيُدعَى جَبَلُ اللهِ القَدِيرُ ‹الجَبَلُ المُقَدَّسُ.›»

Thus saith Jehovah: I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called The city of truth; and the mountain of Jehovah of hosts, The holy mountain.

4 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «سَيَعُودُ المُسِنُّونَ وَالمُسِنّاتُ إلَى الجُلُوسِ فِي ساحاتِ القُدْسِ. سَيَكُونُ مَعَ كُلِّ واحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ عَصاً يَتَكِئُ عَلَيها فِي شَيخُوخَتِهِ.

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

5 س َتَمْتَلِئُ ساحاتُ المَدِينَةِ بِالأولادِ وَالبناتِ الضّاحِكِينَ الَّلاعِبِينَ هُناكَ.»

And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

6 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «قَدْ يَبدُو هَذا مُسْتَحِيلاً فِي عَينَيِّ النَّاجينَ مِنْ هَذا الشَّعبِ فِي هَذِهِ الأيّامِ، لَكِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مُسْتَحِيلاً فِي عَينَيَّ؟» يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ.

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith Jehovah of hosts.

7 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «سَأُخَلِّصُ شَعبِي مِنَ البِلادِ الشَّرقيَةِ وَالبِلادِ الغَربيَّةِ.

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;

8 س َأُحضِرُهُمْ لَيَستَقِرُّوا فِي مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ. سَيَكُونُونَ شَعبِي، وَأنا سَأكُونُ إلَهَهُمُ البّارَّ الأمينَ.»

and I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.

9 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «تَشَجَّعُوا! يا مَنْ سَمِعْتُمْ هَذا الكَلامَ مِنْ أفواهِ الأنبِياءِ. هَؤُلاءِ هُمُ الأنبِياءُ الَّذِينَ تَكَلَّمُوا يَوْمَ وَضْعِ أساسِ بَيتِ اللهِ تَمهِيداً لِبِناءِ الهَيكَلِ.

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets that were in the day that the foundation of the house of Jehovah of hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.

10 و َقَبلَ تِلْكَ الأيّامِ، لَمْ يَكُنْ هُناكَ مالٌ لِدَفْعِ أُجرَةِ عامِلٍ واحِدٍ، أوْ لاسْتِئْجارِ حَيوانٍ واحِدٍ لِلعَمَلِ. لَمْ يَكُنْ أيُّ مُسافِرٍ فِي أمانٍ مِنَ جِيرانِهِ، لِأنِّي أثَرْتُ كُلَّ واحِدٍ ضِدَّ الآخَرِ.

For before those days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in, because of the adversary: for I set all men every one against his neighbor.

11 ل َكِنِّي الآنَ لا أُعامِلُ مَنْ بَقِيَ مِنْ هَذا الشَّعبِ كَما عَمِلْتُ سابِقاً،» يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ.

But now I will not be unto the remnant of this people as in the former days, saith Jehovah of hosts.

12 ك ُلُّ ما يَزْرَعُونَهُ سَيَنْجَحُ. سَتُعْطِي الكَرمَةُ ثَمَرَها، وَسَتُعطِي الأرْضُ غَلَّتَها، وَسَتُعطِي السَّماءُ مَطَرَها. وَأنا سأُعْطِي بَقِيَّةَ الشَّعبِ هَذِهِ البَرَكاتِ.

For there shall be the seed of peace; the vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.

13 ك ُنْتُمْ يا بَنِي يَهُوذا وَيا بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مِثالاً لِلَّعْنَةِ، لَكِنَّنِي سَأُنقِذُكُمْ، وَسَتَصِيرُونَ مِثالاً لِلبَرَكَةِ. لا تَخافُوا! وَلتَتَشَدَّدْ أيادِيكُمْ!»

And it shall come to pass that, as ye were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing. Fear not, but let your hands be strong.

14 ف َهَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «كَما خَطَّطْتُ لِجَلْبِ الضِّيقِ عَلَيكُمْ، حِينَ أغضَبَنِي آباؤُكُمْ، يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، وَلَمْ أتَراجَعْ،

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: As I thought to do evil unto you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I repented not;

15 ه َكَذا خَطَّطْتُ فِي هَذِهِ الأيّامِ لِعَمَلِ الخَيرِ لمَدينَةِ القُدْسِ وَبَنِي يَهُوذا. لا تَخافُوا!

so again have I thought in these days to do good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

16 ل َكِنْ ليَتَعامَلْ كُلٌّ مِنْكُمْ مَعَ الآخَرِ بِالصِّدْقِ وَبِالإنصافِ، بِالأحْكامِ المَبنِيَّةِ عَلَى الحّقِّ، الهادِفَةِ إلَى السَّلامِ.

These are the things that ye shall do: speak ye every man the truth with his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;

17 ل ا يُخَطِّطْ أحَدُكُمْ لِضَرَرِ أخِيهِ، وَلا تُحِبُّوا الأقسامَ الكاذِبَةَ. فَأنا أكرَهُ هَذا كُلَّهُ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

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, saith Jehovah.

18 ت َلَقَّيتُ هَذِهِ النُّبُوَّةَ مِنَ اللهِ القَدِيرِ:

And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying,

19 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «أيّامُ صِيامِ الشَّهْرِ الرّابِعِ، وَأيّامُ صِيامِ الشَّهْرِ الخامسِ، وَأيّامُ صِيامِ الشَّهْرِ السّابِعِ، وَأيّامُ صِيامِ الشَّهْرِ التّاسِعِ، سَتَصِيرُ أوقاتاً لِلفَرَحِ وَالاحتِفالِ وَأعياداً سَعِيدَةً لِبَنِي يَهُوذا. فَأحِبُّوا الحَقَّ وَالسَّلامَ.»

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love truth and peace.

20 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «فِي المُسْتَقْبَلِ سَتَأْتِي شُعُوبٌ وَسُكّانُ مُدُنٍ كَثِيرَةٍ إلَى القُدْسِ.

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;

21 س َيَذْهَبُ سُكّانُ مَدِينَةٍ إلَى مَدِينَةٍ أُخْرَى وَيَقُولُونَ: ‹لِنَذْهَبْ لِنُصَلِّي إلَى اللهِ ، وَلْنَعْبُدِ اللهَ القَدِيرَ.› وَيَقُولُ كُلُّ واحِدٍ للآخَرِ: ‹أنا سَأذْهَبُ.›»

and the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to entreat the favor of Jehovah, and to seek Jehovah of hosts: I will go also.

22 ف َسَتَأتِي شُعُوبٌ كَثِيرَةٌ وَأُمَمٌ عَظِيمَةٌ لِتَعبُدَ اللهَ القَدِيرَ في مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ وَلِتَصَلِّي إلَى اللهِ.»

Yea, many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek Jehovah of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of Jehovah.

23 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «سيُمسِكُ فِي تِلْكَ الأيّامِ عَشْرَةُ غُرَباءَ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِلُغاتٍ مُختَلِفَةٍ بِثَوْبِ رَجُلٍ يَهُودِيٍّ وَيَقُولُونَ: ‹دَعُونا نَذْهَبْ مَعَكُمْ لِأنَّنا سَمِعْنا أنَّ اللهَ مَعَكُمْ.›»

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.