Zechariah 9 – NIVUK & CCBT

New International Version – UK

Zechariah 9:1-17

Judgment on Israel’s enemies

1A prophecy:

The word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrak

and will come to rest on Damascus –

for the eyes of all people and all the tribes of Israel

are on the Lord9:1 Or Damascus. / For the eye of the Lord is on all people, / as well as on the tribes of Israel,

2and on Hamath too, which borders on it,

and on Tyre and Sidon, though they are very skilful.

3Tyre has built herself a stronghold;

she has heaped up silver like dust,

and gold like the dirt of the streets.

4But the Lord will take away her possessions

and destroy her power on the sea,

and she will be consumed by fire.

5Ashkelon will see it and fear;

Gaza will writhe in agony,

and Ekron too, for her hope will wither.

Gaza will lose her king

and Ashkelon will be deserted.

6A mongrel people will occupy Ashdod,

and I will put an end to the pride of the Philistines.

7I will take the blood from their mouths,

the forbidden food from between their teeth.

Those who are left will belong to our God

and become a clan in Judah,

and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.

8But I will encamp at my temple

to guard it against marauding forces.

Never again will an oppressor overrun my people,

for now I am keeping watch.

The coming of Zion’s king

9Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!

Shout, Daughter Jerusalem!

See, your king comes to you,

righteous and victorious,

lowly and riding on a donkey,

on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

10I will take away the chariots from Ephraim

and the warhorses from Jerusalem,

and the battle-bow will be broken.

He will proclaim peace to the nations.

His rule will extend from sea to sea

and from the River9:10 That is, the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

11As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you,

I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit.

12Return to your fortress, you prisoners of hope;

even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.

13I will bend Judah as I bend my bow

and fill it with Ephraim.

I will rouse your sons, Zion,

against your sons, Greece,

and make you like a warrior’s sword.

The Lord will appear

14Then the Lord will appear over them;

his arrow will flash like lightning.

The Sovereign Lord will sound the trumpet;

he will march in the storms of the south,

15and the Lord Almighty will shield them.

They will destroy

and overcome with slingstones.

They will drink and roar as with wine;

they will be full like a bowl

used for sprinkling9:15 Or bowl, / like the corners of the altar.

16The Lord their God will save his people on that day

as a shepherd saves his flock.

They will sparkle in his land

like jewels in a crown.

17How attractive and beautiful they will be!

Grain will make the young men thrive,

and new wine the young women.

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)

撒迦利亞書 9:1-17

審判鄰國

1以色列各支派一樣,

世人的眼目都仰望耶和華。9·1 與以色列各支派一樣,世人的眼目都仰望耶和華」或譯「耶和華鑒察以色列各支派,也鑒察所有的世人」。

以下是耶和華的啟示:

祂的懲罰必臨到哈得拉

臨到大馬士革

2以及與大馬士革比鄰的哈馬

極其聰明的泰爾西頓也無法倖免。

3泰爾為自己建造堡壘,

堆積的銀子多如塵土,

金子多如街上的泥土。

4然而,看啊,主必奪去她的一切,

摧毀她海上的權勢,

使她被火吞噬。

5亞實基倫見狀必陷入恐懼,

迦薩見狀必充滿痛苦,

以革倫見狀必希望破滅。

迦薩必失去君王,

亞實基倫必荒無人煙。

6混雜的種族必佔領亞實突

9·6 」指耶和華,下同。必剷除非利士人的驕傲。

7我必除去他們口中帶血的肉和齒間的可憎之物。

餘下的人必歸屬我9·7 」希伯來文作「我們的上帝」。

成為猶大的一族,

以革倫人必像耶布斯人一樣歸屬我。

8我必在我家四周安營,

不容敵人入侵,

再也不容外人來欺壓我的子民,

因為現在我親自看顧他們。

要來的君王

9錫安城啊,要充滿喜樂!

耶路撒冷城啊,要歡呼!

看啊,你的王到你這裡來了!

祂是公義、得勝的王,

謙卑地騎著驢,

騎著一頭驢駒。

10我必剷除以法蓮的戰車,

剷除耶路撒冷的戰馬,

戰弓必被折斷。

祂必向列國宣告和平,

祂必統治四海之疆,

幼發拉底河直到地極。

11錫安啊,因為我用血跟你立了約,

我必將你中間被擄的人從無水之坑釋放出來。

12有盼望的被擄者啊,回到你們的堡壘吧。

今日我宣佈,我必加倍地補償你們。

13我必把猶大當弓拉開,

以法蓮當箭搭上,

使錫安的眾子如勇士之劍,

去攻打希臘的眾子。

14耶和華必在他們上面顯現,

祂的箭如閃電射出。

主耶和華必吹響號角,

乘南方的暴風而來。

15萬軍之耶和華必保護他們,

他們必用彈石消滅、征服敵人,

飲血呐喊,猶如醉酒,

像獻祭用的碗盛滿了血,

又像祭壇的四角淌滿了血。

16到那天,他們的上帝耶和華必拯救他們,

視他們為一群祂的子民。

他們必如王冠上的寶石閃耀在祂的土地上。

17那將是何等的奇妙,何等的美好!

五穀必滋養少男,

新酒必滋養少女。