1 The dabar (word / matter) of Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies) came to me.
2 Thus amar (spoke) Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies): “I am qanaa (jealous) for Tzayawan (Zion) with gadawal (very great/important/mighty) qanaah (jealousy), and I am qanaa (jealous) for her with gadawal (very great/important/mighty) chamah (wrath).”
3 Thus amar (spoke) Yahawah (): “I have shawab (turn back / repent) to Tzayawan (Zion), and will shakan (place) in the thawak (midst) of Yarawashalam (Jerusalem). Yarawashalam (Jerusalem) shall be qaraa (called) ‘The iyar (city) of amath (truth);’ and the har (mountain) of Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies), ‘The qadash (set apart / make holy) har (mountain).’”
4 Thus amar (spoke) Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies): “zaqan (old) men and zaqan (old) women will again yashab (inhabit/dwell) in the rachabawath (streets) of Yarawashalam (Jerusalem), every ayash (man / husband) with his mashainah (staff) in his yad (hand) for very yawam (day).
5 The rachabawath (streets) of the iyar (city) will be malaa (full) of yaladayam (boys) and yaladawath (youth) shachaq (playing) in its rachabawath (streets).”
6 Thus amar (spoke) Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies): “If it is palaa (be wonderful / extraordinary / marvelous) in the iyanay (eyes) of the shaarayath (remnant) of this im (nation / people) in those yamayam (days), should it also be palaa (be wonderful / extraordinary / marvelous) in my iyanay (eyes)?” Naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies).
7 Thus amar (spoke) Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies): “Behold, I will yashai (salvation) my im (nation / people) from the mazarach (east) aratz (Earth/land), and from the west aratz (Earth/land);
8 And I will bawaa (come) them, and they will shakan (place) in the thawak (midst) of Yarawashalam (Jerusalem); and they will be my im (nation / people), and I will be their Alahayam (), in amath (truth) and in tzadaqah (righteousness).”
9 Thus amar (spoke) Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies): “Let your yad (hand) be chazaq (strong), you who shamai (hearken / hear) in these yamayam (days) these dabarayam (words) from the pah (mouth) of the nabayaayam (prophets) who were in the yawam (day) that the yasad (foundation) of the bayath (house) of Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies) was yasad (laid), even the hayakal (temple), that it might be banah (build).
10 For panayam (face) those yamayam (days) there was no shakar (wages) for adam (man), nor any shakar (wages) for an animal; neither was there any shalawam (peace / safety) to him who yatzaa (go out / come out) out or bawaa (bring) in, because of the tzar (oppressor / distressor). For I shalach (send) all adam (men) everyone against his neighbor.
11 But now I will not be to the shaarayath (remnant) of this im (nation / people) as in the raashawan (former) yamayam (days),” naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies).
12 “For the zarai (seed) of shalawam (peace / safety) and the gapan (vine) will nathan (give) its paray (fruit), and the aratz (Earth/land) will nathan (give) its yabawal (increase), and the shamayam (Shamayam / Heavens) will nathan (give) their tal (dew); and I will cause the shaarayath (remnant) of this im (nation / people) to nachal (inherit) all these things.
13 It shall come to pass that, as you were a qalalah (curse) among the gawayam (heathen), bayath (house) of Yahawadah (Yahawadah / Judah) and bayath (house) of Yashar-Al (Israel), so will I yashai (salvation) you, and you shall be a barakah (blessing). Don't be yaraa (fear / be afraid). Let your yad (hand) be chazaq (strong).”
14 For thus amar (spoke) Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies): “As I zamam (thought) to do raii (wicked / dysfunctional / evil) to you, when your ab (father) provoked me to qatzap (wrath),” amar (spoke) Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies), “and I didn't nacham (turn away / repent);
15 So again have I zamam (thought) in these yamayam (days) to do yatab (good) to Yarawashalam (Yarawashalam / Jerusalem) and to the bayath (house) of Yahawadah (Yahawadah / Judah). Don't be yaraa (fear / be afraid).
16 These are the things that you shall ishah (make): dabar (word / matter) every ayash (man / husband) the amath (truth) with his neighbor. Shapat (judge / judgement) the mashapat (judgment) of amath (truth) and shalawam (peace / safety) in your shair (gates),
17 And let ayash (man / husband) of you chashab (devise) rai (evil) in your labab (hearts) against his neighbor, and ahab (love) no shaqar (false) shabawaih (oath): for all these are things that I shanaa (hate),” naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah ().
18 The dabar (word / matter) of Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies) came to me.
19 Thus amar (spoke) Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies): “The tzawam (fasts) of the rabayaiy (fourth) chamayashay (fifth), shabayaiy (seventh), and ishayaray (tenth) months shall be for the bayath (house) of Yahawadah (Judah) shashawan (joy) and shamachah (gladness), and tawab (good / proper function) maidayam (feasts). Therefore ahab (love) amath (truth) and shalawam (peace / safety).”
20 Thus amar (spoke) Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies): “Many imayam (peoples), and the yashabay (inhabitants) of many irayam (cities) will yet bawaa (come);
21 And the yashabay (inhabitants) of achad (one) shall halak (move) to another, amar (spoke), ‘yalak (let) us go halak (move) to entreat the favor of Yahawah (), and to baqash (seek) Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies). I will yalak (go) also.’
22 Yes, many imayam (peoples) and itzawam (strong) gawayam (nations) will bawaa (come) to baqash (seek) Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies) in Yarawashalam (Jerusalem), and to entreat the favor of Yahawah ().”
23 Thus amar (spoke) Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies): “In those yamayam (days), ishar (ten) yachazayaqaw (men) will chazaq (take) hold, out of all the lashanawath (languages) of the gawayam (nations), they will chazaq (take) hold of the kanap (skirt) of him who is a Jew, amar (spoke), ‘We will yalak (go) with you, for we have shamai (hearken / hear) that Alahayam () is with you.’”