1In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah unto Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying,
1 Bonkoono Dariyus mayra jiiri hinkanta, handu ahakkanta ra no, Rabbi salaŋ annabi* Zakariya Bereciya izo, Iddo ize se ka ne:
2Jehovah hath been very wroth with your fathers.
2 Rabbi futu araŋ kaayey se gumo.
3And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Return unto me, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts.
3 Woodin sabbay se binde ni ma ne sohõ borey se: Haŋ kaŋ Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci neeya: Wa ye ka kaa ay do. Yaadin no Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci. Ay mo ga ye ka kaa araŋ do. Yaadin no Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci.
4Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings; but they did not hearken nor attend unto me, saith Jehovah.
4 Araŋ ma si ciya sanda araŋ kaayey cine bo, borey kaŋ yaŋ waato annabey fe ka ne i se: Ya-cine no Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci: Wa bare sohõ ka fay d'araŋ muraadu laaley, d'araŋ goy laaley. Amma i mana maa, i mana hanga jeeri ay se mo. Yaadin no Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci.
5Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
5 Man no araŋ kaayey go? Annabey binde, i goono ga funa hal abada no, wala?
6But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? And they turned and said, Like as Jehovah of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
6 Amma ay sanney d'ay hin sanney, kaŋ yaŋ ay n'ay tam annabey lordi nd'a, manti i n'araŋ kaayey gar bo? Ngey mo tuubi ka ne: Sanda mate kaŋ Rabbi Kundeykoyo miila nga ma te iri se, iri muraadey hina me d'iri goyey boŋ, yaadin cine mo no a te iri se.
7Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah unto Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying,
7 Dariyus jiiri hinkanta, handu way cindi fa ra, kaŋ ga ti Sebat hando, a jirbi waranka cindi taacanta hane Rabbi na bangandi te annabi Zakariya, Bereciya ize, Iddo ize se.
8I saw by night, and behold, a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the low valley; and behind him were red, bay, and white horses.
8 Cin ra no ay guna, kal ay di boro fo go bari ciray fo boŋ, a kay mirtal* tuuri-nyaŋey game ra, saajo tuuri zugey ra. A banda mo bari ciray yaŋ go no, da guraw yaŋ, da ikwaaray yaŋ mo.
9And I said, My lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these are.
9 Gaa no ay ne: «Ya ay koyo, ifo no woone yaŋ wo?» Kala malayka* kaŋ goono ga salaŋ ay se din ne ay se: «Haŋ kaŋ yaŋ no kulu, ay g'i cabe ni se.»
10And the man that stood among the myrtle-trees answered and said, These are they whom Jehovah hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
10 Kala bora kaŋ goono ga kay mirtal tuurey game ra din tu ka ne: «Woone yaŋ no ga ti ngey kaŋ yaŋ Rabbi donton i ma koy-da-ye te ndunnya ra.»
11And they answered the angel of Jehovah that stood among the myrtle-trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and behold, all the earth sitteth still and is at rest.
11 I tu Rabbi malayka kaŋ goono ga kay mirtal tuurey game ra se ka ne: «Iri na koy-da-ye te ndunnya ra. A go, ndunnya kulu go ga goro baani samay, laakal kanay ra.»
12And the angel of Jehovah answered and said, Jehovah of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these seventy years?
12 Gaa no Rabbi malayka tu ka ne: «Ya Rabbi Kundeykoyo, waatifo no ni ga Urusalima* da Yahudiya* birney naŋ suuji si, kaŋ jiiri wayya din kulu ni goono ga futu i gaa?»
13And Jehovah answered the angel that talked with me good words, comforting words.
13 Rabbi tu malayka kaŋ goono ga salaŋ ay se din se da gomni sanniyaŋ, kaŋ ga bine gaabandi.
14And the angel that talked with me said unto me, Cry, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy,
14 Malayka kaŋ goono ga salaŋ ay se din binde ne ay se: «Ma ni jinde sambu ka fe haŋ kaŋ Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci. A ne: Ay ga canse Urusalima nda Sihiyona gaa da canse korno.
15and I am wroth exceedingly with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little wroth, and they helped forward the affliction.
15 Ay ga futu gumo dumey kaŋ goono ga goro laakal kanay ra se, zama waato kaŋ ay futu kayna, ngey mo na taabandiyaŋ tonton.
16Therefore thus saith Jehovah: I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and the line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
16 Woodin sabbay se no Rabbi ne: Ay ga ye ka kaa Urusalima do ka kande suuji. I g'ay windo cina a ra, i ga deedandiyaŋ korfo mo candi ka salle Urusalima kulu ra _cinayaŋ se|_.
17Cry further, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: My cities shall yet overflow with prosperity, and Jehovah shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
17 Kala ni ma ye ka jinde sambu koyne ka fe ka ne: Yaa no Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci: Ay galley ga ye ka yulwa nda albarka koyne. Rabbi ga ye ka Sihiyona kunfa, a ga ye ka Urusalima suuban mo.»
18And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
18 Kaŋ ay n'ay boŋo sambu, kal ay di hilli taaci.
19And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these? And he said to me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
19 Ay ne malayka kaŋ in d'a go ga salaŋ din se: «Ifo misa no woone yaŋ?» A tu ka ne ay se: «Ngey no ga ti hilley kaŋ yaŋ na Yahuda nda Israyla* nda Urusalima say.»
20And Jehovah shewed me four craftsmen.
20 Rabbi na zam taaci cabe ay se mo.
21And I said, What come these to do? And he spoke, saying, Those are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head; but these are come to affright them, to cast out the horns of the nations, which lifted up the horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.
21 Kal ay ne: «Ifo teeyaŋ se no woone yaŋ wo kaa?» Kal a salaŋ ka ne: «Hilley din na Yahuda say, hala boro kulu si no kaŋ na nga boŋ tunandi. I na hilli tunandi zama ngey ma gaaba nda Yahuda laabo, zama ngey m'a say-say sabbay se mo. To. Zamey din kaa no zama ngey m'i humburandi se, ngey ma dumi cindey hilley mo zeeri.»