¹In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,

¹Daria kum nihna, kha giatnain, Iddo tapa, Bereka tapa, Zekaria, jawlnei kiangah TOUPA thu a hongtunga.

²“Yahweh was very displeased with your fathers.

²Na pipute uh tungah TOUPA nakpi takin a lungkimta kei hi, chiin.

³Therefore tell them: Thus says Yahweh of Armies: ‘Return to me,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘and I will return to you,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

³huaiziakin nang a kiang uah, huchibangin sepaihte TOUPA in a chi: Ka kiangah hongkik un, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi, huan na kiang uah ka hongkik ding, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi, chi in.

⁴Don’t you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: Thus says Yahweh of Armies, ‘Return now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings;’ but they did not hear, nor listen to me, says Yahweh.

⁴Hichibangin sepaihte TOUPAN a chi, Tuin na omdan gilou ua kipan leh na thil hih gilou te ua kipan hongkik un, chia jawlnei masaten a genna uh, na pipute uh bangin om kei un: ahihhang in amau honza kei ua, honngaikhe sam kei uh, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi.

⁵Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?

⁵Na Pipute uh, koia om ahi ua? huan jawlneite, khantawna hing uhia?

⁶But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, didn’t they overtake your fathers? “Then they repented and said, ‘Just as Yahweh of Armies determined to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so he has dealt with us.’”

⁶Hiamhleh ka thute leh ka thusente, ka sikha jawlneite thupiaka ka piakte, huaiten na pipute uh a delhphate uh ahi kei maw? Huan a kihei ua, sepaihte TOUPAN i tung ua hih dia a ngaihtuah bangin, i omdan bang jelin leh i thilhihte bang jelin, huchibanga i tung ua hih eita ve, a chi ua.

⁷On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,

⁷Daria kum nihna, Sebat kha, kha sawmlehkhat ni sawmnih leh li niin, Iddo tapa, Berekia tapa Zekaria, Jawlnei kiangah, TOUPA thu a hongtungta,

⁸“I had a vision in the night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in a ravine; and behind him there were red, brown, and white horses.

⁸Janin ka mua, ngaiin mi khat sakol san tunga tuang, mun liapi om mui singte lakah a dinga; a nunglamah sakolte a om ua, a san, asanpuang leh a ngou.

⁹Then I asked, ‘My lord, what are these?’” The angel who talked with me said to me, “I will show you what these are.”

⁹Huchiin, Aw ka TOUPA, hiaite bang ahi ua? ka chi a, Huan kei honhoupih angelin ka kiangah, Hiaite bang hi ding ahi ua ka honensak ding, a chi a.

¹⁰The man who stood among the myrtle trees answered, “They are the ones Yahweh has sent to go back and forth through the earth.”

¹⁰Huan huia mui sing laka ding mipan a dawnga, Hiaite leia kivial leha vak dia TOUPAN a sawlte ahi uh, chiin.

¹¹They reported to the angel of Yahweh who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, “We have walked back and forth through the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and in peace.”

¹¹Huchiin huai mui sing lakah ding TOUPAN angel a dawng ua. Leia kivial lehin ka vakta ua, ngaiin, lei tengteng a tu kinkena, a khawl dide hi, chiin.

¹²Then the angel of Yahweh replied, “O Yahweh of Armies, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which you have had indignation these seventy years?”

¹²Huan TOUPA angelin a dawng a, Aw sepaihte TOUPA, hiai kum sawmsagih na heh khum, Jerusalem tung leh Juda khopite tungah bangtan chitna neilou ding na hia? chiin.

¹³Yahweh answered the angel who talked with me with kind and comforting words.

¹³Huchiin TOUPAN thuhoihte, thu lungmuanhuaitea kei honhoupih angel a dawnga.

¹⁴So the angel who talked with me said to me, “Proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of Armies: “I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

¹⁴Huchiin kei honhoupih angelin ka kiangah, Hichibangin sepaihte TOUPAN a chi: Thikthu se takin Jerusalem leh Zion ka hawmthoh ahi, chiin, nang kikou in, chiin.

¹⁵I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but they added to the calamity.”

¹⁵Huan bangmah awlmoh lou namte tungah ka lungkim het kei a: neukha lela ka lung hihlouh laiin, siatna a thupisak sem sem ngal ua.

¹⁶Therefore thus says Yahweh: “I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy. My house shall be built in it,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.”’

¹⁶Huaijiakin hichibangin TOUPAN a chi hi: Chitnate toh Jerusalem lamah ka kiknawnta huai sungah ka in lam ahi ding, chiin,

¹⁷“Proclaim further, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of Armies: “My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and Yahweh will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem.”’”

¹⁷Hichibangin sepaihte TOUPAN a chi: Hauhsakna jiakin ka khopite a kipalh dinga; TOUPAN Zion a lungmuanin, Jerusalem a tel lai ding hi, chiin, kikoubehlap lai in, chiin.

¹⁸I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, four horns.

¹⁸Huan ka daka, ngaiin ki li ka mu a.

¹⁹I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” He answered me, “These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

¹⁹Huan kei honhoupih angel kiangah, Hiaite bang hi ding ahia? ka chi a. Aman, Hiai Juda, Israel, leh Jerusalem hawljak mite ahi ding uh, chiin a hondawnga.

²⁰Yahweh showed me four craftsmen.

²⁰Huchiin TOUPAN siksekmi li a honensaka.Huchiin ken, Bang hih dia hiaite hong uh ahi ua? ka chi a. Huan aman thu a gen a, Kuamahin a lu a dak sak louh dia, Juda dalhjaksak hiai kite ahi uh: himahleh hiaite, dalhjaksak dinga Juda gam tunga a ki uh sangsak namte dou dinga hong, ahi ua; a kite uh paikhe dingin, a chi a.

²¹Then I asked, “What are these coming to do?” He said, “These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head; but these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

²¹Huchiin ken, Bang hih dia hiaite hong uh ahi ua? ka chi a. Huan aman thu a gen a, Kuamahin a lu a dak sak louh dia, Juda dalhjaksak hiai kite ahi uh: himahleh hiaite, dalhjaksak dinga Juda gam tunga a ki uh sangsak namte dou dinga hong, ahi ua; a kite uh paikhe dingin, a chi a.