Zechariah 12

12 ¹Na heavy message: di word of our Papa about Israel—na wetin our Papa talk, im wey dey stretch di heavens, wey lay di foundation of di earth, wey form di spirit of man for inside am:

²"See, I dey make Jerusalem into cup wey go make all di people wey dey around am stagger; Judah too go dey inside di siege against Jerusalem. ³For dat day I go make Jerusalem into heavy stone for all di people; all wey try lift am go tear demsef bad-bad, as all di nations of di earth gather against am.' ⁴For dat day, na wetin our Papa talk, I go strike every horse make e panic, and di one wey dey ride am make e craze. I go watch over di house of Judah but I go strike every horse of di people make e blind. ⁵Den di clans of Judah go talk for dem heart say, 'Di people of Jerusalem strong through dem Papa, di Papa of di army of heaven.'

⁶"For dat day I go make di clans of Judah like firepot for inside wood, like torch wey dey burn for inside bundle of corn; dem go chop up all di people wey dey around dem for right and left, while Jerusalem go still dey safe for im own place.

⁷"Our Papa go save di tents of Judah first, so dat di house of David and di people of Jerusalem no go get glory pass Judah. ⁸For dat day our Papa go shield all di people wey dey live for Jerusalem, so dat di weakest one among dem go strong like King David. And di royal pikin dem go be like our Papa, like di messenger of our Papa wey dey go before di people of Jerusalem. ⁹'And for dat day I go set out to destroy all di nations wey come against Jerusalem.

Dem Go Look di One Wey Dem Pierce

¹⁰"And I go pour out on di house of David and on all di people wey dey live for Jerusalem di spirit of grace and of begging for mercy, so dat dem go look me—look Jesus, wey dem don pierce—and dem go cry for am like person wey dey cry for im only pikin, and dem go grieve bitter-bitter over am like person wey dey grieve over im firstborn. ^a a v10 For here, our Papa dey point to im Pikin: di One wey dem pierce na Jesus. Di Gospel of John see say dis verse fulfill for di cross, and Revelation echo am — di people wey bin reject am go one day look am and cry, and find dem way come home. ¹¹For dat day di mourning of Jerusalem go big like di mourning for Hadad-rimmon for di plain of Megiddo. ^b b v11 Megiddo na di big battle-ground of Israel, wey dem remember for di deep mourning of di whole nation — e be like word wey dey mean di most bitter grief wey people fit know. ¹²Di land go mourn, every family on dem own: di house of David on dem own, and dem wives on dem own; di house of Nathan on dem own, and dem wives on dem own; ¹³di family of di house of Levi on dem own and dem wives on dem own; di family of di Shimeites on dem own and dem wives on dem own; ¹⁴and all di families wey remain, every family on dem own, and dem wives on dem own.'"