Zechariah 8

8 ¹Di word of Papa wey be Oga of di army for heaven come meet me, e talk say:

²Na dis Papa wey be Oga of di army for heaven talk: I dey jealous for Zion well well; my jealous for am dey hot like fire wey dey burn.

³Na dis our Papa talk: I don come back to Zion, and I go dey stay inside Jerusalem. Dem go call Jerusalem di City of Truth, and di mountain of Papa wey be Oga of di army for heaven, dem go call am di Holy Mountain.

⁴Na dis Papa wey be Oga of di army for heaven talk: Old men and old women go sit for Jerusalem streets again, everi one of dem go hold waking-stick becos dem don old well well. ⁵And di streets of di city go full of small boys and small girls wey dey play for im streets.

⁶Na dis Papa wey be Oga of di army for heaven talk: If e go be like say e too much of a wonder to di small people wey remain for dis people for dem days, e go still too much of a wonder for me? Na so Papa wey be Oga of di army for heaven talk.

⁷Na dis Papa wey be Oga of di army for heaven talk: See, I dey save my people from di land wey sun dey comot and di land wey sun dey go down. ⁸I go carry dem come house make dem stay inside Jerusalem. Dem go be my pikin, and I go be dem Papa, for truth and for correct-and-holy way.

⁹Na dis Papa wey be Oga of di army for heaven talk: Make una hand strong, una wey dey hear dis words for dis days from di mouth of di prophets wey talk wen dem lay di foundation of di house of Papa wey be Oga of di army for heaven, so dat dem fit build di temple. ¹⁰Before dat time no pay dey come for man or animal, and person wey dey comot or dey enter no dey safe from di enemy, becos I turn everi person against im neighbor. ¹¹But now I no go treat di remnant of dis people di way I do for di days wey don pass, na so Papa wey be Oga of di army for heaven talk. ¹²Peace go dey grow like seed wey dem plant: di grape tree go give im fruit, di ground go give im harvest, di heaven go give im dew. And I go give di remnant of dis people all dis things make e be dem inheritance. ¹³As una be curse for among di nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, na so I go save una, and una go be blessing. No fear; make una hand strong.

¹⁴Na dis Papa wey be Oga of di army for heaven talk: As I plan trouble for una wen una papa-papa dem vex me, and I no change my mind, na so Papa wey be Oga of di army for heaven talk, ¹⁵na so again for dis days I don decide say I go do good to Jerusalem and to di house of Judah. No fear. ¹⁶Do dis things: Make una talk truth to una one anoda; judge with truth and correct judgment so peace go dey for una gates. ^a a v16 Di gates of di city for those old days na like court house — na dia dem dey hear and settle case for open place. ¹⁷No plan bad thing for una heart against una neighbor, and no love to swear lie, becos I hate all dis things, na so our Papa talk.

¹⁸And di word of Papa wey be Oga of di army for heaven come meet me, e talk say:

¹⁹Na dis Papa wey be Oga of di army for heaven talk: Di fasting of di fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth month go turn to joy, sweet-belle, and happy feast for di house of Judah. So make una love truth and peace. ^b b v19 Dis four fasting na to cry for di way dem surround and bring Jerusalem down and spoil di temple; our Papa promise say e go turn everi time of sorrow to feast of joy.

²⁰Na dis Papa wey be Oga of di army for heaven talk: Plenty people go still come, di people wey dey stay for plenty cities. ²¹Di people of one city go go to anoda city, dem go talk say, ‘Make we go now-now go beg for favor of our Papa, go find Papa wey be Oga of di army for heaven; me sef go go.’ ²²Plenty people and strong nations go come find Papa wey be Oga of di army for heaven for Jerusalem and to beg for our Papa favor. ²³Na dis Papa wey be Oga of di army for heaven talk: For dem days ten men from all di languages of di nations go hold di cloth of one Jew man, dem go talk say, ‘Make we follow you go, becos we don hear say God dey with you.’