Di Papa Go Judge di Nations dem
We Papa judgment fall on Israel neighbours, but the centre na the king wey dey come Zion — righteous, e win, and e humble, e ride donkey, e cut off the war horse and talk peace to the nations. Dem tell prisoners of hope make dem expect double to come back to dem.
9 1Na message wey heavy: di word of our Papa dey against di land of Hadrach, and Damascus na im resting place—because di eyes of mankind and all di tribe of Israel dem dey look towards our Papa, 2and against Hamath too, wey border am, and against Tyre and Sidon, even though dem wise well well. 3Tyre build fortress for herself and gather silver plenty like sand, and fine gold like di mud for road. 4But look—di Sovereign Papa go take everything comot for her hand and go destroy her power for di sea, and fire go chop her finish. 5Ashkelon go see am and fear; Gaza too go dey twist for pain, and Ekron, because her hope don dry. Di king go perish from Gaza, and nobody go live for Ashkelon.
6“Mixed-up people go come settle for Ashdod, and I go cut off di pride of di Philistine dem. 7I go take di blood comot for im mouth and im abomination comot for between im teeth; e too go be remnant for our Papa, and e go be like clan for Judah, and Ekron go be like di Jebusite dem. 8Den I go camp for my house as guard, so dat nobody go fit march come and go; no oppressor go ever overrun dem again, because now I dey watch with my own eyes.”
Your King Dey Come
9Rejoice well well, daughter of Zion! Shout loud, daughter of Jerusalem! Look—your king dey come to you; e dey correct-and-holy and e don win, e humble and e dey ride donkey, on colt, di pikin of donkey. a a v9 Di gentle king wey come dey ride donkey na Jesus, wey enter Jerusalem exactly dis way — Matthew 21:5; John 12:15. 10I go cut off di chariot from Ephraim and di war-horse from Jerusalem, and dem go cut off di battle bow; and e go talk peace to di nations dem. Im rule go reach from sea to sea, and from di River to di ends of di earth. b b v10 ‘Di River’ na di Euphrates, di big boundary river of di ancient Near East.
11“As for you too, because of di blood of my Covenant with you, I go set your prisoners dem free from di pit wey no get water. 12Return to your stronghold, una prisoners of hope; today I dey declare say I go pay you back double. 13Because I don bend Judah as my bow and put Ephraim for am as di arrow. I go wake your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and make you be like di sword of warrior.”
14Den our Papa go appear over dem, and im arrow go comot like lightning; di Sovereign Papa go blow di trumpet and go march comot inside di whirlwind of di south. 15Di Papa of heaven army dem go shield dem, and dem go chop and trample di sling stones; dem go drink and roar like person wey don drink wine, and dem go full like di bowl, wet like di corners of di altar. 16For dat day dia Papa go save dem, as di flock of im people; because like di jewels of crown dem go shine over im land. 17How great im goodness be, and how great im beauty! Grain go make di young men flourish, and new wine go make di young women flourish.
