Zaccaria 9

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Oraculum. “ Verbum Domini in terra Ha drach et Damasci requiei eius, quia Domini est oculus Aram sicut omnes tribus Israel.	1 The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach and its respite in Damascus. For the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is of the Lord.
2 Emath quoque in terminis eius et Tyrus et Sidon, quae sapiens est valde.	2 Hamath also is at its limits, and Tyre and Sidon. For, of course, they have assumed themselves to be exceedingly wise.
3 Et aedificavit Tyrus munitionem suam et coacervavit argentum quasi pulverem et aurum ut lutum platearum.	3 And Tyre has built herself a fortress, and she has piled together silver, as if it were soil, and gold, as if it were the mud of the streets.
4 Ecce Dominus possidebit eam et percutiet in mari fortitudinem eius; et haec igni devorabitur.	4 Behold, the Lord will possess her, and he will strike her strength in the sea, and she will be devoured by fire.
5 Videbit Ascalon et timebit, et Gaza dolore torquetur nimis, et Accaron, quoniam confusa est spes eius; et peribit rex de Gaza, et Ascalon non habitabitur.	5 Ashkelon will see and be afraid. Both Gaza and he will be very sorrowful, as well as Ekron, because her hope has been confounded. And the king will pass away from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
6 Et habitabit spurius in Azoto, et disperdam superbiam Philisthim.	6 And the divider will sit in Ashdod, and I will scatter the arrogance of the Philistines.
7 Et auferam sanguinem eius de ore eius et abominationes eius de medio dentium eius, et relinquetur etiam ipse Deo nostro, et erit quasi dux in Iuda, et Accaron quasi Iebusaeus.	7 And I will take away his blood from his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth, and yet he will be left for our God, and he will be like a governor in Judah, and Ekron will be like a Jebusite.
8 Et circumdabo domum meam ut praesidium contra euntes et revertentes; et non transibit super eos ultra exactor, quia nunc vidi in oculis meis.	8 And I will encircle my house with those who serve me in war, going and returning, and the exactor will no longer pass over them. For now I have seen with my eyes.
9 Exsulta satis, filia Sion; iubila, filia Ierusalem. Ecce rex tuus venit tibi iustus et salvator ipse, pauper et sedens super asinum et super pullum filium asinae.	9 Rejoice well, daughter of Zion, shout for joy, daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, your King will come to you: the Just One, the Savior. He is poor and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt, the son of a donkey.
10 Et disperdam currum ex Ephraim et equum de Ierusalem; et confringetur arcus belli, et loquetur pacem gentibus. Et imperium eius a mari usque ad mare et a flumine usque ad fines terrae.	10 And I will scatter the four-horse chariot out of Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be destroyed. And he will speak peace to the Gentiles, and his power will be from sea to sea, and from the rivers even to the end of the earth.
11 Tu quoque: in sanguine testamenti tui extraho vinctos tuos de lacu, in quo non est aqua.	11 You, likewise, by the blood of your testimony, have sent forth your prisoners from the pit, in which there is no water.
12 Convertimini ad munitionem, vincti spei; hodie quoque annuntians: Duplicia reddam tibi.	12 Turn back to the fortress, prisoners of hope. Today, I also announce that I will repay you double,
13 Nam extendi mihi Iudam quasi arcum, implevi Ephraim; et suscitabo filios tuos, Sion, super filios tuos, Graecia, et ponam te quasi gladium fortium.	13 because I have stretched out Judah for myself, like a bow; I have filled Ephraim. And I will raise up your sons, Zion, above your sons, Greece. And I will set you as the sword of the strength.
14 Et Dominus super eos videbitur, et exibit ut fulgur iaculum eius; et Dominus Deus in tuba canet et vadet in procellis austri.	14 And the Lord God will be seen over them, and his arrow will go forth like lightning. And the Lord God will sound the trumpet, and he will go forth into the whirlwind of the South.
15 Dominus exercituum proteget eos; et devorabunt et conculcabunt lapides fundae et bibent, agitabuntur quasi vino et replebuntur ut phialae et quasi cornua altaris.	15 The Lord of hosts will protect them. And they will devour and subdue with the stones of the sling. And, when drinking, they will become inebriated, as if with wine, and they will be filled like bowls and like the horns of the altar.
16 Et salvabit eos Dominus Deus eorum in die illa ut gregem populi sui, quia lapides coronae fulgebunt super terram eius.	16 And in that day, the Lord their God will save them as the flock of his people. For holy stones will be lifted up over his land.
17 Quid enim bonum eius est, et quid pulchrum eius! Frumentum succrescere facit iuvenes, et mustum virgines.	17 For what is his goodness and what is his beauty, other than grain among the elect and wine springing forth virgins?