Zechariah

2 And mi luk ap and lukim wanfala man hem holem wanfala rope for measurem samting+ lo hand blo hem. 2 So mi askem hem: “Iu go lo wea?”

Hem sei lo mi: “Mi go for measurem Jerusalem, for savve lo waed blo hem and long blo hem.”+

3 And then, datfala angel wea story witim mi hem lusim mi and go, and nara angel kam for meetim hem. 4 And sei lo hem: “Iu ran go lo there and talem datfala young man, ‘“Pipol bae stap lo Jerusalem+ olsem lo olketa open rural area,* bikos staka pipol and animal nao bae stap lo hem.+ 5 And mi bae kamap wanfala fire wea olsem wall raonem hem,+ and glory blo mi bae stap midolwan lo hem,”’+ hem nao wanem Jehovah talem.”

6 “Kam! Kam! Ranawe from datfala land lo north,”+ hem nao wanem Jehovah talem.

“Bikos mi spredim iufala go lo evri direction,”*+ hem nao wanem Jehovah talem.

7 “Zion, kam! Iu mas ranawe, iu wea stap witim dota blo Babylon.+ 8 Bikos diswan nao wanem Jehovah, komanda blo olketa army hem talem, wea bihaen hem kasem glory, hem sendem mi go lo olketa nation wea tekem evri gud samting blo iu.+ Hem sei: ‘Eniwan wea tasim iufala hem tasim pupil lo eye blo mi.*+ 9 Distaem mi bae apim hand blo mi againstim olketa, and slave blo olketa bae tekem evri gud samting blo olketa.’+ And bae iufala mas savve dat Jehovah, komanda blo olketa army, hem nao sendem mi kam.

10 “O dota blo Zion,+ singaot from iu hapi, bikos mi kakam nao,+ and mi bae stap witim iu,”+ hem nao wanem Jehovah talem. 11 “Staka nation bae kam sapotim Jehovah lo datfala day,+ and olketa bae kamap pipol blo mi and mi bae stap witim iu.” And bae iu mas savve dat Jehovah, komanda blo olketa army, hem nao sendem mi kam lo iu. 12 Jehovah bae tekem Judah for hem onam olsem property blo hem lo datfala land wea holy, and bae hem chusim moa Jerusalem.+ 13 Iufala evri pipol, stap kwaet front lo Jehovah, bikos lo holy ples blo hem bae hem duim samting.