Zechariah 10

Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime;
    it is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms.
He gives showers of rain to all people,
    and plants of the field to everyone.

اطْلُبُوا مِنَ الرَّبِّ الْمَطَرَ فِي مَوْسِمِ الرَّبِيعِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ الَّذِي يَسْتَجِيبُ بِبُرُوقٍ، وَيَسْكُبُ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَابِلاً هَطَّالاً، وَيَرْزُقُ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ عُشْباً فِي الْحَقْلِ.

The idols speak deceitfully,
    diviners see visions that lie;
they tell dreams that are false,
    they give comfort in vain.
Therefore the people wander like sheep
    oppressed for lack of a shepherd.

أَمَّا الأَوْثَانُ فَإِنَّهَا تَنْطِقُ بِالْبَاطِلِ، وَيَرَى الْعَرَّافُونَ رُؤىً كَاذِبَةً، وَيُنْبِئُونَ بِأَحْلامِ زُورٍ. وَعَبَثاً يُعَزُّونَ. لِذَلِكَ شَرَدَ النَّاسُ كَغَنَمٍ، وَقَاسُوا مَشَقَّةً لاِفْتِقَارِهِمْ إِلَى رَاعٍ.

“My anger burns against the shepherds,
    and I will punish the leaders;
for the Lord Almighty will care
    for his flock, the people of Judah,
    and make them like a proud horse in battle.

إِنَّ غَضَبِي مُحْتَدِمٌ عَلَى الرُّعَاةِ، وَسَأُعَاقِبُ الرُّؤَسَاءَ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ يَعْتَنِي بِقَطِيعِهِ شَعْبِ يَهُوذَا، وَيَجْعَلُهُمْ كَفَرَسِ الْمَزْهُوِّ فِي الْقِتَالِ.

From Judah will come the cornerstone,
    from him the tent peg,
from him the battle bow,
    from him every ruler.

مِنْهُمْ يَخْرُجُ حَجَرُ الزَّاوِيَةِ وَالْوَتَدُ وَقَوْسُ الْقِتَالِ وَكُلُّ حَاكِمٍ مُتَسَلِّطٍ.

Together they^[a] will be like warriors in battle
    trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets.
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
    and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.

وَيَدُوسُونَ الأَعْدَاءَ مَعاً كَمَا يَدُوسُ الْجَبَابِرَةُ الطِّينَ فِي الشَّوَارِعِ، وَيُحَارِبُونَ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ مَعَهُمْ فَيُلْحِقُونَ الْعَارَ بِفُرْسَانِ الأَعْدَاءِ.

“I will strengthen Judah
    and save the tribes of Joseph.
I will restore them
    because I have compassion on them.
They will be as though
    I had not rejected them,
for I am the Lord their God
    and I will answer them.

إِنِّي أُشَدِّدُ شَعْبَ يَهُوذَا وَأُخَلِّصُ ذُرِّيَّةَ يُوسُفَ وَأَرُدُّهُمْ إِلَى أَرْضِهِمْ لأَنِّي أَكُنُّ لَهُمُ الرَّحْمَةَ، فَيَكُونُونَ كَأَنِّي لَمْ أَنبِذْهُمْ لأَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُهُمْ فَأَسْتَجِيبُهُمْ.

The Ephraimites will become like warriors,
    and their hearts will be glad as with wine.
Their children will see it and be joyful;
    their hearts will rejoice in the Lord.

ويُصْبِحُ شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ كَجَبَابِرَةِ الْحَرْبِ، وَتَنْتَشِي قُلُوبُهُمْ كَمَنْ شَرِبَ خَمْرَةً، وَيَشْهَدُ أَبْنَاؤُهُمْ هَذَا وَيَفْرَحُونَ، وَتَبْتَهِجُ نُفُوسُهُمْ بِالرَّبِّ.

I will signal for them
    and gather them in.
Surely I will redeem them;
    they will be as numerous as before.

أُصْدِرُ إِشَارَتِي لَهُمْ فَأَجْمَعُ شَتَاتَهُمْ، لأَنِّي افْتَدَيْتُهُمْ، وَيَكْثُرُونَ كَمَا فِي الْحِقَبِ الأُولَى.

Though I scatter them among the peoples,
    yet in distant lands they will remember me.
They and their children will survive,
    and they will return.

مَعَ أَنِّي بَدَّدْتُهُمْ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ، فَإِنَّهُمْ يَظَلُّونَ يَذْكُرُونَنِي فِي الْمَنَافِي الْبَعِيدَةِ، وَيَحْيَوْنَ مَعَ أَوْلادِهِمْ وَيَرْجِعُونَ.

I will bring them back from Egypt
    and gather them from Assyria.
I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon,
    and there will not be room enough for them.

سَأَرُدُّهُمْ إِلَى مَوْطِنِهِمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، وَأَجْمَعُ شَتَاتَهُمْ مِنْ أَشُّورَ، وَآتِي بِهِمْ إِلَى أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ وَلُبْنَانَ حَتَّى لَا يَبْقَى مُتَّسَعٌ لَهُمْ بَعْدُ.

They will pass through the sea of trouble;
    the surging sea will be subdued
    and all the depths of the Nile will dry up.
Assyria’s pride will be brought down
    and Egypt’s scepter will pass away.

يَجْتَازُونَ عَبْرَ بَحْرِ الْمَشَقَّاتِ، فَتَنْحَسِرُ الأَمْوَاجُ وَتَجُفُّ لُجَجُ النِّيلِ. تَذِلُّ كِبْرِيَاءُ أَشُّورَ وَيَزُولُ صَوْلَجَانُ مِصْرَ.

I will strengthen them in the Lord
    and in his name they will live securely,”
declares the Lord.