< Zechariah 14 >

1 Behold the days of the Lord shall come, and thy spoils shall be divided in the midst of thee.
Khangela, usuku lweNkosi luyeza, lempango yakho izakwehlukaniswa phakathi kwakho.
2 And I will gather all nations to Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken, and the houses shall be rifled, and the women shall be defiled: and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the rest of the people shall not be taken away out of the city.
Ngoba ngizabuthanisa zonke izizwe zimelane leJerusalema empini; njalo umuzi uzathunjwa, lezindlu ziphangwe, labesifazana badlwengulwe; lengxenye yomuzi izaphuma iye ekuthunjweni, kodwa insali yabantu kayiyikuqunywa isuke emzini.
3 Then the Lord shall go forth, and shall fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
Khona iNkosi izaphuma, ilwe imelene lalezozizwe, njengamhla isilwa ngosuku lwempi.
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is over against Jerusalem toward the east: and the mount of Olives shall be divided in the midst thereof to the east, and to the west with a very great opening, and half of the mountain shall be separated to the north, and half thereof to the south.
Langalolosuku inyawo zayo zizakuma entabeni yeMihlwathi, emaqondana leJerusalema ngasempumalanga; lentaba yeMihlwathi izaqhekezeka phakathi kwayo ngasempumalanga langasentshonalanga, kube lesihotsha esikhulukazi; lengxenye yentaba izatshedela ngasenyakatho, lengxenye yayo ngaseningizimu.
5 And you shall flee to the valley of those mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall be joined even to the next, and you shall flee as you fled from the face of the earthquake in the days of Ozias king of Juda: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with him.
Lizabaleka-ke ngesihotsha sezintaba zami; ngoba isihotsha sezintaba sizafinyelela eAzali. Yebo, lizabaleka njengokubaleka kwenu phambi kokuzamazama komhlaba ngezinsuku zikaUziya inkosi yakoJuda. Khona iNkosi uNkulunkulu wami izafika, labo bonke abangcwele belawe.
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that there shall be no light, but cold and frost.
Kuzakuthi-ke ngalolosuku kungabi khona ukukhanya, kumbe mnyama.
7 And there shall be one day, which is known to the Lord, not day nor night: and in the time of the evening there shall be light.
Kodwa kuzakuba lusuku olulodwa oluzakwaziwa eNkosini, kungabi yimini, kungabi yibusuku; kodwa kuzakuthi ngesikhathi sakusihlwa kube khona ukukhanya.
8 And it shall come to pass in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem: half of them to the east sea, and half of them to the last sea: they shall be in summer and in winter.
Kuzakuthi-ke ngalolosuku, amanzi aphilayo aphume eJerusalema; ingxenye yawo iye ngaselwandle lwasempumalanga, lengxenye yawo iye ngaselwandle lwentshonalanga; kuzakuba khona ehlobo lebusika.
9 And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day there shall be one Lord, and his name shall be one.
Njalo uJehova uzakuba yiNkosi phezu komhlaba wonke; ngalolosuku kuzakuba leNkosi eyodwa, lebizo layo libe linye.
10 And all the land shall return even to the desert, from the hill to Remmon to the south of Jerusalem: and she shall be exalted, and shall dwell in her own place, from the gate of Benjamin even to the place of the former gate, and even to the gate of the corners: and from the tower of Hananeel even to the king’s wine-presses.
Ilizwe lonke lizaphendulwa libe njengegceke kusukela eGeba kuze kube seRimoni eningizimu kweJerusalema; liphakanyiswe, lihlale endaweni yalo, kusukela esangweni lakoBhenjamini kuze kube sendaweni yesango lokuqala, kuze kube sesangweni lengonsi, njalo kusukela emphotshongweni kaHananeli kuze kube sezikhamelweni zewayini zenkosi.
11 And people shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more an anathema: but Jerusalem shall sit secure.
Njalo bazahlala kilo, kungabe kusaba khona ukutshabalala; kodwa iJerusalema izahlala ivikelekile.
12 And this shall be the plague where with the Lord shall strike all nations that have fought against Jerusalem: the flesh of every one shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
Lalokhu kuzakuba yinhlupheko iNkosi ezatshaya ngayo zonke izizwe ezilwe zimelene leJerusalema: Izabolisa inyama yazo zisemi ngenyawo zazo, lamehlo azo abolele ezikhoxweni zawo, lolimi lwazo lubolele emlonyeni wazo.
13 In that day there shall be a great tumult from the Lord among them: and a man shall take the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall be clasped upon his neighbour’s hand.
Kuzakuthi-ke ngalolosuku, isiphithiphithi esikhulu seNkosi sibe phakathi kwabo; babambe ngulowo lalowo isandla sikamakhelwane wakhe, futhi isandla sakhe siphakamele ukumelana lesandla sikamakhelwane wakhe.
14 And even Juda shall fight against Jerusalem: and the riches of all nations round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and garments in great abundance.
LoJuda laye uzakulwa eJerusalema; lenotho yazo zonke izizwe ezizingelezeleyo izabuthwa, igolide lesiliva lezembatho ngobunengi obukhulu.
15 And the destruction of the horse, and of the mule, and of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts, that shall be in those tents, shall be like this destruction.
Izakuba njalo-ke inhlupheko yebhiza, eyembongolo, eyekamela, lekababhemi, leyazo zonke inyamazana ezizakuba kulezizinkamba, njengaleyonhlupheko.
16 And all they that shall be left of all nations that came against Jerusalem, shall go up from year to year, to adore the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Kuzakuthi-ke, bonke abaseleyo ezizweni zonke ezazize ukumelana leJerusalema benyuke iminyaka ngeminyaka ukuyakhonza iNkosi, uJehova wamabandla, lokugcina umkhosi wamadumba.
17 And it shall come to pass, that he that shall not go up of the families of the land to Jerusalem, to adore the King, the Lord of hosts, there shall be no rain upon them.
Kuzakuthi-ke loba ngubani ongayikwenyuka kuzo insapho zomhlaba aye eJerusalema ukukhonza iNkosi, uJehova wamabandla, kakuyikuba khona izulu phezu kwabo.
18 And if the family of Egypt go not up nor come: neither shall it be upon them, but there shall be destruction wherewith the Lord will strike all nations that will not go up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Futhi uba usapho lweGibhithe lungenyuki luze, kakuyikuba lezulu phezu kwalo, kuzakuba lenhlupheko iNkosi ezatshaya ngayo izizwe ezingenyukeli ukuyagcina umkhosi wamadumba.
19 This shall be the sin of Egypt, and this the sin of all nations, that will not go up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Lokhu kuzakuba yisijeziso sesono seGibhithe, lesijeziso sesono sazo zonke izizwe ezingenyukeli ukugcina umkhosi wamadumba.
20 In that day that which is upon the bridle of the horse shall be holy to the Lord: and the caldrons in the house of the Lord shall be as the phials before the altar.
Ngalolosuku kuzakuba semabhereni amabhiza: UBUNGCWELE KUJEHOVA; lezimbiza endlini yeNkosi zizakuba njengemiganu yokufafaza phambi kwelathi.
21 And every caldron in Jerusalem and Juda shall be sanctified to the Lord of hosts: and all that sacrifice shall come, and take of them, and shall seethe in them: and the merchant shall be no more in the house of the Lord of hosts in that day.
Yebo, yileyo laleyo imbiza eJerusalema lakoJuda izakuba yibungcwele eNkosini yamabandla, njalo bonke abenza umhlatshelo bazakuza bathathe kuzo, bapheke kuzo. Njalo kakusayikuba khona umKhanani endlini yeNkosi yamabandla ngalolosuku.

< Zechariah 14 >