Zechariah 12
1 A prophecy: This message came from the Lord concerning Israel, a declaration of the Lord who spread out the heavens, who laid the foundations of the earth, and who placed the breath of life within human beings.
Hili ni neno la Bwana kuhusu Israeli. Bwana, yeye azitandaye mbingu, awekaye misingi ya dunia na aiumbaye roho ya mwanadamu ndani yake, asema:
2 Look! I am going to make Jerusalem like a cup containing alcoholic drink that will make all the surrounding nations stagger like drunks when they come to attack Judah and Jerusalem.
“Nitakwenda kufanya Yerusalemu kuwa kikombe cha kuyumbisha mataifa yote yanayoizunguka. Yuda utazingirwa kwa vita na Yerusalemu pia.
3 On that day I will make Jerusalem like a heavy rock to all peoples. Anyone who tries to lift the rock will injure themselves badly. All the nations will join together to attack Jerusalem.
Katika siku hiyo, wakati mataifa yote ya dunia yatakapokusanyika dhidi yake, nitaufanya Yerusalemu kuwa jabali lisilosogezwa kwa mataifa yote. Wote watakaojaribu kulisogeza watajiumiza wenyewe.
4 On that day I will make every horse panic-stricken and every rider go mad, declares the Lord, but I will watch over the people of Judah while I blind all the horses of their enemies.
Katika siku hiyo nitampiga kila farasi kwa hofu ya ghafula, naye ampandaye nitampiga kwa uwazimu,” asema Bwana. “Nitalielekeza jicho langu la ulinzi juu ya nyumba ya Yuda, nami nitawapofusha farasi wote wa mataifa.
5 Then the families of Judah will say to themselves, the people of Jerusalem are strong in their God, the Lord Almighty.
Kisha viongozi wa Yuda watasema mioyoni mwao, ‘Watu wa Yerusalemu wana nguvu kwa sababu Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote ni Mungu wao.’
6 On that day I will make the families of Judah like burning coals in a wood, like a flaming torch in a field of straw. They will burn up to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples, while the people of Jerusalem will live safely in their city.
“Katika siku hiyo nitawafanya viongozi wa Yuda kuwa kama kigae cha moto ndani ya lundo la kuni, kama mwenge uwakao kati ya miganda. Watateketeza kulia na kushoto mataifa yote yanayowazunguka, lakini Yerusalemu utabaki salama mahali pake.
7 The Lord will give the victory to the soldiers of Judah first so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall not be greater than that of Judah.
“Bwana atayaokoa makao ya Yuda kwanza, ili heshima ya nyumba ya Daudi na wakazi wa Yerusalemu isiwe kubwa zaidi kuliko ile ya Yuda.
8 On that day the Lord will place a shield around the people of Jerusalem so that even the clumsiest of them will be as skilled a warrior as David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord who leads them.
Katika siku hiyo, Bwana atawakinga wale waishio Yerusalemu, ili kwamba aliye dhaifu kupita wote miongoni mwao awe kama Daudi, nayo nyumba ya Daudi itakuwa kama Mungu, kama Malaika wa Bwana akiwatangulia.
9 On that day I will start destroying all those nations that attack Jerusalem.
Katika siku hiyo nitatoka kuangamiza mataifa yote yatakayoshambulia Yerusalemu.
10 I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. They will look at me whom they pierced, and they will wail in grief over him, mourning as for an only child, weeping bitterly as for a firstborn.
“Nami nitamiminia nyumba ya Daudi na wakazi wa Yerusalemu roho ya neema na maombi. Watanitazama mimi, yule waliyemchoma. Nao watamwombolezea kama mtu anayemwombolezea mwanawe wa pekee na kusikitika kwa uchungu kama anayemsikitikia mzaliwa wake wa kwanza wa kiume.
11 On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning in Hadad-Rimmon in the valley of Megiddo.
Katika siku hiyo kilio kitakuwa kikubwa Yerusalemu, kama kilio cha Hadad-Rimoni katika tambarare ya Megido.
12 The land will mourn, every family alone: the family house of David alone and their women by themselves, the families of Nathan,
Nchi itaomboleza, kila ukoo peke yake, nao wake zao peke yao. Ukoo wa nyumba ya Daudi na wake zao, ukoo wa nyumba ya Nathani na wake zao,
13 Levi, and Shimei—
ukoo wa nyumba ya Lawi na wake zao, ukoo wa Shimei na wake zao,
14 and all the surviving families and their women, each group mourning alone by themselves.
na koo zote zilizobaki na wake zao.
