Zechariah 12
1 The burden of the worde of the Lord vpon Israel, sayth the Lord, which spred the heauens, and layed the foundation of the earth, and formed the spirite of man within him.
Hili ni neno la Bwana kuhusu Israeli. Bwana, yeye azitandaye mbingu, awekaye misingi ya dunia na aiumbaye roho ya mwanadamu ndani yake, asema:
2 Beholde, I will make Ierusalem a cuppe of poyson vnto all the people round about: and also with Iudah will he be, in ye siege against Ierusalem.
“Nitakwenda kufanya Yerusalemu kuwa kikombe cha kuyumbisha mataifa yote yanayoizunguka. Yuda utazingirwa kwa vita na Yerusalemu pia.
3 And in that day will I make Ierusalem an heauie stone for all people: all that lift it vp, shall be torne, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
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 In that day, sayeth the Lord, I will smite euery horse with astonishment, and his rider with madnesse, and I will open mine eyes vpon the house of Iudah, and will smite euery horse of the people with blindnesse.
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 And the princes of Iudah shall say in their hearts, The inhabitants of Ierusalem shall be my strength in the Lord of hostes their God.
Kisha viongozi wa Yuda watasema mioyoni mwao, ‘Watu wa Yerusalemu wana nguvu kwa sababu Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote ni Mungu wao.’
6 In that day will I make the princes of Iudah like coles of fire among the wood, and like a fire brand in the sheafe, and they shall deuoure all the people round about on the right hand, and on the left: and Ierusalem shall be inhabited againe in her owne place, euen in Ierusalem.
“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 also shall preserue the tents of Iudah, as afore time: therefore the glorie of the house of Dauid shall not boast, nor the glorie of the inhabitants of Ierusalem against Iudah.
“Bwana atayaokoa makao ya Yuda kwanza, ili heshima ya nyumba ya Daudi na wakazi wa Yerusalemu isiwe kubwa zaidi kuliko ile ya Yuda.
8 In that day shall the Lord defende the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and he that is feeble among them, in that day shall be as Dauid: and the house of Dauid shall be as Gods house, and as the Angel of the Lord before 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 And in that day will I seeke to destroy all the nations that come against Ierusalem.
Katika siku hiyo nitatoka kuangamiza mataifa yote yatakayoshambulia Yerusalemu.
10 And I will powre vpon the house of Dauid, and vpon the inhabitants of Ierusalem the Spirite of grace and of compassion, and they shall looke vpon me, whom they haue pearced, and they shall lament for him, as one mourneth for his onely sonne, and be sorie for him as one is sorie for his first borne.
“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 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Ierusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
Katika siku hiyo kilio kitakuwa kikubwa Yerusalemu, kama kilio cha Hadad-Rimoni katika tambarare ya Megido.
12 And the land shall bewayle euery familie apart, the familie of the house of Dauid apart, and their wiues apart: the familie of the house of Nathan apart, and their wiues apart:
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 The familie of the house of Leui apart, and their wiues apart: the familie of Shemei apart, and their wiues apart:
ukoo wa nyumba ya Lawi na wake zao, ukoo wa Shimei na wake zao,
14 All the families that remaine, euery familie apart, and their wiues apart.
na koo zote zilizobaki na wake zao.
