Zechariah 13

1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for purification and for sprinkling.

“Katika siku hiyo, chemchemi itafunguliwa kwa nyumba ya Daudi na wakazi wa Yerusalemu, kuwatakasa dhambi na unajisi.

2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

“Katika siku hiyo, nitayakatilia mbali majina ya sanamu kutoka nchi, nayo hayatakumbukwa tena,” asema Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote. “Nitaondoa manabii wao pamoja na roho ya uchafu katika nchi.

3 And it shall come to pass that, when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begot him shall say unto him: 'Thou shalt not live, for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD'; and his father and his mother that begot him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

Ikiwa yupo yeyote atakayeendelea kutabiri, baba yake na mama yake waliomzaa watamwambia, ‘Ni lazima ufe, kwa sababu umesema uongo kwa jina la Bwana.’ Atakapotabiri, wazazi wake mwenyewe watampasua tumbo.

4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be brought to shame every one through his vision, when he prophesieth; neither shall they wear a hairy mantle to deceive;

“Katika siku hiyo, kila nabii ataaibika kwa maono ya unabii wake. Hatavaa vazi la kinabii la nywele ili apate kudanganya watu.

5 but he shall say: 'I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth.'

Atasema, ‘Mimi sio nabii. Mimi ni mkulima; ardhi imekuwa kazi yangu tangu ujana wangu.’

6 And one shall say unto him: 'What are these wounds between thy hands?' Then he shall answer: 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'

Ikiwa mtu atamuuliza, ‘Majeraha haya yaliyo mwilini mwako ni ya nini?’ Atajibu, ‘Ni majeraha niliyoyapata katika nyumba ya rafiki zangu.’

7 Awake, O sword, against My shepherd, and against the man that is near unto Me, saith the LORD of hosts; smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn My hand upon the little ones.

“Amka, ee upanga, dhidi ya mchungaji wangu, dhidi ya mtu aliye karibu nami!” asema Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote. “Mpige mchungaji, nao kondoo watatawanyika, nami nitageuza mkono wangu dhidi ya walio wadogo,

8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

katika nchi yote,” asema Bwana, “theluthi mbili watapigwa na kuangamia; hata hivyo theluthi moja watabaki ndani yake.

9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried; they shall call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say: 'It is My people', and they shall say: 'The LORD is my God.'

Hii theluthi moja nitaileta katika moto; nitawasafisha kama fedha isafishwavyo na kuwajaribu kama dhahabu. Wataliitia Jina langu nami nitawajibu; nitasema, ‘Hawa ni watu wangu,’ nao watasema, ‘Bwana ni Mungu wetu.’”