Zechariah 14
1 Behold, the day of Yhwh cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
Tazama! Siku ya Yahwe inakuja wakati mateka wenu watakapogawanywa katikati yenu.
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Kwa maana nitayakusanya mataifa yote kinyume cha Yerusalemu kwa vita na mji utatekwa. Nyumba zitatekwa na wanawake watabakwa. Nusu ya mji itapelekwa matekani, lakini kumbukumbu ya watu haitaondolewa mjini.
3 And, behold, Yhwh go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
Lakini Yahwe ataondoka na kufanya vita dhidi ya mataifa kama apigavyo vita katika siku ya vita.
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
Siku hiyo miguu yake itasimama juu ya Mlima wa Mizeituni, uliopo kando ya Yerusalemu upande wa mashariki. Mlima wa Mizeituni utagawanyika katikati kati ya mashariki na magharibi kwa bonde kubwa sana na nusu ya mlima itarudi nyuma kuelekea kaskazini na nusu kuelekea kusini.
5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: And Yhwh my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
Ndipo mtakapokimbia katika bonde kati ya milima ya Yahwe, kwa kuwa bonde kati ya hiyo milima litafika hata Azali. Mtakimbia kama siku mliyokimbia tetemeko la nchi siku za Uzia, mfalme wa Yuda. Ndipo Yahwe Mungu wangu atakapokuja na watakatifu wake wote.
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
Hakutakuwa na nuru katika siku hiyo, lakini hakuna baridi wala barafu.
7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to Yhwh, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
Siku hiyo, siku aijuaye Yahwe peke yake, hakutakuwa tena na mchana wala usiku, kwani jioni itakuwa wakati wa nuru.
8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
Siku hiyo maji yaliyo hai yatatiririka kutoka Yerusalemu. Nusu yake yatatiririka kuelekea bahari ya mashariki na nusu bahari ya magharibi, wakati wa masika na wakati wa kiangazi.
9 And Yhwh shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Yhwh, and his name one.
Yahwe atakuwa mfalme juu ya dunia yote. Katika siku hiyo kutakuwa na Yahwe, Mungu mmoja, na jina lake pekee.
10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.
Nchi yote itakuwa kama Araba, kuanzia Geba hadi Rimoni kusini mwa Yerusalemu. Na Yerusalemu itaendelea kuwa juu. Ataishi mahali pake mwenyewe, kutoka lango la Benjamini hata mahali lilipokuwa lango la kwanza, hata Lango la Pembeni, na kutoka Mnara wa Hananeli hata shinikizo la mfalme.
11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
Watu watakaa Yerusalemu na hakutakuwa na maangamizi kamili tena kutoka kwa Mungu dhidi yao. Yerusalemu itakuwa salama.
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith Yhwh will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh 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.
Hii itakuwa tauni ambayo kwayo Yahwe atawapiga jamaa zote za watu wapigao vita juu ya Yerusalemu: miili yao itaoza hata wakiwa wamesimama kwa miguu yao. Macho yao yataoza katika matundu yake na ndimi zao zitaoza katika vinywa vyao.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from Yhwh shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
Siku hiyo ile hofu kuu kutoka kwa Yahwe itakuwa miongoni mwao. Kila mmoja ataushika mkono wa mwingine, na mkono wa mwingine utainuliwa kinyume cha mkono wa mwenzake.
14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.
Yuda pia atapigana na Yerusalemu. Watakusanya utajiri wa mataifa yote yanayowazunguka - dhahabu, fedha, na wingi wa nguo safi.
15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the donkey, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.
Tauni itakuwa pia juu ya farasi na nyumbu, ngamia na punda, na kila mnyama katika kambi hizo atapigwa kwa hilo pigo.
16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, Yhwh of Armies, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Kisha itakuwa wote watakaosalia katika mataifa yaliyo kinyume na Yerusalemu watakwenda mwaka kwa mwaka kumwabudu mfalme, Yahwe wa majeshi, na kutunza Sikukuu ya Vibanda.
17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, Yhwh of Armies, even upon them shall be no rain.
Na itakuwa kwamba ikiwa mtu yeyote kutoka katika mataifa yote ya dunia haendi Yerusalemu kumwabudu mfalme, Yahwe wa majeshi, ndipo Yahwe hataleta mvua juu yao.
18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith Yhwh will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Na ikiwa nchi ya Misri hawatakwenda, ndipo hawatapata mvua. Tauni kutoka kwa Yahwe itayashambulia mataifa yote yasiyokwea kutunza Sikukuu ya Vibanda.
19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Hii itakuwa ni adhabu kwa Misri na adhabu kwa kila taifa lisilopanda kutunza Sikukuu ya Vibanda.
20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO YHWH; and the pots in Yhwh's house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
Lakini katika siku hiyo, kengele za farasi zitasema, “Jitengeni kwa ajili ya Yahwe,” na makalai katika nyumba ya Yahwe yatakuwa kama mabakuri mbele ya madhabahu.
21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto Yhwh of Armies: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of Yhwh of Armies.
Kwa kuwa kila chungu katika Yerusalemu na Yuda kitatengwa kwa ajili ya Yahwe wa majeshi na kila mmoja aletaye sadaka atakula ndani yake na kuyachemshia. Hakutakuwa na wafanyabiashara tena katika nyumba ya Yahwe wa majeshi siku hiyo.
