Zechariah 13
1 On that day shall there be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for cleansing from sin and for purification.
Katika siku hiyo kijito kitafunguliwa kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Daudi na wenyeji wa Yerusalemu, kwa ajili ya dhambi na uchafu wao.
2 And it shall come to pass on that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall not be remembered any more: and also the prophets and the unclean spirit will I remove out of the land.
Katika siku hiyo - asema Yahwe wa majeshi - kwamba nitaondoa majina ya sanamu katika nchi ili kwamba yasikumbukwe tena. Nitawaondoa pia katika nchi manabii wa uongo na roho wao mchafu
3 And it shall come to pass, if any one should yet prophesy, that his father and his mother who have begotten him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for falsely hast thou spoken in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother who have begotten him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
Ikiwa mtu yeyote ataendelea kutoa unabii, baba yake na mama yake waliomzaa watamwambia, 'Hautaishi, kwa kuwa umenena uongo kwa jina la Yahwe! Ndipo baba na mama waliomzaa watakapomchoma wakati akitabiri.
4 And it shall come to pass on that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one because of his vision, when he prophesieth; and they shall not clothe themselves with a hairy cloak in order to deceive.
Katika siku hiyo kila nabii ataonea aibu maono yake aelekeapo kutoa unabii. Manabii hawa hawatavaa tena vazi la singa, ili kuwadanganya watu.
5 But he will say, I am no prophet, a man that tilleth the ground am I; for some one hath taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
Kwa maana kila mmoja atasema, 'Mimi siyo nabii! mimi ni mkulima, kwa maana ardhi ndiyo kazi yangu tangu ujana wangu!
6 And should some one say unto him, What are these wounds between thy hands? Then will he say, Those with which I have been wounded in the house of my [vicious] friends.
Lakini mtu mwingine atamwambia, 'Majeraha haya kati ya mikono yako ni ya nini?' naye atajibu, nilijeruhiwa na waliokuwa katika nyumba ya rafiki zangu.”
7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man whom I have associated with me, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; but I will turn my hand toward the feeble ones.
Upanga! inuka mwenyewe dhidi ya mchungaji wangu, mtu asimamaye karibu nami - hivi ndivyo asemavyo Yahwe wa majeshi. Mpige mchungaji, na kondoo watatawanyika! Kwa maana nitageuza mkono wangu dhidi ya wadogo.
8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts [of those] therein shall be cut off, shall perish; but the third part shall be left therein.
Kisha itakuwa kwamba katika nchi yote - hivi ndivyo asemavyo Yahwe - kwamba theluthi mbili yake itaondolewa! Watu hao wataangamia; theluthi moja tu ndiyo itakayosalia.
9 And I will bring the third part into the fire, and I will refine them as one refineth silver, and will probe them as gold is probed: they will call on my name, and I will answer their prayer; I will say, They arc my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
Nitaipitisha hiyo ya tatu motoni na kuwasafisha kama fedha isafishwavyo; nitawajaribu kama dhahabu ijaribiwavyo. Wataliitia jina langu nami nitawajibu na kusema, 'Hawa ni watu wangu!' nao watasema, Yahwe ndiye Mungu wangu!”
