Zechariah 12
1 The burden of a word of YHWH on Israel. A declaration of YHWH, Stretching out the heavens, and founding earth, And forming the spirit of man in his midst:
Hili ni tamko la neno la Yahwe kwa Israeli - Bwana asema, azitandaye mbingu na kuweka msingi wa dunia, aiumbaye roho ya mtu ndani yake,
2 “Behold, I am making Jerusalem a cup of reeling To all the surrounding peoples, And it is also against Judah, In the siege against Jerusalem.
“Tazama, nitaifanya Yerusalemu kuwa kikombe kiwafadhaishacho watu wote wamzungukao. Itakuwa hivyo hivyo pia kwa Yuda wakati wa kuhusuriwa kwa Yerusalemu.
3 And it has come to pass in that day, I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone to all the peoples, All loading it are completely pressed down, And gathered against it have been all nations of the earth.
Katika siku hiyo, nitaifanya Yerusalemu kuwa jiwe zito kwa watu wa jamaa zote. Kila atakayejaribu kuliinua jiwe hilo atajihumiza sana, na mataifa yote ya dunia yatakusanyika kinyume cha mji huo.
4 In that day,” a declaration of YHWH, “I strike every horse with astonishment, And its rider with madness, And on the house of Judah I open My eyes, And every horse of the peoples I strike with blindness.
Katika siku hiyo asema Yahwe - nitampiga kila farasi kwa ushangao na kila mpanda farasi kwa wendawazimu. Nitaiangalia nyumba ya Yuda kwa upendeleo na nami nitawapiga kwa upofu farasi wa majeshi.
5 And leaders of Judah have said in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem [are] strength to me, In YHWH of Hosts their God.
Ndipo watawala wa Yuda watakapojisemea mioyoni mwao, 'Wakaao Yerusalemu ndio nguvu yetu kwa sababu ya Yahwe wa majeshi, Mungu wao.'
6 In that day I make the leaders of Judah As a hearth of fire among trees, And as a torch of fire in a sheaf, And they have consumed—on the right and on the left—all the surrounding peoples, And Jerusalem has again inhabited her place in Jerusalem.
Katika siku hiyo nitawafanya watawala wa Yuda kuwa kama mitungi ya moto katika miti na kama miali ya moto kati ya nafaka isimamayo, kwani utateketeza watu wote walio karibu upande wao wa kulia na kushoto. Yerusalemu atakaa mahali pake tena.
7 And YHWH has saved the tents of Judah first, So that the beauty of the house of David does not become great against Judah, And the beauty of the inhabitant of Jerusalem.
Yahwe ataziokoa hema za Yuda kwanza, ili kwamba utukufu ya nyumba ya Daudi na utukufu wa wale waishio Yerusalemu hautazidi sehemu iliyosalia ya Yuda.
8 In that day YHWH covers over the inhabitant of Jerusalem, And the stumbling among them has been in that day as David, And the house of David as God—As the Messenger of YHWH—before them.
Katika siku hiyo Yahwe atakuwa mtetezi wa wakao Yerusalemu, na siku hiyo waliodhaifu miongoni mwao watakuwa kama Daudi, wakati nyumba ya Daudi watakuwa kama Mungu, kama malaika wa Yahwe mbele yao.
9 And it has come to pass in that day, I seek to destroy all the nations Who are coming in against Jerusalem,
“Itakuwa kwamba katika siku hiyo nitaanza kuyaharibu mataifa yote yajayo kinyume cha Yerusalemu.
10 And I have poured on the house of David, And on the inhabitant of Jerusalem, The Spirit of grace and supplications, And they have looked to Me whom they pierced, And they have mourned over Him, Like a mourning over the only one, And they have been in bitterness for Him, Like a bitterness over the firstborn.
Lakini nitamwaga roho ya huruma na kuiombea nyumba ya Daudi na wakao Yerusalemu, hivyo wataniangalia mimi, waliomchoma kwa mkuki. Wataniombolezea, kama amwombolezeaye mwana wa pekee; watamwombolezea kwa uchungu sana kama aombolezaye kifo cha mzaliwa wa kwanza.
11 In that day, great is the mourning of Jerusalem, As the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the Valley of Megiddon,
Katika siku hiyo maombolezo huko Yerusalemu yatakuwa kama maombolezo ya Hadadi Rimoni katika tambarare za Megido.
12 And the land has mourned—every family apart, The family of the house of David apart, And their women apart; The family of the house of Nathan apart, And their women apart;
Nchi itaomboleza, kila ukoo peke yao. Ukoo wa nyumba ya Daudi utakuwa peke yake na wake zao watakuwa peke yao mbali na wanaume. Ukoo wa nyumba ya Nathani utakuwa peke yao na wake zao watakuwa peke yao mbali na waume.
13 The family of the house of Levi apart, And their women apart; The family of Shimei apart, And their women apart,
Ukoo wa nyumba ya Lawi utakuwa peke yao na wake zao watakuwa peke yao mbali na waume. Ukoo wa Washimei utakuwa peke yao na wake zao watakuwa peke yao mbali na waume.
14 All the families that are left, Every family apart, and their women apart!”
Kila ukoo uliosalia - kila mmoja utakuwa peke yake na wake watakuwa pekee mbali na waume.
