Zechariah 14
1 Behold, a day has come to YHWH, And your spoil has been divided in your midst.
Tazama! Siku ya Yahwe inakuja wakati mateka wenu watakapogawanywa katikati yenu.
2 And I have gathered all the nations to Jerusalem to battle, And the city has been captured, And the houses have been spoiled, And the women are lain with, Half the city has gone forth in a removal, And the remnant of the people are not 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 YHWH has gone forth, And He has fought against those nations, As in the day of His fighting in a day of conflict.
Lakini Yahwe ataondoka na kufanya vita dhidi ya mataifa kama apigavyo vita katika siku ya vita.
4 And His feet have stood, in that day, On the Mount of Olives, That [is] eastward before Jerusalem, And the Mount of Olives has been cleft at its midst, To the east, and to the west, a very great valley, And half of the mountain is removed toward the north, And half 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 you have fled [to] the valley of My mountains, For the valley of the mountains joins to Azal, And you have fled as you fled before the shaking, In the days of Uzziah king of Judah, And my God YHWH has come in, All holy ones [are] with You.
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 has come to pass in that day, The precious light is not, it is dense darkness,
Hakutakuwa na nuru katika siku hiyo, lakini hakuna baridi wala barafu.
7 And there has been one day, It is known to YHWH, not day nor night, And it has been at evening-time—there is light.
Siku hiyo, siku aijuaye Yahwe peke yake, hakutakuwa tena na mchana wala usiku, kwani jioni itakuwa wakati wa nuru.
8 And it has come to pass in that day, Living waters go forth from Jerusalem, Half of them to the Eastern Sea, And half of them to the Western Sea, It is in summer and in winter.
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 has become King over all the earth, In that day YHWH is one, 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 is changed as a plain, From Gebo to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, And she has been high, and has dwelt in her place, Even from the Gate of Benjamin To the place of the first gate, to the front gate, And from the Tower of Hananeel, To the wine-vats of the king.
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 they have dwelt in her, And destruction is no more, And Jerusalem has dwelt confidently.
Watu watakaa Yerusalemu na hakutakuwa na maangamizi kamili tena kutoka kwa Mungu dhidi yao. Yerusalemu itakuwa salama.
12 And this is the plague with which YHWH plagues all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: He has consumed away its flesh, And it is standing on its feet, And its eyes are consumed in their holes, And its tongue is consumed 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 has come to pass in that day, A great destruction [from] YHWH is among them, And they have each seized the hand of his neighbor, And his hand has gone up against the hand of his neighbor.
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 also Judah is fought with in Jerusalem, And the force of all the surrounding nations has been gathered, 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 is the plague of the horse, of the mule, Of the camel, and of the donkey, And of all the livestock that are in these camps, 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 has come to pass, Everyone who has been left of all the nations, Who are coming in against Jerusalem, They have also gone up from year to year, To bow themselves to the King, YHWH of Hosts, And to celebrate the Celebration of the Shelters.
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 has come to pass, That he who does not go up of the families of the land to Jerusalem, To bow himself to the King, YHWH of Hosts, Even on them there is no shower.
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 does not go up, nor come in, Then on them is the plague With which YHWH plagues the nations That do not go up to celebrate the Celebration of Shelters.
Na ikiwa nchi ya Misri hawatakwenda, ndipo hawatapata mvua. Tauni kutoka kwa Yahwe itayashambulia mataifa yote yasiyokwea kutunza Sikukuu ya Vibanda.
19 This is the punishment of the sin of Egypt, And the punishment of the sin of all the nations, That do not go up to celebrate the Celebration of Shelters.
Hii itakuwa ni adhabu kwa Misri na adhabu kwa kila taifa lisilopanda kutunza Sikukuu ya Vibanda.
20 In that day “Holy to YHWH” is [engraved] on bells of the horse, And the pots in the house of YHWH Have been as 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 And every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah, Have been holy to YHWH of Hosts, And all those sacrificing have come in, And have taken of them, and boiled in them, And in that day there is no merchant anymore in the house of YHWH of Hosts!
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.
