Zechariah 2
1 I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and look, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Ningĩ ngĩtiira maitho, na rĩrĩ, hau mbere yakwa ngĩona mũndũ wanyiitĩte rũrigi rũa gũthima na guoko gwake.
2 Then I asked, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length."
Ngĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Wee-rĩ, wathiĩ kũ?” Nake akĩnjookeria atĩrĩ, “Ndathiĩ gũthima itũũra rĩa Jerusalemu, nĩguo menye wariĩ o na ũraihu warĩo.”
3 Look, the angel who talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
Na rĩrĩ, mũraika ũcio wanjaragĩria agĩthiĩ, nake mũraika ũngĩ agĩũka kũmũtũnga,
4 and said to him, "Run, speak to this young man, saying, 'Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.
akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Tengʼera wĩre mwanake ũcio atĩrĩ, ‘Jerusalemu rĩgaatuĩka itũũra inene rĩtarĩ thingo, nĩ ũndũ wa ũingĩ wa andũ na mahiũ marĩa magaakorwo kuo.’
5 For I,' says Jehovah, 'will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.
Jehova ekuuga ũũ, ‘Niĩ mwene nĩ niĩ ngaatuĩka rũthingo rwa mwaki ndĩrĩthiũrũrũkĩrie, na nduĩke riiri thĩinĩ wa itũũra rĩu.’”
6 Come. Come. Flee from the land of the north,' says Jehovah; 'for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,' says Jehovah.
Jehova ekuuga ũũ, “Ũkai, ũkai! Ũrai muume bũrũri wa mwena wa gathigathini, nĩgũkorwo ndĩmũharaganĩirie mĩena yothe ĩna ĩrĩa yumaga huho cia igũrũ,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
7 'Come, Zion. Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.'
“Ũka, wee Zayuni! Wĩthare, o wee ũtũũraga kwa Mwarĩ wa Babuloni!”
8 For thus says Jehovah of hosts: 'For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of my eye.
Nĩgũkorwo Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Thuutha wa kũũhe gĩtĩĩo, akĩndũma ngahũũrane na ndũrĩrĩ iria ciatahĩte indo cianyu. Nĩgũkorwo ũrĩa wothe ũmũhutagia inyuĩ nĩ kĩũma kĩa riitho rĩa Ngai ahutagia.
9 For, look, I will shake my hand over them, and they will be a spoil to those who served them; and you will know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me.
Ti-itherũ nĩngambararia guoko gwakwa ndĩmookĩrĩre, nacio ngombo ciao itahe indo ciao. Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩguo mũkaamenya atĩ Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩwe ũndũmĩte.
10 Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, look, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you,' says Jehovah.
“Wee Mwarĩ wa Zayuni-rĩ, anĩrĩra na ũkene, nĩgũkorwo nĩndĩrooka gũtũũra gatagatĩ-inĩ kanyu,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
11 Many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me to you.
“Mũthenya ũcio-rĩ, ndũrĩrĩ nyingĩ nĩikanyiitithanio na Jehova, na nĩmagatuĩka andũ akwa. Ngaatũũra gatagatĩ-inĩ kanyu na nĩmũkamenya atĩ Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩwe ũndũmĩte kũrĩ inyuĩ.”
12 Jehovah will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.
Jehova nĩakagaya Juda gũtuĩke igai rĩake bũrũri-inĩ ũrĩa mũtheru, na nĩagethuurĩra Jerusalemu o rĩngĩ.
13 Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation."
Hoorerai harĩ Jehova inyuĩ kĩrĩndĩ gĩa thĩ tondũ nĩeyarahũrĩte kuuma gĩikaro-ini gĩake gĩtheru.
