Zechariah 12

1 An oracle. The word of YHWH concerning Israel. YHWH, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:

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 "Look, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and on Judah also will it be 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 It will happen in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples. All who burden themselves with it will be severely wounded, and all the nations of the earth will be gathered together against it.

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," says YHWH, "I will strike every horse with terror, and his rider with madness; and I will open my eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples 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 The chieftains of Judah will say in their heart, 'The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength 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 will make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves; and they will devour all the surrounding peoples, on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem will yet again dwell in their own place, even 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 YHWH also will save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem not be magnified above Judah.

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 will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He who is feeble among them at that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel 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 It will happen in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

“Itakuwa kwamba katika siku hiyo nitaanza kuyaharibu mataifa yote yajayo kinyume cha Yerusalemu.

10 I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of petition; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his 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 there will be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like 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 The land will mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives 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 wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives 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 who remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.

Kila ukoo uliosalia - kila mmoja utakuwa peke yake na wake watakuwa pekee mbali na waume.