< Zechariah 12 >

1 The oracle of the word of Yahweh, on Israel, —Declareth Yahweh—Stretching out the heavens, and founding the earth, and fashioning the spirit of man within him:
Kino ky’ekigambo kya Katonda ekikwata ku Isirayiri. Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama eyabamba eggulu era n’assaawo emisingi gy’ensi, era n’akola n’omwoyo gw’omuntu ogumulimu.
2 Lo! I am making Jerusalem a bowl of reeling to all the peoples, round about, —Moreover also, on Judah, shall it be in the siege against Jerusalem;
“Laba ŋŋenda okufuula Yerusaalemi ekikompe ekitagaza amawanga gonna ageetoolodde enjuuyi zonna. Yuda awamu ne Yerusaalemi birizingizibwa.
3 And it shall come to pass, in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a lifting-stone, to all the peoples, all who seek to lift her, shall, cut themselves in pieces, —though all the nations of the earth, gather themselves together against her.
Awo ku lunaku olwo ndifuula Yerusaalemi ejjinja erizitowa eri amawanga gonna, ag’ensi agalikuŋŋaana okukizingiza. Abo bonna abaligezaako okuliggyawo, balyetusaako ebisago.
4 In that day, Declareth Yahweh, I will smite every horse with terror, and his rider with madness, —and, over the house of Judah, will I keep opening mine eyes, and, every horse of the peoples, will I smite with blindness.
Ku lunaku olwo, bw’ayogera Mukama, ndikuba buli mbalaasi na buli muvuzi waayo ndimusuula eddalu. Ndikuuma ennyumba ya Yuda kyokka amaaso g’embalaasi za bannaggwanga ndigaziba.
5 Then will the chiefs of Judah say in their hearts, —A strength unto me, [would be] the inhabitants of Jerusalem, in Yahweh of hosts, their God.
Awo abakulembeze ba Yuda baligamba mu mitima gyabwe nti, ‘Abantu b’omu Yerusaalemi ba maanyi, kubanga Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye ye Katonda waabwe.’
6 In that day, will I make the chiefs of Judah like a pan of fire among sticks, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf, so shall they devour, on the right hand and on the left, all the peoples round about; so shall Jerusalem yet, be inhabited, in her own place, as Jerusalem.
“Ku lunaku olwo ndifuula abakulembeze ya Yuda ng’ogusigiri ogwaka ogwetooloddwa enku, ng’olumuli olw’omuliro mu makkati g’ebinywa. Balimalawo amawanga gonna ag’oku njuyi zonna, olw’oku kkono n’olw’oku ddyo; naye Yerusaalemi kirisigalawo, n’abantu baakyo mu kifo kyakyo awatali kunyeenyezebwa.
7 But Yahweh will save the tents of Judah first, —lest the honour of the house of David, and the honour of the inhabitant of Jerusalem, should be magnified over Judah.
“Mukama alisooka kununula weema za Yuda, ekitiibwa ky’ennyumba ya Dawudi, n’ekitiibwa ky’abatuuze b’omu Yerusaalemi kireme kusukka ku kya Yuda.
8 In that day, will Yahweh, throw a covering, around the inhabitant of Jerusalem, so shall the tottering among them, in that day, become like David, —and the house of David—like God, like the messenger of Yahweh, before them.
Ku lunaku olwo Mukama aliteeka obukuumi ku batuuze b’omu Yerusaalemi; abo abasembayo obunafu ku lunaku olwo babeere nga Dawudi, era ennyumba ya Dawudi ebeere ng’ennyumba ya Katonda, nga malayika wa Mukama abakulembeddemu.
9 And it shall come to pass, in that day, —That I will seek to destroy all the nations, that come against Jerusalem.
Ku lunaku olwo ndizikiriza amawanga gonna agalumba Yerusaalemi.
10 But I will pour out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitant of Jerusalem, the spirit of favour, and of supplications, and they will look unto me, whom they have pierced, —and will wail over him, as one waileth over an only son, and will make bitter outcry over him, as one maketh bitter outcry over a firstborn.
“Era ndifuka ku nnyumba ya Dawudi era ku batuuze ba Yerusaalemi Omwoyo ow’ekisa n’okwegayirira. Balintunuulira nze gwe baafumita: era balimukungubagira ng’omuntu bw’akungubagira omwana we omu yekka, era balimulumirwa nnyo omwoyo ng’omuntu bw’alumirwa mutabani we omubereberye.
11 In that day, will the wailing, be great, in Jerusalem, as the wailing of Hadadrimmon, in the valley of Megiddon;
Ku lunaku olwo okukuba ebiwoobe kuliyitirira mu Yerusaalemi okwenkana ng’okwa Kadadulimmoni mu kiwonvu Megiddoni.
12 So shall the land, wail, family by 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;
Ensi erikungubaga, buli kika kyokka; ekika eky’ennyumba ya Dawudi ne bakazi baabwe kyokka, n’ekika ky’ennyumba ya Nasani ne bakazi baabwe bokka;
13 The family of the house of Levi, apart, and their wives apart, the family of Shimei, apart, —and their wives apart:
Ekika eky’ennyumba ya Leevi ne bakazi baabwe, n’ekika kya Simeeyi ne bakazi baabwe;
14 All the families that remain, family by family, apart, —and their wives, apart.
n’ebika byonna ebirala ebisigaddeyo ne bakazi baabwe.

< Zechariah 12 >