Zechariah 2
1 and to lift: look eye my and to see: see and behold man and in/on/with hand his cord measure
Kisha nikatazama juu: pale mbele yangu alikuwepo mtu mwenye kamba ya kupimia mkononi mwake!
2 and to say where? you(m. s.) to go: went and to say to(wards) me to/for to measure [obj] Jerusalem to/for to see: see like/as what? width her and like/as what? length her
Nikamuuliza, “Unakwenda wapi?” Akanijibu, “Kupima Yerusalemu, kupata urefu na upana wake.”
3 and behold [the] messenger: angel [the] to speak: speak in/on/with me to come out: come and messenger: angel another to come out: come to/for to encounter: meet him
Kisha malaika aliyekuwa akizungumza nami akaondoka, malaika mwingine akaja kukutana naye
4 and to say (to(wards) him *Q(k)*) to run: run to speak: speak to(wards) [the] youth this to/for to say village to dwell Jerusalem from abundance man and animal in/on/with midst her
na kumwambia: “Kimbia, umwambie yule kijana, ‘Yerusalemu utakuwa mji usio na kuta kwa sababu ya wingi wa watu na mifugo iliyomo.
5 and I to be to/for her utterance LORD wall fire around and to/for glory to be in/on/with midst her
Mimi mwenyewe nitakuwa ukuta wa moto kuuzunguka,’ asema Bwana, ‘nami nitakuwa utukufu wake ndani yake.’
6 woe! woe! and to flee from land: country/planet north utterance LORD for like/as four spirit: breath [the] heaven to spread [obj] you utterance LORD
“Njooni! Njooni! Kimbieni mtoke katika nchi ya kaskazini,” asema Bwana, “Kwa kuwa nimewatawanya kwenye pande nne za mbingu,” asema Bwana.
7 woe! Zion to escape to dwell daughter Babylon
“Njoo, ee Sayuni! Kimbia, wewe ukaaye ndani ya Binti Babeli!”
8 for thus to say LORD Hosts after glory to send: depart me to(wards) [the] nation [the] to loot [obj] you for [the] to touch in/on/with you to touch in/on/with apple eye his
Kwa kuwa hivi ndivyo asemavyo Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote: “Baada ya yeye kuniheshimu na kunituma mimi dhidi ya mataifa yaliyokuteka nyara, kwa kuwa yeyote awagusaye ninyi, anaigusa mboni ya jicho lake,
9 for look! I to wave [obj] hand my upon them and to be spoil to/for servant/slave their and to know for LORD Hosts to send: depart me
hakika nitauinua mkono wangu dhidi yao ili watumwa wao wawateke nyara. Ndipo mtakapojua ya kwamba Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote amenituma.
10 to sing and to rejoice daughter Zion for look! I to come (in): come and to dwell in/on/with midst your utterance LORD
“Piga kelele na ufurahie, ee Binti Sayuni, kwa maana ninakuja, nami nitaishi miongoni mwenu,” asema Bwana.
11 and to join nation many to(wards) LORD in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and to be to/for me to/for people and to dwell in/on/with midst your and to know for LORD Hosts to send: depart me to(wards) you
“Mataifa mengi yataunganishwa na Bwana siku hiyo, nao watakuwa watu wangu. Nitaishi miongoni mwenu nanyi mtajua kwamba Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote amenituma kwenu.
12 and to inherit LORD [obj] Judah portion his upon land: soil [the] holiness and to choose still in/on/with Jerusalem
Bwana atairithi Yuda kama fungu lake katika nchi takatifu na atachagua tena Yerusalemu.
13 to silence all flesh from face: before LORD for to rouse from habitation holiness his
Tulieni mbele za Bwana, enyi watu wote, kwa sababu ameinuka kutoka makao yake matakatifu.”
