< Zekaria 8 >

1 O rĩngĩ ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩyanginyĩrire, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
And it came [the] word of Yahweh of hosts saying.
2 Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga ũũ: “Nĩnjiguaga ũiru mũno nĩ ũndũ wa Zayuni; nĩndĩracinwo nĩ ũiru nĩ ũndũ wake.”
Thus he says Yahweh of hosts I am jealous for Zion jealousy great and rage great I am jealous for it.
3 Jehova ekuuga ũũ: “Nĩngacooka Zayuni, ndũũre Jerusalemu. Hĩndĩ ĩyo itũũra rĩa Jerusalemu rĩgeetagwo Itũũra Inene rĩa Ũhoro-wa-Ma, nakĩo kĩrĩma kĩa Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe gĩgeetagwo Kĩrĩma Gĩtheru.”
Thus he says Yahweh I have returned to Zion and I will dwell in [the] midst of Jerusalem and it will be called Jerusalem [the] city of faithfulness and [the] mountain of Yahweh of hosts [the] mountain of holiness.
4 Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga ũũ: “Athuuri na atumia arĩa akũrũ mũno nĩmagaikara njĩra-inĩ cia Jerusalemu rĩngĩ, o mũndũ anyiitĩte mũtirima wake na guoko nĩ ũndũ wa gũkũra mũno.
Thus he says Yahweh of hosts again they will sit old [men] and old [women] in [the] open places of Jerusalem and each staff his [will be] in hand his from abundance of days.
5 Njĩra cia itũũra rĩu inene ikaiyũra tũhĩĩ na tũirĩtu tũgĩthaaka.”
And [the] open places of the city they will be filled boys and girls playing in open places its.
6 Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga ũũ: “Hĩndĩ ĩyo ũndũ ũcio no woneke ũrĩ wa magegania nĩ matigari ma andũ acio, no Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekũũria atĩrĩ, harĩ niĩ-rĩ, ũndũ ũcio no woneke ũrĩ wa magegania?”
Thus he says Yahweh of hosts if it will be difficult in [the] eyes of [the] remnant of the people this in the days those also in view my will it be difficult? [the] utterance of Yahweh of hosts.
7 Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga ũũ: “Nĩngahonokia andũ akwa kuuma mabũrũri ma mwena wa irathĩro na wa ithũĩro.
Thus he says Yahweh of hosts here I [am] about to save people my from [the] land of [the] east and from [the] land of [the] setting of the sun.
8 Nĩngamacookia matũũre Jerusalemu; nao magaatuĩka andũ akwa na niĩ nduĩke Ngai wao wa kwĩhokeka na mũthingu.”
And I will bring them and they will dwell in [the] midst of Jerusalem and they will become for me a people and I I will become for them God in faithfulness and in righteousness.
9 Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga ũũ: “Inyuĩ arĩa mũraigua ciugo ici ciaririo nĩ anabii arĩa maarĩ kuo rĩrĩa mũthingi wa nyũmba ya Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe wahaandirwo-rĩ, gĩai na hinya nĩgeetha hekarũ yakwo.
Thus he says Yahweh of hosts let them be strong hands your O those [who] hear in the days these the words these from [the] mouth of the prophets who on [the] day [when] it was founded [the] house of Yahweh of hosts the temple to be rebuilt.
10 Mbere ya hĩndĩ ĩyo gũtiarĩ irĩhi rĩa mũndũ kana rĩa nyamũ. Gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩarutire wĩra wake na thayũ nĩ ũndũ wa thũ ciake, tondũ nĩndatũmĩte o mũndũ o mũndũ okĩrĩre ũrĩa ũngĩ.
For before the days those [the] wage[s] of person not it happened and [the] wage[s] of the animal[s] [was] not it and [belonged] to the [one who] went out and to the [one who] came not peace from the opponent so I may send every person each on neighbor his.
11 No rĩrĩ, rĩu ndigũcooka kũherithia matigari ma andũ aya ta ũrĩa ndeekaga tene.” Ũguo nĩguo Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga.
And now not like the days former I [will be] to [the] remnant of the people this [the] utterance of Yahweh of hosts.
12 “Mbeũ nĩĩgakũra wega, naguo mũthabibũ nĩũgaciara matunda maguo, na tĩĩri nĩũkaruta magetha maguo, narĩo igũrũ nĩrĩgatatia ime. Ngaaheana maũndũ maya mothe matuĩke igai rĩa matigari ma andũ aya.
That [the] seed of peace the vine it will give fruit its and the land it will give produce its and the heavens they will give dew their and I will give as an inheritance [the] remnant of the people this all these [things].
13 O ta ũrĩa mũkoretwo mũkĩonwo ta mũrĩ arume mũrĩ gatagatĩ-inĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ, wee Juda na Isiraeli-rĩ, noguo ngaamũhonokia, na nĩmũgatuĩka kĩrathimo. Mũtigetigĩre, no gĩai na hinya.”
And it will be just as you were a curse among the nations O house of Judah and [the] house of Israel so I will save you and you will be a blessing may not you be afraid let them be strong hands your.
14 Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga ũũ: “O ta ũrĩa ndaatuĩte atĩ nĩngũmũrehere mwanangĩko, na ndiigana kũigua tha rĩrĩa maithe manyu mandakaririe-rĩ,” Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga atĩrĩ,
For thus he says Yahweh of hosts just as I planned to do harm to you when provoked to anger ancestors your me he says Yahweh of hosts and not I relented.
15 “nĩ ũndũ ũcio rĩu nĩnduĩte nĩngwĩka Jerusalemu na Juda maũndũ mega rĩngĩ. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio tigai gwĩtigĩra.
So I have returned I have planned in the days these to do good to Jerusalem and [the] house of Judah may not you be afraid.
16 Maya nĩmo maũndũ marĩa mũgwĩka: aranagĩriai ũhoro wa ma mũndũ na ũrĩa ũngĩ, na mũtuage ciira wa ma na wa kĩhooto maciirĩro-inĩ manyu;
These [are] the things which you will do speak truth each with neighbor his faithfulness and justice of peace judge in gates your.
17 mũtikanaciirĩre gwĩka mũndũ wa itũũra rĩanyu ũũru, na mũtikanende kwĩhĩta na maheeni. Niĩ nĩthũire maũndũ macio mothe,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
And each - [the] harm of neighbor his may not you plan in heart your and an oath of falsehood may not you love for all these [are things] which I hate [the] utterance of Yahweh.
18 Ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩyanginyĩrire rĩngĩ, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
And it came [the] word of Yahweh of hosts to me saying.
19 Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga ũũ: “Mahinda ma kwĩhinga kũrĩa irio mweri wa kana, na wa gatano, na wa mũgwanja na wa ikũmi-rĩ, magaatuĩka mahinda ma gũcanjamũka na kũrũũhia, na ma maruga ma gĩkeno harĩ Juda. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio endagai ũhoro wa ma na wa thayũ.”
Thus he says Yahweh of hosts [the] fast of the fourth [month] and [the] fast of the fifth [month] and [the] fast of the seventh [month] and [the] fast of the tenth [month] it will become for [the] house of Judah joy and gladness and appointed feasts good and truth and peace love.
20 Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga ũũ: “Andũ aingĩ na atũũri a matũũra maingĩ manene nĩ magooka,
Thus he says Yahweh of hosts yet this: they will come peoples and [the] inhabitants of cities many.
21 nao atũũri a itũũra rĩmwe inene magaathiĩ itũũra rĩngĩ inene moige atĩrĩ, ‘Rekei tũthiĩ o rĩu tũgathaithe Jehova na tũkarongoorie Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe. Niĩ mwene nĩngũthiĩ.’
And they will go [the] inhabitants of one [city] to one [city] saying let us go steadfastly to entreat [the] face of Yahweh and to seek Yahweh of hosts I will go also I.
22 Irĩndĩ na ndũrĩrĩ irĩ hinya nĩ igooka Jerusalemu kũrongooria Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe na kũmũthaitha.”
And they will come peoples many and nations mighty to seek Yahweh of hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat [the] face of Yahweh.
23 Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga ũũ: “Matukũ-inĩ macio andũ ikũmi kuuma thiomi-inĩ ciothe na ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ ciothe nĩmakanyiita Mũyahudi ũmwe, marũmie gĩcũrĩ gĩa kanjũ yake na mamwĩre atĩrĩ, ‘Reke tũthiĩ nawe, tondũ nĩtũiguĩte atĩ Ngai arĩ hamwe na inyuĩ.’”
Thus he says Yahweh of hosts in the days those that they will take hold ten people from all [the] tongues of the nations and they will take hold on [the] skirt of a person Jewish saying we want to go with you for we have heard God [is] with you.

< Zekaria 8 >