Zakariya 1

1 A wata na bakwai na shekara ta biyu ta mulkin Dariyus, maganar Ubangiji ta zo wa annabi Zakariya ɗan Berekiya ɗan Iddo.

In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,

2 “Ubangiji ya yi fushi sosai da kakanninku.

The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.

3 Saboda haka ka gaya wa mutanen, ga abin da Ubangiji Maɗaukaki ya ce, ‘Ku komo gare ni,’ in ji Ubangiji Maɗaukaki, ‘ni kuma zan komo gare ku,’ in ji Ubangiji Maɗaukaki.

Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Return unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.

4 Kada ku zama kamar kakanninku, waɗanda annabawa na dā suka ce musu, ga abin da Ubangiji Maɗaukaki ya ce, ‘Ku juya daga mugayen hanyoyinku da mugayen abubuwan da kuke yi.’ Amma ba su saurara ba, ko ma su kula da ni, in ji Ubangiji.

Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Return ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.

5 Yanzu ina kakanninku suke? Annabawan kuma fa, sun rayu har abada ne?

Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

6 Amma maganata da dokokina da na umarta ta wurin bayina annabawa fa, ashe, ba su tabbata ba a kan kakanninku? “Sa’an nan suka tuba suka ce, ‘Ubangiji Maɗaukaki ya yi mana daidai abin da hanyoyinmu suka cancanci mu samu, kamar dai yadda ya yi niyya yi.’”

But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? and they turned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

7 A rana ta ashirin da huɗu ga watan goma sha ɗaya, wato, watan Shebat, a shekara ta biyu ta Dariyus, maganar Ubangiji ta zo wa annabi Zakariya ɗan Berekiya ɗan Iddo.

Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,

8 Da dare, na ga wahayi, a gabana kuwa ga mutum a kan jan doki! Yana tsaye a cikin itatuwa masu furanni, a bayansa a cikin itatuwan ci-zaƙi, a bayansa kuwa akwai dawakai masu ruwan ja, ruwan ƙasa-ƙasa da kuma ruwan fari.

I saw in the night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him there were horses, red, sorrel, and white.

9 Sai na yi tambaya na ce, “Mene ne waɗannan ranka yă daɗe?” Mala’ikan da yake magana da ni ya amsa ya ce, “Zan nuna maka mene ne su.”

Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.

10 Sai mutumin da yake tsaye cikin itatuwan ci-zaƙin ya yi bayani cewa, “Su ne waɗanda Ubangiji ya aika ko’ina a duniya.”

And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.

11 Sai suka ce wa mala’ikan da yake tsaye cikin itatuwan ci-zaƙin, “Mun ratsa ko’ina a duniya, sai muka ga duniya duka tana zaman lafiya.”

And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.

12 Sa’an nan mala’ikan Ubangiji ya ce, “Ya Ubangiji Maɗaukaki, har yaushe za ka ci gaba da ƙi nuna wa Urushalima da kuma garuruwan Yahuda jinƙai, waɗanda kake fushi da su shekarun nan saba’in?”

Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?

13 Sai Ubangiji ya yi wa mala’ikan da ya yi magana da ni magana da kalmomi masu daɗi da kuma masu ta’azantarwa.

And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words, [even] comfortable words.

14 Sai mala’ikan da yake magana da ni ya ce, “Ka yi shelar maganan nan, ga abin da Ubangiji Maɗaukaki ya ce, ‘Ina kishi domin Urushalima da Sihiyona,

So the angel that talked with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

15 amma ina fushi da ƙasashen da suke ji suna zaman lafiya, na ɗan yi fushina kawai, amma sai suka ƙara musu masifar.’

And I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

16 “Saboda haka, ga abin da Ubangiji ya ce, ‘Zan komo Urushalima da jinƙai, a can ne za a sāke gina gidana. Za a kuma miƙe ma’auni a bisa Urushalima,’ in ji Ubangiji Maɗaukaki.

Therefore thus saith the LORD: I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies; my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.

17 “Ci gaba da yin shela, ga abin da Ubangiji Maɗaukaki ya ce, ‘Garuruwana za su sāke kwarara da wadata, Ubangiji kuma zai sāke yi wa Sihiyona ta’aziyya, yă kuma zaɓi Urushalima.’”

Cry yet again, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts: My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

18 Sa’an nan na dubi sama a gabana kuwa sai ga ƙahoni huɗu!

And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.

19 Na tambayi mala’ikan da yake mini magana, na ce, “Mene ne waɗannan?” Ya amsa mini ya ce, “Waɗannan su ne ƙahonin da suka watsar da Yahuda, Isra’ila da kuma Urushalima.”

And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.

20 Sa’an nan Ubangiji ya nuna mini maƙera guda huɗu.

And the LORD shewed me four smiths.

21 Na yi tambaya na ce, “Mene ne waɗannan suke zuwa yi?” Ya amsa ya ce, “Waɗannan ne ƙahonin da suka watsar da Yahuda har ba wanda yake iya ɗaga kansa, amma maƙeran sun zo don su tsorata su su kuma saukar da ƙahonin ƙasashen nan waɗanda suka ɗaga ƙahoninsu gāba da ƙasar Yahuda don su warwatsa ta.”

Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast down the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.