Zakari 14
1 Tala, mokolo ya Yawe ezali koya; ezali mokolo oyo bakokabola bomengo ya bitumba kati na yo, Yelusalemi.
Listen! It will soon be the time when Yahweh [will judge everyone]. At that time, the possessions that were taken from you [people of Jerusalem by your enemies will be returned to you, and] will be divided among you.
2 Nakosangisa bikolo nyonso, na Yelusalemi, mpo ete babundisa engumba yango; bakobotola yango, bakobuka bandako na yango, bakozwa basi na yango na makasi mpo na kobebisa lokumu na bango, mpe ndambo ya bato kati na yango bakokende na bowumbu, bongo ndambo mosusu ya bato bakotikala.
[Before that happens, ] Yahweh will cause [the armies of] many [HYP] nations to attack Jerusalem. They will capture the city and steal all the valuable things from your houses and rape the women. They will take half of the people to other countries, but the other half of the people will be allowed to remain in the city.
3 Bongo Yawe akobima mpe akobundisa bikolo wana, ndenge asalaka na tango ya bitumba.
Then Yahweh will go out to fight against those nations; he will fight like [SIM] [soldiers] fight in a battle.
4 Na mokolo wana, makolo na Ye ekotelema likolo ya ngomba ya banzete ya olive oyo ezali na ngambo ya este ya Yelusalemi; mpe ngomba ya olive ekokabwana na biteni mibale: eteni moko na ngambo ya este mpe eteni mosusu na ngambo ya weste. Lubwaku moko ya monene ekosalema: eteni moko ya ngomba ekokende na ngambo ya nor, mpe eteni mosusu, na ngambo ya sude.
On that day, he will stand on Olive [Tree] Hill, east of Jerusalem. Olive [Tree] Hill will be split into two [parts], with a large valley between the parts. Half of the hill will move toward the north and half [will move] toward the south.
5 Bokokimela kati na lubwaku ya bangomba na ngai, pamba te lubwaku ya bangomba ekokende kino na Atsali; bokokima ndenge bokimaki tango mabele eninganaki na tango Oziasi azalaki mokonzi ya Yuda. Bongo Yawe, Nzambe na ngai, akoya elongo na basantu na Ye nyonso.
People will flee through that valley which extends to the other side (OR, to Azel), like [SIM] people fled when there was an earthquake during the time that King Uzziah ruled Judah. Then Yahweh my God will come with his holy [angels].
6 Na mokolo wana, ezala pole to malili to mpe mvula, eloko moko te ekozala.
At that time, there will be no light [from the sun]; it will not become cold and there will be no frost.
7 Ekozala mokolo ya ndenge mosusu, mokolo ezanga moyi mpe butu, mokolo oyo Ye moko kaka Yawe ayebi; pole ekobima soki pokwa ekoki.
There has been no other time like that time, and only Yahweh knows when it will happen. There will be no daytime or nighttime; there will be [light continually], [even] in the evening.
8 Na mokolo wana, mayi oyo etiolaka ekobimela na Yelusalemi. Ndambo moko ekokende na ebale monene ya este mpe ndambo mosusu, na ebale monene ya weste, na eleko ya malili mpe ya molunge.
At that time, running/fresh water will flow from Jerusalem. One stream will flow toward the east to the [Dead] Sea. The other stream will flow toward the west to the [Mediterranean] Sea. The water will flow [all the time], during (summer/the hot season) as well as in (winter/the cold season).
9 Yawe akozala Mokonzi ya mabele mobimba. Na mokolo wana, Ye moko kaka nde akozala Nkolo, mpe bakosambela kaka Ye.
After that time, Yahweh will be the king [who rules] the entire world. [Everyone will know that] Yahweh, and only Yahweh [MTY], is the true God.
10 Mokili mobimba, longwa na Geba kino na Rimoni, na ngambo ya sude ya Yelusalemi, ekokoma lokola etando ya Araba; kasi Yelusalemi ekozala kaka na likolo, ekotikala kaka na esika na yango, longwa na Ekuke ya Benjame kino na esika oyo Ekuke ya kala ezalaki, na songe ya bamir, longwa na ndako molayi ya Ananeyeli kino na bikamolelo ya mokonzi.
[At that time, ] all the land [in Judah] from Geba [town at the north] to Rimmon [town far to] the south of Jerusalem, will become a plain. Jerusalem will remain raised up like it has always been. [It will extend] from the Benjamin Gate and the First Gate [northeast] to the Tower of Hananel, and to the king’s winepresses [to the southwest].
11 Bato bakozongela kovanda na Yelusalemi; Yelusalemi ekobebisama lisusu te mpe ekokoma na kimia.
Many people will live there, and the city will never be destroyed again. It will be a safe city.
12 Tala etumbu oyo Yawe akopesa na bikolo nyonso oyo ekobundisa Yelusalemi: Misuni ya banzoto na bango ekobanda kopola wana bazali nanu na bomoi; miso na bango ekokufa na bilongi na bango mpe balolemo na bango ekokufa kati na minoko na bango.
But Yahweh will cause the people in all the nations that attacked Jerusalem to be afflicted by a (plague/severe illness). Their flesh will rot while they are still standing up. Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
13 Na mokolo wana, Yawe akosala ete mobulu ekota kati na bango, bakobetana makofi mpe bakobomana bango na bango.
At that time, Yahweh will cause many people to panic. People will grab and attack each other.
14 Bato ya Yuda mpe bakobunda kati na Yelusalemi, bakokongola bomengo ya bikolo nyonso ya zingazinga: wolo, palata mpe bilamba mingi koleka.
[The people who live in other places in] Judah will fight to defend Jerusalem. They will collect the valuable things from the surrounding nations—a lot of gold and silver and clothes.
15 Etumbu ya ndenge moko kaka ekokweya likolo ya bampunda, ya bamile, ya bashamo, ya ba-ane mpe ya banyama nyonso oyo ekozala na molako.
The same plague [that will afflict the people of other nations] will afflict their horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the other work animals in their (camps/places where they have set up their tents).
16 Boye, batikali kati na bikolo nyonso oyo ebundisaki Yelusalemi bakomata mibu nyonso na Yelusalemi mpo na kogumbamela Mokonzi, Yawe Mokonzi ya mampinga, mpe mpo na kosala feti ya Bandako ya kapo.
The people of other nations who [previously] came [to fight] against Jerusalem, all those who are still alive, will return to Jerusalem every year to worship the King, the Commander of the armies of angels, and to celebrate the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters.
17 Soki bato ya etuka moko ya mabele bakei te na Yelusalemi mpo na kogumbamela Mokonzi, Yawe Mokonzi ya mampinga, mvula ekonoka te na mokili na bango.
If there are people in those nations who do not go [to Jerusalem to worship there], rain will not fall on their land.
18 Soki bato ya Ejipito baboyi kokende kosala feti na Yelusalemi, mvula ekonoka te na mokili na bango. Boye, Yawe akopesa bango etumbu oyo abongisa mpo na ekolo nyonso oyo ekoboya kokende kosala feti ya Bandako ya kapo.
If the people of Egypt [or any other nation] do not go to Jerusalem, [they will not have any rain]. And Yahweh will cause them to experience the same plague that afflicted the [people of other] nations that did not celebrate the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters.
19 Ekozala etumbu ya Ejipito mpe ya bikolo nyonso oyo ekoboya kokende kosala feti ya Bandako ya kapo.
That is how [Yahweh] will punish [the people of] Egypt and [the people of] any [other] nation who do not go [to Jerusalem] to celebrate the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters.
20 Na mokolo wana, bakotia makomi na bangonga mike-mike ya bampunda: « Ebulisami mpo na Yawe! » Banzungu ya Tempelo ya Yawe ekozala mpe bule ndenge bakopo ezalaka bule liboso ya etumbelo.
At that time, [the words] ‘Dedicated to Yahweh’ will be written on the bells that are fastened to the horses. The [cooking] pots in [the courtyard of the] temple will be [sacred], like the bowls that are near the altar.
21 Banzungu nyonso kati na Yelusalemi mpe kati na Yuda ekobulisama mpo na Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga; mpe bato nyonso oyo bakoya kopesa makabo bakozwa ndambo ya banzungu mpe bakolambela yango. Na mokolo wana, ata moto moko te ya mombongo akotikala kati na Tempelo ya Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
Every pot in Jerusalem and [in other places in] Judah will be dedicated to the Commander of the armies of angels. So everyone who offers sacrifices [there in Jerusalem] will be able to take some of the meat that has been brought for sacrifices, and cook it in their own pots. And at that time, people will no longer buy or sell things in [the courtyard of] the temple of the Commander of the armies of angels.
