Zekkaliya 12
1 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.
This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:
2 “Laba ŋŋenda okufuula Yerusaalemi ekikompe ekitagaza amawanga gonna ageetoolodde enjuuyi zonna. Yuda awamu ne Yerusaalemi birizingizibwa.
“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem.
3 Awo ku lunaku olwo ndifuula Yerusaalemi ejjinja erizitowa eri amawanga gonna, ag’ensi agalikuŋŋaana okukizingiza. Abo bonna abaligezaako okuliggyawo, balyetusaako ebisago.
On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.
4 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.
On that day, declares the LORD, I will strike every horse with panic, and every rider with madness. I will keep a watchful eye on the house of Judah, but I will strike with blindness all the horses of the nations.
5 Awo abakulembeze ba Yuda baligamba mu mitima gyabwe nti, ‘Abantu b’omu Yerusaalemi ba maanyi, kubanga Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye ye Katonda waabwe.’
Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts: ‘The people of Jerusalem are my strength, for the LORD of Hosts is their God.’
6 “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.
On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure there.
7 “Mukama alisooka kununula weema za Yuda, ekitiibwa ky’ennyumba ya Dawudi, n’ekitiibwa ky’abatuuze b’omu Yerusaalemi kireme kusukka ku kya Yuda.
The LORD will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not be greater than that of Judah.
8 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.
On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.
9 Ku lunaku olwo ndizikiriza amawanga gonna agalumba Yerusaalemi.
So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
10 “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.
Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
11 Ku lunaku olwo okukuba ebiwoobe kuliyitirira mu Yerusaalemi okwenkana ng’okwa Kadadulimmoni mu kiwonvu Megiddoni.
On that day the wailing in Jerusalem will be as great as the wailing of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
12 Ensi erikungubaga, buli kika kyokka; ekika eky’ennyumba ya Dawudi ne bakazi baabwe kyokka, n’ekika ky’ennyumba ya Nasani ne bakazi baabwe bokka;
The land will mourn, each clan on its own: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives,
13 Ekika eky’ennyumba ya Leevi ne bakazi baabwe, n’ekika kya Simeeyi ne bakazi baabwe;
the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives,
14 n’ebika byonna ebirala ebisigaddeyo ne bakazi baabwe.
and all the remaining clans and their wives.
