Zekkaliya 14
1 Olunaku lwa Mukama lujja, lwe muligabana bye mwanyaga.
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 Ndikuŋŋaanyiza amawanga gonna mu Yerusaalemi mu lutalo okukirwanyisa; ekibuga kiritwalibwa, enju zinyagibwe n’abakazi bakwatibwe. Kimu kyakubiri eky’ekibuga kiritwalibwa mu buwaŋŋanguse; naye abalala abalisigalawo tebaliggibwa mu kibuga.
[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 Awo Mukama alivaayo n’alwanyisa amawanga gali nga bwe yalwana ku lunaku olw’olutalo.
Then Yahweh will go out to fight against those nations; he will fight like [SIM] [soldiers] fight in a battle.
4 Ku lunaku olwo ebigere bye biriyimirira ku lusozi olwa Zeyituuni olwolekedde obuvanjuba bwa Yerusaalemi, era olusozi lwa Zeyituuni lulyabuluzibwamu ebitundu bibiri okuva Ebuvanjuba okudda Ebugwanjuba era lujjemu oguwonvu oguwanvu ennyo. Ekitundu ekimu eky’olusozi kidde mu Bukiikakkono ekirala mu Bukiikaddyo.
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 Nammwe muliddukira mu kkubo ery’omu kiwonvu eky’olusozi lwange kubanga ekiwonvu kirisitulirwa waggulu era muddukanga nga bwe mwadduka musisi eyayita mu mirembe gya Uzziya, kabaka wa Yuda. Awo Mukama Katonda wange alijja n’abatukuvu be bonna.
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 Ku lunaku olwo teriba kitangaala, newaakubadde obunnyogovu wadde obutiti.
At that time, there will be no light [from the sun]; it will not become cold and there will be no frost.
7 Naye luliba lunaku lwa njawulo, awataliba misana wadde kiro: olunaku olumanyiddwa Mukama. Obudde bwe buliwungeera walibaawo ekitangaala.
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 Ku lunaku olwo amazzi amalamu galikulukuta okuva mu Yerusaalemi; agamu gagende mu nnyanja ey’Ebuvanjuba n’amalala mu nnyanja ey’Ebugwanjuba; mu kyeya ne mu ttoggo.
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 Mukama alibeera kabaka ow’ensi zonna: ku lunaku olwo Mukama alibeera omu yekka n’erinnya lye liribeera erinnya lyokka.
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 Ensi yonna okuva e Geba okutuuka e Limmoni ku luuyi olw’obukiikaddyo obwa Yerusaalemi; erifuuka nga Alaba naye Yerusaalemi kiriyimusibwa ne kisigala mu kifo kyakyo okuva ku mulongooti gwe Kananeri okutuuka ku masogolero ga kabaka.
[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 Abantu balikibeeramu, tekigenda kuddayo kuzikirizibwa. Yerusaalemi kiriba kinywevu.
Many people will live there, and the city will never be destroyed again. It will be a safe city.
12 Ono ye kawumpuli Mukama gw’alikubisa amawanga gonna agaalwanyisa Yerusaalemi. Emibiri gyabwe girivunda nga bakyali balamu. Amaaso gabavundire mu biwanga, n’ennimi zibavundire mu kamwa.
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 Ku lunaku olwo Mukama alireetera abantu ekyekango eky’amaanyi. Buli muntu alikwata omukono gwa munne nga balwanagana.
At that time, Yahweh will cause many people to panic. People will grab and attack each other.
14 Ne Yuda alirwanira mu Yerusaalemi era obugagga bw’ensi zonna eziriraanyeewo bukuŋŋaanyizibwe, zaabu n’effeeza n’ebyambalo bingi nnyo nga nabyo bikuŋŋaanyizibbwa.
[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 Era kawumpuli ng’oli aligwa ku mbalaasi, ne ku nnyumbu, ne ku ŋŋamira, n’endogoyi, ne ku nsolo zonna eziriba mu bisulo ebyo.
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 Abo abalisigalawo ku mawanga agaalumba Yerusaalemi banaayambukanga buli mwaka okusinza Mukama kabaka ow’Eggye era n’okukwatanga embaga ey’ensiisira.
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 Omuntu yenna mu nsi bw’ataagendenga Yerusaalemi kusinza Mukama Kabaka ow’Eggye, taafunenga nkuba.
If there are people in those nations who do not go [to Jerusalem to worship there], rain will not fall on their land.
18 Abamisiri bwe bataagendenga kwetabamu, tebaafunenga nkuba. Mukama anaabareeteranga kawumpuli, gwakubisa amawanga agatagenda kukwata mbaga ey’ensiisira.
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 Ekyo kye kinaabanga ekibonerezo kya Misiri n’amawanga gonna agataayambukenga kukwata mbaga ya nsiisira.
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 Ku lunaku olwo ekigambo kino, “kitukuvu eri Mukama Katonda,” kinaawandikibwa ku bide by’embalaasi era n’entamu ezifuumbirwamu mu nnyumba ya Mukama zinaabeeranga ng’ebibya ebitukuvu mu maaso g’ekyoto.
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 Weewaawo, buli nsuwa mu Yerusaalemi ne mu Yuda eneebanga ntukuvu mu maaso ga Mukama ow’Eggye; n’abo bonna abanajjanga okuwaayo ssaddaaka banaafumbiranga mu zimu ku ntamu ezo. Era ku lunaku olwo, waliba tewakyali Mukanani mu nnyumba ya Mukama ow’Eggye.
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.
