Zekaria 14
1 Siku ya Bwana inakuja ambayo nyara zilizotekwa kwenu zitagawanywa miongoni mwenu.
Lo! a day, cometh, pertaining to Yahweh, —when apportioned shall be thy spoil in thy midst;
2 Nitayakusanya mataifa yote huko Yerusalemu kupigana dhidi yake, mji utatekwa, nyumba zitavamiwa na kuporwa na wanawake watanajisiwa. Nusu ya mji watakwenda uhamishoni, lakini watakaobaki hawataondolewa kutoka mjini.
Yea I will gather together all the nations unto Jerusalem, to battle, and the city, shall be captured, and the houses, plundered, and, the women, ravished, —and half of the city, shall go forth, into exile, but, the remainder of the people, shall not be cut off out of the city.
3 Kisha Bwana atatoka na kupigana dhidi ya watu wa yale mataifa, kama apiganavyo siku ya vita.
Then will Yahweh go forth, and fight against those nations, —just as he did in the day when he fought, in the day of battle;
4 Siku hiyo miguu yake itasimama juu ya Mlima wa Mizeituni, mashariki mwa Yerusalemu, nao Mlima wa Mizeituni utagawanyika mara mbili kuanzia mashariki hadi magharibi, ukifanya bonde kubwa, nusu ya mlima ukisogea kuelekea kaskazini na nusu kuelekea kusini.
Yea his feet, shall stand, in that day, on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives, shall cleave asunder, from the midst thereof, towards the east and towards the west, an exceeding great valley, —and half of the mountain, shall give way, toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
5 Nanyi mtakimbia kupitia katika bonde hilo la mlima wangu kwa kuwa litaenea hadi Aseli. Mtakimbia kama mlivyokimbia tetemeko la ardhi katika siku za Uzia mfalme wa Yuda. Kisha Bwana Mungu wangu atakuja na watakatifu wote pamoja naye.
Then shall ye flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains, shall reach, very near, Yea, ye shall flee, just as ye fled from before the earthquake, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, —Then, shall arrive, Yahweh my God, All thy holy ones, with thee!
6 Siku hiyo hakutakuwepo nuru, baridi wala theluji.
And it shall come to pass, in that day, —that there shall be no light, the bright stars, shall be withdrawn;
7 Itakuwa siku ya kipekee, isiyo na mchana wala usiku, siku ijulikanayo na Bwana. Jioni inapofika nuru itakuwepo.
And it shall be a day by itself, The same, shall be known unto Yahweh—Not day, nor night, —But it shall come to pass, that, at evening time, there shall be light.
8 Siku hiyo, maji yaliyo hai yatatiririka kutoka Yerusalemu, nusu kwenda kwenye bahari ya mashariki, na nusu kwenda kwenye bahari ya magharibi wakati wa kiangazi na wakati wa masika.
And it shall come to pass, in that day, that there shall go forth living waters out of Jerusalem, half of them unto the sea before, and half of them unto the sea behind, in summer and in winter, shall it he.
9 Bwana atakuwa mfalme juu ya dunia yote. Katika siku hiyo atakuwepo Bwana mmoja na jina lake litakuwa jina pekee.
So will Yahweh become king over all the earth, —In that day, shall there be one Yahweh, and, his Name, be one.
10 Nchi yote kuanzia Geba, kaskazini mwa Yuda, hadi Rimoni, kusini mwa Yerusalemu, itakuwa kama Araba. Lakini Yerusalemu utainuliwa juu na kubaki mahali pake, toka Lango la Benyamini hadi mahali pa Lango la Kwanza, mpaka kwenye Lango la Pembeni na kutoka Mnara wa Hananeli hadi kwenye mashinikizo ya divai ya mfalme.
All the land shall turn into a plain, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, —and shall lift herself on high and abide in her own place, from the gate of Benjamin up to the place of the first gate, up to the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel up to the wine-presses of the king.
11 Utakaliwa na watu, kamwe hautaharibiwa tena, Yerusalemu utakaa salama.
So shall men dwell therein, and, utter destruction, shall not be any more, —but Jerusalem, shall abide, in security.
12 Hii ndiyo tauni ambayo Bwana atapiga nayo mataifa yote ambayo yalipigana dhidi ya Yerusalemu: Nyama ya miili yao itaoza wangali wamesimama kwa miguu yao, macho yao yataoza kwenye matundu yake na ndimi zao zitaoza vinywani mwao.
And, this, shall be the plague wherewith Yahweh will plague all the peoples who have made war against Jerusalem, —his flesh, shall be made to rot, while he is standing upon his feet, and, his eyes, shall rot in their sockets, and, his tongue, shall rot in their mouth;
13 Katika siku hiyo Bwana atawatia wanaume hofu kuu. Kila mwanaume atakamata mkono wa mwenzake nao watashambuliana.
And it shall come to pass, in that day, that there shall be a great confusion from Yahweh among them, —and they will lay hold every one upon the hand of his neighbour, and his hand, will rise up, against the hand of his neighbour;
14 Yuda pia atapigana katika Yerusalemu. Utajiri wa mataifa yote yanayoizunguka Yerusalemu utakusanywa, wingi wa dhahabu, fedha na nguo.
Moreover also, Judah, will fight with Jerusalem, —and the wealth of all the nations round about, shall be gathered together, gold and silver and apparel, in great abundance.
15 Tauni ya aina iyo hiyo itapiga farasi na nyumbu, ngamia na punda, nao wanyama wote walioko kwenye kambi za adui.
And, so, shall be the plague of the horse, the mule, the camel, and the ass, and all the beasts which shall be in those camps, —like this plague!
16 Kisha walionusurika katika mataifa yote ambayo yaliushambulia Yerusalemu watakuwa wakipanda Yerusalemu kila mwaka kumwabudu Mfalme, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote na kuadhimisha Sikukuu ya Vibanda.
And it shall come to pass, that, as for every one that is left out of all the nations that came against Jerusalem, that they shall come up, from year to year, to bow down to the king, Yahweh of hosts, and to celebrate the festival of booths.
17 Ikiwa taifa lolote la dunia hawatakwenda Yerusalemu kumwabudu Mfalme, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, mvua haitanyesha kwao.
And it shall come to pass that—whoso shall not come up out of the families of the earth unto Jerusalem, to bow down to the king, Yahweh of hosts, —there shall not, on them, be any rain.
18 Ikiwa watu wa Misri nao hawatakwenda kushiriki, hawatapata mvua. Bwana ataleta juu yao tauni ile ambayo itawapiga mataifa yale ambayo hayatakwenda kuadhimisha Sikukuu ya Vibanda.
And, if the family of Egypt shall not come up, and shall not enter in, upon whom there falleth none, then shall smite them the plague wherewith Yahweh, did plague, the nations, because they came not up to celebrate the festival of booths.
19 Hii itakuwa adhabu ya Misri na adhabu ya mataifa yote yale ambayo hayatakwenda Yerusalemu kuadhimisha Sikukuu ya Vibanda.
This, shall be the punishment of Egypt, —and the punishment of all the nations, when they come not up to celebrate the festival of booths.
20 Katika siku hiyo, kengele zilizofungwa kwenye farasi zitaandikwa maneno haya: Takatifu kwa Bwana, navyo vyungu vya kupikia katika nyumba ya Bwana vitakuwa kama bakuli takatifu mbele ya madhabahu.
In that day, shall there be [inscribed] upon the bells of the horses, Holy unto Yahweh, —and the caldrons in the house of Yahweh shall be like the dashing bowls before the altar.
21 Kila chungu kilichoko Yerusalemu na Yuda kitakuwa kitakatifu kwa Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote na wote wanaokuja kutoa dhabihu watachukua baadhi ya vyungu hivyo na kupikia. Katika siku hiyo hatakuwepo tena mfanyabiashara katika nyumba ya Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote.
And every caldron in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be Holy unto Yahweh of hosts, —So shall all who are offering sacrifice, come in, and take of them, and boil therein, —Neither shall there be a merchant any more in the house of Yahweh of hosts, in that day.
