Zekaria 2

1 Kisha nikatazama juu: pale mbele yangu alikuwepo mtu mwenye kamba ya kupimia mkononi mwake!

I lifted up my eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

2 Nikamuuliza, “Unakwenda wapi?” Akanijibu, “Kupima Yerusalemu, kupata urefu na upana wake.”

Then said I, Where go you? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.

3 Kisha malaika aliyekuwa akizungumza nami akaondoka, malaika mwingine akaja kukutana naye

And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

4 na kumwambia: “Kimbia, umwambie yule kijana, ‘Yerusalemu utakuwa mji usio na kuta kwa sababu ya wingi wa watu na mifugo iliyomo.

And said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:

5 Mimi mwenyewe nitakuwa ukuta wa moto kuuzunguka,’ asema Bwana, ‘nami nitakuwa utukufu wake ndani yake.’

For I, says the LORD, will be to her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the middle of her.

6 “Njooni! Njooni! Kimbieni mtoke katika nchi ya kaskazini,” asema Bwana, “Kwa kuwa nimewatawanya kwenye pande nne za mbingu,” asema Bwana.

Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, says the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, said the LORD.

7 “Njoo, ee Sayuni! Kimbia, wewe ukaaye ndani ya Binti Babeli!”

Deliver yourself, O Zion, that dwell with the daughter of Babylon.

8 Kwa kuwa hivi ndivyo asemavyo Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote: “Baada ya yeye kuniheshimu na kunituma mimi dhidi ya mataifa yaliyokuteka nyara, kwa kuwa yeyote awagusaye ninyi, anaigusa mboni ya jicho lake,

For thus says the LORD of hosts; After the glory has he sent me to the nations which spoiled you: for he that touches you touches the apple of his eye.

9 hakika nitauinua mkono wangu dhidi yao ili watumwa wao wawateke nyara. Ndipo mtakapojua ya kwamba Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote amenituma.

For, behold, I will shake my hand on them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me.

10 “Piga kelele na ufurahie, ee Binti Sayuni, kwa maana ninakuja, nami nitaishi miongoni mwenu,” asema Bwana.

Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, see, I come, and I will dwell in the middle of you, says the LORD.

11 “Mataifa mengi yataunganishwa na Bwana siku hiyo, nao watakuwa watu wangu. Nitaishi miongoni mwenu nanyi mtajua kwamba Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote amenituma kwenu.

And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the middle of you, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.

12 Bwana atairithi Yuda kama fungu lake katika nchi takatifu na atachagua tena Yerusalemu.

And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

13 Tulieni mbele za Bwana, enyi watu wote, kwa sababu ameinuka kutoka makao yake matakatifu.”

Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.