Zekaria 12

1 Hili ni tamko la neno la Yahwe kwa Israeli - Bwana asema, azitandaye mbingu na kuweka msingi wa dunia, aiumbaye roho ya mtu ndani yake,

The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.

2 “Tazama, nitaifanya Yerusalemu kuwa kikombe kiwafadhaishacho watu wote wamzungukao. Itakuwa hivyo hivyo pia kwa Yuda wakati wa kuhusuriwa kwa Yerusalemu.

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling to all the surrounding people, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

3 Katika siku hiyo, nitaifanya Yerusalemu kuwa jiwe zito kwa watu wa jamaa zote. Kila atakayejaribu kuliinua jiwe hilo atajihumiza sana, na mataifa yote ya dunia yatakusanyika kinyume cha mji huo.

And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered against it.

4 Katika siku hiyo asema Yahwe - nitampiga kila farasi kwa ushangao na kila mpanda farasi kwa wendawazimu. Nitaiangalia nyumba ya Yuda kwa upendeleo na nami nitawapiga kwa upofu farasi wa majeshi.

In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open my eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.

5 Ndipo watawala wa Yuda watakapojisemea mioyoni mwao, 'Wakaao Yerusalemu ndio nguvu yetu kwa sababu ya Yahwe wa majeshi, Mungu wao.'

And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.

6 Katika siku hiyo nitawafanya watawala wa Yuda kuwa kama mitungi ya moto katika miti na kama miali ya moto kati ya nafaka isimamayo, kwani utateketeza watu wote walio karibu upande wao wa kulia na kushoto. Yerusalemu atakaa mahali pake tena.

In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the surrounding people, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.

7 Yahwe ataziokoa hema za Yuda kwanza, ili kwamba utukufu ya nyumba ya Daudi na utukufu wa wale waishio Yerusalemu hautazidi sehemu iliyosalia ya Yuda.

The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not magnify themselves against Judah.

8 Katika siku hiyo Yahwe atakuwa mtetezi wa wakao Yerusalemu, na siku hiyo waliodhaifu miongoni mwao watakuwa kama Daudi, wakati nyumba ya Daudi watakuwa kama Mungu, kama malaika wa Yahwe mbele yao.

In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.

9 “Itakuwa kwamba katika siku hiyo nitaanza kuyaharibu mataifa yote yajayo kinyume cha Yerusalemu.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

10 Lakini nitamwaga roho ya huruma na kuiombea nyumba ya Daudi na wakao Yerusalemu, hivyo wataniangalia mimi, waliomchoma kwa mkuki. Wataniombolezea, kama amwombolezeaye mwana wa pekee; watamwombolezea kwa uchungu sana kama aombolezaye kifo cha mzaliwa wa kwanza.

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

11 Katika siku hiyo maombolezo huko Yerusalemu yatakuwa kama maombolezo ya Hadadi Rimoni katika tambarare za Megido.

In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.

12 Nchi itaomboleza, kila ukoo peke yao. Ukoo wa nyumba ya Daudi utakuwa peke yake na wake zao watakuwa peke yao mbali na wanaume. Ukoo wa nyumba ya Nathani utakuwa peke yao na wake zao watakuwa peke yao mbali na waume.

And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;

13 Ukoo wa nyumba ya Lawi utakuwa peke yao na wake zao watakuwa peke yao mbali na waume. Ukoo wa Washimei utakuwa peke yao na wake zao watakuwa peke yao mbali na waume.

The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;

14 Kila ukoo uliosalia - kila mmoja utakuwa peke yake na wake watakuwa pekee mbali na waume.

All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.