Zekaria 13
1 Katika siku hiyo kijito kitafunguliwa kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Daudi na wenyeji wa Yerusalemu, kwa ajili ya dhambi na uchafu wao.
“In that day there will be a fountain opened to David’s house and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
2 Katika siku hiyo - asema Yahwe wa majeshi - kwamba nitaondoa majina ya sanamu katika nchi ili kwamba yasikumbukwe tena. Nitawaondoa pia katika nchi manabii wa uongo na roho wao mchafu
It will come to pass in that day, says the LORD of Armies, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they will be remembered no more. I will also cause the prophets and the spirit of impurity to pass out of the land.
3 Ikiwa mtu yeyote ataendelea kutoa unabii, baba yake na mama yake waliomzaa watamwambia, 'Hautaishi, kwa kuwa umenena uongo kwa jina la Yahwe! Ndipo baba na mama waliomzaa watakapomchoma wakati akitabiri.
It will happen that when anyone still prophesies, then his father and his mother who bore him will tell him, ‘You must die, because you speak lies in the LORD’s name;’ and his father and his mother who bore him will stab him when he prophesies.
4 Katika siku hiyo kila nabii ataonea aibu maono yake aelekeapo kutoa unabii. Manabii hawa hawatavaa tena vazi la singa, ili kuwadanganya watu.
It will happen in that day that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they won’t wear a hairy mantle to deceive,
5 Kwa maana kila mmoja atasema, 'Mimi siyo nabii! mimi ni mkulima, kwa maana ardhi ndiyo kazi yangu tangu ujana wangu!
but he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.’
6 Lakini mtu mwingine atamwambia, 'Majeraha haya kati ya mikono yako ni ya nini?' naye atajibu, nilijeruhiwa na waliokuwa katika nyumba ya rafiki zangu.”
One will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your arms?’ Then he will answer, ‘Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.’
7 Upanga! inuka mwenyewe dhidi ya mchungaji wangu, mtu asimamaye karibu nami - hivi ndivyo asemavyo Yahwe wa majeshi. Mpige mchungaji, na kondoo watatawanyika! Kwa maana nitageuza mkono wangu dhidi ya wadogo.
“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says the LORD of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8 Kisha itakuwa kwamba katika nchi yote - hivi ndivyo asemavyo Yahwe - kwamba theluthi mbili yake itaondolewa! Watu hao wataangamia; theluthi moja tu ndiyo itakayosalia.
It shall happen that in all the land,” says the LORD, “two parts in it will be cut off and die; but the third will be left in it.
9 Nitaipitisha hiyo ya tatu motoni na kuwasafisha kama fedha isafishwavyo; nitawajaribu kama dhahabu ijaribiwavyo. Wataliitia jina langu nami nitawajibu na kusema, 'Hawa ni watu wangu!' nao watasema, Yahwe ndiye Mungu wangu!”
I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’”
