Zekaria 14
1 Tazama! Siku ya Yahwe inakuja wakati mateka wenu watakapogawanywa katikati yenu.
Behold, a day of Jehovah cometh, when thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2 Kwa maana nitayakusanya mataifa yote kinyume cha Yerusalemu kwa vita na mji utatekwa. Nyumba zitatekwa na wanawake watabakwa. Nusu ya mji itapelekwa matekani, lakini kumbukumbu ya watu haitaondolewa mjini.
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Lakini Yahwe ataondoka na kufanya vita dhidi ya mataifa kama apigavyo vita katika siku ya vita.
Then shall Jehovah go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 Siku hiyo miguu yake itasimama juu ya Mlima wa Mizeituni, uliopo kando ya Yerusalemu upande wa mashariki. Mlima wa Mizeituni utagawanyika katikati kati ya mashariki na magharibi kwa bonde kubwa sana na nusu ya mlima itarudi nyuma kuelekea kaskazini na nusu kuelekea kusini.
And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the mount of Olives shall be cleft in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, [and there shall be] a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
5 Ndipo mtakapokimbia katika bonde kati ya milima ya Yahwe, kwa kuwa bonde kati ya hiyo milima litafika hata Azali. Mtakimbia kama siku mliyokimbia tetemeko la nchi siku za Uzia, mfalme wa Yuda. Ndipo Yahwe Mungu wangu atakapokuja na watakatifu wake wote.
And ye shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azel; yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah; and Jehovah my God shall come, and all the holy ones with thee.
6 Hakutakuwa na nuru katika siku hiyo, lakini hakuna baridi wala barafu.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that there shall not be light; the bright ones shall withdraw themselves:
7 Siku hiyo, siku aijuaye Yahwe peke yake, hakutakuwa tena na mchana wala usiku, kwani jioni itakuwa wakati wa nuru.
but it shall be one day which is known unto Jehovah; not day, and not 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 yake yatatiririka kuelekea bahari ya mashariki na nusu bahari ya magharibi, wakati wa masika na wakati wa kiangazi.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
9 Yahwe atakuwa mfalme juu ya dunia yote. Katika siku hiyo kutakuwa na Yahwe, Mungu mmoja, na jina lake pekee.
And Jehovah shall be King over all the earth: in that day shall Jehovah be one, and his name one.
10 Nchi yote itakuwa kama Araba, kuanzia Geba hadi Rimoni kusini mwa Yerusalemu. Na Yerusalemu itaendelea kuwa juu. Ataishi mahali pake mwenyewe, kutoka lango la Benjamini hata mahali lilipokuwa lango la kwanza, hata Lango la Pembeni, na kutoka Mnara wa Hananeli hata shinikizo la mfalme.
All the land shall be made like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she shall be lifted up, and shall dwell in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel unto the king’s winepresses.
11 Watu watakaa Yerusalemu na hakutakuwa na maangamizi kamili tena kutoka kwa Mungu dhidi yao. Yerusalemu itakuwa salama.
And men shall dwell therein, and there shall be no more curse; but Jerusalem shall dwell safely.
12 Hii itakuwa tauni ambayo kwayo Yahwe atawapiga jamaa zote za watu wapigao vita juu ya Yerusalemu: miili yao itaoza hata wakiwa wamesimama kwa miguu yao. Macho yao yataoza katika matundu yake na ndimi zao zitaoza katika vinywa vyao.
And this shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will smite all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their sockets, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 Siku hiyo ile hofu kuu kutoka kwa Yahwe itakuwa miongoni mwao. Kila mmoja ataushika mkono wa mwingine, na mkono wa mwingine utainuliwa kinyume cha mkono wa mwenzake.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from Jehovah shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor.
14 Yuda pia atapigana na Yerusalemu. Watakusanya utajiri wa mataifa yote yanayowazunguka - dhahabu, fedha, na wingi wa nguo safi.
And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the nations round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.
15 Tauni itakuwa pia juu ya farasi na nyumbu, ngamia na punda, na kila mnyama katika kambi hizo atapigwa kwa hilo pigo.
And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in those camps, as that plague.
16 Kisha itakuwa wote watakaosalia katika mataifa yaliyo kinyume na Yerusalemu watakwenda mwaka kwa mwaka kumwabudu mfalme, Yahwe wa majeshi, na kutunza Sikukuu ya Vibanda.
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
17 Na itakuwa kwamba ikiwa mtu yeyote kutoka katika mataifa yote ya dunia haendi Yerusalemu kumwabudu mfalme, Yahwe wa majeshi, ndipo Yahwe hataleta mvua juu yao.
And it shall be, that whoso of [all] the families of the earth goeth not up unto Jerusalem to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, upon them there shall be no rain.
18 Na ikiwa nchi ya Misri hawatakwenda, ndipo hawatapata mvua. Tauni kutoka kwa Yahwe itayashambulia mataifa yote yasiyokwea kutunza Sikukuu ya Vibanda.
And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, neither [shall it be] upon them; there shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will smite the nations that go not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
19 Hii itakuwa ni adhabu kwa Misri na adhabu kwa kila taifa lisilopanda kutunza Sikukuu ya Vibanda.
This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that go not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
20 Lakini katika siku hiyo, kengele za farasi zitasema, “Jitengeni kwa ajili ya Yahwe,” na makalai katika nyumba ya Yahwe yatakuwa kama mabakuri mbele ya madhabahu.
In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLY UNTO JEHOVAH; and the pots in Jehovah’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
21 Kwa kuwa kila chungu katika Yerusalemu na Yuda kitatengwa kwa ajili ya Yahwe wa majeshi na kila mmoja aletaye sadaka atakula ndani yake na kuyachemshia. Hakutakuwa na wafanyabiashara tena katika nyumba ya Yahwe wa majeshi siku hiyo.
Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holy unto Jehovah of hosts; and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and boil therein: and in that day there shall be no more a Canaanite in the house of Jehovah of hosts.
