Zekaria 14
1 Tazama! Siku ya Yahwe inakuja wakati mateka wenu watakapogawanywa katikati yenu.
Behold the days of the Lord shall come, and thy spoils 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.
And I will gather all nations to Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken, and the houses shall be rifled, and the women shall be defiled: and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the rest of the people shall not be taken away out of the city.
3 Lakini Yahwe ataondoka na kufanya vita dhidi ya mataifa kama apigavyo vita katika siku ya vita.
Then the Lord shall go forth, and shall 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 over against Jerusalem toward the east: and the mount of Olives shall be divided in the midst thereof to the east, and to the west with a very great opening, and half of the mountain shall be separated to the north, and half thereof to 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 you shall flee to the valley of those mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall be joined even to the next, and you shall flee as you fled from the face of the earthquake in the days of Ozias king of Juda: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with him.
6 Hakutakuwa na nuru katika siku hiyo, lakini hakuna baridi wala barafu.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that there shall be no light, but cold and frost.
7 Siku hiyo, siku aijuaye Yahwe peke yake, hakutakuwa tena na mchana wala usiku, kwani jioni itakuwa wakati wa nuru.
And there shall be one day, which is known to the Lord, not day nor night: and in the time of the evening 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 to the east sea, and half of them to the last sea: they shall be in summer and in winter.
9 Yahwe atakuwa mfalme juu ya dunia yote. Katika siku hiyo kutakuwa na Yahwe, Mungu mmoja, na jina lake pekee.
And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day there shall be one Lord, and his name shall be 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.
And all the land shall return even to the desert, from the hill to Remmon to the south of Jerusalem: and she shall be exalted, and shall dwell in her own place, from the gate of Benjamin even to the place of the former gate, and even to the gate of the corners: and from the tower of Hananeel even to the king’s wine-presses.
11 Watu watakaa Yerusalemu na hakutakuwa na maangamizi kamili tena kutoka kwa Mungu dhidi yao. Yerusalemu itakuwa salama.
And people shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more an anathema: but Jerusalem shall sit secure.
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 where with the Lord shall strike all nations that have fought against Jerusalem: the flesh of every one shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, 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.
In that day there shall be a great tumult from the Lord among them: and a man shall take the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall be clasped upon his neighbour’s hand.
14 Yuda pia atapigana na Yerusalemu. Watakusanya utajiri wa mataifa yote yanayowazunguka - dhahabu, fedha, na wingi wa nguo safi.
And even Juda shall fight against Jerusalem: and the riches of all nations round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and garments 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 the destruction of the horse, and of the mule, and of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts, that shall be in those tents, shall be like this destruction.
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 all they that shall be left of all nations that came against Jerusalem, shall go up from year to year, to adore the King, the Lord 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 come to pass, that he that shall not go up of the families of the land to Jerusalem, to adore the King, the Lord of hosts, there shall be no rain upon them.
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 nor come: neither shall it be upon them, but there shall be destruction wherewith the Lord will strike all nations that will not go 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 sin of Egypt, and this the sin of all nations, that will not go 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 that which is upon the bridle of the horse shall be holy to the Lord: and the caldrons in the house of the Lord shall be as the phials 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.
And every caldron in Jerusalem and Juda shall be sanctified to the Lord of hosts: and all that sacrifice shall come, and take of them, and shall seethe in them: and the merchant shall be no more in the house of the Lord of hosts in that day.
