Zechariah 2
1 Then I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Kisha nikainua macho yangu na kuona mtu akiwa na timazi mkononi mwake.
2 I said, ‘Where are you going?’ He replied, ‘To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and length.’
Nikamwuliza, “Unakwenda wapi?” Akaniambia, “Ninakwenda kuupima Yerusalemu ili kujua upana na urefu wake.”
3 Then the messenger who talked with me stepped forward, and another messenger went out to meet him,
Ndipo malaika aliyekuwa anaongea nami akaondoka na malaika mwingine akaenda kukutana naye.
4 and said to him, ‘Run and tell to that young man that Jerusalem will be inhabited like a village without walls, because so many people and cattle will live there.
Malaika wa pili akamwambia, “Nenda uongee na yule kijana umwambie, 'Yerusalemu utakuwa bila kuta kwa sababu ya wingi wa watu na wanyama ndani yake.
5 For I, says the Lord, will be a wall of fire her, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.
Kwa maana Yahwe asema, Nitakuwa ulinzi wake, na nitakuwa utukufu katikati yake.
6 Up! Away! Flee from the land of the north, says the Lord. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, says the Lord.
Kimbieni! kimbieni! kimbieni kutoka nchi ya kaskazini - asema Yahwe - kwa maana nimewatawanya kama pepo nne za anga! - Asema Yahwe.
7 Up, escape to Zion, you who live in Babylon.
Kimbilieni Sayuni haraka! ninyi mnaokaa na binti Babeli!” Asema Yahwe.
8 This is what the Lord of hosts says to the nations which plundered you: Whoever touches you touches the apple of my eye.
Kwa maana baada ya Yahwe wa majeshi kuniheshimu aliniweka kinyume na mataifa yaliyowateka - kwani awagusaye, agusa mboni ya jicho la Mungu! - baada ya Yahwe kutenda hivi, alisema,
9 I will raise my hand against them. They will be plunder for their own slaves; and you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.
“Mimi mwenyewe nitatikisa mkono wangu juu yao, nao watakuwa mateka kwa watumwa wao.” Ndipo mtakapojua kwamba Yahwe wa majeshi amenituma.
10 ‘Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion! I am coming, I will live among you, says the Lord.
“Imba kwa furaha, binti Sayuni, kwa maana mimi mwenyewe nitakaa nawe! - asema Yahwe
11 Many nations will join themselves to the Lord in that day, and will be his people, and he will live among you. You will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
Mataifa makubwa yataungana na Yahwe siku hiyo. “Nanyi mtakuwa watu wangu; kwa kuwa nitakaa kati yenu,” nanyi mtajua kuwa Yahwe wa majeshi amenituma kwenu.
12 The Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land. He will again choose Jerusalem.
Kwa maana Yahwe ataimilki Yuda kama milki yake halali katika nchi takatifu na kwa mara nyingine tena atauchagua Yerusalema kwa ajili yake mwenyewe.
13 Be silent, everyone, in the presence of the Lord, because he is coming from his holy dwelling.’
Nyamazeni, mbele za Yahwe, ninyi wote wenye mwili, maana ameinuka kutoka mahali patakatifu pake!
