Zekaria 10

1 Mwombeni Bwana mvua wakati wa vuli; ndiye Bwana atengenezaye mawingu ya tufani. Huwapa watu manyunyu ya mvua, pia mimea ya shambani kwa ajili ya kila mtu.

Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; [so] the LORD will make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

2 Sanamu huzungumza udanganyifu, waaguzi huona maono ya uongo; husimulia ndoto ambazo si za kweli, wanatoa faraja batili. Kwa hiyo watu wanatangatanga kama kondoo walioonewa kwa kukosa mchungaji.

For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled because [there was] no shepherd.

3 “Hasira yangu inawaka dhidi ya wachungaji, nami nitawaadhibu viongozi; kwa kuwa Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote atalichunga kundi lake, nyumba ya Yuda, naye atawafanya kuwa kama farasi mwenye kiburi akiwa vitani.

My anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.

4 Kutoka Yuda litatokea Jiwe la pembeni, kutoka kwake vitatoka vigingi vya hema, kutoka kwake utatoka upinde wa vita, kutoka kwake atatoka kila mtawala.

Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle-bow, out of him every oppressor together.

5 Kwa pamoja watakuwa kama mashujaa wanaokanyaga barabara za matope wakati wa vita. Kwa sababu Bwana yu pamoja nao, watapigana na kuwashinda wapanda farasi.

And they shall be as mighty [men], who tread down [their enemies] in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD [is] with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

6 “Nitaiimarisha nyumba ya Yuda na kuiokoa nyumba ya Yosefu. Nitawarejesha kwa sababu nina huruma juu yao. Watakuwa kama watu ambao sijawahi kuwakataa kwa sababu mimi ndimi Bwana Mungu wao, nami nitawajibu.

And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I [am] the LORD their God, and will hear them.

7 Waefraimu watakuwa kama mashujaa, mioyo yao itafurahi kana kwamba ni kwa divai. Watoto wao wataona na kufurahi, mioyo yao itashangilia katika Bwana.

And [they of] Ephraim shall be like a mighty [man], and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yes, their children shall see [it], and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.

8 Nitawaashiria na kuwakusanya ndani. Hakika nitawakomboa, nao watakuwa wengi kama walivyokuwa mwanzoni.

I will hiss for them, and gather them: for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.

9 Ijapokuwa niliwatawanya miongoni mwa mataifa, hata hivyo wakiwa katika nchi za mbali watanikumbuka mimi. Wao na watoto wao watanusurika katika hatari nao watarudi.

And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in remote countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.

10 Nitawarudisha kutoka Misri na kuwakusanya toka Ashuru. Nitawaleta katika nchi ya Gileadi na Lebanoni, na hapo hapatakuwa na nafasi ya kuwatosha.

I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and [place] shall not be found for them.

11 Watapita katika bahari ya mateso; bahari iliyochafuka itatulizwa na vilindi vyote vya Mto Naili vitakauka. Kiburi cha Ashuru kitashushwa, nayo fimbo ya utawala ya Misri itatoweka.

And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt shall depart.

12 Nitawaimarisha katika Bwana, na katika jina lake watatembea,” asema Bwana.

And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.