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 shall be a fountain opened to the house of David 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
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit 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.
And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
4 Katika siku hiyo kila nabii ataonea aibu maono yake aelekeapo kutoa unabii. Manabii hawa hawatavaa tena vazi la singa, ili kuwadanganya watu.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment 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 shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle 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.”
And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall 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, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon 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.
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
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!”
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
