1
Tazama, siku moja ya Bwana inakuja, ambayo mateka yatagawanyika kati yako.
Behold, a day of the LORD is coming when your plunder will be divided in your presence.
2
Kwa maana nitawakusanya mataifa yote walete vita juu ya Yerusalemu; na huo mji utapigwa, nazo nyumba zitatekwa, nao wanawake watatendwa jeuri; na nusu ya watu wa mji watatoka kwenda utumwani; ila mabaki ya watu wa mji hawatakatiliwa mbali.
For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
3
Hapo ndipo atakapotokea Bwana, naye atapigana na mataifa hayo, kama vile alipopigana zamani siku ya vita.
Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.
4
Na siku hiyo miguu yake itasimama juu ya mlima wa Mizeituni, unaoelekea Yerusalemu upande wa mashariki, nao mlima wa Mizeituni utapasuka katikati yake, upande wa mashariki na upande wa magharibi; litakuwako huko bonde kubwa sana; na nusu ya mlima ule utaondoka kwenda upande wa kaskazini, na nusu yake itaondoka kwenda upande wa kusini.
On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.
5
Nanyi mtakimbia kwa njia ya bonde la milima yangu; kwa maana bonde lile la milima litaenea hata Aseli; naam, mtakimbia, kama vile mlivyokimbia mbele ya tetemeko la nchi, siku za Uzia, mfalme wa Yuda; na Bwana, Mungu wangu, atakuja, na watakatifu wote pamoja naye.
You will flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.
6
Tena itakuwa siku hiyo, ya kwamba nuru yake haitakuwa na mwangaza na kiwi;
On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost.
7
lakini itakuwa siku moja, iliyojulikana na Bwana; si mchana, wala si usiku; lakini itakuwa, ya kwamba wakati wa jioni kutakuwako nuru.
It will be a unique day known only to the LORD, without day or night; but when evening comes, there will be light.
8
Tena itakuwa siku hiyo, ya kwamba maji yaliyo hai yatatoka katika Yerusalemu; nusu yake itakwenda upande wa bahari ya mashariki, na nusu yake upande wa bahari ya magharibi; wakati wa hari na wakati wa baridi itakuwa hivi.
And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.
9
Naye Bwana atakuwa Mfalme juu ya nchi yote; siku hiyo Bwana atakuwa mmoja, na jina lake moja.
On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.
10
Nchi yote itageuzwa kuwa kama Araba, toka Geba mpaka Rimoni upande wa kusini wa Yerusalemu; naye atainuliwa juu, atakaa mahali pake mwenyewe, toka lango la Benyamini mpaka mahali pa lango la kwanza, mpaka lango la pembeni; tena toka mnara wa Hananeli mpaka mashinikizo ya mfalme.
All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.
11
Na watu watakaa ndani yake, wala hakutakuwako laana tena; lakini Yerusalemu utakaa salama.
People will live there, and never again will there be an utter destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell securely.
12
Na hii ndiyo tauni, ambayo Bwana atawapiga watu wote waliofanya vita juu ya Yerusalemu; nyama ya mwili wao itaharibika, wasimamapo juu ya miguu yao, na macho yao yataharibika ndani ya vichwa vyao, na ndimi zao zitaharibika vinywani mwao.
And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
13
Tena itakuwa siku hiyo, ya kwamba mashaka makubwa yatokayo kwa Bwana yatakuwa kati yao; na kila mmoja wao atakamata mkono wa jirani yake, na mkono wake utainuliwa ili kushindana na mkono wa jirani yake.
On that day a great panic from the LORD will come upon them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will rise against the other.
14
Yuda naye atafanya vita juu ya Yerusalemu; na huo utajiri wa mataifa wa pande zote utakusanyika, dhahabu, na fedha, na mavazi; vitu vingi sana.
Judah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected—gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance.
15
Na hivyo ndivyo itakavyokuwa tauni ya farasi, na nyumbu, na ngamia, na punda, na ya hao wanyama wote watakaokuwamo matuoni mle, kama tauni hiyo.
And a similar plague will strike the horses and mules, camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.
16
Hata itakuwa, ya kwamba kila mtu aliyesalia wa mataifa yote, waliokuja kupigana na Yerusalemu, atakwea mwaka baada ya mwaka ili kumwabudu Mfalme, Bwana wa majeshi, na kuishika sikukuu ya Vibanda.
Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
17
Tena itakuwa, ya kwamba mtu awaye yote wa jamaa zote zilizomo duniani, asiyekwea kwenda Yerusalemu ili kumwabudu Mfalme, Bwana wa majeshi, mvua haitanyesha kwao.
And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them.
18
Na kama jamaa ya Misri hawakwei, wala hawaji, pia haitanyesha kwao; itakuwako tauni, ambayo Bwana atawapiga mataifa, wasiokwea ili kushika sikukuu ya Vibanda.
And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
19
Hii ndiyo adhabu ya Misri, na adhabu ya mataifa yote, wasiokwea ili kushika sikukuu ya Vibanda.
This will be the punishment of Egypt and of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
20
Siku hiyo katika njuga za farasi yataandikwa maneno haya, WATAKATIFU KWA Bwana; navyo vyombo vilivyomo ndani ya nyumba ya Bwana vitakuwa kama mabakuli yaliyoko mbele ya madhabahu.
On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the house of the LORD will be like the sprinkling bowls before the altar.
21
Naam, kila chombo katika Yerusalemu, na katika Yuda, kitakuwa kitakatifu kwa Bwana wa majeshi; nao wote watoao dhabihu watakuja kuvitwaa vile vyombo, na kutokosa nyama ndani yake; wala siku hiyo hatakuwamo tena mfanya biashara ndani ya nyumba ya Bwana wa majeshi.</p>
Indeed, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take some pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of Hosts.