A Trembling City
1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
Ufunuo wa neno la Bwana juu ya Israeli. Haya ndiyo asemayo Bwana, azitandaye mbingu, auwekaye msingi wa dunia, aiumbaye roho ya mwanadamu ndani yake.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
Angalia, mimi nitafanya Yerusalemu kuwa kikombe cha kuyumba-yumba kwa watu wa kabila zote, wazungukao pande zote; tena kitakuwa juu ya Yuda pia wakati wa kuhusuriwa Yerusalemu.
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
Tena itakuwa siku hiyo, nitafanya Yerusalemu kuwa jiwe la kuwalemea watu wa kabila zote; wote watakaojitwika jiwe hilo watapata jeraha nyingi; na mataifa yote ya dunia watakusanyika pamoja juu yake.
4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
Katika siku hiyo, asema Bwana, nitamtia kila farasi ushangao, na yeye ampandaye nitamtia wazimu; nami nitaifunulia nyumba ya Yuda macho yangu, nami nitamtia upofu kila farasi wa hizo kabila za watu.
5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
Na wakuu wa Yuda watasema mioyoni mwao, Wenyeji wa Yerusalemu ni nguvu zangu katika Bwana wa majeshi, Mungu wao.
6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
Siku hiyo nitawafanya wakuu wa Yuda kuwa kama kigae chenye moto katika kuni, na kama kinga cha moto katika miganda; nao watateketeza watu wa kila kabila, wawazungukao pande zote, upande wa mkono wa kuume na upande wa mkono wa kushoto; na baada ya haya Yerusalemu utakaa mahali pake, naam, hapo Yerusalemu.
7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.
Naye Bwana ataziokoa hema za Yuda kwanza, ili utukufu wa nyumba ya Daudi, na utukufu wa wenyeji wa Yerusalemu, usipate kutukuzwa kuliko Yuda.
8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
Katika siku hiyo Bwana atawalinda wenyeji wa Yerusalemu; na yeye aliye dhaifu miongoni mwao atakuwa kama Daudi siku hiyo; nayo nyumba ya Daudi itakuwa kama Mungu, kama malaika wa Bwana mbele yao.
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Hata itakuwa siku hiyo, ya kwamba nitatafuta kuwaangamiza mataifa yote watakaokuja kupigana na Yerusalemu.
A Day of Mourning
10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son , and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Nami nitawamwagia watu wa nyumba ya Daudi, na wenyeji wa Yerusalemu, roho ya neema na kuomba; nao watamtazama yeye ambaye walimchoma; nao watamwombolezea, kama vile mtu amwombolezeavyo mwanawe wa pekee; nao wataona uchungu kwa ajili yake, kama vile mtu aonavyo uchungu kwa ajili ya mzaliwa wake wa kwanza.
11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
Siku hiyo kutakuwa na maombolezo makuu huko Yerusalemu, kama maombolezo ya Hadadrimoni katika bonde la Megido.
12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
Nayo nchi itaomboleza, kila jamaa peke yake; jamaa ya nyumba ya Daudi peke yao, na wake zao peke yao; jamaa ya nyumba ya Nathani peke yao, na wake zao peke yao;
13 the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;
jamaa ya nyumba ya Lawi peke yao, na wake zao peke yao; jamaa ya nyumba ya Shimei peke yao, na wake zao peke yao.
14 all the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
Jamaa zote zilizosalia, kila jamaa peke yake, na wake zao peke yao.
