A Cleansing Fountain
1 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.
Katika siku hiyo watu wa nyumba ya Daudi, na wenyeji wa Yerusalemu, watafunguliwa chemchemi kwa dhambi na kwa unajisi.
2 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.
Kisha itakuwa katika siku hiyo, asema Bwana wa majeshi, nitakatilia mbali majina ya sanamu katika nchi, yasikumbukwe tena; pia nitawafukuza manabii, na roho ya uchafu, watoke katika nchi.
3 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.
Tena itakuwa ya kwamba, mtu awaye yote atakapotoa unabii, basi baba yake na mama yake waliomzaa watamwambia, Hutaishi; kwa maana unanena maneno ya uongo kwa jina la Bwana; na baba yake na mama yake waliomzaa watamtumbua atoapo unabii.
4 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:
Tena itakuwa siku hiyo, ya kwamba manabii, kila mmoja wao, atayaonea haya maono yake atoapo unabii; wala hawatavaa joho ya nywele ili kudanganya watu;
5 but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
bali atasema, Mimi si nabii kamwe; mimi ni mkulima wa nchi; kwa maana nalifanywa mtumwa tokea ujana wangu.
6 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.
Na mtu atamwambia, Je! Jeraha hizi ulizo nazo kati ya mikono yako ni nini? Naye atajibu, Ni jeraha nilizotiwa katika nyumba ya rafiki zangu.
7 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.
Amka, Ee upanga, juu ya mchungaji wangu, na juu ya mtu aliye mwenzangu, asema Bwana wa majeshi; mpige mchungaji, nao kondoo watatawanyika; nami nitaugeuza mkono wangu juu ya wadogo.
8 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.
Hata itakuwa, ya kwamba katika nchi yote mafungu mawili yatakatiliwa mbali, nao watakufa, asema Bwana; lakini fungu la tatu litabaki humo.
9 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.
Nami nitalileta fungu lile la tatu na kulipitisha kati ya moto, nami nitawasafisha kama fedha isafishwavyo, nami nitawajaribu kama dhahabu ijaribiwavyo; wataliitia jina langu, nami nitawasikia; mimi nitasema, Watu hawa ndio wangu; nao watasema, Bwana ndiye Mungu wangu.
