1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
Na siku hiyo wanawake saba watamshika mtu mume mmoja wakisema, Tutakula chakula chetu, na kuvaa nguo zetu wenyewe, lakini tuitwe tu kwa jina lako; utuondolee aibu yetu.
2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
Siku hiyo chipukizi la Bwana litakuwa zuri, lenye utukufu, na matunda ya nchi yatakuwa mema sana, na kupendeza, kwa ajili ya Waisraeli wale waliookoka.
3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:
Tena itakuwa ya kwamba yeye aliyebaki katika Sayuni, na yeye aliyeachwa ndani ya Yerusalemu, ataitwa mtakatifu; yaani, kila mmoja aliyeandikwa miongoni mwa hao walio hai ndani ya Yerusalemu;
4 when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
hapo Bwana atakapokuwa ameuosha uchafu wa hao binti za Sayuni na kuisafisha damu ya Yerusalemu kati yake, kwa roho ya hukumu na kwa roho ya kuteketeza.
5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
Tena juu ya makao yote ya mlima Sayuni, na juu ya makusanyiko yake, Bwana ataumba wingu na moshi wakati wa mchana, na mwangaza wa miali ya moto wakati wa usiku; kwa maana juu ya utukufu wote itatandazwa sitara.
6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
Kisha kutakuwa na hema kuwa uvuli wakati wa mchana kwa sababu ya hari, na kuwa mahali pa kukimbilia na kujificha wakati wa tufani na mvua.
