1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
Mwombeni Bwana mvua wakati wa masika, naam, Bwana afanyaye umeme, naye atawapa manyunyu ya mvua, kila mtu atapewa nyasi kondeni.
2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
Kwa maana vinyago vimenena maneno ya ubatili, nao waaguzi wameona uongo; nao wameleta habari za ndoto za uongo, wafariji bure; kwa sababu hiyo waenda zao kama kondoo, wateswa, kwa sababu hapana mchungaji.
3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.
Hasira yangu imewaka juu ya wachungaji, nami nitawaadhibu mbuzi waume; kwa maana Bwana wa majeshi ameliangalia kundi lake, yaani, nyumba ya Yuda, naye atawafanya kuwa kama farasi wake mzuri vitani.
4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.
Kwake yeye litatoka lile jiwe la pembeni, kwake yeye utatoka msumari, kwake yeye utatoka upinde wa vita, kwake yeye atatoka kila mtawala pamoja.
5 And they shall be as mighty men , which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
Nao watakuwa kama mashujaa, wakanyagao adui zao katika matope ya njia vitani; nao watapiga vita, kwa sababu Bwana yu pamoja nao; na hao wapandao farasi watafadhaishwa.
Judah and Israel
6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.
Nami nitaitia nguvu nyumba ya Yuda, nami nitaiokoa nyumba ya Yusufu, nami nitawarudisha, kwa maana nawaonea rehema; nao watakuwa kana kwamba sikuwatupa; kwa maana mimi ni Bwana, Mungu wao, nami nitawasikia.
7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man , and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it , and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.
Na watu wa Efraimu watakuwa kama shujaa, na moyo wao utafurahi kana kwamba ni kwa divai; naam, watoto wao wataona mambo haya, na kufurahi; mioyo yao itamfurahia Bwana.
8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
Nitawapigia kelele, na kuwakusanya pamoja; kwa maana nimewakomboa; nao wataongezeka kama walivyoongezeka.
9 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.
Nami nitawapanda kama mbegu kati ya mataifa; nao watanikumbuka katika nchi zilizo mbali; nao watakaa pamoja na watoto wao; tena watarudi.
10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.
Tena nitawarudisha toka nchi ya Misri, nitawakusanya na kuwatoa katika Ashuru; nami nitawaingiza katika nchi ya Gileadi na Lebanoni; ila nafasi ya kuwatosha haitaonekana.
11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.
Naye atapita kati ya bahari ya mateso, na kuyapiga mawimbi ya bahari, na vilindi vyote vya mto wa Nile vitakauka; na kiburi cha Ashuru kitashushwa; na fimbo ya enzi ya Misri itatoweka.
12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
Nami nitawatia nguvu katika Bwana; nao watatembea huko na huko katika jina lake, asema Bwana.
