Zechariah 13Zechariah13

Swahili Holy ScripturesBerean Standard Bible

1. 1NMM“Katika siku hiyo, chemchemi itafunguliwa kwa nyumba ya Daudi na wakazi wa Yerusalemu, kuwatakasa dhambi na unajisi.BSBBSB: “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
2. 2NMM“Katika siku hiyo, nitayakatilia mbali majina ya sanamu kutoka nchi, nayo hayatakumbukwa tena,” asema Mwenyezi Mungu, Mungu wa majeshi ya mbinguni. “Nitaondoa manabii wao pamoja na roho ya uchafu katika nchi.BSBBSB: And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
3. 3NMMIkiwa yupo yeyote atakayeendelea kutabiri, baba yake na mama yake waliomzaa watamwambia, ‘Ni lazima ufe, kwa sababu umesema uongo kwa jina la Mwenyezi Mungu.’ Atakapotabiri, wazazi wake mwenyewe watampasua tumbo.BSBBSB: And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.
4. 4NMM“Katika siku hiyo, kila nabii ataaibika kwa maono ya unabii wake. Hatavaa vazi la kinabii la nywele ili apate kudanganya watu.BSBBSB: And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.
5. 5NMMAtasema, ‘Mimi sio nabii. Mimi ni mkulima; ardhi imekuwa kazi yangu tangu ujana wangu.’BSBBSB: He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’
6. 6NMMIkiwa mtu atamuuliza, ‘Majeraha haya yaliyo mwilini mwako ni ya nini?’ Atajibu, ‘Ni majeraha niliyoyapata katika nyumba ya rafiki zangu.’BSBBSB: If someone asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ he will answer, ‘These are the wounds I received in the house of my friends.’
7. 7NMM“Amka, ee upanga, dhidi ya mchungaji wangu, dhidi ya mtu aliye karibu nami!” asema Mwenyezi Mungu, Mungu wa majeshi ya mbinguni. “Mpige mchungaji, nao kondoo watatawanyika, nami nitageuza mkono wangu dhidi ya walio wadogo,BSBBSB: Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
8. 8NMMkatika nchi yote,” asema Mwenyezi Mungu, “theluthi mbili watapigwa na kuangamia; hata hivyo theluthi moja watabaki ndani yake.BSBBSB: And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it.
9. 9NMMHii theluthi moja nitaileta katika moto; nitawasafisha kama fedha isafishwavyo na kuwajaribu kama dhahabu. Wataliitia Jina langu nami nitawajibu; nitasema, ‘Hawa ni watu wangu,’ nao watasema, ‘Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mungu wetu.’ ”BSBBSB: This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”