Ndzimu unowosumikilisa zwitjaba
1 “Ndizo bonani!
Mu misi iyeyo ne tjibaka itjetjo,
tjandinobuzila Juda ne Jerusalema thundu,
2 ndowokubunganya zwitjaba zose,
ndowozwidelusila ku guku la Jehoshafati.
Ndowobasumikilisa ikweno
ngekwe bathu bangu, lukata gwangu Iziraela,
ngobe bakabapaladza nge zwitjaba,
kakale bakakobana shango yangu.
3 Bakakandila bathu bangu,
beteetshanya mbisana nge fukula
betengesa mwanadi nge nkumbi we zhambi, ngono bakaung'wa.
4 “Apa muni kundili kene, imwi Tire na Sidoni ne mituthu yose ye Filisitiya? Apa kuna tjamunondibgwilizilila tjandakathama kene? Ha kuna tjamunondibgwilizilila, ndowomubgwilizila tjamakathama tjinyolotjo. 5 Ne kuti makanditolela siliva yangu ne golide yangu, makatutila thundu yangu mbuya mu ng'umba dzenyu dze midzimu. 6 Makatengesela Magiriki bathu be Juda ne Jerusalema, mubayisa kule kule ne shango yabo. 7 Bonani, ndowobadzonga kuti badwe mu magalo amakabatengesa kuali, amubgwilizila tjamakathama. 8 Ndowotengesela bathu be Juda bakololo ne bakololokadzi benyu. Banowobatengeselabo bathu be Sheba itjaba tji kule kule.” Kwaleba Yahwe.
9 Zibisani zwitjaba kuthu ikoku:
Muzwilulwamisile ngwa.
Musani balume bakasima,
balume be ngwa basedzele pejo baitange.
10 Thulani zwikara zwe mapadza enyu makanu,
mipanga inosunulila miti ibe mathumo.
Usakasima ati, “Ndakasima.”
11 Tjimbidzani muswike,
imwi zwitjaba kupoteleka,
muzwikubunganye ipapaje.
Yahwe, delusilani babhayani benyu ko.
12 “Zwitjaba zwizwimuse,
zwizhe ku guku la Jehoshafati.
Ndiko kwandinowogala ndisumikilisa zwitjaba zose,
kupoteleka kose.
13 Longani mpanga,
mathunde akabidwa.
Nginani mutshambe,
ngobe panokobolegwa zhambi pazhele,
makamba anotutuma,
ngobe mbipo yabo yapindilila.”
14 Mibungabunga ye bathu,
mu guku linotolegwa thambo,
ngobe zhuba la Yahwe labe pejo,
mu guku linotolegwa thambo.
15 Zhuba ne mwedzi zowotizwi,
nyenyedzi dzowotundubala.
Ndzimu unowokombolela bathu bawo.
16 Yahwe banobomba kudwa mu Ziyoni,
hwi labo lodwa mu Jerusalema.
Pezhugwi na pasi kowotengenyeka.
Yahwe banowobe mbakililo ye bathu babo,
dizhilo le bathu be Iziraela.
17 “Ipapo mowoziba kuti imi Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu,
ndogala mu Ziyoni, dombo langu lakayengemala.
Jerusalema unowoyengemala,
zwita azwitjoupalama kakale.
18 Mu zhuba ilelo,
matombo anowodotha nkumbi we zhambi unozipa,
matuthu anowowunga nkaka,
wobana dzose dze Juda dzowobe dziwunga vula.
Nsenya unowowunga udwa mu Ng'umba ya Yahwe,
unodilidzila guku le Shitimu.
19 “Egipiti inowobe dongo,
Edomu inowobe tjilambanyika tjisingamele tjimwe,
ngobe bakathamila bathu be Juda phipiti,
bakatebula lopa lisina nlandu mu shango yabo.
20 Koga Juda unowogaligwa tjose,
ne Jerusalema kunoti ku zwizekugwana zose.
21 Kutebula malopa kwabo,
kwandisakazwiibhatigwa, ndowokuzwiibhatigwa.”
Yahwe banogala mu Ziyoni.
The Lord Will Judge the Nations
1 At that time I, the Lord, will make Judah and Jerusalem prosperous again. 2 Then in Judgment Valley I will bring together the nations that scattered my people Israel everywhere in the world, and I will bring charges against those nations. They divided up my land 3 and gambled to see who would get my people; they sold boys and girls to pay for prostitutes and wine.
4 You people of Tyre and Sidon and you Philistines, why are you doing this? Are you trying to get even with me? I'll strike back before you know what's happened. 5 You've taken my prized possessions, including my silver and gold, and carried them off to your temples. 6 You have dragged the people of Judah and Jerusalem from their land and sold them to the Greeks.
7 But I'll make the people of Judah determined to come home, and what happened to them will happen to you. 8 I'll hand over your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, who live far away. I, the Lord, have spoken!
Judgment in Judgment Valley
9 Say to the nations:
“Get ready for war!
Be eager to fight.
Line up for battle
and prepare to attack.
10 Make swords out of plows
and spears out of garden tools.
Strengthen every weakling.”
11 Hurry, all you nations!
Come quickly.
Ask the Lord to bring
his warriors along.
12 You must come now
to Judgment Valley,
where the Lord will judge
the surrounding nations.
13 They are a field of ripe crops.
Bring in the harvest!
They are grapes piled high.
Start trampling them now!
If our enemy's sins were wine,
every jar would overflow.
14 Crowds fill Decision Valley.
The judgment day of the Lord
will soon be here—
15 no light from the sun or moon,
and stars no longer shine.
16 From the heart of Jerusalem
the Lord roars like a lion,
shaking the earth and sky.
But the Lord is a fortress,
a place of safety
for his people Israel.
God Will Bless His People
17 I am the Lord your God.
And you will know I live on Zion,
my sacred hill,
because Jerusalem will be sacred,
untouched by foreign troops.
18 On that day, fruitful vineyards
will cover the mountains.
And your cattle and goats
that graze on the hills
will produce a lot of milk.
Streams in Judah
will never run dry;
a stream from my house
will flow in Acacia Valley.
19 Egypt and Edom were cruel
and brutal to Judah,
without a reason.
Now their countries will become
a barren desert,
20 but Judah and Jerusalem
will always have people.
21 I, the Lord, live on Mount Zion.
I will punish the guilty
and defend the innocent.