Zekaria 13:7
Zechariah 13:7 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
“Amka, ee upanga, dhidi ya mchungaji wangu, dhidi ya mtu aliye karibu nami!” asema Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote. “Mpige mchungaji, nao kondoo watatawanyika, nami nitageuza mkono wangu dhidi ya walio wadogo,
Zechariah 13:7 in English
Zechariah 13:7 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
Context
5Atasema, ‘Mimi sio nabii. Mimi ni mkulima; ardhi imekuwa kazi yangu tangu ujana wangu.’ 6Ikiwa mtu atamuuliza, ‘Majeraha haya yaliyo mwilini mwako ni ya nini?’ Atajibu, ‘Ni majeraha niliyoyapata katika nyumba ya rafiki zangu.’ 7“Amka, ee upanga, dhidi ya mchungaji wangu,
dhidi ya mtu aliye karibu nami!”
asema Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote.
“Mpige mchungaji,
nao kondoo watatawanyika,
nami nitageuza mkono wangu
dhidi ya walio wadogo, 8katika nchi yote,” asema Bwana,
“theluthi mbili watapigwa na kuangamia;
hata hivyo theluthi moja watabaki ndani yake. 9Hii 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, ‘Bwana ni Mungu wetu.’ ”
Swahili text and audio: Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version™, made available under an open license by Biblica, Inc.