Zakariya 1:1-21
1 Pa mwezi wacisere wa caka caciwiri ca utongi wa Dhariyo,+ mprofeta Zakariya*+ mwana wa Bherekiya, mwana wa Idho atambira mphangwa izi zakubuluka kuna Yahova:
2 “Yahova aipirwa kakamwe na ababanu.+
3 “Apange tenepa: ‘Ipi ndi pidalonga Yahova wa anyankhondo: “‘Bwererani kuna ine,’ alonga Yahova wa anyankhondo, ‘ine ndinabwererambo kuna imwe,’+ alonga Yahova wa anyankhondo.”’
4 “‘Lekani kukhala ninga ababanu, akuti aprofeta akale aapanga: “Ipi ndi pidalonga Yahova wa anyankhondo: ‘Ndaphata miyendo, siyani makhaliro anu akuipa na macitiro anu akuipa.’”’+
“‘Mbwenye iwo nee andibvesera, pontho nee abvera mafala anga,’+ alonga Yahova.
5 “‘Ali kupi ababanu cincino? Pontho aprofeta akhala mʼmaso kwenda na kwenda?
6 Ine ndapanga ababanu mitemo ikhafunika iwo kutowezera. Ine ndatuma atumiki anga akuti ndi aprofeta toera kuacenjeza pinthu pinafuna kudzaacitikira angakhonda kubvera mitemo ineyi. Pyenepi pyonsene pyacitika kuna iwo, si tenepo tayu?’+ Natenepa iwo abwerera kuna ine mbalonga: ‘Yahova wa anyankhondo acita kuna ife pikhanyerezera iye mwakubverana na makhaliro athu na macitiro athu.’”+
7 Pa ntsiku 24 ya mwezi wa 11, wakuti ndi mwezi wa Sebhati,* mu caka caciwiri ca utongi wa Dhariyo,+ mprofeta Zakariya mwana wa Bherekiya, mwana wa Idho atambira mphangwa izi zakubuluka kuna Yahova:
8 “Ine ndaona masomphenya namasiku. Mʼmasomphenya anewa, ndaona munthu adakwira kavalo yakufuira, pontho iye akhali dzololo pakati pa miti ya murta yakuti ikhali nʼgowa; nduli mwace mukhali na makavalo akufuira, akufuirira na akucena.”
9 Natenepa ine ndabvundza: “Mbuyanga, anewa mbani?”
Anju akhalonga na ine atawira: “Ine ndinakupanga kuti anewa mbani.”
10 Buluka penepo, munthu akhadalimira pakati pa miti ya murta alonga: “Anewa ndi ale adatumwa na Yahova toera kufamba-famba mu dziko ineyi.”
11 Pontho iwo apanga anju wa Yahova wakuti akhali pakati pa miti ya murta: “Ife tazungulira dziko, mbwenye taona kuti dziko yonsene iri muntendere, pontho nkhabe uviyaviya.”+
12 Na thangwi ineyi, anju wa Yahova alonga: “Imwe Yahova wa anyankhondo, mpaka lini munasiya kubvera ntsisi Yerusalemu na mizinda ya ku Yuda+ yakuti mukhadaikhonda mu pyaka 70?”+
13 Yahova atawira anju akhalonga na ine na mafala adidi na acibalangazo.
14 Buluka penepo anju akhalonga na ine andipanga: “Dziwisa ipi: ‘Yahova wa anyankhondo alonga: “Ine ndinadzatsidzikiza Yerusalemu na Sioni, inde, ine ndinadzaatsidzikiza na ntima wanga onsene.+
15 Ine ndiri wakuipirwa, wakuipirwa kakamwe na madzindza ananyerezera kuti ali akutsidzikizika,+ thangwi pidaipirwa ine pangʼono basi+ na mbumba yanga, madzindza anewa athimizira kakamwe nyatwa ya mbumba yanga.”’+
16 “Natenepa, ipi ndi pidalonga Yahova: ‘“Ine ndinadzabvera pontho ntsisi Yerusalemu,+ nyumba yanga inadzamangwa pontho mu nzinda unoyu,”+ alonga Yahova wa anyankhondo, pontho Yerusalemu anadzapimwa na nkhambala yakupima nayo.”’+
17 “Dziwisa pontho ipi: ‘Yahova wa anyankhondo alonga tenepa: “Mizinda yanga inadzadzala pontho na pinthu pyadidi; pontho ine Yahova ndinadzabalangaza pontho Sioni+ mbandisankhula pontho Yerusalemu.”’”+
18 Buluka penepo ndayangʼana kudzulu mbandiona nyanga zinai.+
19 Penepo ndabvundza anju akhalonga na ine: “Nyanga zenezi zisaimiriranji?” Iye atawira: “Nyanga zenezi zisaimirira mphambvu idabalalisa Yuda,+ Izraeli+ na Yerusalemu.”+
20 Buluka penepo Yahova andipangiza amesiri anai.
21 Ine ndabvundza: “Amesiri awa abwera kudzacitanji?”
Iye alonga: “Izi ndi nyanga zidabalalisa Yuda mpaka mbasoweka munthu toera kumenyana nazo. Amesiri anewa anadzabwera kudzazigopesa, toera kufudza nyanga za madzindza akuti akhadalamusa nyanga zawo toera kufudza dziko ya Yuda na kubalalisa anthu anakhala mwenemo.”
