uZakariya
9:1 Umthwalo wezwi likaJehova ezweni laseHadraki naseDamaseku
kuyakuba khona ukuphumula kwawo: lapho amehlo omuntu, njengazo zonke izizwe
Israyeli, uyakuba ngakuJehova.
9:2 Futhi iHamati futhi kuyoba umngcele kulo; iTire, neSidoni, nakuba kunjalo
uhlakaniphe kakhulu.
9:3 ITire lazakhela inqaba, laqongelela isiliva njengegolide
uthuli, negolide elicwengekileyo njengodaka lwezitaladi.
9:4 Bheka, uJehova uyomxosha, futhi uyoshaya amandla akhe phakathi
ulwandle; iyakushwabadela ngomlilo.
9:5 I-Ashikeloni liyokubona, lesabe; IGaza nayo iyakuyibona, ibe kakhulu
edabukileyo, ne-Ekroni; ngokuba ithemba lalo liyakuba namahloni; kanye nenkosi
liyakubhubha eGaza, ne-Ashikeloni aliyikuhlalwa.
9:6 Futhi umzwangedwa uyohlala e-Ashidodi, futhi ngiyonquma ukuziqhenya
AmaFilisti.
9:7 Futhi ngizosusa igazi lakhe emlonyeni wakhe, kanye nezinengiso zakhe
phakathi kwamazinyo akhe: kodwa osalayo, yena, uzakuba ngowethu
uNkulunkulu, futhi uyakuba njengombusi kwaJuda, futhi Ekroni njengoba umJebusi.
9:8 Futhi ngizomisa nxazonke zendlu yami ngenxa yebutho, ngenxa yakhe
odlulayo, nangenxa yobuyayo, kungekho mcindezeli
ngizaphinda ngidabule kubo, ngoba khathesi ngibonile ngamehlo ami.
9:9 Jabula kakhulu, O ndodakazi yaseSiyoni; memeza, ndodakazi yaseJerusalema;
bheka, iNkosi yakho iza kuwe, ilungile, inensindiso;
ithobekile, igibele imbongolo, ithole lembongolo.
9:10 Futhi ngiyonquma inqola kwa-Efrayimi, futhi ihhashi
iJerusalema, nomnsalo wokulwa uyakunqunywa, akhulume ukuthula
ukubusa kwakhe kuyakuba kusukela olwandle kuze kufike olwandle, futhi
kusukela emfuleni kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba.
9:11 Ngokuqondene nawe, ngegazi lesivumelwano sakho, ngithumile yakho
iziboshwa emgodini ongenamanzi kuwo.
9:12 Phendukelani enqabeni, nina ziboshwa ithemba, ngisho nanamuhla
memezela ukuthi ngiyakubuyisela kabili kuwe;
9:13 Lapho sengiyigobele uJuda ngenxa yami, ngigcwalise umnsalo ngo-Efrayimi, futhi waphakamisa
Vuka amadodana akho, Siyoni, amelane namadodana akho, Grisi, akwenze ube njengenkosi
inkemba yendoda enamandla.
9:14 Futhi uJehova uyobonakala phezu kwabo, futhi umcibisholo wakhe uyophuma njengoba
umbani: iNkosi uJehova iyakubetha icilongo, ihambe
ngezivunguvungu zaseningizimu.
9:15 UJehova Sebawoti uyobavikela; bayakushwabadela, banqobe
ngamatshe endwayimana; bayakuphuza, bahlokome kungathi badabula
iwayini; bayakugcwaliswa njengezitsha nanjengamachopho aso
i-altare.
9:16 Futhi uJehova uNkulunkulu wabo uyobasindisa ngalolo suku njengomhlambi wakhe
abantu: ngokuba bayakuba njengamatshe omqhele, aphakanyiswe njenge
bhala phezu kwezwe lakhe.
9:17 Ngoba kukhulu kangakanani ubuhle bakhe, futhi yeka ubukhulu ubuhle bakhe! ummbila uzoba
jabulisa izinsizwa, newayini elisha izintombi.