uZakariya
12:1 Umthwalo wezwi likaJehova ngo-Israyeli, kusho uJehova
oweneka izulu, abeke isisekelo somhlaba;
futhi yakha umoya womuntu phakathi kwakhe.
12:2 Bheka, Ngizokwenza iJerusalema libe yindebe ethuthumela kubo bonke abantu
nxazonke, lapho beyakuba ekuvinjezelweni kokubili ngokumelene noJuda futhi
ngokumelene neJerusalema.
12:3 Futhi ngalolo suku ngiyokwenza iJerusalema libe yitshe eliwumthwalo kubo bonke abantu.
bonke abasindwayo bayakunqunywa, noma bonke
abantu bomhlaba babuthane ngokumelene nalo.
12:4 “Ngalolo suku,” usho uJehova, “ngiyakushaya onke amahhashi ngokumangala.
nomgibeli wakhe ngobuhlanya: futhi ngizovula amehlo ami phezu kwendlu ka
uJuda, futhi uyoshaya wonke amahhashi abantu ngobumpumputhe.
12:5 Futhi ababusi bakwaJuda bayothi enhliziyweni yabo: 'Abakhileyo
IJerusalema liyakuba yinqaba yami kuJehova Sebawoti uNkulunkulu wabo.
12:6 Ngalolo suku ngiyokwenza ababusi bakwaJuda njengeziko lomlilo
phakathi kwezinkuni, nanjengobhaqa lomlilo esithungwini; futhi bayokwenza
udle bonke abantu nxazonke, ngakwesokunene nangakwesokhohlo;
futhi iJerusalema liyophinde lihlalwe endaweni yalo, ngisho phakathi
eJerusalema.
12:7 Futhi uJehova uyosindisa amatende akwaJuda kuqala, ukuze inkazimulo kaJehova
indlu kaDavide nenkazimulo yabakhileyo eJerusalema abakwenzi
bazikhukhumeze phezu kukaJuda.
12:8 Ngalolo suku uJehova uyovikela abakhileyo eJerusalema; futhi yena
obuthakathaka phakathi kwabo ngalolo suku uyakuba njengoDavide; kanye nendlu
uDavide uyakuba njengoNkulunkulu, njengengelosi kaJehova phambi kwabo.
12:9 Futhi kuyokwenzeka ngalolo suku, ukuthi ngiyofuna ukubhubhisa bonke
izizwe ezihlasela iJerusalema.
12:10 Futhi ngiyothululela phezu kwendlu kaDavide, futhi phezu kwabakhileyo
Jerusalema, umoya womusa nokunxusa: futhi bayobheka
phezu kwami abamhlabayo, futhi bayomlilela njengaye
ulilela indodana yakhe eyodwa, futhi uyakuba nomunyu ngayo ngayo
lokho kungumunyu ngenxa yezibulo lakhe.
12:11 Ngalolo suku kuyakuba khona isililo esikhulu eJerusalema, njengoba nje
isililo saseHadadrimoni esigodini saseMegidoni.
12:12 Izwe liyolila, umndeni ngamunye ngokwawo; umndeni wendlu ka
UDavide eyedwa, nabafazi babo bebodwa; umndeni wendlu kaNathani
bebodwa, nabafazi babo bebodwa;
12:13 umndeni wendlu kaLevi ngokwawo, nabafazi babo ngokwabo; umndeni
bakwaShimeyi bebodwa, nabafazi babo bebodwa;
12:14 Yonke imindeni esele, umndeni ngamunye, nabafazi babo ngokwabo.