Zekaliya
9 Mbila:
“Yehoba wazhingijila kyalo kya Hadalaki,
Kabiji waamba bikamwekela Damasakasa+
—Mambo meso a Yehoba aji pa bantu+
Ne pa mikoka yonse ya bena Isalela—
2 Kabiji waambila Hamata,+ uji ku mupaka wanji,
3 Tila wishimikijile mushiime.*
Walumbikile siliva nobe maloba
Ne ngolode nobe mateshi a mu mikwakwa.+
4 Umvwai! Yehoba ukamwangata bintu byo aji nabyo,
Kabiji ukatapila nzhita yanji mu kalunga ka mema;*+
Kabiji ukapya na mujilo.+
5 Ashekelona ukamona kino ne kumvwa moyo;
Gaza ukamanama bingi,
Ne Ekelona, na mambo a kuba kyo aketekelamo bekilengesha bumvu.
Mfumu wa Gaza ukonaika,
Ne mu Ashekelona kechi mukekala bantu ne.+
6 Baana ba bantu ba mu byalo bingi bakekala mu Ashadoda,
Kabiji nkapwisha bwitote bwa bena Filishitiya.+
7 Nkafumya mu kanwa kanji bintu biji na mashi
Ne bintu bya bunya nkebifumyamo mu meno anji,
Kabiji ukekala ke wa Lesa wetu;
Kabiji ukekala nobe mfumu* mu Yuda,+
Ne Ekelona ukekala nobe mwina Yebusi.+
8 Nkekala mu tente na kusopa* nzubo yami,+
Pa kuba’mba kukabule kwikala muntu nangwa umo wa kupitamo nangwa kubwelamo;
Kabiji kafwako kapitao* ukapitamo jikwabo ne,+
Mambo namona kino* na meso ami.
9 Sangalala bingi, obewa mwana wa mukazhi Ziona.
Bijika na lusekelo, obewa mwana wa mukazhi Yelusalema.
Tala! Mfumu wobe ubena kwiya kwi obewa.+
Aye waoloka, ubena kuleta lupulukilo,*
Wipelula+ kabiji ubena kwenda pa mbongolo,
Pa mwana mbongolo mulume, mwana wa mbongolo mukazhi.+
10 Nkafumyamo kalaki wa nkondo mu Efelaimu
Ne mbili nkamufumyamo mu Yelusalema.
Buta bwa mukanda bwa nkondo bakebufumyamo.
Kabiji aye ukataya mbila ya mutende ku bisaka bya bantu;+
Bukalama bwanji bukafuma ku kalunga ka mema kufika ku kalunga ka mema kakwabo
11 Pakuba obewa mwanamukazhi, kupichila mu mashi a lulayañano lobe,
Nkafumyamo bakaili bobe mu kimbo kyabula mema.+
12 Bwelai ku nsakwa yakosa anweba bakaili saka muji na luketekelo.+
Lelo jino mbena kukubuula’mba,
‘Obewa mwanamukazhi, nkakubwezhezha bintu bibiji pa kimo.+
13 Mambo nkavwemuna* Yuda nobe buta bwami bwa mukanda.
Mu buta bwa mukanda nkabikamo Efelaimu,*
Kabiji nkabuusha baana bobe, obewa Ziona,
Ne kulwisha baana bobe, obewa Gilisi,
Kabiji nkakulengela kwikala nobe mpoko ya mushilikale.’
14 Yehoba ukamweka peulu yabo,
Ne muketo wanji ukalupuka nobe kubesha kwa mvula.
Nkambo Mfumu Yehoba ukavumya lusengo,+
Kabiji ukayanga kulutwe na luvula lwa ku kabeta ka ku bulenge.
15 Yehoba wa mabumba ukebazhikijila,
Kabiji bakonauna ne kushinda mabwe a mu binzhipunzhipu.+
Bakatoma ne kuba kyungwe, uba nobe batoma binyu;
Kabiji bakayula byonka biyula nsanyi yafukumana,
Nobe makonka a kya kusokelapo bitapisho.+
16 Yehoba Lesa wabo ukebapulusha aja juba
Byo baji jitanga ja bantu banji;+
Mambo bakekala nobe mabwe a buneme a ku munchinya* abekauka pa mushiji wanji.+
17 Byo bwabayapo buwame bwanji,+
Kabiji byo akamwekapo bulongo!
Kajo kakalengela bansongwalume kukoma bulongo,
Ne binyu bya katataka bikalengela bisungu kukoma bulongo.”+