Zekariya
1 Mu mwezi wa 8, mu chaka chachiŵi cha ulamuliru waku Dariyo,+ Yehova wangulongoro ndi mchimi Zekariya,*+ mwana waku Berekiya, mwana waku Ido, ndipu wangukamba kuti: 2 “Yehova wanguŵakwiyiya ukongwa awusemwi.+
3 “Uŵakambiyi kuti, ‘Yehova wa mizinda wakamba kuti: “‘Weriyani kwaku ini,’ Yehova wa mizinda ndiyu wakamba, ‘ndipu ini ndiweriyengi kwaku yimwi,’+ Yehova wa mizinda ndiyu wakamba.”’
4 “‘Mungachitanga nge awusemwi cha, wo achimi akali aŵakambiyanga kuti: “Yehova wa mizinda wakamba kuti, ‘Chondi tuwaniku* ku nthowa zinu ziheni kweniso ku ntchitu zinu ziheni.’”’+
“‘Kweni yiwu anguvwiya cha ndipuso anguvwisiya cha kwaku ini,’+ Yehova ndiyu wakamba.
5 “‘Kumbi awusemwi ŵe pani sonu? Ndipuso kumbi achimi anguja kwamuyaya? 6 Kweni mazu ngangu ndipuso marangu ngo ndingupaska ateŵeti ŵangu achimi, asi vingufiskika kwa awusemwi?’+ Mwaviyo, yiwu anguwere kwaku ini ndipu angukamba kuti: ‘Yehova wa mizinda watichitiya mwakukoliyana ndi nthowa zidu kweniso ntchitu zidu, nge mo wangukambiya kuti wachitiyengi.’”+
7 Pa zuŵa la 24, mu mwezi wa 11, wo ndi mwezi wa Shebati,* mu chaka chachiŵi cha ulamuliru waku Dariyo,+ Yehova wangulongoro ndi mchimi Zekariya, mwana waku Berekiya, mwana waku Ido. Zekariya wangukamba kuti: 8 “Ndinguwona chiwona ndi usiku. Ndinguwona munthu yo wangukwera pahachi yiyera ndipu wanguma muvimiti va mirito pamalu ngakusendemuka; kuvuli kwaki kwenga mahachi ngayera, ngakhofi kweniso ngatuŵa.”
9 Sonu ini ndingufumba kuti: “Ambuya, kumbi mbayani ŵenaŵa?”
Mungelu yo walongoronga nani wangundimuka kuti: “Ndikukambiyengi kuti mbayani.”
10 Pavuli paki, munthu yo wanguma muvimiti va mirito wangukamba kuti: “Yaŵa mbanthu wo Yehova waŵatuma kuti ayendiyendi pacharu chapasi.” 11 Ndipu yiwu angukambiya mungelu waku Yehova yo wanguma muvimiti va mirito kuti: “Tayendayenda pacharu chapasi, ndipu awonani! pacharu chosi chapasi pe chimangu ndipu palivi chakutimbanyizga.”+
12 Sonu mungelu waku Yehova wangukamba kuti: “Yehova wa mizinda, kumbi tawuni ya Yerusalemu kweniso matawuni nga ku Yuda,+ ngo mwangakwiyiya kwa vyaka 70 ivi, mungachitiyengi lisungu cha mpaka zuŵanji?”+
13 Yehova wangumuka mungelu yo walongoronga nani, ndipu wangumumuka ndi mazu ngamampha kweniso ngakupembuzga. 14 Pavuli paki, mungelu yo walongoronga nani wangundikambiya kuti: “Daniriza kuti, ‘Yehova wa mizinda wakamba kuti: “Nde wakunozgeka kuvikiliya Yerusalemu kweniso Ziyoni.+ 15 Ndayikwiyiya ukongwa mitundu yo yiwona kuti njakuvikilirika,+ chifukwa chakuti ndinguyikwiyiya kamanavi,+ kweni yinguŵalanga ukongwa ŵanthu ŵangu kuluska mo ndakhumbiyanga.”’+
16 “Mwaviyo, Yehova wakamba kuti: ‘“Ndimulongongi so lisungu Yerusalemu,+ ndipu nyumba yangu yizengekengi mwaku iyu,”+ Yehova wa mizinda ndiyu wakamba, “ndipu chingwi chakupimiya chitambasulikiyengi paku Yerusalemu.”’+
17 “Daniriza so ndipu kamba kuti, ‘Yehova wa mizinda wakamba kuti: “Mumatawuni ngangu mwazamuzaza vinthu vamampha; ndipu Yehova wazamupembuzga so Ziyoni,+ kweniso wazamusankha so Yerusalemu.”’”+
18 Pavuli paki, ndinguyunuka ndipu ndinguwona masengwi nganayi.+ 19 Sonu ndingufumba mungelu yo walongoronga nani kuti: “Ndi vinthu wuli venivi?” Iyu wangumuka kuti: “Yanga ndi masengwi ngo ngangumbininiska Yuda,+ Isirayeli+ kweniso Yerusalemu.”+
20 Pavuli paki, Yehova wangundilongo ŵanthu alusu anayi. 21 Ini ndingufumba kuti: “Kumbi ŵanthu yaŵa azamuchitanji?”
Iyu wangundimuka kuti: “Ŵanthu yaŵa ndi masengwi ngo ngangumbininiska Yuda mwakuti pengavi yo wangufiska kusoska mutu waki. Anyaki yaŵa azengi kuti azingawofyi, kuti aziwisiyi pasi masengwi nga mitundu ya ŵanthu yo yingusoske muchanya masengwi ngawu kuti yilimbani ndi charu cha Yuda ndi chilatu chakuti yichimbininiski.”