UZakhariya 12

₁Isiphrofetho. Izwi likaSimakade ngo-Israyeli. USimakade wendlale izulu, wabeka isisekelo somhlaba, wabumba umoya womuntu ezibili zakhe, uthi: ₂“Bheka, iJerusalema ngizolenza libe yindebe yokudakisa zonke izizwe nxazonke. ElakwaJuda nalo liyakubandakanyeka lapho kuvinjezelwa iJerusalema. ₃Kuyakuthi ngalolo lusuku iJerusalema ngilenze libe yitshe elisindayo kuzo zonke izizwe. Zonke ezizithwesa lona ziyakulimala kanzima. Izizwe zonke zomhlaba ziyakubuthana, zilihlanganyele.” ₄USimakade uthi: “Ngalolo lusuku ngiyakushaya wonke amahhashi ngokudideka, nabagibeli bawo ngokuhlanya. Ngiyakuvula amehlo ami phezu kwendlu yakwaJuda ngiyihawukele, kodwa wonke amahhashi ezizwe ngiyakuwashaya ngobumpumputhe. ₅Ababusi bakwaJuda bayakuthi ezinhliziyweni zabo: ‘Abakhileyo eJerusalema bangamandla ami ngoSimakade Wamabandla, uNkulunkulu wabo.’

₆“Ngalolo lusuku ngiyakwenza ababusi bakwaJuda babe njengembawula evuthayo phakathi kwezinkuni, babe njengesihlonti esivuthayo phakathi kwezithungu zokusanhlamvu ezisikiwe. Bayakuqothula kwesokunene nakwesokhohlo zonke izizwe ezizungeze nxazonke. IJerusalema liyakuba sendaweni yalo futhi eJerusalema.

₇“USimakade uyakuhlenga amathende akwaJuda kuqala, ukuze udumo lwendlu kaDavide nodumo lwabakhileyo eJerusalema lungabi lukhulu phezu kukaJuda. ₈Ngalolo lusuku uSimakade uyakubavikela abakhileyo eJerusalema; okhubekayo kubo ngalolo lusuku uyakuba njengoDavide, indlu kaDavide ibe njengoNkulunkulu, ifane nengelosi kaSimakade phambi kwabo. ₉Kuyakuthi ngalolo lusuku ngiphokophelele ukushabalalisa izizwe zonke ezatheleka eJerusalema, zalihlasela.

₁₀“Ngiyakuthululela phezu kwendlu kaDavide naphezu kwabakhileyo eJerusalema umoya womusa nowokunxusa. Bayakungibuka mina, lowo abamgwazayo. Bayakumlilela njengokulilela kozelwe yedwa, babe nomunyu ngaye, njengokukhalela kalusizi izibulo. ₁₁Ngalolo lusuku kuyakuba khona isililo esikhulu eJerusalema njengesililo sokulilela uHadadi Rimoni, ethafeni iMegido. ₁₂Izwe liyakulila, kulile umndeni nomndeni; umndeni wendlu kaDavide ulile wodwa, nabesifazane bawo balilele bodwa; umndeni wendlu kaNathani ulile wodwa, nabesifazane bawo balilele bodwa, ₁₃umndeni wendlu kaLevi ulile wodwa, nabesifazane bawo balile bodwa, umndeni kaShimeyi ulile wodwa, nabesifazane bawo balile bodwa. ₁₄Yonke imindeni eseleyo, imindeni ngemindeni iyakulila yodwa, nabesifazane bayo balile bodwa.”