The Lord Will Care for Judah
1Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime;
it is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms.
He gives showers of rain to all people,
and plants of the field to everyone.
2The idols speak deceitfully,
diviners see visions that lie;
they tell dreams that are false,
they give comfort in vain.
Therefore the people wander like sheep
oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
3“My anger burns against the shepherds,
and I will punish the leaders;
for the Lord Almighty will care
for his flock, the people of Judah,
and make them like a proud horse in battle.
4From Judah will come the cornerstone,
from him the tent peg,
from him the battle bow,
from him every ruler.
5Together they10:4,5 Or ruler, all of them together. / 5 They will be like warriors in battle
trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets.
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.
6“I will strengthen Judah
and save the tribes of Joseph.
I will restore them
because I have compassion on them.
They will be as though
I had not rejected them,
for I am the Lord their God
and I will answer them.
7The Ephraimites will become like warriors,
and their hearts will be glad as with wine.
Their children will see it and be joyful;
their hearts will rejoice in the Lord.
8I will signal for them
and gather them in.
Surely I will redeem them;
they will be as numerous as before.
9Though I scatter them among the peoples,
yet in distant lands they will remember me.
They and their children will survive,
and they will return.
10I will bring them back from Egypt
and gather them from Assyria.
I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon,
and there will not be room enough for them.
11They will pass through the sea of trouble;
the surging sea will be subdued
and all the depths of the Nile will dry up.
Assyria’s pride will be brought down
and Egypt’s scepter will pass away.
12I will strengthen them in the Lord
and in his name they will live securely,”
declares the Lord.
Bwana Ataitunza Yuda
110:1 Law 26:4; 1Fal 8:36; Za 104:13; 135:7; Ay 14:9; Yer 14:22; Yoe 2:32Mwombeni Bwana mvua wakati wa vuli;
ndiye Bwana atengenezaye mawingu ya tufani.
Huwapa watu manyunyu ya mvua,
pia mimea ya shambani kwa ajili ya kila mtu.
210:2 Eze 21:21; Isa 44:25; 40:19; Yer 23:16; Hes 27:17; Hos 3:4; Mt 9:36Sanamu huzungumza udanganyifu,
waaguzi huona maono ya uongo;
husimulia ndoto ambazo si za kweli,
wanatoa faraja batili.
Kwa hiyo watu wanatangatanga kama kondoo
walioonewa kwa kukosa mchungaji.
310:3 Isa 14:9; Yer 25:34; Eze 34:8-10; Kut 4:31; Rut 1:6; Sef 2:7; Lk 1:68; 1Pet 2:12“Hasira yangu inawaka dhidi ya wachungaji,
nami nitawaadhibu viongozi;
kwa kuwa Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote
atalichunga kundi lake,
nyumba ya Yuda,
naye atawafanya kuwa kama farasi
mwenye kiburi akiwa vitani.
410:4 Za 118:22; Mdo 4:11; Isa 22:23; Zek 9:10Kutoka Yuda litatokea Jiwe la pembeni,
kutoka kwake vitatoka vigingi vya hema,
kutoka kwake utatoka upinde wa vita,
kutoka kwake atatoka kila mtawala.
510:5 2Sam 22:43; Mik 7:10; 5:8; Amo 2:15; Hag 2:22; Zek 12:4Kwa pamoja watakuwa kama mashujaa
wanaokanyaga barabara za matope
wakati wa vita.
Kwa sababu Bwana yu pamoja nao,
watapigana na kuwashinda wapanda farasi.
610:6 Eze 30:24; 36:37; Za 102:13; 34:17; Isa 37:19; 14:1; 58:9; 65:24; Zek 8:7-8; 13:9“Nitaiimarisha nyumba ya Yuda
na kuiokoa nyumba ya Yosefu.
Nitawarejesha kwa sababu
nina huruma juu yao.
Watakuwa kama watu ambao
sijawahi kuwakataa
kwa sababu mimi ndimi Bwana Mungu wao,
nami nitawajibu.
710:7 Zek 9:15; 1Sam 2:1; Isa 60:5; Yoe 2:23Waefraimu watakuwa kama mashujaa,
mioyo yao itafurahi kana kwamba ni kwa divai.
Watoto wao wataona na kufurahi,
mioyo yao itashangilia katika Bwana.
810:8 Isa 5:26; Yer 33:22; Eze 36:11Nitawaashiria na kuwakusanya ndani.
Hakika nitawakomboa,
nao watakuwa wengi
kama walivyokuwa mwanzoni.
910:9 Isa 44:21; Eze 6:9Ijapokuwa niliwatawanya miongoni mwa mataifa,
hata hivyo wakiwa katika nchi za mbali
watanikumbuka mimi.
Wao na watoto wao watanusurika katika hatari
nao watarudi.
1010:10 Isa 11:11; 49:19; Zek 8:8; Yer 50:19; Rum 11:25; Kut 14:26-27Nitawarudisha kutoka Misri
na kuwakusanya toka Ashuru.
Nitawaleta katika nchi ya Gileadi na Lebanoni,
na hapo hapatakuwa na nafasi ya kuwatosha.
1110:11 Isa 19:5-7; 51:10; Sef 2:13; Eze 29:15; 30:13Watapita katika bahari ya mateso;
bahari iliyochafuka itatulizwa
na vilindi vyote vya Mto Naili vitakauka.
Kiburi cha Ashuru kitashushwa,
nayo fimbo ya utawala ya Misri itatoweka.
1210:12 Eze 30:24; Mik 4:5Nitawaimarisha katika Bwana,
na katika jina lake watatembea,”
asema Bwana.
