Cleansing From Sin
1“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
2“On that day, I will banish the names of the idols from the land, and they will be remembered no more,” declares the Lord Almighty. “I will remove both the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land. 3And if anyone still prophesies, their father and mother, to whom they were born, will say to them, ‘You must die, because you have told lies in the Lord’s name.’ Then their own parents will stab the one who prophesies.
4“On that day every prophet will be ashamed of their prophetic vision. They will not put on a prophet’s garment of hair in order to deceive. 5Each will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth.13:5 Or farmer; a man sold me in my youth’ 6If someone asks, ‘What are these wounds on your body13:6 Or wounds between your hands?’ they will answer, ‘The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.’
The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered
7“Awake, sword, against my shepherd,
against the man who is close to me!”
declares the Lord Almighty.
“Strike the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered,
and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8In the whole land,” declares the Lord,
“two-thirds will be struck down and perish;
yet one-third will be left in it.
9This third I will put into the fire;
I will refine them like silver
and test them like gold.
They will call on my name
and I will answer them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’
and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”
Kuyeretsedwa ku Tchimo
1“Pa tsiku limenelo nyumba ya Davide adzayitsekulira kasupe wa madzi pamodzi ndi okhala mu Yerusalemu, kuti awachotsere tchimo lawo ndi chodetsa chawo.
2“Pa tsiku limenelo, ndidzafafaniziratu mayina a mafano mʼdziko, ndipo sadzawakumbukiranso,” akutero Yehova Wamphamvuzonse. “Ndidzachotsa mʼdziko aneneri pamodzi ndi mzimu wonyansa. 3Ndipo ngati wina aliyense adzafuna kunenera, abambo ndi amayi ake amene anamubereka, adzamuwuza kuti, ‘Uyenera kufa, chifukwa wayankhula bodza mʼdzina la Yehova.’ Pamene anenera, makolo ake omwe adzamubaya.
4“Pa tsiku limenelo mneneri aliyense adzachita manyazi chifukwa cha masomphenya ake. Sadzavala chovala chake chaubweya ndi cholinga chonamiza anthu. 5Iye adzati, ‘Sindine mneneri. Ndine mlimi; ndakhala ndi kulima munda kuyambira ubwana wanga.’ 6Ngati wina adzamufunsa, ‘Zilonda zili mʼthupi lakoli ndi chiyani?’ Iye adzayankha kuti, ‘Zilondazi ndinazilandira mʼnyumba ya abwenzi anga.’
Kukantha Mʼbusa, Nkhosa Kubalalika
7“Dzambatuka iwe lupanga, ukanthe mʼbusa wanga,
ukanthe munthu amene ali pafupi ndi Ine!”
akutero Yehova Wamphamvuzonse.
Kantha mʼbusa
ndipo nkhosa zidzabalalika,
ndipo ndidzatambalitsa dzanja langa kuwononga zazingʼono.
8Mʼdziko monse, akutero Yehova Wamphamvuzonse,
“zigawo ziwiri mwa zigawo zitatu za anthu zidzakanthidwa ndi kuwonongeka;
koma chigawo chimodzi chidzatsala mʼdzikomo.
9Chigawo chachitatuchi ndidzachiyika pa moto;
ndidzawayeretsa monga momwe amayeretsera siliva
ndi kuwayesa monga momwe amayesera golide.
Adzayitana pa dzina langa
ndipo Ine ndidzawayankha;
Ine ndidzanena kuti, ‘Awa ndi anthu anga,’
ndipo iwo adzanena kuti, ‘Yehova ndiye Mulungu wathu.’ ”
