UZakhariya 3

3 ¹Wabe esengikhombisa uJoshua umpristi omkhulu emi phambi kwesithunywa sikaBaba wethu, uMmangaleli emi ngakwesokunene sakhe ukuze ammangalele.

²UBaba wethu wathi kuMmangaleli: “Makakukhuze, wena Mmangaleli! Makakukhuze yena okhethe iJerusalema! Lo muntu akasona yini uthi oluvuthayo oluhwithwe emlilweni?”

³UJoshua wayegqoke izingubo ezingcolile lapho emi phambi kwesithunywa. ⁴Wathi kulabo ababemi phambi kwakhe: “Khumulani izingubo zakhe ezingcolile.” Wabe esethi kuJoshua: “Bheka, ngisusile icala lakho kuwe, futhi ngizakugqokisa izingubo ezinhle.”

⁵Ngabe sengithi: “Faka iqhiya ehlanzekile ekhanda lakhe.” Base beyifaka ekhanda lakhe bamgqokisa, kanti isithunywa sikaBaba wethu simi eduze.

⁶Isithunywa sikaBaba wethu samyala ngokuqinisekileyo uJoshua sathi:

⁷“Nanku okushiwo nguBaba wamabutho asezulwini: Uma uhamba ngezindlela zami ugcine izimfuneko zami, uzakubusa indlu yami, uqaphe amagceke ami, futhi ngizakunika indawo phakathi kwalaba abami lapha. ⁸Lalela manje, Joshua mpristi omkhulu, wena nabangani bakho abahlezi phambi kwakho, ngokuba bangamadoda ayisibonakaliso: Sengizakuletha inceku yami, iGatsha—uJesu. ^a a v8 IGatsha lingelinye lamagama acace kakhulu eThestamente eliDala elo Mesiya ozayo, elagcwaliseka kuJesu, iNceku uBaba wethu ayithuma (uJeremiya 23:5; u-Isaya 11:1). ⁹Bheka itshe engilibeke phambi kukaJoshua: amehlo ayisikhombisa phezu kwalelo tshe elilodwa. Ngizakuqophela umbhalo walo, kusho uBaba wamabutho asezulwini, futhi ngizakususa icala leli lizwe ngasuku lunye. ^b b v9 Amehlo ayisikhombisa phezu kwetshe amelela ukunakekela kukaNkulunkulu okuphelele nokuqaphileyo phezu komhlaba wonke. ¹⁰Ngalolo suku, kusho uBaba wamabutho asezulwini, yilowo nalowo uzakumema umakhelwane wakhe ngaphansi komvini wakhe nangaphansi komkhiwane wakhe.”