Zakharia 3

1 Dalam penglihatan yang lain lagi, TUHAN memperlihatkan kepadaku Imam Agung Yosua sedang berdiri di hadapan malaikat TUHAN. Di sebelah Yosua, berdirilah Setan yang telah siap untuk menuduhnya.

Then [Yahweh] showed me Joshua, the Supreme Priest, [who was] standing in front of the angel that Yahweh had sent. And Satan was standing at Joshua’s right side, [ready] to accuse him.

2 Malaikat TUHAN berkata kepada Setan, "Kiranya TUHAN menghukum engkau hai Setan! Kiranya TUHAN yang menyayangi Yerusalem menghukum engkau. Orang ini bagaikan puntung kayu yang ditarik dari nyala api."

But Yahweh said to Satan, “Satan, I am rebuking you! I [am the one] who has chosen Jerusalem [to be my special city, and I] am rebuking you! This [man, Joshua], [has been brought back from Babylonia]; he is surely [like] [MET, RHQ] a burning stick that has been snatched from a fire.”

3 Yosua berdiri di situ memakai pakaian yang kotor sekali.

Joshua was wearing filthy clothes while he was standing in front of the angel.

4 Maka berkatalah malaikat itu kepada pembantu-pembantu di surga, "Buanglah pakaian kotor yang dipakai orang ini." Dan kepada Yosua ia berkata, "Dosamu telah kubuang, engkau akan kuberi pakaian yang baru."

The angel said to those [other angels] who were standing in front of him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” [After they did that, ] the angel said to Joshua, “Look! I have taken away [the guilt of] your sins, and I will put beautiful clothes on you.”

5 Ia pun memerintahkan pembantu-pembantunya untuk memasang serban yang bersih pada kepala Yosua. Mereka menurut dan setelah itu mereka memakaikan pakaian yang baru itu kepadanya dengan diawasi oleh malaikat TUHAN.

Then I said to them, “Put a clean turban on his head!” So they put a clean turban on his head and put [new] on him, while the angel sent by Yahweh was standing there.

6 Kemudian malaikat itu menyampaikan perkataan TUHAN kepada Yosua,

Then the angel said [this] to Joshua:

7 "Kalau engkau mematuhi hukum-hukum-Ku dan melakukan tugas-tugas yang Kuberikan kepadamu, maka untuk seterusnya engkau boleh menjadi pemimpin di dalam Rumah-Ku dan mengurus pelatarannya. Aku akan mendengarkan doa-doamu, seperti Aku mendengarkan doa para malaikat yang berada di dekat-Ku.

“The Commander of the armies of angels says that if you do what I want you to do [IDM], and obey my instructions, you will (be in charge of/have authority over) [what is done in] my temple and its courtyard. And I will allow you to speak at any time to the angels who are standing near to me.

8 Dengarlah hai Imam Agung Yosua, juga kamu imam-imam yang menjadi rekan-rekannya, kamu semua adalah lambang dari masa depan yang baik. Pada masa itu Aku akan mengutus hamba-Ku yang disebut 'Sang Tunas'.

Joshua, [you are] the Supreme Priest, and your (associates/fellow priests) are sitting in front of you. They symbolize/represent things that will happen in the future. [Some day] I am going to bring someone who will work for me, someone who will be called the Branch.

9 Kuletakkan di depan Yosua sebuah batu bersegi tujuh yang akan Kuukir dengan tulisan-tulisan. Dalam satu hari akan Kubuang dosa dari negeri ini.

Look at the stone that I have put in front of Joshua. There are seven sides on the stone. I will engrave a message on that stone, and in one day I will remove the guilt of [all the people of] this country.

10 Bilamana hari itu tiba, setiap orang akan mengundang tetangganya untuk datang dan menikmati damai dan sentosa di tengah-tengah kebun-kebun anggur dan pohon-pohon aramu."

At that time, each of you will invite his friends [to come and sit] under his grapevine and under his fig tree. [That is what] the Commander of the armies of angels declares.”