Zakari 3
1 Yawe alakisaki ngai Jozue, mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe, oyo azalaki ya kotelema liboso ya Anjelu ya Yawe. Alakisaki ngai lisusu Satana oyo azalaki ya kotelema na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali ya Jozue mpo na kofunda ye.
And he showed me Joshua, the high-priest, standing before the angel of Jehovah, and the adversary standing at his right hand, to accuse him.
2 Yawe alobaki na Satana: — Satana, tika ete Yawe apamela yo! Tika ete Yawe oyo apona Yelusalemi apamela yo! Boni, moto oyo azali te lokola koni ya moto oyo balongoli na moto?
And Jehovah said to the adversary: — Jehovah rebuke thee, thou adversary, Even Jehovah, who hath chosen Jerusalem, rebuke thee! Is not this man a brand plucked out of the fire?
3 Nzokande, Jozue alataki bilamba ya salite tango atelemaki liboso ya Anjelu.
Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
4 Bongo Anjelu alobaki na ba-oyo bazalaki kotelema liboso na ye: — Bolongola ye bilamba wana ya salite! Mpe alobaki na Jozue: — Tala, nalongoli masumu na yo mpe nakolatisa yo bilamba ya talo.
And he [[the angel]] spake and said to them [[the angels]] that stood before him, saying, Take off the filthy garments from him. And to him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and will clothe thee with goodly apparel.
5 Nalobaki: — Bolatisa ye kitendi ya peto oyo bakangaka na moto. Boye, bakangaki ye kitendi ya peto na moto mpe balatisaki ye bilamba mosusu wana Anjelu ya Yawe atelemaki pene na ye.
And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head! And they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of Jehovah stood by.
6 Anjelu ya Yawe ayebisaki na Jozue maloba oyo:
And the angel of Jehovah declared to Joshua and said:
7 — Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Soki otamboli na nzela na Ngai mpe obateli mitindo na Ngai, okokamba ndako na Ngai mpe okobatela lopango na Ngai, mpe nakotia yo na molongo ya ba-oyo batelemaka awa.
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: If thou wilt walk in my ways, And if thou wilt keep my charge, Then thou shalt also rule my house, And shalt also keep my courts, And I will give thee guides among these that stand by.
8 Jozue, mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe, yo elongo na bandeko na yo, Banganga-Nzambe oyo basalaka elongo na yo, bozali bilembo oyo etalisaka makambo oyo ekoya. Nakobimisa Mosali na Ngai; bakobenga Ye: Moto ya nzete oyo ebimaka na mobimbi.
Hear now, O Joshua, high-priest, Thou and thy companions, who sit before thee! For they are men that are signs. For, behold, I will cause to come my servant, the Branch.
9 Tala, natie libanga liboso ya Jozue. Libanga yango ezali na miso sambo, nakokoma makomi na likolo na yango, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, « mpe nakolongola masumu ya mokili oyo na mokolo moko.
For, behold, the stone which I have laid before Joshua, Upon this one stone shall be seven eyes; Behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith Jehovah of hosts; And I will remove the iniquity of this land in one day.
10 Na mokolo wana, moko na moko kati na bino akobengisa moninga na ye mpo ete bavanda na se ya nzete ya vino mpe ya figi, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, Shall ye invite every one his neighbor Under the vine and under the fig-tree.
