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.
Then he showed me Joshua, the high priest, standing before the messenger of the Lord 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 the messenger of the Lord said to the Adversary, “May the Lord rebuke you, Adversary! The Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! 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 was standing before the messenger.
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.
The messenger said to those who stood before him, “Take off his filthy garments.” Then to Joshua he said, “I have taken your guilt from you and I will clothe you in priestly robes.”
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 he ordered: “Set a clean turban upon his head.” So they set a clean turban on his head, and clothed him with garments. The messenger of the Lord was standing by.
6 Anjelu ya Yawe ayebisaki na Jozue maloba oyo:
And the messenger of the Lord testified to Joshua:
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.
The Lord of hosts says: “If you walk in my ways, and if you will keep my instructions, then you will rule my house and keep my courts and I will give you a place of access 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, Joshua the high priest, you and your associates who sit before me; for they are men who are a sign; for I am going to bring forth 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.
On the stone that I have set before Joshua, on one stone, are seven facets. I will engrave it,” says the Lord of hosts, “and I will remove the guilt of that 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.
On that day,” says the Lord of hosts, “you will each invite your neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.”
