Zekaria 4
1 Ndipo malaika aliyekuwa akiongea nami akageuka na kuniamsha kama mtu aamshwavyo usingizini.
Then the angel I had been talking to returned and got my attention, like waking someone from sleep.
2 Akaniuliza, “Unaona nini?” Nikasema, “Ninaona kinara cha taa kimetengenezwa kwa dhahabu tupu, na bakuli juu yake. Kina taa saba juu yake na mirija mmoja kwa kila taa.
“What do you see?” he asked me. “I see a lampstand made of solid gold with a bowl at its top having seven lamps on it, each with seven lips.
3 Kando yake kuna mizeituni miwili, mmoja upande wa kulia na mwingine upande wa kushoto.”
I also see olive trees, one to the right and one to the left of the bowl.”
4 Kisha nikamwiliza tena na malaika aliyeongea nami. “Mambo haya yanamaana gani, bwana wangu?”
Then I asked the angel I was talking to, “What are these, my lord?”
5 Naye akanijibu na kusema, Haujui mambo haya yanamaanisha nini?” Nikasema, “ndiyo sijui bwana wangu.”
“Don't you know what these are?” the angel replied. “No, my lord,” I responded.
6 Hivyo akaniambia, “Hili ni neno la Yahwe kwa Zerubabeli: lisemalo siyo kwa uwezo wala kwa nguvu, lakini ni kwa Roho wangu, asema Yahwe wa majeshi.
Then he told me, “This is the Lord's message to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord Almighty.
7 U nini wewe, mlima mrefu? Mbele ya Zerubabeli utakuwa tambarare, naye ataondoa jiwe la juu kwa kelele ya 'Neema! Neema kwake!”
Even obstacles as big as mountains will be flattened before Zerubbabel. Finally he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘Blessings on it!’”
8 Neno la Yahwe likanijia kusema,
Then the Lord gave me another message.
9 “Mikono ya Zerubabeli imeweka misingi ya nyumba hii nayo itaimaliza. Ndipo mtakapojua kuwa Yahwe wa majeshi amenituma kwenu.
Zerubbabel with his own hands laid the foundations for this Temple, and it will be completed the same way. Then you will know the Lord Almighty has sent me.
10 Ni nani aliyedharau siku ya mambo madogo? Watu hawa wataona jiwe la kupimia mkononi mwa Zerubabeli, nao watafurahi. (Taa saba ni macho ya Yahwe yanayozunguka duniani mwote.)”
For who dares look down on this time of small beginnings? They will be happy when they see the plumb line in Zerubbabel's hand. “The seven lamps represent the eyes of the Lord which see all over the world.”
11 Ndipo nilipomwuliza malaika, Mizeituni hii miwili isimamayo upande wa kushoto na kulia wa kinara cha taa ni nini?”
Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees that stand to the right and the left of the lampstand?”
12 Nikauliza kwa mara nyingine tena, “Haya matawi mawili ya mizeituni kando ya mirija miwili ya dhahabu iliyo na mafuta ya dhahabu yanatiririka kutoka ndani yake?
And I also asked him, “What are the two olive branches from which the golden oil pours out from through golden pipes?”
13 Naye akaniambia, “Hauvijui vitu hivi ni nini?” Nami nikasema, “Hapana, bwana wangu.”
“Don't you know?” the angel replied. “No, my lord,” I responded.
14 Akasema, “Hawa ni wana wa mafuta mabichi ya mizeituni wasimamao mbele ya Bwana wa dunia yote.”
“These are the two who have been anointed who stand by the Lord of all the earth,” he replied.
