Zekaria 4
1 Ndipo malaika aliyekuwa akiongea nami akageuka na kuniamsha kama mtu aamshwavyo usingizini.
And once more the messenger who was speaking with me, roused me up, just as a man might be roused up out of his 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.
Then said he unto me, What canst thou see? And I said—I have looked, and lo! a Lampstand—all of gold, with the Bowl thereof upon the top thereof, and its Seven Lamps upon it, Seven Pipes each, to the lamps which are upon the top thereof;
3 Kando yake kuna mizeituni miwili, mmoja upande wa kulia na mwingine upande wa kushoto.”
and, Two Olive-trees, by it, —one upon the right hand of the bowl, and one upon the left hand thereof.
4 Kisha nikamwiliza tena na malaika aliyeongea nami. “Mambo haya yanamaana gani, bwana wangu?”
Then responded I, and said unto the messenger who was speaking with me, saying, —What are these, my lord?
5 Naye akanijibu na kusema, Haujui mambo haya yanamaanisha nini?” Nikasema, “ndiyo sijui bwana wangu.”
Then answered the messenger who was speaking with me, and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these, are? And I said, No my lord.
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 responded he, and spake unto me, saying, This, is the word of Yahweh, unto Zerubbabel, saying, —Not by wealth, nor by strength, but by my spirit, saith Yahweh of hosts.
7 U nini wewe, mlima mrefu? Mbele ya Zerubabeli utakuwa tambarare, naye ataondoa jiwe la juu kwa kelele ya 'Neema! Neema kwake!”
Who, art, thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel, [brought down] to a plain! So shall he bring forth the headstone, with thundering shouts Beautiful! Beautiful! thereunto.
8 Neno la Yahwe likanijia kusema,
Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:
9 “Mikono ya Zerubabeli imeweka misingi ya nyumba hii nayo itaimaliza. Ndipo mtakapojua kuwa Yahwe wa majeshi amenituma kwenu.
The hands of Zerubbabel, have founded this house, and, his hands, shall finish it, —So shalt thou know that, Yahweh of hosts, hath sent me unto you.
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 hath despised the day of small things? Yet shall they rejoice, when they see the plummet-stone in the hand of Zerubbabel, —these seven! The eyes of Yahweh, they are—running to and fro throughout all the earth.
11 Ndipo nilipomwuliza malaika, Mizeituni hii miwili isimamayo upande wa kushoto na kulia wa kinara cha taa ni nini?”
Then responded I, and said unto him, —What are these two olive-trees, upon the right of the lampstand, and upon the left thereof?
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 responded a second time, and said unto him, —What are the two branches of the olive- trees which join the two golden tubes, which empty out of them the golden oil?
13 Naye akaniambia, “Hauvijui vitu hivi ni nini?” Nami nikasema, “Hapana, bwana wangu.”
And he spake unto me, saying, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
14 Akasema, “Hawa ni wana wa mafuta mabichi ya mizeituni wasimamao mbele ya Bwana wa dunia yote.”
Then said he, These, are the two Anointed Ones, —who stand near the Lord of all the earth.
