Zekaria 5
1 Kisha nikageuka na kuinua macho yangu, nami nikaona, tazama, gombo lirukalo!
I looked again and saw a flying scroll.
2 Malaika akaniuliza, “Unaona nini?” Nikajibu, “Ninaona gombo lirukalo, urefu wake dhiraa ishirini na upana wake dhiraa kumi.”
“What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied. “It's thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide.”
3 Ndipo aliponiambia, “Hii ni laana iendayo juu ya uso wa nchi yote, kwani tangu sasa kila mwivi ataondolewa kulingana na lisemavyo upande mmoja, wakati kila aapaye kiapo cha uongo ataondolewa kulingana na lisemavyo upande mwingine, kwa kadili ya maneno yake.
He told me, “This is the curse that is going out to all the world. Anyone who steals will be purged from society, according to one side of the scroll. Anyone who swears lies under oath will be purged from society, according to the other side of the scroll.”
4 “Nitalituma - asema Yahwe wa majeshi - hivyo litaingia nyumbani mwa mwivi na nyumbani mwa aapaye kwa uongo kwa jina langu. Litasalia nyumbani mwake na kuteketeza mbao na mawe yake.”
“I have sent the curse out and it will go into the house of the thief and into the house of the one who swears lies in my name, declares the Lord Almighty. The curse will remain in that house, and will destroy it, both the timbers and the stones.”
5 Ndipo malaika aliyekuwa akisema nami alipoenda nje na kuniambia, “Inua macho yako uone kinachokuja!”
Then the angel I had been talking to came over to me and said, “Look. What do you see moving away?”
6 Nikasema, “Ni nini hiki?” Akasema, “Hiki ni kikapu kilicho na efa ijayo. Huu ni uovu wao katika nchi yote.”
“What is it?” I asked. “What you see moving away is a barrel full of the sins of everyone in the country,” he replied.
7 Kisha mfuniko wa risasi ukainuliwa kutoka ndani ya kikapu na kulikuwa na mwanamke chini yake amekaa ndani yake!
Then the lead lid was lifted from the barrel and there was a woman sitting inside.
8 Malaika akasema, “Huu ni uovu!” na akamtupa tena kikapuni, na kurusha mfuniko wa risasi mlango pake.
“She represents wickedness,” he said, and pushed her back inside, forcing the lead lid shut.
9 Nilipoinua macho nikaona wanawake wawili wakija kwangu, na upepo ulikuwa ndani ya mabawa yao - walikuwa na mabawa kama mabawa ya korongo. Wakainua kikapu kati ya mbingu na nchi.
I looked once more and saw two women flying towards me. Their wings looked like those of a stork. They picked up the barrel and flew away, high into the sky.
10 Hivyo nikamwuliza malaika aliyesema nami, “Wanapeleka wapi kikapu?”
“Where are they taking it?” I asked the angel I was talking to.
11 Akaniambia, “Wanakwenda kujengea hekalu katika nchi ya Shinari kwa ajili yake, hekalu litakapokuwa tayari, kikapu kitawekwa kwenye msingi ulioandaliwa kwa ajili yake.”
“They're taking it to the land of Babylon to build a house for it. When the house is ready, the barrel will be placed at its base.”
