Zekaria 5
1 Kisha nikageuka na kuinua macho yangu, nami nikaona, tazama, gombo lirukalo!
Then again I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying scroll.
2 Malaika akaniuliza, “Unaona nini?” Nikajibu, “Ninaona gombo lirukalo, urefu wake dhiraa ishirini na upana wake dhiraa kumi.”
He said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.”
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.
Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land, for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side.
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 will cause it to go out,” says the LORD of Armies, “and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the middle of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones.”
5 Ndipo malaika aliyekuwa akisema nami alipoenda nje na kuniambia, “Inua macho yako uone kinachokuja!”
Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, “Lift up now your eyes and see what this is that is appearing.”
6 Nikasema, “Ni nini hiki?” Akasema, “Hiki ni kikapu kilicho na efa ijayo. Huu ni uovu wao katika nchi yote.”
I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is the ephah basket that is appearing.” He said moreover, “This is their appearance in all the land—
7 Kisha mfuniko wa risasi ukainuliwa kutoka ndani ya kikapu na kulikuwa na mwanamke chini yake amekaa ndani yake!
and behold, a lead cover weighing one talent was lifted up—and there was a woman sitting in the middle of the ephah basket.”
8 Malaika akasema, “Huu ni uovu!” na akamtupa tena kikapuni, na kurusha mfuniko wa risasi mlango pake.
He said, “This is Wickedness;” and he threw her down into the middle of the ephah basket; and he threw the lead weight on its mouth.
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.
Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, there were two women; and the wind was in their wings. Now they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah basket between earth and the sky.
10 Hivyo nikamwuliza malaika aliyesema nami, “Wanapeleka wapi kikapu?”
Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are these carrying the ephah basket?”
11 Akaniambia, “Wanakwenda kujengea hekalu katika nchi ya Shinari kwa ajili yake, hekalu litakapokuwa tayari, kikapu kitawekwa kwenye msingi ulioandaliwa kwa ajili yake.”
He said to me, “To build her a house in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place.”
