Zechariah (3/14)  

1. Yasingitshengisa uJoshuwa umpristi omkhulu emi phambi kwengilosi ye Nkosi, loSathane emi ngakwesokunene sikaJoshuwa emmangalela.
2. Ingilosi ye Nkosi yathi kuSathane: I Nkosi kayikukhuze, wena Sathane. I Nkosi eyikhethileyo iJerusalema kayikukhuze. Lumuntu kanjengesikhuni esikhutshwe emlilweni yini?
3. UJoshuwa wayemi phambi kwengilosi egqoke izigqoko ezingcolileyo.
4. Ingilosi yathi kulabo ababemi phambi kwayo: Mkhupheni izigqoko ezingcolileyo. Yasisithi kuye: Khangela, sengisusile ububi bakho kuwe, ngizakugqokisa izigqoko ezinhle.
5. Yasisithi: Mthwaliseni iqhiye ehlambulukileyo. Basebemthwalisa iqhiye ehlambulukileyo, bamgqokisa izigqoko; ingilosi ye Nkosi yayimi phansi kwakhe.
6. Ingilosi ye Nkosi yasimlaya uJoshuwa isithi:
7. I Nkosi yamabandla ithi: Uba uzahamba endleleni zami, ugcine imilayo yami, uzaphatha indlu yami, ugcine lamaguma ami, ngizakunika ilungelo lokungena phakathi kwabo abemiyo lapha.
8. Zwana-ke, wena Joshuwa, mpristi omkhulu, wena labangane bakho abahlezi phambi kwakho, ngoba khangelani, lingabantu abayisibonakaliso esihle. Ngizaveza inceku yami elillumela.
9. Ngoba khangela, ngelitshe engalibeka phambi kukaJoshuwa, ilitshe okukhonakilo amacele ayisikhombisa; mina ngizabaza ukubaza kilo, kutsho i Nkosi yamabandla; ngizasusa ububi balelilizwe ngosuku olulodwa.
10. Ngalolosuku, kutsho i Nkosi yamabandla, ngulowo lalowo wenu uzanxusa umngane wakhe ukuze azehlala ngaphansi kwesihlahla sakhe sevini langaphansi kwesomkhiwa.

  Zechariah (3/14)