UZakhariya 5

₁Ngabuye ngabheka, ngabona umqulu wencwadi ondizayo. ₂Yangibuza yathi: “Ubonani na?”

Ngathi: “Ngibona umqulu wencwadi ondizayo, ubude bawo bungamakhubhithi angama-20, nobubanzi bawo bungamakhubhithi alishumi.”

₃Yayisithi kimi: “Lesi yisiqalekiso esizokwehlela phezu komhlaba wonke, ngokuba ngokusho kwaso kulolu hlangothi bonke abantshotshayo bayakudingiswa, bese kuthi ngakolunye uhlangothi lwaso luthi bonke abafunga amanga bayakudingiswa. ₄‘Ngiyakusithumela, singene endlini yesela nasendlini yofunga amanga ngegama lami. Siyakuhlala phakathi endlini yakhe, siyishabalalise nezingodo zayo namatshe ayo.’ ”

₅Ingelosi eyayikhuluma yasondela kini, yathi: “Ake ubheke, ubone ukuthi kuyini lokhu okuphumayo?”

₆Ngathi: “Kuyini na?”

Yaphendula yathi: “Lokhu okuphumayo yi-efa.”

Yabuye yathi: “Lokhu kuyihlo labo emhlabeni wonke.”

₇Isivalo somthofu saphakanyiswa, kwakukhona owesifazane owayehleli phakathi kwe-efa. ₈Yathi: “Lokhu kungububi.”

Wamphonsa phakathi kwe-efa, waphonsa netshe lomthofu emlonyeni walo. ₉Ngase ngiphakamisa amehlo ami, ngabona kuphuma abesifazane ababili, umoya usemaphikweni abo; babe namaphiko njengamaphiko kanogolantethe, baliphakamisa i-efa phakathi komhlaba nezulu. ₁₀Ngase ngiyibuza ingelosi eyayikhuluma nami, ngithi: “Balisaphi i-efa na?”

₁₁Yangiphendula yathi: “Bayakulakhela indlu eShineyari. Iyakulungiswa, bese libekwa khona endaweni yalo.”