ZAKARIA 3
Bono ḽa vhuṋa: Tshifhe muhulu a tshi pomokwa nga Saṱhane
1Ndi hone a tshi ntsumbedza Joshua tshifhe muhulu o ima phanḓa ha muruṅwa wa Muṋe washu, Saṱhane ó ima thungo ya tshauḽa tshawe uri a mu pomoke. 2Muṋe washu a amba na Saṱhane a ri, “Nṋe Yahavee ndi a u kaidza iwe Saṱhane! Nṋe Yahavee ane nda funa Jerusalema ndi a u kaidza! Uyu munna a si luhuni lu khou dugaho lwe lwa fungulwa muliloni naa?”
3Joshua o vha o ima phanḓa ha muruṅwa wa Muṋe washu o ambara zwiambaro zwa tshika. 4Muruṅwa a amba na vhe vha vha vho ima phanḓa hawe a ri, “Mu bvuleni zwiambaro zwa dzitshika.” Ndi hone a tshi amba na Joshua a ri, “Vhona, ndo u rula milandu yau, ndi ḓo u ambadza zwiambaro zwa maṱeleṱele.”
5Nṋe nda ri, “Ṱhohoni mu ambadzeni muṅadzi u si na tshika.” Ndi hone vha tshi mu ambadza muṅadzi u si na tshika, vha mu ambadza zwiambaro, muruṅwa wa Muṋe washu ó ima henefho tsini.
6Muruṅwa wa Muṋe washu a laya Joshua a ri,
7“Yahavee Mulangazwoṱhe u ri,
‘Arali wa tshimbila nḓilani dzanga,
wa ita zwine nda zwi ṱoḓa,
u ḓo vhusa nnḓu yanga,
wa langa thembele yanga,
nahone u ḓo vha muswikeli unga avha vharuṅwa
vha ntshumelaho.
Zwivhuya zwa misi i ḓaho
8“ ‘Iwe Joshua tshifhe muhulu thetshelesa, na avha vhotshifhe nga iwe vhane wa vha navho ndi vhavhulungi vha tshiga tsha zwithu zwi kha ḓi ḓaho, zwauri ndi ḓo ḓisa muḓinḓa wanga a no pfi Ḓadzwane ḽa Dafita. 9Vhonani tombo ḽe nda ḽi vhea phanḓa ha Joshua! Tombo ḽeneḽo ḽa u thoma-thoma ḽi ḽavheleswa nga maṱo maṱanu na mavhili. Ndi ḓo phula tshisima khaḽo. Ndi ḓo rula milandu ya shango heḽino nga ḓuvha ḽithihi fhedzi, Nṋe Yahavee Mulangazwoṱhe.
10“ ‘Musi wonoyo muṅwe na muṅwe waṋu u ḓo vhidza muhura wawe uri a ḓe a dzule fhasi ha munḓirivhe wawe na muhuyu wawe,’ hu amba Yahavee Mulangazwoṱhe.”
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