UZAKARIYA 4

₁Esaa sithunywa sasithetha nam sabuya seza sandivusa njengomntu ovuswa ebuthongweni bakhe, ₂sathi kum: “Ubona ntoni?”

Ndaza ndathi: “Ndibona isiphatho sezibane esenziwe ngegolide. Entloko sinesitya nezibane ezisixhenxe ezinxityelelwe yimibhobho esixhenxe. ₃Kanjalo esi sibane sixhakwe ngasekunene nangasekhohlo yimithi emibini yomnquma.”

₄Ndabuza kweso sithunywa sasithetha nam, ndathi: “Ziyintoni na ezi zinto, nkosi yam?”

₅Ke isithunywa esasithetha nam saphendula sathi: “Awuzazi na ukuba ziyintoni ezi zinto?”

Ndaza ndathi: “Hayi, nkosi yam.”

₆Ke sona sathi kum: “Eli lilizwi *likaNdikhoyo kuZerubhabheli: ‘Akungabukroti, kungengawo namandla, kodwa kungoMoya wam kuphela,’ utsho uNdikhoyo onamandla onke.

₇“Kuxa uyintoni, wena ntaba iphakamileyo? Phambi koZerubhabheli wosuka ube njengethafa. Uya kubeka ilitye lokugqibela ekwakhiweni kwendlu kaThixo, abantu bekhwaza besithi: ‘Thamsanqela! Thamsanqela, Thixo!’ ”

₈Ke kaloku ndafikelwa lilizwi likaNdikhoyo lisithi: ₉“Izandla zikaZerubhabheli zisibekile isiseko sendlu kaThixo; ikwazizandla zakhe eziya kuyiphetha. Nawe uya kutsho uqonde ukuba uNdikhoyo onamandla onke nguye ondithumileyo kuwe. ₁₀Ngubani owudelelayo umhla ongenaziganeko zingako? Kambe baya kuvuya bakubona uZerubhabheli ephethe isixhobo sokulungelelanisa. Ezi zibane zisixhenxe ngamehlo kaNdikhoyo ajonga ihlabathi lonke jikelele.”

₁₁Ndasibuza ke isithunywa eso ndathi: “Yeyani le minquma mibini ixhake isiphatho sezibane ngasekhohlo nangasekunene?” ₁₂Kwakhona ndabuza ndathi: “Ngawani la masebe mabini omnquma asecaleni kwale mibhobho mibini yegolide iphokoka ioyile ebugolide?”

₁₃Siphendule sisithi: “Awuzazi na ezi zinto?”

Ndathi: “Hayi, nkosi yam.”

₁₄Saza ke sona sathi: “Aba ngabo babini bathanjiselwe ukukhonza iNkosi yehlabathi jikelele.”