Zechariah 4
1 Ingelosi eyayikhuluma nami yabuya, yangivusa njengomuntu evuswa ebuthongweni.
2 Yathi kimi: “Ubonani na?” Ngathi: “Ngibona, uthi lwezibani lonke luyigolide, kunesitsha phezu kwalo, nezibani eziyisikhombisa ezikulo; kukhona imibhobho eyisikhombisa kuleso naleso sibani esiphezu kwalo,
3 neminqumo emibili eseceleni kothi, omunye ungakwesokunene sesitsha, nomunye ngakwesokhohlo saso.”
4 Ngayibuza ingelosi eyayikhuluma nami, ngathi: “Mnuzane, kuyini lokhu na?”
5 Ingelosi eyayikhuluma nami yangiphendula, yathi: “Awazi yini ukuthi kuyini lokhu na?” Ngathi: “Qha, mnumzane.”
6 Yayisithi kimi: “Lokhu yizwi likaSimakade eliqondiswe kuZerubhabhele elithi: ‘Kungabi ngempi, kungabi ngamandla, kodwa kube ngoMoya wami kuphela,’ kusho uSimakade Wamabandla.
7 “Ungubani-ke wena ntaba enkulu na? Phambi kukaZerubhabhele uyakuba yithafa. Uyakukhipha itshe eliyinhloko ngokumemeza athi: ‘Umusa, umusa, mawube kulo!’ ”
8 Izwi likaSimakade lafika kimi, lathi:
9 “Izandla zikaZerubhabhele zibeke isisekelo sale ndlu, futhi yizona eziyakuqeda ukuyakha, uyakukwazi ukuthi nguSimakade Wamabandla ongithume kini.
10 Ngokuba ngubani oyakudelela usuku lwezinto ezincane na? Bayakuthokoza, babone itshe lomthofu esandleni sikaZerubhabhele. Amehlo ayikhombisa kaSimakade abheke umhlaba wonke.”
11 Ngase ngiyibuza, ngithi: “Zichazani lezi zihlahla ezimbili zomnqumo ezingakwesokunene sothi lwezibani nangakwesokhohlo salo na?”
12 Ngabuza futhi okwesibili ngathi kuyo: “Achazani lawa magatsha amabili eminqumo aseceleni kwemibhobho emibili yegolide, okuthululwa ngayo amafutha egolide na?”
13 Yangiphendula yathi: “Awazi ukuthi ayini?” Ngaphendula ngathi: “Qha, mnumzane.”
14 Yayisithi: “Lawa ngamadodana agcotshiweyo, ame ngakuMnuzane womhlaba wonke.”