uZekariya
4:1 Sabuya isithunywa esibe sithetha nam, sandivusa njengomntu
ovuswa ebuthongweni bakhe;
4:2 Sathi kum, Ubona ntoni na? Ndathi ke, Ndikhangele, nanku
nesiphatho sezibane zonke zegolide, nesitya phezu kwentloko yaso, nezaso ezisixhenxe
nezibane eziphezu kwaso, nemibhobho esixhenxe yezibane eziphezu kwaso
phezulu kwayo:
4:3 neminquma emibini kuso, omnye ungasekunene kwesitya, omnye ungasekunene kwesitya;
enye ingasekhohlo kwayo.
4:4 Ndaphendula ke, ndathetha kwisithunywa esibe sithetha nam, ndathi, Yintoni na?
ngaba aba, nkosi yam?
4:5 Saphendula isithunywa esibe sithetha nam, sathi kum, Yazi
andizithini na ezi zinto? Ndathi, Hayi, nkosi yam.
4:6 Saphendula, sathetha nam, sathi, Lilizwi likaYehova eli
kuZerubhabheli, esithi, Akungabukroti, akungamandla;
utsho uYehova wemikhosi.
4:7 Ungubani na wena, ntaba inkulu? phambi koZerubhabheli uya kuba ngunyana
uya kulikhupha ilitye layo eliyintloko, kuduma;
bedanduluka besithi, Ubabalo, ubabalo malube nalo.
4:8 Kwafika ilizwi likaYehova kum, lisithi,
4:9 Izandla zikaZerubhabheli ziyisekile le ndlu; yakhe
izandla ziya kuyigqiba; nazi ukuba uYehova wemikhosi
undithumile kuni.
4:10 Ngokuba ngubani na owoyidela imini yezinto ezincinane? ngokuba baya kuvuya;
abone ilothe yokulungelelanisa esandleni sikaZerubhabheli, nezo zosixhenxe;
angamehlo kaYehova, asingasinga ngeenxa zonke
umhlaba.
4:11 Ndaphendula, ndathi kuyo, Iyintoni na le minquma mibini phezu kwayo?
licala lasekunene lesibane ngecala laso lasekhohlo?
4:12 Ndaphinda ndaphendula, ndathi kuyo, Ziyintoni na ezi minquma mibini?
Amasebe aphuma kwimibhobho emibini yegolide, akhupha ioli yegolide
ngokwabo?
4:13 Sandiphendula, sathi, Akuzazi na ukuba ziyintoni na ezi zinto? Ndaye ndathi,
Hayi, nkosi yam.
4:14 Wathi, Aba babini ngabathanjiswa, abema phambi koYehova
umhlaba wonke.