ZAKARIA 3
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Bono ḽa vhuṋa: Tshifhe muhulu a tshi pomokwa nga Saṱhane
1 Ndi 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. 2 Muṋe 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?”
3 Joshua o vha o ima phanḓa ha muruṅwa wa Muṋe washu o ambara zwiambaro zwa tshika. 4 Muruṅwa 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.”
5 Nṋe 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. 9 Vhonani 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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