1 Daarna het Hy my Josua, die hoëpriester, laat sien, terwyl hy voor die Engel van die HERE staan, en die Satan aan sy regterhand staan om hom aan te klae.
2 Toe sê die HERE aan die Satan: Mag die HERE jou bestraf, o Satan! Ja, mag die HERE, wat Jerusalem verkies het, jou bestraf! Is hierdie een nie 'n brandhout wat uit die vuur geruk is nie?
3 En Josua was bekleed met vuil klere, terwyl hy voor die Engel staan.
4 Daarop het Hy aangehef en gesê aan die wat voor Hom staan: Neem die vuil klere van hom weg. Toe sê Hy vir hom: Kyk, Ek het jou skuld van jou weggeneem, en Ek beklee jou met feesklere.
5 Daarop sê ek: Laat hulle 'n rein tulband op sy hoof sit. En hulle het die rein tulband op sy hoof gesit en hom die klere aangetrek, terwyl die Engel van die HERE daarby staan.
6 En die Engel van die HERE het Josua plegtig verseker en gesê:
7 So sê die HERE van die leërskare: As jy in my weë wandel en as jy my verordening onderhou, dan sal jy my huis bestuur sowel as my voorhowe bewaak, en Ek sal jou vrye toegang verleen onder diegene wat hier staan.
8 Luister tog, o Josua, jy wat die hoëpriester is, jy en jou vriende wat voor jou sit -- ja, wondertekens is hulle. Want kyk, Ek sal my Kneg, die Spruit, laat kom!
9 Want kyk, die steen wat Ek voor Josua neergelê het -- op die een steen is daar sewe oë; kyk, Ek sal sy graveersel graveer, spreek die HERE van die leërskare, en Ek sal die skuld van hierdie land op een dag uitdelg.
10 In die dag, spreek die HERE van die leërskare, sal julle mekaar uitnooi onder die wingerdstok en onder die vyeboom.
1 And he let me see Joshua, the high priest, in his place before the angel of the Lord, and the Satan at his right hand ready to take up a cause against him.
2 And the Lord said to the Satan, May the Lord's word be sharp against you, O Satan, the word of the Lord who has taken Jerusalem for himself: is this not a burning branch pulled out of the fire?
3 Now Joshua was clothed in unclean robes, and he was in his place before the angel.
4 And he made answer and said to those who were there before him, Take the unclean robes off him, and let him be clothed in clean robes;
5 And let them put a clean head-dress on his head. So they put a clean head-dress on his head, clothing him with clean robes: and to him he said, See, I have taken your sin away from you.
6 And the angel of the Lord made a statement to Joshua, and said,
7 These are the words of the Lord of armies: If you will go in my ways and keep what I have put in your care, then you will be judge over my Temple and have the care of my house, and I will give you the right to come in among those who are there.
8 Give ear now, O Joshua, the high priest, you and your friends who are seated before you; for these are men who are a sign: for see, I will let my servant the Branch be seen.
9 For see, the stone which I have put before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: see, the design cut on it will be my work, says the Lord of armies, and I will take away the sin of that land in one day.
10 In that day, says the Lord of armies, you will be one another's guests under the vine and under the fig-tree.