Zacarias 3

Te Kitenga Tuawhā: Te Tohunga Nui

1 I whakakitea hoki e ia ki ahau a Hohua, te tino tohunga e tū ana i te aroaro o te anahera a Ihowā, me Hātana e tū ana i tōna matau hei hoariri mōna. 2 Nā, ka mea atu a Ihowā ki a Hātana, "Kia whakatūpehupehu a Ihowā ki a koe, e Hātana! Āe rā, ko Ihowā nāna nei a Hiruhārama i whiriwhiri, kia whakatūpehupehu a Ihowā ki a koe; he teka ianei he mōunga tēnei kua kapohia mai i roto i te ahi?"

3 Nā, he whakahouhou ngā kākahu o Hohua, ā, i tū ia i te aroaro o te anahera. 4 Nā, ka oho ia, ka mea ki te hunga e tū ana i tōna aroaro, ka kī atu, "Tangohia ngā kākahu paru i a ia."

Kātahi ia ka mea ki a ia, "Nanā, kua meinga e ahau tōu hē kia pahemo atu i a koe, ā, ka whakakākahuria koe e ahau ki ngā kākahu whakapaipai."

5 Nā, ka mea ahau, "Pōtaea he pōtae ātaahua ki tōna māhunga." Nā, pōtaea ana e rātou he pōtae ātaahua ki tōna māhunga, ā, whakakākahuria ana ia e rātou; me te tū anō te anahera a Ihowā.

6 Kātahi te anahera a Ihowā ka kauwhau ki a Hohua, ka mea: 7 "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano: Ki te haere koe i āku ara, ki te puritia e koe āku mea, nā, māu anō e whakarite mō tōku whare, māu hoki e tiaki ōku marae, ā, ka hoatu e ahau he hāereerenga mōu i roto i te hunga e tū nei. 8 Whakarongo mai āianei, e Hohua, e te tino tohunga, koutou ko ōu hoa e noho nā i tōu aroaro; hei tohu hoki rātou, aua tāngata: nō te mea, nanā, ka kawea mai e ahau tāku pononga, te Manga. 9 Nā, ko te kōhatu i hoatu e ahau ki te aroaro o Hohua, e whitu ngā kanohi o taua kōhatu kotahi; nā, māku e whaowhao ōna whakairo, e ai tā Ihowā o ngā mano, ā, ka whakawāteatia atu e ahau te hē o taua whenua i te rā kotahi.

10 "I taua rā, e ai tā Ihowā o ngā mano, ka karangatia e koutou tōna hoa, tōna hoa, i raro i te wāina, i raro hoki i te piki."

1 And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary. 2 And Jehovah said unto Satan, Jehovah rebuke thee, O Satan; yea, Jehovah that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? 3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel. 4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take the filthy garments from off him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with rich apparel. 5 And I said, Let them set a clean mitre upon his head. So they set a clean mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments; and the angel of Jehovah was standing by.

6 And the angel of Jehovah protested unto Joshua, saying, 7 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou also shalt judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee a place of access among these that stand by. 8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows that sit before thee; for they are men that are a sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch. 9 For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; upon one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. 10 In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall ye invite every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig-tree.