A Golden Candlestick
1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
Na yule malaika aliyesema nami akanijia mara ya pili, akaniamsha, kama mtu aamshwavyo katika usingizi wake.
2 and said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:
Akaniuliza, Unaona nini? Nikasema, Nimeona, na tazama, kinara cha taa cha dhahabu tupu, nacho kina bakuli juu yake, na taa zake saba juu yake; tena iko mirija saba ya kuleta mafuta, kwa taa zote zilizo juu yake;
3 and two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
na mizeituni miwili karibu yake, mmoja upande wa kuume walile bakuli, na mmoja upande wake wa kushoto.
4 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
Nami nikajibu, nikamwambia yule malaika aliyesema nami, nikasema, Ee Bwana wangu, vitu hivi ni nini?
5 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
Ndipo malaika aliyesema nami akajibu, akaniambia, Hujui vitu hivi ni nini? Nikasema, La, Bwana wangu.
6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
Akajibu akaniambia, akisema, Hili ndilo neno la Bwana kwa Zerubabeli, kusema, Si kwa uwezo, wala si kwa nguvu, bali ni kwa roho yangu, asema Bwana wa majeshi.
7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying , Grace, grace unto it.
Nani wewe, Ee mlima mkubwa? Mbele ya Zerubabeli utakuwa nchi tambarare; naye atalileta lile jiwe la kuwekwa juu kabisa pamoja na vigelegele vya, Neema, neema, ilikalie.
8 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Tena neno la Bwana likanijia, kusema,
9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.
Mikono yake Zerubabeli imeiweka misingi ya nyumba hii, na mikono yake ndiyo itakayoimaliza; nawe utajua ya kuwa Bwana wa majeshi amenituma kwenu.
10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
Maana ni nani aliyeidharau siku ya mambo madogo? Kwa kuwa watafurahi, nao wataiona timazi katika mkono wa Zerubabeli; naam, hizi saba ndizo macho ya Bwana; yapiga mbio huko na huko duniani mwote.
11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
Ndipo nikajibu, nikamwambia, Ni nini mizeituni hii miwili iliyo upande wa kuume wa kinara cha taa kile na upande wake wa kushoto?
12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
Nami nikajibu mara ya pili, nikamwuliza, Ni nini haya matawi mawili ya mizeituni, ambayo kwa njia ya ile mifereji miwili ya dhahabu hutoa mafuta yao?
13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
Akanijibu, akasema, Hujui hivi ni nini? Nikasema, La, Bwana wangu.
14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
Ndipo akasema, Hivi ni hao wana wawili wa mafuta, wasimamao karibu na Bwana wa dunia yote.
