SAKARIEA 3
Pono ea bone: Satane o qōsa Joshua
1Morena a mpontša Joshua, Moprista e Moholo, a eme kapele ho lengeloi la Morena, le Satane a eme ka letsohong le letona la Joshua, a itokisetsa ho mo qōsa. 2Morena a re ho Satane: “Uena Satane, Morena oa u khalemela! Morena ea ikhethetseng Jerusalema oa u khalemela! Na motho eo hase lefatsa le hutsoeng mollong le ntse le tuka?”
3Joshua o ne a eme kapele ho lengeloi, a apere liaparo tse litšila. 4Lengeloi la bua le ba neng ba eme kapele ho lona, la re: “Mo hlōbōliseng liaparo tsena tse litšila!”
La nt'o re ho Joshua: “Bona, ke felisitse bokhopo ba hao, 'me ke tla u apesa liaparo tse ntle-ntle.”
5Eaba lengeloi le re: “Mo roeseng tuku e hloekileng hloohong.” Ba mo roesa tuku e hloekileng, ba mo apesa liaparo tse ntle-ntle, lengeloi la Morena le ntse le eme moo.
6Lengeloi la Morena la nt'o laea Joshua, la re: 7“Morena oa mabōtho o bua tjena: ‘Ha u ka tsamaea litseleng tsa ka, ua mamela litaelo tsa ka, u tla okamela Tempele ea ka le mabala a eona, 'me u tla ba mosebeletsi joaloka banna bana ba emeng mona.
8“ ‘Oho, uena Joshua, Moprista e Moholo, uena le balekane ba hao ba lutseng kapele ho uena; lōna bohle ba lupang tse molemo, mamelang mona: Ke tla rōmela mohlanka oa ka, e leng Lekala! 9Bonang, lejoe lena leo ke le beileng kapele ho Joshua ke lejoe le le leng, le nang le mahlakore a supileng, 'me ke tla ngola holim'a lona,’ ho rialo Morena oa mabōtho. ‘Ke tla felisa sebe sa naha ena ka tsatsi le le leng.
10“ ‘Mohl'a tsatsi leo,’ ho rialo Morena oa mabōtho, ‘motho ka mong o tla mema oa habo, ba lule tlas'a sefate sa morara le tlas'a sefate sa feiee.’ ”
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