Zechariah 3 — Novel English Bible

1 He showed me Yahawashawai (Joshua) the gadawal (very great/important/mighty) kahan (priest) imad (standing) panayam (face) the malaak (angel / messenger of Yah) of Yahawah (), and shatan (satan) imad (standing) at his right yamayan (right hand) to be his shatan (adversary).

2 Yahawah () amar (spoke) to shatan (satan), “Yahawah () gair (rebuke) you, shatan (satan)! Yes, Yahawah () who has bachar (chosen) Yarawashalam (Jerusalem) gair (rebuke) you! Isn't this a burning stick natzal (plucked) out of the ash (fire)?”

3 Now Yahawashawai (Joshua) was labash (clothed) with tzawaa (filthy) bagadayam (garments), and was imad (standing) panayam (face) the malaak (angel / messenger of Yah).

4 He inah (answer / respond) and amar (said) to those who imad (stood) panayam (face) him, amar (said), “Take the tzawaa (filthy) bagadayam (garments) off of him.” To him he amar (said), “raah (see / saw), I have caused your iwan (guilt/iniquity) to ibar (pass over/through) from you, and I will labash (clothe) you with rich clothing.”

5 I amar (spoke), “Let them shawam (place / establish / appoint) a tahawar (clean) turban on his raash (head).” So they shawam (place / establish / appoint) a tahawar (clean) turban on his raash (head), and labash (clothed) him; and the malaak (angel / messenger of Yah) of Yahawah () was imad (standing) by.

6 The malaak (angel / messenger of Yah) of Yahawah () iwad (admonish/bear witness against) to Yahawashawai (Joshua), amar (spoke),

7 “Thus amar (spoke) Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies): ‘If you will yalak (walk) in my darak (ways), and if you will follow my instructions, then you also shall dayan (judge) my bayath (house), and shall also shamar (keep/guard) my chatzar (courts), and I will nathan (give) you a mahalak (place) of access among these who imad (stand) by.

8 Shamai (hearken / hear) now, Yahawashawai (Joshua) the gadawal (very great/important/mighty) kahan (priest), you and your rai (neigbor/another person) who yashab (inhabit/dwell) panayam (face) you; for they are gadawal (very great/important/mighty) who are a mawapath (sign): for, behold, I will bawaa (bring) forth my ibad (servant), the tzamach (branch).

9 For, behold, the aban (stone) that I nathan (give) set panayam (face) Yahawashawai (Joshua); on achad (one) aban (stone) are shabai (seven) iyanayam (eyes): behold, I will pathach (engrave) its engraving,’ naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies), ‘and I will mawash (remove) the iwan (guilt/iniquity) of that aratz (Earth/land) in achad (one) yawam (day).

10 In that yawam (day),’ naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies), ‘you will qaraa (called) every ayash (man / husband) his neighbor under the gapan (vine) and under the thaan (fig) tree.’”