约书亚大祭司

耶和华又让我看见约书亚大祭司站在祂的天使面前,撒旦站在约书亚的右边要控诉他。 耶和华对撒旦说:“撒旦啊,耶和华斥责你!拣选耶路撒冷的耶和华斥责你!这人岂不像从火中抽出来的一根柴吗?” 那时,约书亚穿着污秽的衣服站在天使面前。 天使对侍立在周围的说:“脱掉他污秽的衣服。”他又对约书亚说:“看啊,我已除掉你的罪,我要给你穿上华美的衣服。”

我说:“要给他戴上洁净的礼冠。”他们便给他戴上洁净的礼冠、穿上华美的衣服。那时,耶和华的天使站在旁边。

耶和华的天使告诫约书亚: “万军之耶和华说,‘你若遵行我的道,谨守我的吩咐,便可以管理我的家,看守我的院宇。我必让你在这些侍立的天使中间自由出入。 约书亚大祭司啊,你和坐在你面前的同伴们听着,你们都是将来之事的预兆——我将使我仆人大卫的苗裔兴起。 看啊,这是我在约书亚面前安置的石头,它有七眼[a],我要在上面刻上字,并在一天之内除掉这地方的罪。这是万军之耶和华说的。 10 到那天,你们将各自邀请邻居坐在葡萄树和无花果树下。这是万军之耶和华说的。’”

Footnotes

  1. 3:9 ”或作“面”。

大祭司約書亞的異象

耶和華又使我看見大祭司約書亞站在耶和華的使者面前,撒但也站在約書亞右邊控告他。 耶和華對撒但說:“撒但哪!耶和華斥責你,那揀選了耶路撒冷的耶和華斥責你。這個人不是從火中抽出來的一根柴嗎?”

那時,約書亞穿著污穢的衣服,站在使者的面前。 使者吩咐那些侍立在他面前的說:“你們要脫去他污穢的衣服。”又對約書亞說:“看哪!我已經除去了你的罪孽,要給你穿上華美的禮服。”

我說:“你們要把潔淨的冠冕戴在他的頭上。”他們就把潔淨的冠冕戴在他的頭上,又給他穿上華美的衣服。那時,耶和華的使者正在旁邊站著。

耶和華的使者勸戒約書亞說: “萬軍之耶和華這樣說:‘你若遵行我的道,謹守我的吩咐,你就必治理我的家,看守我的院子,我必賜你特權,可以在這些侍立在我面前的使者中間自由出入。 大祭司約書亞啊!你和坐在你面前的眾同伴都要聽,(他們都是預表將來奇事的人,)我必使我的僕人,就是大衛的苗裔出生。 看我在約書亞面前所立的石頭,在這一塊石頭上有七眼。看哪!我要親自雕琢這石頭(這是萬軍之耶和華的宣告)。在一日之內,我要除去這地的罪孽。 10 到那日(這是萬軍之耶和華的宣告),你們各人要邀請自己的鄰舍來,坐在葡萄樹下和無花果樹下。’”

Clean Garments for the High Priest

Then he showed me Joshua(A) the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan[a](B) standing at his right side to accuse him. The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you,(C) Satan! The Lord, who has chosen(D) Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick(E) snatched from the fire?”(F)

Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. The angel said to those who were standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes.”

Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have taken away your sin,(G) and I will put fine garments(H) on you.”

Then I said, “Put a clean turban(I) on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the Lord stood by.

The angel of the Lord gave this charge to Joshua: “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements,(J) then you will govern my house(K) and have charge(L) of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.(M)

“‘Listen, High Priest(N) Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic(O) of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.(P) See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua!(Q) There are seven eyes[b](R) on that one stone,(S) and I will engrave an inscription on it,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will remove the sin(T) of this land in a single day.

10 “‘In that day each of you will invite your neighbor to sit(U) under your vine and fig tree,(V)’ declares the Lord Almighty.”

Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 3:1 Hebrew satan means adversary.
  2. Zechariah 3:9 Or facets