< Zechariah 4 >

1 Then the angel I had been talking to returned and got my attention, like waking someone from sleep.
وَرَجَعَ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي يُكَلِّمُنِي وَأَيْقَظَنِي كَمَا يُوْقَظُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ،١
2 “What do you see?” he asked me. “I see a lampstand made of solid gold with a bowl at its top having seven lamps on it, each with seven lips.
وَسَأَلَنِي: «مَاذَا تَرَى؟» فَأَجَبْتُ: «أَرَى مَنَارَةً مَصُوغَةً كُلُّهَا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، عَلَى رَأْسِهَا صَحْنٌ قَائِمٌ، عَلَيْهِ سَبْعَةُ سُرُجٍ، مُتَّصِلَةٍ بِسَبْعِ أَنَابِيبَ مِنْ أَعْلَى٢
3 I also see olive trees, one to the right and one to the left of the bowl.”
يَنْتَصِبُ إِلَى جِوَارِهَا زَيْتُونَتَانِ إِحْدَاهُمَا عَنْ يَمِينِ الصَّحْنِ وَالأُخْرَى عَنْ يَسَارِهِ».٣
4 Then I asked the angel I was talking to, “What are these, my lord?”
ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُ الْمَلاكَ: «مَا هَذِهِ يَا سَيِّدِي؟»٤
5 “Don't you know what these are?” the angel replied. “No, my lord,” I responded.
فَأَجَابَنِي: «أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ مَا هَذِهِ؟» فَقُلْتُ: «لا يَا سَيِّدِي».٥
6 Then he told me, “This is the Lord's message to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord Almighty.
فَقَالَ: «هَذِهِ رِسَالَةُ الرَّبِّ إِلَى زَرُبَّابِلَ: لَا بِالْقُدْرَةِ وَلا بِالْقُوَّةِ، وَلَكِنْ بِرُوحِي تُفْلِحُونَ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.٦
7 Even obstacles as big as mountains will be flattened before Zerubbabel. Finally he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘Blessings on it!’”
أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَنْتَ أَيُّهَا الْجَبَلُ الْعَظِيمُ؟ أَنْتَ سَهْلٌ أَمَامَ زَرُبَّابِلَ، وَسَيَضَعُ زَرُبَّابِلُ حَجَرَ الزَّاوِيَةِ فِي خِضَمِّ هُتَافِ الْقَائِلِينَ: لِيُبَارِكْهُ، لِيُبَارِكْهُ الرَّبُّ».٧
8 Then the Lord gave me another message.
ثُمَّ أَوْحَى الرَّبُّ إِلَيَّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:٨
9 Zerubbabel with his own hands laid the foundations for this Temple, and it will be completed the same way. Then you will know the Lord Almighty has sent me.
«قَدْ أَسَّسَتْ يَدَا زَرُبَّابِلَ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلَ، وَيَدَاهُ تُكَمِّلانِ بِنَاءَهُ، فَتُدْرِكُ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ قَدْ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكُمْ.٩
10 For who dares look down on this time of small beginnings? They will be happy when they see the plumb line in Zerubbabel's hand. “The seven lamps represent the eyes of the Lord which see all over the world.”
مَنْ يَزْدَرِي بِيَوْمِ الإِنْجَازَاتِ الصَّغِيرَةِ؟ يَفْرَحُ الرِّجَالُ حِينَ يُشَاهِدُونَ مِيزَانَ الْبِنَاءِ فِي يَدِ زَرُبَّابِلَ، وَهَذِهِ السَّبْعَةُ هِيَ أَعْيُنُ الرَّبِّ الْجَائِلَةُ فِي كُلِّ الأَرْضِ».١٠
11 Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees that stand to the right and the left of the lampstand?”
ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ: «مَا هَاتَانِ الزَّيْتُونَتَانِ الْقَائِمَتَانِ عَنْ يَمِينِ الْمَنَارَةِ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهَا؟١١
12 And I also asked him, “What are the two olive branches from which the golden oil pours out from through golden pipes?”
وَمَا غُصْنَا الزَّيْتُونِ هَذَانِ الْمُنْتَصِبَانِ إِلَى جُوَارِ أُنْبُوبَتَيِ الذَّهَبِ، اللَّتَيْنِ تَصُبَّانِ الزَّيْتَ الذَّهَبِيَّ؟»١٢
13 “Don't you know?” the angel replied. “No, my lord,” I responded.
فَأَجَابَنِي: «أَلا تَعْلَمُ مَا هَاتَانِ؟» فَقُلْتُ: «لا يَا سَيِّدِي».١٣
14 “These are the two who have been anointed who stand by the Lord of all the earth,” he replied.
فَقَالَ: «هَاتَانِ تُمَثِّلانِ الْمَمْسُوحَيْنِ بِالزَّيْتِ اللَّذَيْنِ يَمْثُلانِ لَدَى رَبِّ الأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا».١٤

< Zechariah 4 >