< Zechariah 4 >
1 And the angel that spoke with me returned, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
[第五個神視:金燈台和兩棵葡萄樹]那與我談話的使者又來喚醒我,如喚醒夢中人一樣;
2 And he said unto me: 'What seest thou?' And I said: 'I have seen, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon; there are seven pipes, yea, seven, to the lamps, which are upon the top thereof;
衪問我說:「你看見了什麼﹖」我回答說:「我看見,啊! 一座純金的燈台,頂上有一個油壺和七盞燈,頂端那七盞燈具有七條導管。
3 and two olive-trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.'
而燈台兩旁有兩棵橄欖樹,一左一右。
4 And I answered and spoke to the angel that spoke with me, saying: 'What are these, my lord?'
我便問那與我談話的使者說:「我主,那是什麼意思﹖」
5 Then the angel that spoke with me answered and said unto me: 'Knowest thou not what these are?' And I said: 'No, my lord.'
那與我談話的使者回答我說:「你不知道那是什麼意思嗎﹖」我說:「我主,我不知道。」
6 Then he answered and spoke 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.
他向我說:「
7 Who art thou, O great mountain before Zerubbabel? thou shalt become a plain; and he shall bring forth the top stone with shoutings of Grace, grace, unto it.'
這七盞燈就是那遍察全地的上主的眼睛,」
8 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
我又問他說:「這燈台左右的兩棵橄欖樹是意思﹖」
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.
我再問他說:「這兩根經兩個金管流出黃金色油的橄欖樹枝,是什麼意思﹖
10 For who hath despised the day of small things? even they shall see with joy the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel, even these seven, which are the eyes of the LORD, that run to and fro through the whole earth.'
他對我說:「你不知道這是什麼意思嗎﹖」我回答說:「我主,不知道。」
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?'
他說:「這是侍立在全地的主宰面前的兩位受傅者。」[以下號碼與上衝突]:
12 And I answered the second time, and said unto him: 'What are these two olive branches, which are beside the two golden spouts, that empty the golden oil out of themselves?'
這是上主關於則魯巴貝耳所說的話:不是藉權勢,不是藉能力,而是藉我的神能──萬軍的上主說。
13 And he answered me and said: 'Knowest thou not what these are?' And I said: 'No, my lord.'
大山啊! 你算得什麼﹖在則魯巴貝耳面前,你必化為平地! 他要在「好啊! 好啊!」的歡呼聲中搬出角石。
14 Then said he: 'These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.'
上主的話傳給我說:則魯巴貝耳的手奠定了這殿宇的基礎,他的手也要完成這工程:這樣你們便知道:是萬軍的上主差遺了我到你們這裏來。
因為誰敢為了事業開端的微小,就輕視這一天呢﹖當他們看到則魯巴貝耳手中拿出笠石時,就要高興喜悅了。