< Zechariah 6 >

1 And I turn back, and lift up my eyes, and look, and behold, four chariots are coming forth from between two of the mountains, and the mountains [are] mountains of bronze.
[第八個神視:四輛馬車]我再舉目觀望,看,有四輛馬車由兩山間出來;這兩座山都是銅山。
2 In the first chariot [are] red horses, and in the second chariot brown horses,
第一輛車套著栗色的馬,第二輛車套著黑色的馬,
3 and in the third chariot white horses, and in the fourth chariot strong spotted horses.
第三輛車套著白色的馬,第四輛車套著雜色的馬,都很雄壯。
4 And I answer and say to the messenger who is speaking with me, “What [are] these, my lord?”
我問那我談話的使者說:「我主,這是什麼意思﹖」
5 And the messenger answers and says to me, “These [are] four spirits of the heavens coming forth from presenting themselves before the Lord of the whole earth.
使者答應我說:「這些是侍立在全地的主宰之前,而今向丌下四出發的:
6 The brown horses that [are] therein, are coming forth to the land of the north; and the white have come forth to their back part; and the spotted have come forth to the land of the south;
那套著黑馬的,向北方出發,白馬則跟在後面出發,雜色的向南方出發。」
7 and the strong ones have come forth, and they seek to go to walk up and down in the earth”; and he says, “Go, walk up and down in the earth”; and they walk up and down in the earth.
這些雄壯的馬出來,切願在地上往來巡邏。他於是說:「你們去,在地上巡邏吧! 」牠們就在地上巡邏。
8 And he calls me, and speaks to me, saying, “See, those coming forth to the land of the north have caused My Spirit to rest in the land of the north.”
以後,他呼喚我,對我說:「你看,向北方出發的,己在北方平息了上主的怒氣。」
9 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
上主的話又傳給我說:「
10 “Take of the captivity (who came from Babylon) from Heldai, from Tobijah, and from Jedaiah, and you have come in—you, in that day, indeed, you have come into the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah,
你該由歸來者的手中取些禮物,就在今天,到巴比倫回來的責法尼雅的兒子約史的家裏去。
11 and you have taken silver and gold, and have made a crown, and have placed [it] on the head of Joshua son of Josedech, the high priest,
你要拿銀子和金子,做一頂冠冕,戴在大司祭約匝達克的兒子耶叔亞的頭上,
12 and have spoken to him, saying, Thus spoke YHWH of Hosts, saying, Behold, the Man! A Shoot—[is] His Name, And from His place He shoots up, And He has built the temple of YHWH.
然後對他說:萬軍上主這樣 看,有一個人名叫「苗芽」,他自動萌芽,他要建築上主的殿宇。
13 Indeed, He builds the temple of YHWH, And He carries away splendor, And He has sat and ruled on His throne, And has been a priest on His throne, And a counsel of peace is between both.
是要建築上主的殿,是他要承受尊榮,坐在寶座上執政;並且有一位司祭立在他右邊,他們二人之間必和平相處。
14 And the crown is to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of YHWH.
這頂冠冕要存在上主的殿內,作為赫爾待、托彼雅、耶達雅和責法尼雅的兒子約史雅的記念。
15 And the far-off come in, and they have built in the temple of YHWH, and you have known that YHWH of Hosts has sent me to you, indeed, it has come to pass, if you certainly listen to the voice of your God YHWH.”
遠方的人必來共同建築上主火殿;如此,你們便知道:是萬軍上主派遺了我到你們這裏來。如果你們真聽從上主你們天主的聲音,這事必要實現。」

< Zechariah 6 >