Zacharie 4
1 Et l'ange qui parlait avec moi revint, et il me réveilla, et je fus comme un homme éveillé de son sommeil.
Then the angel who had been talking with me returned, and he called to me as though I had been asleep.
2 Et il me dit: Vois-tu? Et je dis: J'ai vu; voilà un chandelier tout d'or, et dessus un lampion et sept lampes, et sept burettes à verser l'huile, pour les sept lampes qui sont sur le chandelier;
He asked me, “What do you see?” I replied, “I see a lampstand [made] completely of gold. There is a small bowl [for olive oil] at the top, and there are seven [small] lamps around the bowl, and a place for a wick on each lamp.
3 et au-dessus de lui deux oliviers, l'un à droite du lampion, l'autre à gauche.
Furthermore, I see two olive trees, one at the right side of the lampstand and one at the left side.”
4 Et je questionnai, et je parlai à l'ange qui était avec moi, disant: Qu'est-ce que cela, Seigneur?
I asked the angel who was talking with me, “Sir, what are these?”
5 Et l'ange qui était avec moi répondit, et il me parla, disant: Tu ne sais pas ce que c'est? Et je repris: Nullement, Seigneur.
He replied, “Surely you know [RHQ] what they are?” I replied, “No, I do not know.”
6 Et il reprit, et il me parla, disant: C'est la parole du Seigneur à Zorobabel, disant: Il te faut non une grande puissance, ni la force, mais Mon Esprit, dit le Seigneur tout-puissant.
Then he said to me, “This is the message that Yahweh [says that you should give] to Zerubbabel [the governor of Judah: ‘You will do what I want you to do, but it will] not be by your own strength or power. It will be [done] by [the power of] my Spirit, says the Commander of the armies of angels.
7 Qui es-tu pour prospérer, ô grande montagne que Je vois devant Zorobabel? Or Je transporterai la pierre de l'héritage, dont la grâce égale Ma grâce.
Zerubbabel, you [have many difficult matters to handle. They are like] high mountains [MET]. But they will [become easy to handle, as though] they will become flat land. And you will bring [to the temple] the final stone [to complete the rebuilding of the temple]. When you do that, [all the people] will shout repeatedly, “It is beautiful! May God bless it!”’”
8 Et la parole du Seigneur me vint; disant:
Then Yahweh gave me [another] message.
9 Les mains de Zorobabel ont fondé ce temple, et ses mains l'achèveront; et tu connaîtras que le Seigneur tout-puissant m'a envoyé à toi.
He said [to me], “Zerubbabel [SYN] laid the first stone in the foundation of the temple, and he will put the last stone in its place. When that happens, the people will know that [it is I, the Commander of the armies of angels, who] have sent you to them.” And he said, “The seven bowls represent the eyes of Yahweh, who looks back and forth at everything [that happens] on the earth.”
10 Car qui a méprisé le temple dans les mauvais jours? Or on se réjouira, et on verra Zorobabel le plomb à la main. Ces sept yeux sont ceux qui regardent la terre.
No one [RHQ] should think that little things that are done at the beginning of a big project are unimportant. [When the temple is almost finished being rebuilt, ] Zerubbabel will use a (plumb line/string with a stone fastened to it) [to see if the walls they are building are straight]; so when the people see that, they will rejoice.”
11 Et je parlai, et je lui dis: Qu'en est-il de ces deux oliviers, à la droite du chandelier et à sa gauche?
Then I asked the angel, “What is [the meaning of] the two olive trees, one on each side of the lampstand?
12 Je pris une seconde fois la parole et je lui dis: Que sont ces deux rameaux d'olivier, à côté des deux becs de lampe où coule l'huile des sept burettes d'or?
And what [the meaning of] the two olive branches, one alongside each of the gold pipes from which [olive] oil flows to the lamps?”
13 Et il me répondit: Tu ne sais pas ce que c'est? et je répondis: Nullement, Seigneur.
He replied, “Surely [RHQ] you know what they are?” I replied, “No, sir, [I do not know.]”
14 Et il dit: Ce sont les deux fils de l'onction qui se tiennent auprès du Seigneur de toute la terre.
So he said, “They represent the two [men who have been] appointed [MTY] to serve the Lord who [rules] the entire earth.”
