Zacharie 4
1 L’ange qui parlait avec moi revint, et il me réveilla comme un homme que l’on réveille 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 Il me dit: Que vois-tu? Je répondis: Je regarde, et voici, il y a un chandelier tout d’or, surmonté d’un vase et portant sept lampes, avec sept conduits pour les lampes qui sont au sommet du 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 il y a près de lui deux oliviers, l’un à la droite du vase, et l’autre à sa gauche.
Furthermore, I see two olive trees, one at the right side of the lampstand and one at the left side.”
4 Et reprenant la parole, je dis à l’ange qui parlait avec moi: Que signifient ces choses, mon seigneur?
I asked the angel who was talking with me, “Sir, what are these?”
5 L’ange qui parlait avec moi me répondit: Ne sais-tu pas ce que signifient ces choses? Je dis: Non, mon seigneur.
He replied, “Surely you know [RHQ] what they are?” I replied, “No, I do not know.”
6 Alors il reprit et me dit: C’est ici la parole que l’Éternel adresse à Zorobabel: Ce n’est ni par la puissance ni par la force, mais c’est par mon esprit, dit l’Éternel des armées.
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, grande montagne, devant Zorobabel? Tu seras aplanie. Il posera la pierre principale au milieu des acclamations: Grâce, grâce pour elle!
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 La parole de l’Éternel me fut adressée, en ces mots:
Then Yahweh gave me [another] message.
9 Les mains de Zorobabel ont fondé cette maison, et ses mains l’achèveront; et tu sauras que l’Éternel des armées m’a envoyé vers vous.
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 ceux qui méprisaient le jour des faibles commencements se réjouiront en voyant le niveau dans la main de Zorobabel. Ces sept sont les yeux de l’Éternel, qui parcourent toute 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 Je pris la parole et je lui dis: Que signifient 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 signifient les deux rameaux d’olivier, qui sont près des deux conduits d’or d’où découle l’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 Il me répondit: Ne sais-tu pas ce qu’ils signifient? Je dis: Non, mon 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 oints qui se tiennent devant le 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.”
