Zaccharias Propheta 4
1 et reversus est angelus qui loquebatur in me et suscitavit me quasi virum qui suscitatur de somno suo
Then the angel who had been talking with me returned, and he called to me as though I had been asleep.
2 et dixit ad me quid tu vides et dixi vidi et ecce candelabrum aureum totum et lampas eius super caput ipsius et septem lucernae eius super illud septem et septem infusoria lucernis quae erant super caput illius
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 duae olivae super illud una a dextris lampadis et una a sinistris eius
Furthermore, I see two olive trees, one at the right side of the lampstand and one at the left side.”
4 et respondi et aio ad angelum qui loquebatur in me dicens quid sunt haec domine mi
I asked the angel who was talking with me, “Sir, what are these?”
5 et respondit angelus qui loquebatur in me et dixit ad me numquid nescis quid sunt haec et dixi non domine mi
He replied, “Surely you know [RHQ] what they are?” I replied, “No, I do not know.”
6 et respondit et ait ad me dicens hoc est verbum Domini ad Zorobabel dicens non in exercitu nec in robore sed in spiritu meo dicit Dominus exercituum
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 quis tu mons magne coram Zorobabel in planum et educet lapidem primarium et exaequabit gratiam gratiae eius
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 factum est verbum Domini ad me dicens
Then Yahweh gave me [another] message.
9 manus Zorobabel fundaverunt domum istam et manus eius perficient eam et scietis quia Dominus exercituum misit me ad vos
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 quis enim despexit dies parvos et laetabuntur et videbunt lapidem stagneum in manu Zorobabel septem isti oculi Domini qui discurrunt in universa terra
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 respondi et dixi ad eum quid sunt duae olivae istae ad dextram candelabri et ad sinistram eius
Then I asked the angel, “What is [the meaning of] the two olive trees, one on each side of the lampstand?
12 et respondi secundo et dixi ad eum quid sunt duae spicae olivarum quae sunt iuxta duo rostra aurea in quibus sunt suffusoria ex auro
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 ait ad me dicens numquid nescis quid sunt haec et dixi non domine
He replied, “Surely [RHQ] you know what they are?” I replied, “No, sir, [I do not know.]”
14 et dixit isti duo filii olei qui adsistunt Dominatori universae terrae
So he said, “They represent the two [men who have been] appointed [MTY] to serve the Lord who [rules] the entire earth.”
