Закария 4
Священное Писание (Восточный Перевод)
Пятое видение: золотой светильник и две маслины
4 Потом Ангел, Который говорил со мной, вернулся и разбудил меня, как будят спящего. 2 Он спросил меня:
– Что ты видишь?
Я ответил:
– Вижу золотой светильник с чашечкой для масла наверху и семь лампад на нём с семью трубочками для фитилей на каждой лампаде. 3 Ещё вижу две маслины возле него: одна справа от чашечки, другая слева.
4 Я спросил Ангела, Который говорил со мной:
– Что это значит, мой Господин?
5 Он ответил:
– Разве ты не знаешь, что это значит?
Я сказал:
– Нет, мой Господин.
6 Тогда Он сказал мне:
– Таково слово Вечного к Зоровавелю: «Не силой, не мощью, но Духом Моим, – говорит Вечный, Повелитель Сил. – 7 Что ты такое, о великая гора препятствий? Перед Зоровавелем ты сделаешься равниной, и водрузит он краеугольный камень храма под крики народа: „Благослови его, Всевышний, благослови!“»
8 И было ко мне слово Вечного:
9 – Руками Зоровавеля заложено основание этого храма;[a] его же руки и завершат его. Тогда ты узнаешь, что Вечный, Повелитель Сил, послал Меня к вам. 10 Кто презирает то малое, что уже сделано?[b] Каждый, когда увидит строительный отвес в руках Зоровавеля, возрадуется. (Эти семь ламп представляют глаза Вечного, что оглядывают всю землю.)
11 Тогда я спросил Ангела:
– Что значат две маслины справа и слева от светильника?
12 И вновь спросил Его:
– Что значат две масличные ветви, которые источают золотое масло через две золотые трубочки?
13 Он ответил:
– Разве ты не знаешь, что они значат?
Я сказал:
– Нет, мой Господин.
14 Тогда Он сказал:
– Это два помазанника[c], которые служат Владыке всей земли.
Footnotes
- 4:9 См. Узайр 3:7-13. Здесь говорится о событиях 16-летней давности.
- 4:10 Медленный ход работ по восстановлению храма давал повод для уныния. Старшее поколение иудеев, видевших великолепие прежнего храма, скептически отнеслось к строительству (см. Узайр 3:10-12; Агг. 2:3).
- 4:14 Два помазанника – речь идёт об Иешуа, главном священнослужителе (см. гл. 3), и Зоровавеле, правителе Иудеи и потомке царя Давуда.
Zechariah 4
Living Bible
4 Then the angel who had been talking with me woke me, as though I had been asleep.
2 “What do you see now?” he asked.
I answered, “I see a gold lampstand holding seven lamps, and at the top there is a reservoir for the olive oil that feeds the lamps, flowing into them through seven tubes. 3 And I see two olive trees carved upon the lampstand, one on each side of the reservoir. 4 What is it, sir?” I asked. “What does this mean?”
5 “Don’t you really know?” the angel asked.
“No, sir,” I said, “I don’t.”
6 Then he said, “This is God’s message to Zerubbabel:[a] ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord Almighty—you will succeed because of my Spirit, though you are few and weak.’ 7 Therefore no mountain, however high, can stand before Zerubbabel! For it will flatten out before him! And Zerubbabel will finish building this Temple[b] with mighty shouts of thanksgiving for God’s mercy, declaring that all was done by grace alone.”
8 Another message that I received from the Lord said:
9 “Zerubbabel laid the foundation of this Temple, and he will complete it. (Then you will know these messages are from God, the Lord Almighty.) 10 Do not despise this small beginning, for the eyes of the Lord rejoice to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. For these seven lamps represent the eyes of the Lord that see everywhere around the world.”
11 Then I asked him about the two olive trees on each side of the lampstand, 12 and about the two olive branches that emptied oil into gold bowls through two gold tubes.
13 “Don’t you know?” he asked.
“No, sir,” I said.
14 Then he told me, “They represent the two anointed ones who assist the Lord of all the earth.”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 4:6 to Zerubbabel, Governor of Judah, who was given the responsibility for rebuilding the Temple. See Haggai 1:1; 2:23, etc.
- Zechariah 4:7 Zerubbabel will finish building this Temple, literally, “he will bring forth the capstone.” declaring that all was done by grace alone, or “with mighty shouts, ‘How beautiful it is!’” or “‘The Lord bless it!’”
Zechariah 4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 4
Fourth Vision: The Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees. 1 Then the angel who spoke with me returned and aroused me, like one awakened from sleep. 2 He said to me, “What do you see?” I replied, “I see a lampstand[a] all of gold,(A) with a bowl on top of it. There are seven lamps on it, with seven spouts on each of the lamps that are on top of it. 3 And beside it are two olive trees,[b] one on the right of the bowl and one to its left.” 4 Then I said to the angel who spoke with me, “What are these things, my lord?” 5 And the angel who spoke with me replied, “Do you not know what these things are?” I said, “No, my lord.”
An Oracle. 6 Then he said to me: “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, and not by power, but by my spirit,[c](B) says the Lord of hosts. 7 Who are you, O great mountain?[d] Before Zerubbabel you become a plain. He will bring forth the first stone amid shouts of ‘Favor, favor be upon it!’”
8 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundations of this house, and his hands will finish it. Thus you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. 10 For whoever has scorned such a day of small things will rejoice to see the capstone[e] in the hand of Zerubbabel.
Resumption of the Vision: Explanation of Lamps and Trees. “These seven are the eyes of the Lord that range over the whole earth.”(C) 11 I then asked him, “What are these two olive trees, on the right of the lampstand and on its left?” 12 A second time I asked, “What are the two streams from the olive trees that pour out golden oil through two taps of gold?” 13 He said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” I answered, “No, my lord.” 14 Then he said, “These are the two anointed ones[f] who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”(D)
Footnotes
- 4:2 Lampstand: receptacle for lamps and one of the furnishings of the main room of the Temple. This visionary object does not correspond to the biblical descriptions of the menorah in either the tabernacle (Ex 25:31–40) or the Solomonic Temple (1 Kgs 7:49) but rather has properties of both. Seven lamps…seven spouts: seven lamps, each with seven pinched wick holes. Such objects were part of the repertoire of cultic vessels throughout the Old Testament period. Here they symbolize God’s eyes, i.e., divine omniscience; see v. 10.
- 4:3 Olive trees: visionary image that picks up the botanical language describing the Israelite cultic lampstands, with the olive trees specifically connoting fertility, permanence, and righteousness.
- 4:6 Not by might…my spirit: one of the most quoted verses from the Old Testament, particularly in Jewish tradition, which connects it with the theme of Hanukkah, sometimes called the Festival of Lights.
- 4:7 Great mountain: part of symbolic imagery for the Temple on Mount Zion, as embodiment of the cosmic mountain where heaven and earth connect. Plain: leveled ground serving as the foundation area for the construction of the Temple, and symbolizing the foundation of the cosmos. First stone: foundation stone of a major public building. Such stones were laid with great ceremony in foundation rituals when monumental buildings were newly built or rebuilt in the biblical world.
- 4:10 Capstone: topmost stone of a structure, which finishes the construction. This translation is based on the context. Other translations read: “stone of distinction,” “plummet,” “tin-stone.”
- 4:14 Two anointed ones: two leadership positions in the ideal restored nation. The concept of a state headed by both priestly and political leaders harks back to premonarchic traditions (Aaron and Moses) and finds an echo in the two messianic figures—a Davidic and a levitical messiah—in the Dead Sea Scrolls and in apocryphal literature. See also the two crowns of 6:11–14.
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