Xa-cha-ri 4
New Vietnamese Bible
Khải Tượng Thứ Năm: Chân Đèn Và Hai Cây Ô-liu
4 Sau đó, thiên sứ đã nói chuyện với tôi quay lại đánh thức tôi như đánh thức một người đang ngủ. 2 Thiên sứ hỏi tôi: “Ngươi thấy gì?” Tôi thưa: “Tôi thấy một chân đèn toàn bằng vàng, trên đỉnh có một phao dầu. Trên chân đèn có bảy đèn, mỗi đèn có bảy ống dẫn. 3 Có hai cây ô-liu, một cây bên phải, và một cây bên trái phao dầu. 4 Tôi hỏi thiên sứ đang nói chuyện với tôi: ‘Thưa Chúa, những điều này có nghĩa gì?’ ” 5 Thiên sứ đang nói chuyện với tôi đáp: “Ngươi không hiểu những điều này có nghĩa gì sao?” Tôi thưa: “Thưa Chúa, tôi không hiểu.”
Lời Tiên Tri Bổ Sung
6 Thiên sứ đáp: “Đây là lời CHÚA truyền cho Xô-rô-ba-bên:
Chẳng phải bởi quyền thế, cũng chẳng phải bởi năng lực,
Nhưng bởi Thần Ta, CHÚA Vạn Quân phán.
7 Ngươi là ai, hỡi núi lớn kia?
Trước mặt Xô-rô-ba-bên, ngươi sẽ nên đồng bằng!
Người sẽ khiêng tảng đá chóp[a] ra
Giữa tiếng reo hò: Phước thay! Phước thay!”
8 CHÚA phán với tôi:
9 “Tay của Xô-rô-ba-bên đặt nền móng cho đền thờ này,
Chính tay người sẽ hoàn thành công tác.”
Bấy giờ các ngươi sẽ biết rằng chính CHÚA Vạn Quân đã sai ta đến với các ngươi. 10 “Có ai khinh dể ngày khởi đầu với thành quả nhỏ nhoi như thế này không? Những người đó sẽ vui mừng khi thấy dây dọi[b] này trong tay Xô-rô-ba-bên. Bảy đèn này là mắt của CHÚA soi xét khắp đất.”
Giải Thích Khải Tượng
11 Tôi hỏi thiên sứ: “Hai cây ô-liu này bên phải và bên trái chân đèn có nghĩa gì?” 12 Tôi hỏi tiếp lần thứ nhì: “Còn hai nhánh ô-liu đổ dầu vàng ánh vào phao đèn qua hai ống dẫn bằng vàng có nghĩa gì?” 13 Thiên sứ hỏi tôi: “Ngươi không biết những điều ấy có nghĩa gì sao?” Tôi thưa: “Thưa Chúa, tôi không biết.” 14 Thiên sứ giải thích: “Đấy là hai vị được xức dầu để phục vụ Chúa của cả thế gian.”
Zechariah 4
New King James Version
Vision of the Lampstand and Olive Trees
4 Now (A)the angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, (B)as a man who is wakened out of his sleep. 2 And he said to me, “What do you see?”
So I said, “I am looking, and there is (C)a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, (D)and on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps. 3 (E)Two olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left.” 4 So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”
5 Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?”
And I said, “No, my lord.”
6 So he answered and said to me:
“This is the word of the Lord to (F)Zerubbabel:
(G)‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’
Says the Lord of hosts.
7 ‘Who are you, (H)O great mountain?
Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain!
And he shall bring forth (I)the capstone
(J)With shouts of “Grace, grace to it!” ’ ”
8 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
9 “The hands of Zerubbabel
(K)Have laid the foundation of this [a]temple;
His hands (L)shall also finish it.
Then (M)you will know
That the (N)Lord of hosts has sent Me to you.
10 For who has despised the day of (O)small things?
For these seven rejoice to see
The [b]plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.
(P)They are the eyes of the Lord,
Which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth.”
11 Then I answered and said to him, “What are these (Q)two olive trees—at the right of the lampstand and at its left?” 12 And I further answered and said to him, “What are these two olive branches that drip [c]into the receptacles of the two gold pipes from which the golden oil drains?”
13 Then he answered me and said, “Do you not know what these are?”
And I said, “No, my lord.”
14 So he said, (R)“These are the two [d]anointed ones, (S)who stand beside the Lord of the whole earth.”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 4:9 Lit. house
- Zechariah 4:10 Lit. plummet stone
- Zechariah 4:12 Lit. into the hands of
- Zechariah 4:14 Lit. sons of fresh oil
Zechariah 4
King James Version
4 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:
3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
4 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
5 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
8 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you.
10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
Zechariah 4
Good News Translation
The Vision of the Lampstand
4 The angel who had been speaking to me came again and roused me as if I had been sleeping. 2 “What do you see?” he asked.
“A lampstand made of gold,” I answered. “At the top is a bowl for the oil. On the lampstand are seven lamps, each one with places for seven wicks. 3 (A)There are two olive trees beside the lampstand, one on each side of it.” 4 Then I asked the angel, “What do these things stand for, sir?”
5 “Don't you know?” he asked me.
“No, I don't, sir,” I replied.
10b The angel said to me, “The seven lamps are the seven eyes of the Lord, which see all over the earth.”[a]
11 (B)Then I asked him, “What do the two olive trees on either side of the lampstand mean? 12 And what is the meaning of the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the olive oil pours?”
13 He asked me, “Don't you know?”
“No, I don't, sir,” I answered.
14 Then he said, “These are the two men whom God has chosen and anointed to serve him, the Lord of the whole earth.”
God's Promise to Zerubbabel
6 The angel told me to give Zerubbabel this message from the Lord: “You will succeed, not by military might or by your own strength, but by my spirit. 7 Obstacles as great as mountains will disappear before you. You will rebuild the Temple, and as you put the last stone in place, the people will shout, ‘Beautiful, beautiful!’”
8 Another message came to me from the Lord. 9 He said, “Zerubbabel has laid the foundation of the Temple, and he will finish the building. When this happens, my people will know that it is I who sent you to them. 10a They are disappointed because so little progress is being made. But they will see Zerubbabel continuing to build the Temple, and they will be glad.”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 4:10 Verses 10b-14 are moved here from the end of the chapter in order to retain the natural sequence of the narrative.
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