Zacarias 4
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A quinta visão: o candelabro de ouro
4 O anjo que havia falado comigo voltou e me acordou, como se acorda alguém que está dormindo. 2 Ele me perguntou:
— O que é que você está vendo?
Respondi:
— Estou vendo um candelabro de ouro e em cima dele um vaso para o azeite; há sete lamparinas no candelabro, e há sete tubos por onde o azeite chega até as lamparinas. 3 Perto do candelabro, estou vendo duas oliveiras, uma de cada lado.
4 Aí perguntei ao anjo:
— Meu senhor, o que quer dizer isso?
5 — Você não sabe? — ele perguntou.
— Não, senhor! — respondi.
A promessa de Deus a Zorobabel
6 Depois disso, o anjo mandou que eu entregasse a Zorobabel a seguinte mensagem de Deus, o Senhor:
— Não será por meio de um poderoso exército nem pela sua própria força que você fará o que tem de fazer, mas pelo poder do meu Espírito. Sou eu, o Senhor Todo-Poderoso, quem está falando.
7 — Diante de Zorobabel, altas montanhas vão virar campos planos. Ele vai trazer a pedra mais importante do Templo, e o povo vai gritar: “Que beleza! Que beleza!”
8 O Senhor falou comigo mais uma vez. 9 Ele disse:
— Zorobabel pôs o alicerce deste Templo e ele mesmo vai terminar a construção. Quando isso acontecer, o povo saberá que eu, o Senhor Todo-Poderoso, enviei você para falar a eles. 10 E os que não deram valor a um começo tão humilde vão ficar alegres quando virem Zorobabel terminando a construção do Templo.
— As sete lamparinas representam os sete olhos do Senhor Deus, que veem tudo o que se passa no mundo inteiro.
11 Aí eu perguntei:
— E o que querem dizer as duas oliveiras, uma de cada lado do candelabro?
12 E perguntei também:
— E o que querem dizer os dois ramos da oliveira, que estão perto dos dois tubos de ouro por onde passa o azeite?
13 — E você não sabe? — ele perguntou.
— Não, senhor! — respondi.
14 Então ele explicou:
— Eles representam os dois homens que foram escolhidos e ungidos para servir o Senhor do mundo inteiro.
Zacarias 4
Portuguese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
O candelabro e as oliveiras
4 Logo depois, o anjo, que estava falando comigo, retornou e me acordou. Foi como se eu despertasse de um sonho. 2 Então ele me perguntou:
—O que você está vendo?
Eu respondi:
—Vejo um candelabro de ouro maciço. Em cima dele tem um recipiente para o azeite do qual saem sete tubos. Sete lâmpadas[a] saem dos sete tubos. 3 Em cada lado do recipiente tem uma oliveira.
4 Em seguida perguntei ao anjo que estava falando comigo:
—Qual é o significado destas coisas, senhor?
5 O anjo me respondeu:
—Você não sabe o que elas significam?
E eu respondi:
—Não, senhor.
6 Ele me disse:
—Esta é a mensagem do SENHOR para Zorobabel:
“Não será pela força
nem pelo poder,
mas pelo meu Espírito.
Eu, o SENHOR Todo-Poderoso, afirmo isto.
7 Quem é você, grande montanha?
Diante de Zorobabel você não é mais que terra plana.
Ele construirá o templo,
e quando colocar a pedra principal no seu lugar,
as pessoas gritarão:
‘Que linda! Que linda!’”
8 Depois, recebi esta mensagem do SENHOR:
9 “Zorobabel colocará as bases deste templo,
e será ele mesmo quem acabará a construção.
Quando acontecer isso,
o povo saberá que foi eu, o SENHOR Todo-Poderoso, quem enviou você.
10 Todas as pessoas que tenham considerado sem valor este humilde início do templo
festejarão quando virem o prumo nas mãos de Zorobabel.
As sete lâmpadas representam os olhos do SENHOR,
os quais vigiam toda a terra”.
11 Logo depois, perguntei ao anjo:
—Qual é o significado das oliveiras, que estão em cada lado da lâmpada, 12 e dos dois ramos da oliveira, que estão junto aos tubos dourados, dos quais sai o azeite dourado?
13 Ele me perguntou:
—Você não sabe?
E eu lhe disse:
—Não, senhor.
14 Ele, então, me respondeu:
—Eles representam os dois homens que foram consagrados com azeite e que estão ao lado do Senhor de toda a terra.
Footnotes
- 4.2 lâmpadas Estas lâmpadas brilhavam quando o azeite de oliva era queimado.
Zechariah 4
The Voice
4 The heavenly messenger who had been talking with me returned and stirred me, as if I had been asleep. It was time for a fifth vision.
Heavenly Messenger: 2 What do you see before you?
A fifth vision shows the lamp of God’s grace completing what has begun.
Zechariah: I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl on top of it and seven oil lamps on it. Each of the seven lamps has a spout, which the wicks lie in to soak up oil as they’re burned. 3 There are also two olive trees nearby: one on the right and the other on the left of the bowl.
4 But what are these things, lord?
Heavenly Messenger: 5 Do you not know what they are?
Zechariah: No, lord. I don’t.
Heavenly Messenger (changing the subject): 6 The Eternal, Commander of heavenly armies, has said this to Zerubbabel: “Your strength and prowess will not be enough to finish My temple, but My Spirit will be.” And He says this to those thwarting Zerubbabel’s efforts: 7 “Who are you, O mighty mountain of opposition? Before Zerubbabel, you will become nothing more than a smooth plain, and he will quarry the capstone and bring it out to the sound of people shouting, ‘God, grant it Your grace! God bless it!’”
8 The word of the Eternal came to me again to reiterate what was just reported.
Heavenly Messenger: 9 Zerubbabel’s very own hands have laid the foundation of this new temple, and his hands will complete it. When he does, it will be clear to you that the Eternal, Commander of heavenly armies, has sent me to you. 10 Now all who have frowned on the day when only slight progress was made to reconstruct the temple will celebrate when they see the stone that centers the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel, who will survey Jerusalem.
(finally answering his earlier question) The seven lamps on top of the lampstand are the eyes of the Eternal One, diligently searching the earth.
Zechariah (to the heavenly messenger): 11 What are the two olive trees, the ones on the right and left of the lampstand? What do these mean?
12 (persisting) And the two fruitful olive branches that extend toward the lampstand, the ones supported by the two gold pipes pouring out their gold oil—what do these mean?
Heavenly Messenger: 13 Do you not know what they are?
Zechariah: No, lord. I don’t.
Heavenly Messenger: 14 The olive trees are the two men who have been anointed with fresh oil, Zerubabbel and Joshua. They will rule Jerusalem jointly, one over politics and one over religion, and serve the Master over all the earth.
Zechariah 4
New English Translation
Vision Five: The Menorah
4 The angelic messenger[a] who had been speaking with me then returned and woke me, as a person is wakened from sleep. 2 He asked me, “What do you see?” I replied,[b] “I see a menorah of pure gold with a receptacle at the top. There are seven lamps at the top, with seven[c] pipes going to the lamps. 3 There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the receptacle and the other on the left.”[d] 4 Then I asked the messenger who spoke with me, “What are these,[e] sir?” 5 He replied, “Don’t you know what these are?” So I responded, “No, sir.” 6 Therefore he told me, “This is the Lord’s message to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by strength and not by power, but by my Spirit,’[f] says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
Oracle of Response
7 “What are you, you great mountain?[g] Because of Zerubbabel you will become a level plain! And he will bring forth the temple[h] capstone with shoutings of ‘Grace! Grace!’[i] because of this.” 8 Moreover, the Lord’s message came to me as follows: 9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundations of this temple,[j] and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has sent me to you. 10 For who dares make light of small beginnings? These seven eyes[k] will joyfully look on the tin tablet[l] in Zerubbabel’s hand. These are the eyes of the Lord, which constantly range across the whole earth.”
11 Next I asked the messenger, “What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the menorah?” 12 Before he could reply I asked again, “What are these two extensions[m] of the olive trees, which are emptying out the golden oil through the two golden pipes?” 13 He replied, “Don’t you know what these are?” And I said, “No, sir.” 14 So he said, “These are the two anointed ones[n] who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 4:1 tn See the note on the expression “angelic messenger” in 1:9.
- Zechariah 4:2 tc The present translation (along with most other English versions) follows the reading of the Qere and many ancient versions, “I said,” as opposed to the MT Kethib “he said.”
- Zechariah 4:2 tc The MT, supported by a Qumran manuscript, reads “seven and seven,” which would be fourteen. But Hebrew normally says “four and ten.” The LXX simply reads “seven,” suggesting the MT has a case of dittography.
- Zechariah 4:3 sn The vision apparently describes two olive trees providing olive oil by pipes to a large basin atop the menorah. From this basin two pipes extend to each of the seven lamps of the menorah, for a total of fourteen pipes in all. See vv. 11-12.
- Zechariah 4:4 sn Here these must refer to the lamps, since the identification of the olive trees is left to vv. 11-14.
- Zechariah 4:6 sn It is premature to understand the Spirit here as the Holy Spirit (the third Person of the Trinity), though the OT prepares the way for that NT revelation (cf. Gen 1:2; Exod 23:3; 31:3; Num 11:17-29; Judg 3:10; 6:34; 2 Kgs 2:9, 15, 16; Ezek 2:2; 3:12; 11:1, 5).
- Zechariah 4:7 sn In context, the great mountain here must be viewed as a metaphor for the enormous task of rebuilding the temple and establishing the messianic kingdom (cf. TEV “Obstacles as great as mountains”).
- Zechariah 4:7 tn The word “temple” has been supplied in the translation to clarify the referent (cf. NLT “final stone of the Temple”).
- Zechariah 4:7 sn Grace is a fitting response to the idea that it was “not by strength and not by power” but by God’s gracious Spirit that the work could be done (cf. v. 6).
- Zechariah 4:9 tn Heb “house” (so NAB, NRSV).
- Zechariah 4:10 tn Heb “these seven.” Eyes are clearly intended in the ellipsis as v. 10b shows. As in 3:9 the idea is God’s omniscience. He who knows the end from the beginning rejoices at the completion of his purposes.
- Zechariah 4:10 tn This term is traditionally translated “plumb line” (so NASB, NIV, NLT; cf. KJV, NRSV “plummet”), but it is more likely that the Hebrew בְּדִיל (bedil) is to be derived not from בָּדַל (badal), “to divide,” but from a root meaning “tin.” This finds support in the ancient Near Eastern custom of placing inscriptions on tin plates in dedicatory foundation deposits.
- Zechariah 4:12 tn The usual meaning of the Hebrew term שְׁבֹּלֶת (shebolet) is “ears” (as in ears of grain). Here it probably refers to the produce of the olive trees, i.e., olives. Many English versions render the term as “branches,” but cf. NAB “tufts.”
- Zechariah 4:14 tn The usual word for “anointed (one),” מָשִׁיַח (mashiakh), is not used here but rather בְנֵי־הַיִּצְהָר (vene hayyitshar), literally, “sons of fresh oil.” This is to maintain consistency with the imagery of olive trees. In the immediate context these two olive trees should be identified with Joshua and Zerubbabel, the priest and the governor. Only the high priest and king were anointed for office in the OT and these two were respectively the descendants of Aaron and David.
Zechariah 4
EasyEnglish Bible
The burning lights and the olive trees
4 The angel that talked with me before woke me. I, Zechariah, was like a man who wakes out of his sleep. 2 The angel said to me, ‘What do you see?’ I said, ‘I see a lampstand that is made from gold. It has seven lamps and a bowl on top which contains oil. And it has seven branches that take the oil to each lamp. 3 And two olive trees are standing by the lampstand. One tree is on the right and one tree is on the left.’
4 I, Zechariah, said to the angel that talked with me, ‘What does this light mean, my lord?’
5 He said, ‘Do you not know what these are?’
I said, ‘No, my lord.’
6 Then the angel said to me, ‘The Lord said this to Zerubbabel: “You will need my Spirit. You yourself are too weak.[a] And you do not have enough power.” This is what the Lord Almighty says: 7 “Big mountain, you are no problem. You will become flat ground in front of Zerubbabel. Then he will bring out the last and biggest stone of my house. The people will shout, ‘God bless it! God bless it!’ ” ’
8 Then the Lord's message came to me, Zechariah. He said, 9 ‘Zerubbabel has put down the first stone of my house. He will also finish it.’[b] Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.
10 Everyone should know that the day of small things is important.
Men will see Zerubbabel. Then they will sing and they will be happy. They will see him with a line in his hand to measure the walls.
The Lord sees everything in the whole earth. (The seven lights are the seven eyes of the Lord.)
11 Then I said to the angel, ‘What are these two olive trees that stand on the right and on the left of the lampstand?’
12 A second time I spoke to the angel, ‘What are these two branches of the olive trees? They are next to the gold pipes and oil comes from those pipes.’
13 The angel replied, ‘Do you not know what these olive trees mean?’
‘No, my lord,’ I said.
14 So the angel said, ‘These are the two men that the Lord of all the earth has chosen to be his servants.’[c]
Footnotes
- 4:6 Zerubbabel came from the family of King David. The Jews' enemies took Zerubbabel's father to Babylon. Zerubbabel was born there. He came from Babylon to build the second temple with other people at Jerusalem.
- 4:9 Some people thought that the work on the house of God was not important. But they were wrong. God wanted the people to build his house. The Holy Spirit would help Zerubbabel to finish it.
- 4:14 We think that the two men are Zerubbabel the ruler and Joshua the priest.
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