Zechariah 4-5
English Standard Version
A Vision of a Golden Lampstand
4 And (A)the angel who talked with me came again (B)and woke me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep. 2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see, and behold, (C)a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and (D)seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it. 3 And there are (E)two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.” 4 And I said to (F)the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” 5 Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, (G)“Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.” 6 Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to (H)Zerubbabel: (I)Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. 7 Who are you, (J)O great mountain? Before (K)Zerubbabel (L)you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward (M)the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”
8 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 9 (N)“The hands of (O)Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also (P)complete it. (Q)Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. 10 (R)For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see (S)the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.
(T)“These seven (U)are the eyes of the Lord, (V)which range through the whole earth.” 11 Then I said to him, “What are these (W)two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?” 12 And a second time I answered and said to him, “What are these (X)two branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the golden oil[a] is poured out?” 13 He said to me, (Y)“Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.” 14 Then he said, (Z)“These are the two anointed ones[b] who stand by (AA)the Lord of the whole earth.”
A Vision of a Flying Scroll
5 Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying (AB)scroll! 2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying (AC)scroll. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.”[c] 3 Then he said to me, “This is (AD)the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who (AE)steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who (AF)swears falsely[d] shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side. 4 I will send it out, declares the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of (AG)him who swears falsely by my name. And (AH)it shall remain in his house and (AI)consume it, both timber and stones.”
A Vision of a Woman in a Basket
5 (AJ)Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, (AK)“Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out.” 6 And I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is (AL)the basket[e] that is going out.” And he said, “This is their iniquity[f] in all the land.” 7 And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket! 8 And he said, “This is Wickedness.” And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down (AM)the leaden weight on its opening.
9 Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! (AN)The wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven. 10 Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they taking the basket?” 11 He said to me, “To the (AO)land of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base.”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 4:12 Hebrew lacks oil
- Zechariah 4:14 Hebrew two sons of new oil
- Zechariah 5:2 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
- Zechariah 5:3 Hebrew lacks falsely (supplied from verse 4)
- Zechariah 5:6 Hebrew ephah; also verses 7–11. An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
- Zechariah 5:6 One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts eye
Zechariah 4-5
GOD’S WORD Translation
The Lord’s House Will Be Rebuilt
4 The angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me up as one might wake up someone who is sleeping. 2 He asked me, “What do you see?”
I answered, “I see a solid gold lamp stand with a bowl on top and seven lamps on it. There are seven spouts for each lamp that is on top of it. 3 There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”
4 I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What do these things mean, sir?”
5 Then the angel asked me, “Don’t you know what they mean?”
“No, sir,” I answered.
6 Then he replied, “This is the word the Lord spoke to Zerubbabel: You won’t ⌞succeed⌟ by might or by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Armies. 7 What a high mountain you are! In front of Zerubbabel you will become a plain. He will bring out the topmost stone with shouts of ‘Blessings, blessings on it!’ ”
8 Then the Lord spoke his word to me. He said, 9 “Zerubbabel’s hands have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will finish it. Then you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you. 10 Who despised the day when little things began to happen? They will be delighted when they see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand. (These seven eyes of the Lord roam over all the earth.)”
11 I asked the angel, “What do these two olive trees at the right and the left of the lamp stand mean?” 12 Again I asked him, “What is the meaning of the two branches from the olive trees next to the two golden pipes that are pouring out gold?”
13 He asked me, “Don’t you know what these things mean?”
“No, sir,” I answered.
14 So he said, “These are the two anointed ones who are standing beside the Lord of the whole earth.”
Sinners Will Be Separated from the Lord’s People
5 I looked up again and saw a flying scroll.
2 The angel asked me, “What do you see?”
“I see a flying scroll,” I answered. “It’s 30 feet long and 15 feet wide.”
3 Then he said to me, “This is a curse that will go out all over the earth. The one side of the scroll says that every thief will be forced away. The other side of the scroll says that everyone who takes an oath will be forced away. 4 I will send out a curse, declares the Lord of Armies, and it will enter the houses of thieves and the houses of those who take oaths in my name. It will stay in their houses and destroy the timber and stone.”
Wickedness Will Be Removed from the Land
5 The angel who was speaking with me came forward. He said, “Look up, and see what’s coming.”
6 “What is it?” I asked.
“A basket is coming,” he said. Then he added, “This is what the people’s sins look like all over the earth.” [a] 7 A lead cover ⌞on the basket⌟ was raised, and a woman was sitting in the basket. 8 The angel said, “This is wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and forced the lead cover down on top of it.
9 I looked up and saw two women coming forward with wind in their wings. They had wings like those of a stork. They carried the basket into the sky.
10 I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the basket?”
11 He answered me, “They are going to build a house for it in Shinar [Babylonia]. When the house is ready, they will set the basket there on a stand.”
Footnotes
- 5:6 One Hebrew manuscript, Greek, Syriac; other Hebrew manuscripts “This is their eye all over the earth.”
Захария 4-5
Russian Synodal Version
4 И возвратился тот Ангел, который говорил со мною, и пробудил меня, как пробуждают человека от сна его.
2 И сказал он мне: что ты видишь? И отвечал я: вижу, вот светильник весь из золота, и чашечка для елея наверху его, и семь лампад на нем, и по семи трубочек у лампад, которые наверху его;
3 и две маслины на нем, одна с правой стороны чашечки, другая с левой стороны ее.
4 И отвечал я и сказал Ангелу, говорившему со мною: что это, господин мой?
5 И Ангел, говоривший со мною, отвечал и сказал мне: ты не знаешь, что это? И сказал я: не знаю, господин мой.
6 Тогда отвечал он и сказал мне так: это слово Господа к Зоровавелю, выражающее: не воинством и не силою, но Духом Моим, говорит Господь Саваоф.
7 Кто ты, великая гора, перед Зоровавелем? ты--равнина, и вынесет он краеугольный камень при шумных восклицаниях: 'благодать, благодать на нем!'
8 И было ко мне слово Господне:
9 руки Зоровавеля положили основание дому сему; его руки и окончат его, и узнаешь, что Господь Саваоф послал Меня к вам.
10 Ибо кто может считать день сей маловажным, когда радостно смотрят на строительный отвес в руках Зоровавеля те семь, --это очи Господа, которые объемлют взором всю землю?
11 Тогда отвечал я и сказал ему: что значат те две маслины с правой стороны светильника и с левой стороны его?
12 Вторично стал я говорить и сказал ему: что значат две масличные ветви, которые через две золотые трубочки изливают из себя золото?
13 И сказал он мне: ты не знаешь, что это? Я отвечал: не знаю, господин мой.
14 И сказал он: это два помазанные елеем, предстоящие Господу всей земли.
5 И опять поднял я глаза мои и увидел: вот летит свиток.
2 И сказал он мне: что видишь ты? Я отвечал: вижу летящий свиток; длина его двадцать локтей, а ширина его десять локтей.
3 Он сказал мне: это проклятие, исходящее на лице всей земли; ибо всякий, кто крадет, будет истреблен, как написано на одной стороне, и всякий, клянущийся ложно, истреблен будет, как написано на другой стороне.
4 Я навел его, говорит Господь Саваоф, и оно войдет в дом татя и в дом клянущегося Моим именем ложно, и пребудет в доме его, и истребит его, и дерева его, и камни его.
5 И вышел Ангел, говоривший со мною, и сказал мне: подними еще глаза твои и посмотри, что это выходит?
6 Когда же я сказал: что это? Он отвечал: это выходит ефа, и сказал: это образ их по всей земле.
7 И вот, кусок свинца поднялся, и там сидела одна женщина посреди ефы.
8 И сказал он: эта [женщина] --само нечестие, и бросил ее в средину ефы, а на отверстие ее бросил свинцовый кусок.
9 И поднял я глаза мои и увидел: вот, появились две женщины, и ветер был в крыльях их, и крылья у них как крылья аиста; и подняли они ефу и понесли ее между землею и небом.
10 И сказал я Ангелу, говорившему со мною: куда несут они эту ефу?
11 Тогда сказал он мне: чтобы устроить для нее дом в земле Сеннаар, и когда будет все приготовлено, то она поставится там на своей основе.
Romans 15:14-33
English Standard Version
Paul the Minister to the Gentiles
14 (A)I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers,[a] that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with (B)all knowledge and able to instruct one another. 15 But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, (C)because of the grace given me by God 16 to be (D)a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles (E)in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that (F)the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 In Christ Jesus, then, I have (G)reason to be proud of (H)my work for God. 18 For I will not venture to speak of anything except (I)what Christ has accomplished through me (J)to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed, 19 (K)by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that (L)from Jerusalem and all the way around (M)to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ; 20 and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, (N)lest I build on someone else's foundation, 21 but as it is written,
(O)“Those who have never been told of him will see,
and those who have never heard will understand.”
Paul's Plan to Visit Rome
22 This is the reason why (P)I have so often been hindered from coming to you. 23 But now, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions, and (Q)since I have longed for many years to come to you, 24 I hope to see you in passing as I go (R)to Spain, and (S)to be helped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a while. 25 At present, however, (T)I am going to Jerusalem bringing aid to the saints. 26 For (U)Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem. 27 For they were pleased to do it, and indeed (V)they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings. 28 When therefore I have completed this and have delivered to them what has been collected,[b] I will leave (W)for Spain by way of you. 29 I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of the blessing[c] of Christ.
30 I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by (X)the love of the Spirit, (Y)to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf, 31 (Z)that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that (AA)my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, 32 so that by God's will I may come to you with joy and (AB)be refreshed in your company. 33 May (AC)the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
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- Romans 15:14 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 30
- Romans 15:28 Greek sealed to them this fruit
- Romans 15:29 Some manuscripts insert of the gospel
Romans 15:14-33
GOD’S WORD Translation
Paul’s Desire to Tell the Good News to the World
14 I’m convinced, brothers and sisters, that you, too, are filled with goodness. I’m also convinced that you have all the knowledge you need and that you are able to instruct each other. 15 However, I’ve written you a letter, parts of which are rather bold, as a reminder to you. I’m doing this because God gave me the gift 16 to be a servant of Christ Jesus to people who are not Jewish. I serve as a priest by spreading the Good News of God. I do this in order that I might bring the nations to God as an acceptable offering, made holy by the Holy Spirit. 17 So Christ Jesus gives me the right to brag about what I’m doing for God. 18 I’m bold enough to tell you only what Christ has done through me to bring people who are not Jewish to obedience. By what I have said and done, 19 by the power of miraculous and amazing signs, and by the power of God’s Spirit, I have finished spreading the Good News about Christ from Jerusalem to Illyricum.
20 My goal was to spread the Good News where the name of Christ was not known. I didn’t want to build on a foundation which others had laid. 21 As Scripture says,
“Those who were never told about him will see,
and those who never heard will understand.”
22 This is what has so often kept me from visiting you. 23 But now I have no new opportunities for work in this region. For many years I have wanted to visit you. 24 Now I am on my way to Spain, so I hope to see you when I come your way. After I have enjoyed your company for a while, I hope that you will support my trip to Spain.
25 Right now I’m going to Jerusalem to bring help to the Christians there. 26 Because the believers in Macedonia and Greece owe a debt to the Christians in Jerusalem, they have decided to take up a collection for the poor among the Christians in Jerusalem. 27 These Macedonians and Greeks have shared the spiritual wealth of the Christians in Jerusalem. So they are obligated to use their earthly wealth to help them.
28 When the collection is completed and I have officially turned the money over to the Christians in Jerusalem, I will visit you on my way to Spain. 29 I know that when I come to you I will bring the full blessing of Christ.
30 Brothers and sisters, I encourage you through our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love that the Spirit creates, to join me in my struggle. Pray to God for me 31 that I will be rescued from those people in Judea who refuse to believe. Pray that God’s people in Jerusalem will accept the help I bring. 32 Also pray that by the will of God I may come to you with joy and be refreshed when I am with you.
33 May the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
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К Римлянам 15:14-33
Russian Synodal Version
14 И сам я уверен о вас, братия мои, что и вы полны благости, исполнены всякого познания и можете наставлять друг друга;
15 но писал вам, братия, с некоторою смелостью, отчасти как бы в напоминание вам, по данной мне от Бога благодати
16 быть служителем Иисуса Христа у язычников и [совершать] священнодействие благовествования Божия, дабы сие приношение язычников, будучи освящено Духом Святым, было благоприятно [Богу].
17 Итак я могу похвалиться в Иисусе Христе в том, что [относится] к Богу,
18 ибо не осмелюсь сказать что-нибудь такое, чего не совершил Христос через меня, в покорении язычников [вере], словом и делом,
19 силою знамений и чудес, силою Духа Божия, так что благовествование Христово распространено мною от Иерусалима и окрестности до Иллирика.
20 Притом я старался благовествовать не там, где [уже] было известно имя Христово, дабы не созидать на чужом основании,
21 но как написано: не имевшие о Нем известия увидят, и не слышавшие узнают.
22 Сие-то много раз и препятствовало мне придти к вам.
23 Ныне же, не имея [такого] места в сих странах, а с давних лет имея желание придти к вам,
24 как только предприму путь в Испанию, приду к вам. Ибо надеюсь, что, проходя, увижусь с вами и что вы проводите меня туда, как скоро наслажусь [общением] с вами, хотя отчасти.
25 А теперь я иду в Иерусалим, чтобы послужить святым,
26 ибо Македония и Ахаия усердствуют некоторым подаянием для бедных между святыми в Иерусалиме.
27 Усердствуют, да и должники они перед ними. Ибо если язычники сделались участниками в их духовном, то должны и им послужить в телесном.
28 Исполнив это и верно доставив им сей плод [усердия], я отправлюсь через ваши [места] в Испанию,
29 и уверен, что когда приду к вам, то приду с полным благословением благовествования Христова.
30 Между тем умоляю вас, братия, Господом нашим Иисусом Христом и любовью Духа, подвизаться со мною в молитвах за меня к Богу,
31 чтобы избавиться мне от неверующих в Иудее и чтобы служение мое для Иерусалима было благоприятно святым,
32 дабы мне в радости, если Богу угодно, придти к вам и успокоиться с вами.
33 Бог же мира да будет со всеми вами, аминь.
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