Zacarias 4

Te Kitenga Tuarima: Te Tūranga Rama me ngā Rākau Ōriwa

1 Nā, ka hoki mai te anahera i kōrero rā ki ahau, ka whakaarahia ahau, ko tōku rite kei te tangata e whakaarahia ana i te moe. 2 Nā, ka mea ia ki ahau, "Ko te aha e kitea ana e koe?"

Anō rā ko ahau, "Kua kite ahau, nā, ko tētahi tūranga rama, he kōura katoa, me tōna peihana i tōna pito ki runga, ko ōna rama e whitu ki runga o tērā; e whitu ngā kōrere o te rama kotahi i tōna pito ki runga. 3 Nā, e rua ngā ōriwa i tōna taha, ko tētahi i te taha ki matau o te peihana, ko tētahi i tōna taha mauī."

4 Nā, ka oho atu ahau, ka mea ki te anahera i kōrero ki ahau, ka kī atu, "He aha ēnei, e tōku ariki?"

5 Kātahi te anahera i kōrero rā ki ahau ka oho, ka mea ki ahau, "Kāhore rānei koe e mōhio he aha ēnei?"

Anō rā ko ahau, "Kāhore, e tōku ariki."

6 Nā, ka oho mai ia, ka kōrero ki ahau, ka mea, "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā ki a Herupapera, e kī ana: ‘Ehara i te mea mā te uaua, mā te kaha, engari mā tōku wairua,’ e ai tā Ihowā o ngā mano.

7 "Ko wai koe, e te maunga nui? I te aroaro o Herupapera hei papatairite koe; ā, ka whakaputaina mai e ia te kōhatu o runga rawa, me te pā anō ngā karanga, ‘He pai, he pai mōna.’ "

8 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 9 "Nā ngā ringa o Herupapera i whakatakoto te tūranga mō tēnei whare, mā ōna ringa anō e whakaoti; ā, ka mōhio koe nā Ihowā o ngā mano ahau i unga mai ki a koutou.

10 "Ko wai oti i whakahāwea ki te rā o ngā mea ririki? Ka koa hoki rātou, ka kite hoki i te kōhatu paramu i roto i te ringa o Herupapera. Arā ēnei e whitu nei, koia nei ngā kanohi o Ihowā; e kōpikopiko ana rātou i te whenua katoa."

11 Kātahi ahau ka oho atu, ka mea ki a ia, "He aha ēnei ōriwa e rua i te taha ki matau o te tūranga rama, i te taha hoki ki mauī?"

12 I whakahoki atu anō ahau, he tuarua, ka mea ki a ia, "He aha ēnei manga ōriwa e rua, e rua ngā kōrere kōura i piri atu ai rāua, i rere atu ai te hinu kōura i roto i aua kōrere rā?"

13 Kātahi tērā ka kōrero mai ki ahau, ka mea, "Kāhore rānei koe e mōhio ko te aha ēnei?"

Anō rā ko ahau, "Kāhore, e tōku ariki."

14 Nā, ka kī mai ia, "Ko ēnei e rua ko ngā tama a te hinu, e tū ana i te taha o te Ariki o te whenua katoa."

1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep. 2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have seen, and, behold, a candlestick all of gold, with its bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon; there are seven pipes to each of the 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 And 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 are? And I said, No, my lord. 6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts. 7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain; and he shall bring forth the top stone with shoutings of Grace, grace, unto it. 8 Moreover the word of Jehovah 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 Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto you. 10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel; these are the eyes of Jehovah, 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 the second time, and said unto him, What are these two olive-branches, which are beside the two golden spouts, that empty the golden oil out of themselves? 13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these are? 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.