Zacarias 4

1 The angel who talked with me came again and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep. 2 He said to me, "What do you see?"

I said, "I have seen, and behold, a lamp stand all of gold, with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps which are on the top of it; 3 and two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side of it."

4 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 me, "Don’t you know what these are?"

I said, "No, my lord."

6 Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, "This is Yahweh’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says Yahweh of Armies. 7 Who are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you are a plain; and he will bring out the capstone with shouts of ‘Grace, grace, to it!’"

8 Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 9 "The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands shall also finish it; and you will know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you. 10 Indeed, who despises the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are Yahweh’s eyes, which run back and forth through the whole earth."

11 Then I asked him, "What are these two olive trees on the right side of the lamp stand and on the left side of it?"

12 I asked him the second time, "What are these two olive branches, which are beside the two golden spouts that pour the golden oil out of themselves?"

13 He answered me, "Don’t you know what these are?"

I said, "No, my lord."

14 Then he said, "These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord*4:14 The word translated "Lord" is "Adonai." of the whole earth."

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."