Zechariah 4 #catechesis/bible/zechariah
[!abstract] The vision of the golden candlestick and seven lamps, and of the two olive trees.
Book: Zechariah · ← Zechariah 3 · Zechariah 5 →
1
GR καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν ὁ ἄγγελος ὁ λαλῶν ἐν ἐμοὶ καὶ ἐξήγειρέν με ὃν τρόπον ὅταν ἐξεγερθῇ ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ὕπνου αὐτοῦ
LA Et reversus est angelus qui loquebatur in me, et suscitavit me quasi virum qui suscitatur de somno suo.
EN And the angel that spoke in me came again: and he waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
^1
2
GR καὶ εἶπεν πρός με τί σύ βλέπεις καὶ εἶπα ἑώρακα καὶ ἰδοὺ λυχνία χρυσῆ ὅλη καὶ τὸ λαμπάδιον ἐπάνω αὐτῆς καὶ ἑπτὰ λύχνοι ἐπάνω αὐτῆς καὶ ἑπτὰ ἐπαρυστρίδες τοῖς λύχνοις τοῖς ἐπάνω αὐτῆς
LA Et dixit ad me: Quid tu vides? Et dixi: Vidi, et ecce candelabrum aureum totum, et lampas ejus super caput ipsius, et septem lucernæ ejus super illud, et septem infusoria lucernis quæ erant super caput ejus.
EN And he said to me: What do you see? And I said: I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, and its lamp upon the top of it: and the seven lights thereof upon it: and seven funnels for the lights that were upon the top thereof.
^2
3
GR καὶ δύο ἐλαῖαι ἐπάνω αὐτῆς μία ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ λαμπαδίου καὶ μία ἐξ εὐωνύμων
LA Et duæ olivæ super illud: una a dextris lampadis, et una a sinistris ejus.
EN And two olive trees over it: one upon the right side of the lamp, and the other upon the left side thereof.
^3
4
GR καὶ ἐπηρώτησα καὶ εἶπον πρὸς τὸν ἄγγελον τὸν λαλοῦντα ἐν ἐμοὶ λέγων τί ἐστιν ταῦτα κύριε
LA Et respondi, et aio ad angelum qui loquebatur in me, dicens: Quid sunt hæc, domine mi?
EN And I answered, and said to the angel that spoke in me, saying: What are these things, my lord?
^4
5
GR καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁ ἄγγελος ὁ λαλῶν ἐν ἐμοὶ καὶ εἶπεν πρός με οὐ γινώσκεις τί ἐστιν ταῦτα καὶ εἶπα οὐχί κύριε
LA Et respondit angelus qui loquebatur in me, et dixit ad me: Numquid nescis quid sunt hæc? Et dixi: Non, domine mi.
EN And the angel that spoke in me answered, and said to me: Do you know not what these things are? And I said: No, my lord.
^5
6
GR καὶ ἀπεκρίθη καὶ εἶπεν πρός με λέγων οὗτος ὁ λόγος κυρίου πρὸς Ζοροβαβελ λέγων οὐκ ἐν δυνάμει μεγάλῃ οὐδὲ ἐν ἰσχύι ἀλλ’ ἢ ἐν πνεύματί μου λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ
LA Et respondit, et ait ad me, dicens: Hoc est verbum Domini ad Zorobabel, dicens: Non in exercitu, nec in robore, sed in spiritu meo, dicit Dominus exercituum.
EN And he answered, and spoke to me, saying: This is the word of the Lord to Zorobabel, saying: Not with an army, nor by might, but by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
^6
[!note]- To Zorobabel…
This vision was in favour of Zorobabel: to assure him of success in the building of the temple, which he had begun, signified by the candlestick; the lamp of which, without any other industry, was supplied with oil, dropping from the two olive trees, and distributed by the seven funnels or pipes, to maintain the seven lights. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
7
GR τίς εἶ σύ τὸ ὄρος τὸ μέγα πρὸ προσώπου Ζοροβαβελ τοῦ κατορθῶσαι καὶ ἐξοίσω τὸν λίθον τῆς κληρονομίας ἰσότητα χάριτος χάριτα αὐτῆς
LA Quis tu, mons magne, coram Zorobabel? In planum: et educet lapidem primarium, et exæquabit gratiam gratiæ ejus.
EN Who are you, O great mountain, before Zorobabel? You shall become a plain: and he shall bring out the chief stone, and shall give equal grace to the grace thereof.
^7
[!note]- Great mountain…
So he calls the opposition made by the enemies of God’s people; which nevertheless, without an army or might on their side, was quashed by divine providence. – Ibid. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
8
GR καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος κυρίου πρός με λέγων
LA Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens:
EN And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
^8
9
GR αἱ χεῖρες Ζοροβαβελ ἐθεμελίωσαν τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον καὶ αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ἐπιτελέσουσιν αὐτόν καὶ ἐπιγνώσῃ διότι κύριος παντοκράτωρ ἐξαπέσταλκέν με πρὸς σέ
LA Manus Zorobabel fundaverunt domum istam, et manus ejus perficient eam: et scietis quia Dominus exercituum misit me ad vos.
EN The hands of Zorobabel have laid the foundations of this house, and his hands shall finish it: and you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
^9
10
GR διότι τίς ἐξουδένωσεν εἰς ἡμέρας μικράς καὶ χαροῦνται καὶ ὄψονται τὸν λίθον τὸν κασσιτέρινον ἐν χειρὶ Ζοροβαβελ ἑπτὰ οὗτοι ὀφθαλμοὶ κυρίου εἰσὶν οἱ ἐπιβλέποντες ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν
LA Quis enim despexit dies parvos? Et lætabuntur, et videbunt lapidem stanneum in manu Zorobabel. Septem isti oculi sunt Domini, qui discurrunt in universam terram.
EN For who has despised little days? And they shall rejoice, and shall see the tin plummet in the hand of Zorobabel. These are the seven eyes of the Lord, that run to and fro through the whole earth.
^10
[!note]- Little days…
That is, these small and feeble beginnings of the temple of God. – Ibid. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- The tin plummet…
Literally, the stone of tin. He means the builder’s plummet, which Zorobabel shall hold in his hand for the finishing the building. – Ibid. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- The seven eyes…
The providence of God, that oversees and orders all things. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
11
GR καὶ ἀπεκρίθην καὶ εἶπα πρὸς αὐτόν τί αἱ δύο ἐλαῖαι αὗται αἱ ἐκ δεξιῶν τῆς λυχνίας καὶ ἐξ εὐωνύμων
LA Et respondi, et dixi ad eum: Quid sunt duæ olivæ istæ, ad dexteram candelabri, et ad sinistram ejus?
EN And I answered, and said to him: What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick, and upon the left side thereof?
^11
12
GR καὶ ἐπηρώτησα ἐκ δευτέρου καὶ εἶπα πρὸς αὐτόν τί οἱ δύο κλάδοι τῶν ἐλαιῶν οἱ ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν τῶν δύο μυξωτήρων τῶν χρυσῶν τῶν ἐπιχεόντων καὶ ἐπαναγόντων τὰς ἐπαρυστρίδας τὰς χρυσᾶς
LA Et respondi secundo, et dixi ad eum: Quid sunt duæ spicæ olivarum quæ sunt juxta duo rostra aurea in quibus sunt suffusoria ex auro?
EN And I answered again, and said to him: What are the two olive branches, that are by the two golden beaks, in which are the funnels of gold?
^12
13
GR καὶ εἶπεν πρός με οὐκ οἶδας τί ἐστιν ταῦτα καὶ εἶπα οὐχί κύριε
LA Et ait ad me, dicens: Numquid nescis quid sunt hæc? Et dixi: Non, domine mi.
EN And he spoke to me, saying: Do you not know what these are? And I said: No, my lord.
^13
14
GR καὶ εἶπεν οὗτοι οἱ δύο υἱοὶ τῆς πιότητος παρεστήκασιν τῷ κυρίῳ πάσης τῆς γῆς
LA Et dixit: Isti sunt duo filii olei, qui assistunt Dominatori universæ terræ.
EN And he said: These are two sons of oil who stand before the Lord of the whole earth.
^14
[!note]- A candlestick, etc…
The temple of God that was then in building; and in a more sublime sense, the church of Christ. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- Shall give equal grace, etc…
Shall add grace to grace, or beauty to beauty. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- Two sons of oil…
That is, the two anointed ones of the Lord; viz., Jesus the high priest, and Zorobabel the prince. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
