Zechariah · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Zechariah 4 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 And the angel that spoke in me came again: and he waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
1 Y VOLVIÓ el ángel que hablaba conmigo, y despertóme como un hombre que es despertado de su sueño.
2 And he said to me: What seest thou? 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 Y díjome: ¿Qué ves? Y respondí: He mirado, y he aquí un candelero todo de oro, con su vaso sobre su cabeza, y sus siete lámparas encima del candelero; y siete canales para las lámparas que están encima de él;
3 And two olive trees over it: one upon the right side of the lamp, and the other upon the left side thereof.
3 Y sobre él dos olivas, la una á la derecha del vaso, y la otra á su izquierda.
4 And I answered, and said to the angel that spoke in me, saying: What are these things, my lord?
4 Proseguí, y hablé á aquel ángel que hablaba conmigo, diciendo: ¿Qué es esto, señor mío?
5 And the angel that spoke in me answered, and said to me: Knowest thou not what these things are? And I said: No, my lord.
5 Y el ángel que hablaba conmigo respondió, y díjome: ¿No sabes qué es esto? Y dije: No, señor mío.
6 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, saith the Lord of hosts.
6 Entonces respondió y hablóme, diciendo: Esta es palabra de Jehová á Zorobabel, en que se dice: No con ejército, ni con fuerza, sino con mi espíritu, ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos.
7 Who art thou, O great mountain, before Zorobabel? thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring out the chief stone, and shall give equal grace to the grace thereof.
7 ¿Quién eres tú, oh gran monte? Delante de Zorobabel [serás reducido] á llanura: él sacará la primera piedra con aclamaciones de Gracia, gracia á ella.
8 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
8 Y fué palabra de Jehová á mí, diciendo:
9 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 hath sent me to you.
9 Las manos de Zorobabel echarán el fundamento á esta casa, y sus manos la acabarán; y conocerás que Jehová de los ejércitos me envió á vosotros.
10 For who hath 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 Porque los que menospreciaron el día de las pequeñeces se alegrarán, y verán la plomada en la mano de Zorobabel. Aquellas siete [son] los ojos de Jehová que recorren por toda la tierra.
11 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 Hablé más, y díjele: ¿Qué [significan] estas dos olivas á la derecha del candelero, y á su izquierda?
12 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 Hablé aún de nuevo, y díjele: ¿Qué [significan] las dos ramas de olivas que por medio de dos tubos de oro vierten de sí [aceite como] oro?
13 And he spoke to me, saying: Knowest thou not what these are? And I said: No, my lord.
13 Y respondióme, diciendo: ¿No sabes qué es esto? Y dije: Señor mío, no.
14 And he said: These are two sons of oil who stand before the Lord of the whole earth.
14 Y él dijo: Estos dos hijos de aceite son los que están delante del Señor de toda la tierra.
Cross references (13)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 31:26; Daniel 8:18; Zechariah 1:9; Zechariah 1:19; Luke 9:32
- 2 Revelation 4:5; Revelation 1:12; Matthew 5:14–16; Exodus 25:31–38; Jeremiah 52:19
- 3 Revelation 11:4; Romans 11:17; Zechariah 4:14; Zechariah 4:11–12; Romans 11:24
- 4 Zechariah 1:9; Matthew 13:36; Zechariah 6:4; Zechariah 1:19; Daniel 12:8
- 5 Zechariah 4:13; 1 Corinthians 2:12–15; Mark 4:13; Daniel 2:30; Psalm 139:6
- 6 2 Chronicles 32:7–8; 2 Corinthians 10:4–5; 1 Corinthians 2:4–5; Psalm 33:16; Isaiah 11:2–4
- 7 Jeremiah 51:25; Zechariah 4:9; Micah 4:1; Psalm 118:22; 1 Peter 2:7
- 9 Zechariah 6:12–13; Ezra 6:14–15; Ezra 5:16; Zechariah 6:15; Hebrews 12:2
- 10 Job 8:7; 1 Corinthians 1:28–29; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Matthew 13:31–33; Haggai 2:3
- 11 Zechariah 4:3; Revelation 11:4
- 12 Matthew 20:23; Revelation 11:4; Haggai 1:1
- 13 Zechariah 4:5; Hebrews 5:11–12
- 14 Revelation 11:4; Isaiah 61:1–3; Zechariah 3:1–7; Exodus 40:15; Daniel 9:24–26
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Some again dared to say that He has seven eyes, because it is written, seven eyes of the Lord looking upon the whole earth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)