Zechariah · Free Bible Version
Zechariah 4 Free Bible Version
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1 Then the angel I had been talking to returned and got my attention, like waking someone from sleep.
1 Y VOLVIÓ el ángel que hablaba conmigo, y despertóme como un hombre que es despertado de su sueño.
1 The angel who talked with me came again and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep.
2 “What do you see?” he asked me. “I see a lampstand made of solid gold with a bowl at its top having seven lamps on it, each with seven lips.
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;
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 I also see olive trees, one to the right and one to the left of the bowl.”
3 Y sobre él dos olivas, la una á la derecha del vaso, y la otra á su izquierda.
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 Then I asked the angel I was talking to, “What are these, my lord?”
4 Proseguí, y hablé á aquel ángel que hablaba conmigo, diciendo: ¿Qué es esto, señor mío?
4 I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”
5 “Don't you know what these are?” the angel replied. “No, my lord,” I responded.
5 Y el ángel que hablaba conmigo respondió, y díjome: ¿No sabes qué es esto? Y dije: No, señor mío.
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 told me, “This is the Lord's message to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord Almighty.
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.
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 Even obstacles as big as mountains will be flattened before Zerubbabel. Finally he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘Blessings on it!’”
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.
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 Then the Lord gave me another message.
8 Y fué palabra de Jehová á mí, diciendo:
8 Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
9 Zerubbabel with his own hands laid the foundations for this Temple, and it will be completed the same way. Then you will know the Lord Almighty has sent me.
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.
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 For who dares look down on this time of small beginnings? They will be happy when they see the plumb line in Zerubbabel's hand. “The seven lamps represent the eyes of the Lord which see all over the world.”
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.
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 the angel, “What are the two olive trees that stand to the right and the left of the lampstand?”
11 Hablé más, y díjele: ¿Qué [significan] estas dos olivas á la derecha del candelero, y á su izquierda?
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 And I also asked him, “What are the two olive branches from which the golden oil pours out from through golden pipes?”
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?
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 “Don't you know?” the angel replied. “No, my lord,” I responded.
13 Y respondióme, diciendo: ¿No sabes qué es esto? Y dije: Señor mío, no.
13 He answered me, “Don’t you know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”
14 “These are the two who have been anointed who stand by the Lord of all the earth,” he replied.
14 Y él dijo: Estos dos hijos de aceite son los que están delante del Señor de toda la tierra.
14 Then he said, “These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”
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Zerubbabel
He led the return from Babylon and rebuilt the temple in Jerusalem.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 3-6; Hag. 2:23; Zech. 4; Matt. 1:12-13
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- 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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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)