Zechariah · Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
Zechariah 6 Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
Notes on this text (3)
- Fully vowelled Arabic, read right to left.
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Verse divisions occasionally differ from English Bibles (e.g. 1 Timothy 6:21–22, 3 John 14–15).
1 فَعُدْتُ وَرَفَعْتُ عَيْنَيَّ وَنَظَرْتُ وَإِذَا بِأَرْبَعِ مَرْكَبَاتٍ خَارِجَاتٍ مِنْ بَيْنِ جَبَلَيْنِ، وَٱلْجَبَلَانِ جَبَلَا نُحَاسٍ.
1 Again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of bronze.
2 فِي ٱلْمَرْكَبَةِ ٱلْأُولَى خَيْلٌ حُمْرٌ، وَفِي ٱلْمَرْكَبَةِ ٱلثَّانِيَةِ خَيْلٌ دُهْمٌ،
2 In the first chariot were red horses. In the second chariot were black horses.
3 وَفِي ٱلْمَرْكَبَةِ ٱلثَّالِثَةِ خَيْلٌ شُهْبٌ، وَفِي ٱلْمَرْكَبَةِ ٱلرَّابِعَةِ خَيْلٌ مُنَمَّرَةٌ شُقْرٌ.
3 In the third chariot were white horses. In the fourth chariot were dappled horses, all of them powerful.
4 فَأَجَبْتُ وَقُلْتُ لِلْمَلَاكِ ٱلَّذِي كَلَّمَنِي: «مَا هَذِهِ يَا سَيِّدِي؟»
4 Then I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”
5 فَأَجَابَ ٱلْمَلَاكُ وَقَالَ لِي: «هَذِهِ هِيَ أَرْوَاحُ ٱلسَّمَاءِ ٱلْأَرْبَعُ خَارِجَةٌ مِنَ ٱلْوُقُوفِ لَدَى سَيِّدِ ٱلْأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا.
5 The angel answered me, “These are the four winds of the sky, which go out from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
6 ٱلَّتِي فِيهَا ٱلْخَيْلُ ٱلدُّهْمُ تَخْرُجُ إِلَى أَرْضِ ٱلشِّمَالِ، وَٱلشُّهْبُ خَارِجَةٌ وَرَاءَهَا، وَٱلْمُنَمَّرَةُ تَخْرُجُ نَحْوَ أَرْضِ ٱلْجَنُوبِ».
6 The one with the black horses goes out toward the north country; and the white went out after them; and the dappled went out toward the south country.”
7 أَمَّا ٱلشُّقْرُ فَخَرَجَتْ وَٱلْتَمَسَتْ أَنْ تَذْهَبَ لِتَتَمَشَّى فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَقَالَ: «ٱذْهَبِي وَتَمَشَّيْ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ». فَتَمَشَّتْ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ.
7 The strong went out, and sought to go that they might walk back and forth through the earth. He said, “Go around and through the earth!” So they walked back and forth through the earth.
8 فَصَرَخَ عَلَيَّ وَكَلَّمنِي قَائِلًا: «هُوَذَا ٱلْخَارِجُونَ إِلَى أَرْضِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَدْ سَكَّنُوا رُوحِي فِي أَرْضِ ٱلشِّمَالِ».
8 Then he called to me, and spoke to me, saying, “Behold, those who go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.”
9 وَكَانَ إِلَيَّ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا:
9 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
10 «خُذْ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلسَّبْيِ مِنْ حَلْدَايَ وَمِنْ طُوبِيَّا وَمِنْ يَدَعْيَا ٱلَّذِينَ جَاءُوا مِنْ بَابِلَ، وَتَعَالَ أَنْتَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ وَٱدْخُلْ إِلَى بَيْتِ يُوشِيَّا بْنِ صَفَنْيَا.
10 “Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah; and come the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah, where they have come from Babylon.
11 ثُمَّ خُذْ فِضَّةً وَذَهَبًا وَٱعْمَلْ تِيجَانًا وَضَعْهَا عَلَى رَأْسِ يَهُوشَعَ بْنِ يَهُوصَادَقَ ٱلْكَاهِنِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ.
11 Yes, take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest;
12 وَكَلِّمْهُ قَائِلًا: هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ قَائِلًا: هُوَذَا ٱلرَّجُلُ «ٱلْغُصْنُ» ٱسْمُهُ. وَمِنْ مَكَانِهِ يَنْبُتُ وَيَبْنِي هَيْكَلَ ٱلرَّبِّ.
12 and speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, the man whose name is the Branch! He will grow up out of his place; and he will build Yahweh’s temple.
13 فَهُوَ يَبْنِي هَيْكَلَ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَهُوَ يَحْمِلُ ٱلْجَلَالَ وَيَجْلِسُ وَيَتَسَلَّطُ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ، وَيَكُونُ كَاهِنًا عَلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ، وَتَكُونُ مَشُورَةُ ٱلسَّلَامِ بَيْنَهُمَا كِلَيْهِمَا.
13 He will build Yahweh’s temple. He will bear the glory, and will sit and rule on his throne. He will be a priest on his throne. The counsel of peace will be between them both.
14 وَتَكُونُ ٱلتِّيجَانُ لِحَالِمَ وَلِطُوبِيَّا وَلِيَدَعْيَا وَلِحَيْنِ بْنِ صَفَنْيَا تَذْكَارًا فِي هَيْكَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ.
14 The crowns shall be to Helem, to Tobijah, to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in Yahweh’s temple.
15 وَٱلْبَعِيدُونَ يَأْتُونَ وَيَبْنُونَ فِي هَيْكَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَبَّ ٱلْجُنُودِ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكُمْ. وَيَكُونُ، إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ سَمَعًا صَوْتَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ».
15 Those who are far off shall come and build in Yahweh’s temple; and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you. This will happen, if you will diligently obey Yahweh your God’s voice.”’”
People & places in this chapter
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People
Heldai
One of the exiles from Babylon from whom Zechariah was told to take an offering for the crown, and named as Helem in 6:14.
Cited in the guide: Zechariah 6:10; Zechariah 6:14
Jedaiah
One of the exiles from Babylon from whom Zechariah was told to take an offering for the crown.
Cited in the guide: Zechariah 6:10; Zechariah 6:14
Josiah
Son of Zephaniah, at whose house the exiles' silver and gold were to be taken and made into a crown.
Cited in the guide: Zechariah 6:10; Zechariah 6:14
Tobijah
One of the exiles from Babylon from whom Zechariah was told to take an offering for the crown.
Cited in the guide: Zechariah 6:10; Zechariah 6:14
Zephaniah
Named as the father of Josiah, in whose house the crown was to be made.
Cited in the guide: Zechariah 6:10; Zechariah 6:14
Cross references (15)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ephesians 1:11; Daniel 8:22; Zechariah 1:18–19; Acts 4:28; Zechariah 6:5
- 2 Zechariah 1:8; Revelation 6:2–6; Revelation 17:3; Zechariah 6:6; Revelation 12:3
- 3 Revelation 6:2; Revelation 6:8; Zechariah 1:8; Revelation 20:11; Daniel 2:40–41
- 4 Zechariah 1:9; Zechariah 1:19–21; Zechariah 5:5–6; Zechariah 5:10
- 5 Ezekiel 10:9–19; Hebrews 1:7; Ezekiel 37:9; Hebrews 1:14; Psalm 104:3–4
- 6 Ezekiel 1:4; Jeremiah 51:48; Jeremiah 1:14–15; Daniel 11:40; Jeremiah 6:1
- 7 2 Chronicles 16:9; Zechariah 1:10; Genesis 13:17; Daniel 7:19; Job 1:6–7
- 8 Ezekiel 5:13; Ezekiel 24:13; Jeremiah 51:48–49; Zechariah 1:15; Ecclesiastes 10:4
- 9 Zechariah 7:1; Zechariah 8:1; Zechariah 1:1
- 10 Ezra 7:14–16; Ezra 8:26–30; Acts 24:17; Isaiah 66:20; Romans 15:25–26
- 11 Zechariah 3:1; Psalm 21:3; Song of Songs 3:11; Leviticus 8:9; Zechariah 3:5
- 12 Jeremiah 33:15; Zechariah 3:8; Isaiah 4:2; Isaiah 11:1; Jeremiah 23:5
- 13 Psalm 110:4; Hebrews 3:1; Isaiah 49:5–6; Isaiah 11:10; Psalm 21:5
- 14 Exodus 12:14; Matthew 26:13; Mark 14:9; Exodus 28:12; Joshua 4:7
- 15 Isaiah 60:10; Zechariah 3:7; 1 Peter 2:4–5; Acts 2:39; Romans 16:26
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