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| 1 καὶ ἐπέστρεψα καὶ ἦρα τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου καὶ εἶδον καὶ ἰδοὺ τέσσαρα ἅρματα ἐκπορευόμενα ἐκ μέσου δύο ὀρέων καὶ τὰ ὄρη ἦν ὄρη χαλκᾶ 2 ἐν τῷ ἅρματι τῷ πρώτῳ ἵπποι πυρροί καὶ ἐν τῷ ἅρματι τῷ δευτέρῳ ἵπποι μέλανες 3 καὶ ἐν τῷ ἅρματι τῷ τρίτῳ ἵπποι λευκοί καὶ ἐν τῷ ἅρματι τῷ τετάρτῳ ἵπποι ποικίλοι ψαροί 4 καὶ ἀπεκρίθην καὶ εἶπα πρὸς τὸν ἄγγελον τὸν λαλοῦντα ἐν ἐμοί τί ἐστιν ταῦτα κύριε 5 καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁ ἄγγελος ὁ λαλῶν ἐν ἐμοὶ καὶ εἶπεν ταῦτά ἐστιν οἱ τέσσαρες ἄνεμοι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐκπορεύονται παραστῆναι τῷ κυρίῳ πάσης τῆς γῆς 6 ἐν ᾧ ἦσαν οἱ ἵπποι οἱ μέλανες ἐξεπορεύοντο ἐπὶ γῆν βορρᾶ καὶ οἱ λευκοὶ ἐξεπορεύοντο κατόπισθεν αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ ποικίλοι ἐξεπορεύοντο ἐπὶ γῆν νότου 7 καὶ οἱ ψαροὶ ἐξεπορεύοντο καὶ ἐπέβλεπον τοῦ πορεύεσθαι τοῦ περιοδεῦσαι τὴν γῆν καὶ εἶπεν πορεύεσθε καὶ περιοδεύσατε τὴν γῆν καὶ περιώδευσαν τὴν γῆν 8 καὶ ἀνεβόησεν καὶ ἐλάλησεν πρός με λέγων ἰδοὺ οἱ ἐκπορευόμενοι ἐπὶ γῆν βορρᾶ ἀνέπαυσαν τὸν θυμόν μου ἐν γῇ βορρᾶ | 1 Once more yet I looked up, and had a vision of four chariots, coming out of a pass between two mountains that were all of bronze. 2 Of the horses, the first pair were sorrel, the second black, 3 the third white, the fourth a sturdy pair of roans. 4 And when I asked of my angel monitor what these might be, 5 Here be four winds, he told me, going out on their errand; their place is in his presence, who is Master of the whole earth. 6 So out they went, chariot drawn by black horses turning northwards; the white followed these, and the roans turned southwards, 7 the sturdiest pair of all … …Went out on their errand,[1] fain to traverse the whole world through. 8 And a great cry came to me,[2] See, where they reach the north country! All is well in the north country, my heart is content.[3] |
1 Et conversus sum, et levavi oculos meos, et vidi: et ecce quatuor quadrigæ egredientes de medio duorum montium: et montes, montes ærei. 2 In quadriga prima equi rufi, et in quadriga secunda equi nigri, 3 et in quadriga tertia equi albi, et in quadriga quarta equi varii et fortes. 4 Et respondi, et dixi ad angelum qui loquebatur in me: Quid sunt hæc, domine mi? 5 Et respondit angelus, et ait ad me: Isti sunt quatuor venti cæli, qui egrediuntur ut stent coram Dominatore omnis terræ. 6 In qua erant equi nigri, egrediebantur in terram aquilonis: et albi egressi sunt post eos, et varii egressi sunt ad terram austri. 7 Qui autem erant robustissimi, exierunt, et quærebant ire et discurrere per omnem terram. Et dixit: Ite, perambulate terram: et perambulaverunt terram. 8 Et vocavit me, et locutus est ad me, dicens: Ecce qui egrediuntur in terram aquilonis, requiescere fecerunt spiritum meum in terra aquilonis. |
| 9 καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος κυρίου πρός με λέγων 10 λαβὲ τὰ ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας παρὰ τῶν ἀρχόντων καὶ παρὰ τῶν χρησίμων αὐτῆς καὶ παρὰ τῶν ἐπεγνωκότων αὐτὴν καὶ εἰσελεύσῃ σὺ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ εἰς τὸν οἶκον Ιωσιου τοῦ Σοφονιου τοῦ ἥκοντος ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος 11 καὶ λήψῃ ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον καὶ ποιήσεις στεφάνους καὶ ἐπιθήσεις ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ιωσεδεκ τοῦ ἱερέως τοῦ μεγάλου 12 καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτόν τάδε λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ ἰδοὺ ἀνήρ Ἀνατολὴ ὄνομα αὐτῷ καὶ ὑποκάτωθεν αὐτοῦ ἀνατελεῖ καὶ οἰκοδομήσει τὸν οἶκον κυρίου 13 καὶ αὐτὸς λήμψεται ἀρετὴν καὶ καθίεται καὶ κατάρξει ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔσται ὁ ἱερεὺς ἐκ δεξιῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ βουλὴ εἰρηνικὴ ἔσται ἀνὰ μέσον ἀμφοτέρων 14 ὁ δὲ στέφανος ἔσται τοῖς ὑπομένουσιν καὶ τοῖς χρησίμοις αὐτῆς καὶ τοῖς ἐπεγνωκόσιν αὐτὴν καὶ εἰς χάριτα υἱοῦ Σοφονιου καὶ εἰς ψαλμὸν ἐν οἴκῳ κυρίου | 9 And a message from the Lord came to Zacharias: 10 From yonder emissaries of the exiled Jews, Holdai, Tobias and Idaias, toll thou must take; this very day bestir thee, and make thy way to the house of Josias, son of Sophonias, whither they have repaired, newly come from Babylon. 11 Gold and silver thou must take from them, and make crowns, to crown the high priest, Josue son of Josedec …[4] 12 This message thou shalt give him from the Lord God of hosts: Here is one takes his name from the Dayspring;[5] where his feet have trodden, spring there shall be. He it is shall rebuild the Lord’s temple; 13 builder of the Lord’s temple, to what honours he shall come! On princely throne he sits, throne of a priest beside him,[6] and between these two, what harmony of counsel! 14 For Helem, Tobias, Idaias, and Hem the son of Sophonias, the crowns they gave[7] shall win remembrance in the temple of the Lord. | 9 Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens: 10 Sume a transmigratione, ab Holdai, et a Tobia, et ab Idaia: et venies tu in die illa, et intrabis domum Josiæ filii Sophoniæ, qui venerunt de Babylone. 11 Et sumes aurum et argentum, et facies coronas, et pones in capite Jesu filii Josedec, sacerdotis magni: 12 et loqueris ad eum, dicens: Hæc ait Dominus exercituum, dicens: Ecce vir, Oriens nomen ejus, et subter eum orietur, et ædificabit templum Domino. 13 Et ipse exstruet templum Domino: et ipse portabit gloriam, et sedebit, et dominabitur super solio suo: et erit sacerdos super solio suo, et consilium pacis erit inter illos duos. 14 Et coronæ erunt Helem, et Tobiæ, et Idaiæ, et Hem filio Sophoniæ, memoriale in templo Domini. |
| 15 καὶ οἱ μακρὰν ἀ{P'} αὐτῶν ἥξουσιν καὶ οἰκοδομήσουσιν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ κυρίου καὶ γνώσεσθε διότι κύριος παντοκράτωρ ἀπέσταλκέν με πρὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ ἔσται ἐὰν εἰσακούοντες εἰσακούσητε τῆς φωνῆς κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ ὑμῶν | 15 Men shall come from far away, to work at the temple’s rebuilding; you shall not doubt, then, it was the Lord of hosts gave me my warrant. Will you but heed the voice of the Lord your God, this shall be your reward …[8] | 15 Et qui procul sunt, venient, et ædificabunt in templo Domini: et scietis quia Dominus exercituum misit me ad vos. Erit autem hoc, si auditu audieritis vocem Domini Dei vestri. |
[1] It seems likely that there is some defect in the text, which makes no mention of the sorrel horses, and implies (as it stands) that the roans first went southwards, and then went out in an unspecified direction.
[2] Literally, ‘he cried and said to me’, the subject of the verb remaining un expressed.
[3] Literally, ‘they have given my spirit rest in the north country’. The sense is perhaps that they had executed vengeance (cf. Ez. 5.13); but the interpretation of the allegory must have depended on a situation with which we are no longer familiar.
[4] It is possible that two crowns at once were set on the head of Josue, to convey some mystical lesson. But it is more natural, especially in view of what follows, to infer that some words have dropped out of the text, indicating that the second crown was for Zorobabel.
[5] ‘The Dayspring’, as in 3.8 above, is ‘the Branch’ (or, ‘the Shoot’) in the Hebrew text. It seems clear that the first half of Zorobabel’s name is referred to. ‘Where his feet have trodden’; literally, ‘from under him’.
[6] The Latin and the Hebrew are ambiguous here; the meaning may be ‘he shall be priest on his throne’, or ‘a priest shall be on his throne’. The latter sense is given by the Septuagint Greek, and those authors who adopt the rival interpretation are at a loss to explain what is meant by ‘these two’.
[7] Literally, ‘the crowns’, but it seems fairly clear that the same persons are referred to as in verse 10, though with some curious differences of nomenclature.
[8] The form of the sentence in the Hebrew text suggests that the obedience of the Jewish people will produce some effect which still remains to be expressed; if so, we have to suppose another gap in the manuscripts.
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Nihil Obstat. Father Anton Cowan, Censor.
Imprimatur. +Most Rev. Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. 8th January 2012.
Re-typeset and published in 2012 by Baronius Press Ltd
