Zechariah 4:1-14
4 Datfala angel wea bin story witim mi hem kam bak and wekapem mi, olsem taem man wekapem man wea sleep.
2 Then hem sei lo mi: “Wat nao iu lukim?”
So mi sei: “Mi luk go, and lukim wanfala lampstand wea olketa wakem lo gold, and wanfala bowl stap antap lo hem. Hem garem sevenfala lamp lo hem, yes sevenfala, and olketa lamp wea stap antap lo hem, hem garem sevenfala pipe.
3 And lo saed blo hem, hem garem tufala olive tree, wanfala lo raet saed blo datfala bowl and narawan lo left saed blo hem.”
4 Then mi askem datfala angel wea story witim mi: “Wat nao mining blo olketa samting hia, lord blo mi?”
5 So angel hia wea story witim mi askem mi olsem: “Hao, iu no savve lo mining blo olketa samting hia?”
Mi ansa and sei: “Nomoa, lord blo mi, mi no savve.”
6 Then hem sei lo mi: “Diswan nao toktok wea Jehovah talem lo Zerubbabel: ‘“Hem no from strong blo wanfala army, or strong blo olketa man, bat from spirit blo mi,” hem nao wanem Jehovah, komanda blo olketa army hem talem.
7 Hu nao iu, O bigfala maunten? Iu bae kamap wanfala level ples* front lo Zerubbabel. And bae hem tekem kam last ston antap,* and pipol bae singaot and sei: “Hem barava gud! Hem barava gud!”’”
8 Jehovah talemaot moa toktok blo hem lo mi and sei:
9 “Hand blo Zerubbabel nao leim faondeson blo disfala haos, and hand blo hem tu bae finisim datwan. And bae iu mas savve dat Jehovah, komanda blo olketa army, hem nao sendem mi kam lo iufala.
10 Bikos hu nao bae no les lo taem wea olketa smol samting just start? Bikos bae olketa hapi and lukim datfala plumb line* lo hand blo Zerubbabel. Sevenfala hia, hem eye blo Jehovah wea lukluk raon lo evri ples lo earth.”
11 Then mi askem hem: “Wat nao mining blo tufala olive tree hia wea stap lo raet saed, and lo left saed blo datfala lampstand?”
12 Mi askem hem mek-tu taem moa: “Wat nao mining blo tufala bunch from olketa smol branch blo olketa olive tree hia, wea datfala oil wea olsem gold hem ran daon followim lo tufala pipe wea olketa wakem lo gold?”
13 So hem askem mi: “Hao, iu no savve lo mining blo olketa samting hia?”
Mi ansa and sei: “Nomoa, lord blo mi, mi no savve.”
14 Hem sei: “Diswan hem tufala anointed wan wea standap lo saed blo datfala Lord blo full earth.”
Olketa footnote
^ Or, “flat ples.”
^ Heb., “hedston.”
^ Heb., “datfala ston, datfala tin.” Plumb line hem rope wea olketa taengem bolet lo end blo hem for mekem wall wea olketa buildim hem stret.
