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Domenica, 28 aprile 2024 - San Luigi Maria Grignion da Montfort ( Letture di oggi)

Zachariæ 4


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VULGATANEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Et reversus est angelus qui loquebatur in me, et suscitavit me quasi virum qui suscitatur de somno suo.1 Then the angel who spoke with me returned and awakened me, like a man awakened from his sleep.
2 Et dixit ad me : Quid tu vides ? Et dixi : Vidi, et ecce candelabrum aureum totum, et lampas ejus super caput ipsius, et septem lucernæ ejus super illud, et septem infusoria lucernis quæ erant super caput ejus.2 "What do you see?" he asked me. "I see a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl at the top," I replied; "on it are seven lamps with their tubes,
3 Et duæ olivæ super illud : una a dextris lampadis, et una a sinistris ejus.3 and beside it are two olive trees, one on the right and the other on the left."
4 Et respondi, et aio ad angelum qui loquebatur in me, dicens : Quid sunt hæc, domine mi ?4 Then I said to the angel who spoke with me, "What are these things, my lord?"
5 Et respondit angelus qui loquebatur in me, et dixit ad me : Numquid nescis quid sunt hæc ? Et dixi : Non, domine mi.5 And the angel who spoke with me replied, "Do you not know what these things are?" "No, my lord," I answered.
6 Et respondit, et ait ad me, dicens : Hoc est verbum Domini ad Zorobabel, dicens : Non in exercitu, nec in robore, sed in spiritu meo, dicit Dominus exercituum.6 Then he said to me, "This is the LORD'S message to Zerubbabel: Not by an army, nor by might, but by my spirit, says the LORD of hosts.
7 Quis tu, mons magne, coram Zorobabel ? In planum : et educet lapidem primarium, et exæquabit gratiam gratiæ ejus.7 What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you are but a plain. He shall bring out the capstone amid exclamations of 'Hail, Hail' to it."
8 Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens :8 This word of the LORD then came to me:
9 Manus Zorobabel fundaverunt domum istam, et manus ejus perficient eam : et scietis quia Dominus exercituum misit me ad vos.9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundations of this house, and his hands shall finish it; then you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
10 Quis enim despexit dies parvos ? Et lætabuntur, et videbunt lapidem stanneum in manu Zorobabel. Septem isti oculi sunt Domini, qui discurrunt in universam terram.10 For even they who were scornful on that day of small beginnings shall rejoice to see the select stone in the hands of Zerubbabel. These seven facets are the eyes of the LORD that range over the whole earth.
11 Et respondi, et dixi ad eum : Quid sunt duæ olivæ istæ, ad dexteram candelabri, et ad sinistram ejus ?11 I then asked him, "What are these two olive trees at each side of the lampstand?"
12 Et respondi secundo, et dixi ad eum : Quid sunt duæ spicæ olivarum quæ sunt juxta duo rostra aurea in quibus sunt suffusoria ex auro ?12 And again I asked, "What are the two olive tufts which freely pour out fresh oil through the two golden channels?"
13 Et ait ad me, dicens : Numquid nescis quid sunt hæc ? Et dixi : Non, domine mi.13 "Do you not know what these are?" he said to me. "No, my lord," I answered him.
14 Et dixit : Isti sunt duo filii olei, qui assistunt Dominatori universæ terræ.14 He said, "These are the two anointed who stand by the LORD of the whole earth."