²And he said to me: What seest thou? And I said: I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, and its lamp upon the top of it: and the seven lights thereof upon it: and seven funnels for the lights that were upon the top thereof.

³And two olive trees over it: one upon the right side of the lamp, and the other upon the left side thereof.

⁴And I answered, and said to the angel that spoke in me, saying: What are these things, my lord?

⁵And the angel that spoke in me answered, and said to me: Knowest thou not what these things are? And I said: No, my lord.

⁶And he answered, and spoke to me, saying: This is the word of the Lord to Zorobabel, saying: Not with an army, nor by might, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.

⁷Who art thou, O great mountain, before Zorobabel? thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring out the chief stone, and shall give equal grace to the grace thereof.

⁸And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

⁹The hands of Zorobabel have laid the foundations of this house, and his hands shall finish it: and you shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me to you.

¹⁰For who hath despised little days? and they shall rejoice, and shall see the tin plummet in the hand of Zorobabel. These are the seven eyes of the Lord, that run to and fro through the whole earth.

¹¹And I answered, and said to him: What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick, and upon the left side thereof?

¹²And I answered again, and said to him: What are the two olive branches, that are by the two golden beaks, in which are the funnels of gold?

¹³And he spoke to me, saying: Knowest thou not what these are? And I said: No, my lord.

¹⁴And he said: These are two sons of oil who stand before the Lord of the whole earth.

Chapter 5

And I turned and lifted up my eyes: and I saw, and behold a volume flying.

²And he said to me: What seest thou? And I said: I see a volume flying: the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

³And he said to me: This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the earth: for every thief shall be judged as is there written: and every one that sweareth in like manner shall be judged by it.

⁴I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts: and it shall come to the house of the thief, and to the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with the timber thereof, and the stones thereof.

⁵And the angel went forth that spoke in me, and he said to me: Lift up thy eyes, and see what this is, that goeth forth.

⁶And I said: What is it? And he said: This is a vessel going forth. And he said: This is their eye in all the earth.

⁷And behold a talent of lead was carried, and behold a woman sitting in the midst of the vessel.

⁸And he said: This is wickedness. And he cast her into the midst of the vessel, and cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

⁹And I lifted up my eyes and looked: and behold there came out two women, and wind was in their wings, and they had wings like the wings of a kite: and they lifted up the vessel between the earth and the heaven.

¹⁰And I said to the angel that spoke in me: Whither do these carry the vessel?

¹¹And he said to me: That a house may be built for it in the land of Sennaar, and that it may be established, and set there upon its own basis.

Chapter 6

And I turned, and lifted up my eyes, and saw: and behold four chariots came out from the midst of two mountains: and the mountains were mountains of brass.

²In the first chariot were red horses, and in the second chariot black horses.

³And in the third chariot white horses, and in the fourth chariot grisled horses, and strong ones.

⁴And I answered, and said to the angel that spoke in me: What are these, my lord?

⁵And the angel answered, and said to me: These are the four winds of the heaven, which go forth to stand before the Lord of all the earth.

⁶That in which were the black horses went forth into the land of the north, and the white went forth after them: and the grisled went forth to the land the south.

⁷And they that were most strong, went out, and sought to go, and to run to and fro through all the earth. And he said: Go, walk throughout the earth: and they walked throughout the earth.

⁸And he called me, and spoke to me, saying: Behold they that go forth into the land of the north, have quieted my spirit in the land of the north.

⁹And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

¹⁰Take of them of the captivity, of Holdai, and of Tobias, and of Idaias; thou shalt come in that day, a shalt go into the house of Josias, the son of Sophonias, who came out of Babylon.

¹¹And thou shalt take gold and silver: and shalt make crowns, and thou shalt set them on the head of Jesus the son of Josedec, the high priest.

¹²And thou shalt speak to him, saying: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: BEHOLD A MAN, THE ORIENT IS HIS NAME: and under him shall he spring up, and shall build a temple to the Lord.

¹³Yea, he shall build a temple to the Lord: and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit, and rule upon his throne: and he shall be a priest upon his throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

¹⁴And the crowns shall be to Helem, and Tobias, and Idaias, and to Hem, the son of Sophonias, a memorial in the temple of the Lord.

¹⁵And they that are far off, shall come and shall build in the temple of the Lord: and you shall know that the Lord of hosts sent me to you. But this shall come to pass, if hearing you will hear the voice of the Lord your God.

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