4:1 那與我說話的天使又來叫醒我,好像人睡覺被喚醒一樣。
4:2 他問我說:「你看見了甚麼?」我說:「我看見了一個純金的燈臺,頂上有盞燈,燈臺上有七盞燈,每盞有七個管子。
4:3 旁邊有兩棵橄欖樹,一棵在燈盞的右邊,一棵在燈盞的左邊。」
4:4 我問與我說話的天使說:「主啊,這是甚麼意思?」
4:5 與我說話的天使回答我說:「你不知道這是甚麼意思嗎?」我說:「主啊,我不知道。」
4:6 他對我說:「這是耶和華指示所羅巴伯的。萬軍之耶和華說:『不是倚靠勢力,不是倚靠才能,乃是倚靠我的靈方能成事。』
Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep. He asked me, 'What do you see?' I answered, 'I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven channels to the lamps. Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.' I asked the angel who talked with me, 'What are these, my lord?' He answered, 'Do you not know what these are?' 'No, my lord,' I replied. So he said to me, 'This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD Almighty.
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撒迦利亞是猶大人歸回耶路撒冷重建聖殿時的先知,這個異象是鼓勵當時的領袖所羅巴伯。也告訴他重建聖殿的力量是來自耶和華本身,所以上帝說:『不是倚靠勢力,不是倚靠才能,乃是倚靠我的靈方能成事。』
當然,上帝這句話並非要否定人的作為,乃是要鼓勵人來與祂同工。因為人是軟弱、容易灰心、沮喪,需要上帝的支持,才能有源源不斷的力氣。正如金燈台,需要有兩棵橄欖樹,不斷的供應橄欖油,才能一直保持明亮。
同樣,我們信耶穌以後,上帝的油(生命與聖靈),才會不斷的流入我們的心中,一直到永遠,一直為主發光!