Zechariah 4

1 Then the messenger who talked with me came again and woke me, as someone who is woken from sleep.

And the agent who talked with me came again, and awoke me, as a man who is awakened out of his sleep.

2 He said to me, ‘What do you see?’ I said, ‘I see a candlestick, all of gold, with a bowl on its top, and seven lamps on it. There are seven pipes to each of the lamps, which are on its top,

And he said to me, What do thou see? And I said, I have seen, and, behold, a lampstand all of gold, with its bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps on it. There are seven pipes to each of the lamps, which are upon the top of it,

3 and two olive trees next to it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on its left side.’

and two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side of it.

4 I said to the messenger who talked with me, ‘What are these, my lord?’

And I answered and spoke to the agent who talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?

5 Then the messenger who talked with me answered, ‘Don’t you know what these are?’ And I said. ‘No, my lord.’

Then the agent who talked with me answered and said to me, Do thou not know what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

6 He said to me, ‘This is the message of the Lord regarding Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts,

Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says Jehovah of hosts.

7 will I make the great mountain before Zerubbabel a plain. He will bring forth the top stones with shoutings of, “Grace, grace, to it.”’

Who are thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel thou shall become a plain, and he shall bring forth the top stone with shoutings of Grace, grace, to it.

8 Moreover this message of the Lord came to me:

Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands will also finish it. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.

The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands shall also finish it. And thou shall know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me to you.

10 For who has despised the day of small things? They will rejoice, and will see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. (The seven lamps are the eyes of the Lord that search all around the world.)

For who has despised the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel, the eyes of Jehovah, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

11 Again I asked, ‘What are these two olive trees on the right side of the candlestick and on its left side?’

Then I answered, and said to him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the lampstand and upon the left side of it?

12 Again, ‘What are these two branches of the olive trees, which are pouring out the golden oil through the two golden pipes?’

And I answered the second time, and said to him, What are these two olive-branches, which are beside the two golden spouts that empty the golden oil out of themselves?

13 He answered me, ‘Don’t you now what these are?’ And I said, ‘No, my lord.’

And he answered me and said, Do thou not know what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

14 Then he explained, ‘They are the two anointed ones who attend the Lord of all the earth.’

Then he said, These are the two anointed ones, who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.