Zechariah 4

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

And the angel that spoke in me came again: and he waked me, as a man that is wakened 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 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.

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 over it: one upon the right side of the lamp, and the other upon the left side thereof.

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

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

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

And the angel that spoke in me answered, and said to me: Knowest thou not what these things 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,

And 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.

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 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.

8 Moreover this message of the Lord came to me:

And the word of the Lord 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 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.

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 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.

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

And 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?

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 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?

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

And he spoke to me, saying: Knowest thou not 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.’

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