Zechariah 4

1 Then the angel who was talking with me turned and roused me like a man roused from his sleep.

And once more the messenger who was speaking with me, roused me up, just as a man might be roused up out of his sleep.

2 He said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a lampstand made entirely of gold, with a bowl on its top. It has seven lamps on it and seven lamp wicks at the top of each lamp.

Then said he unto me, What canst thou see? And I said—I have looked, and lo! a Lampstand—all of gold, with the Bowl thereof upon the top thereof, and its Seven Lamps upon it, Seven Pipes each, to the lamps which are upon the top thereof;

3 Two olive trees are by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on the left side.”

and, Two Olive-trees, by it, —one upon the right hand of the bowl, and one upon the left hand thereof.

4 So I spoke again to the angel who was talking with me. I said, “What do these things mean, my master?”

Then responded I, and said unto the messenger who was speaking with me, saying, —What are these, my lord?

5 The angel who was talking with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these things mean?” I said, “No, my master.”

Then answered the messenger who was speaking with me, and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these, are? And I said, No my lord.

6 So he said to me, “This is the word of Yahweh to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, says Yahweh of hosts.

Then responded he, and spake unto me, saying, This, is the word of Yahweh, unto Zerubbabel, saying, —Not by wealth, nor by strength, but by my spirit, saith Yahweh of hosts.

7 What are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain, and he will bring out the top stone to shouts of 'Grace! Grace to it!'”

Who, art, thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel, [brought down] to a plain! So shall he bring forth the headstone, with thundering shouts Beautiful! Beautiful! thereunto.

8 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:

9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house and his hands will bring it to completion.” Then you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you.

The hands of Zerubbabel, have founded this house, and, his hands, shall finish it, —So shalt thou know that, Yahweh of hosts, hath sent me unto you.

10 Who has despised the day of small things? These people will rejoice and will see the plumb stone in the hand of Zerubbabel. (These seven lamps are the eyes of Yahweh that roam over the whole earth.)

For who hath despised the day of small things? Yet shall they rejoice, when they see the plummet-stone in the hand of Zerubbabel, —these seven! The eyes of Yahweh, they are—running to and fro throughout all the earth.

11 Then I asked the angel, “What are these two olive trees that stand on the left and the right of the lampstand?”

Then responded I, and said unto him, —What are these two olive-trees, upon the right of the lampstand, and upon the left thereof?

12 Once more I asked him, “What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that have golden oil pouring out of them?”

And I responded a second time, and said unto him, —What are the two branches of the olive- trees which join the two golden tubes, which empty out of them the golden oil?

13 Then he said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my master.”

And he spake unto me, saying, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

14 So he said, “These are the sons of fresh olive oil who stand before the Lord of all the earth.”

Then said he, These, are the two Anointed Ones, —who stand near the Lord of all the earth.