Zechariah 4

1 The angel who talked with me came again and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of 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 have seen, and behold, a lamp stand all of gold, with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps which are on the top of it;

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

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

4 I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”

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

5 Then the angel who talked with me answered me, “Do not you know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”

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 Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is the LORD’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD of Armies.

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 Who are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you are a plain; and he will bring out the capstone with 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 Moreover the LORD’s word 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. His hands shall also finish it; and you will know that the LORD of Armies 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 Indeed, who despises the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are the LORD’s eyes, which run back and forth through 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 him, “What are these two olive trees on the right side of the lamp stand and on the left side of it?”

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 I asked him the second time, “What are these two olive branches, which are beside the two golden spouts that pour the golden oil out of themselves?”

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 He answered me, “Do not you know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”

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

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

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