Zechariah 4

1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.

Then the angel I had been talking to returned and got my attention, like waking someone from sleep.

2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I see, and behold, a lamp-stand all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon, seven [lamps] and seven pipes to the lamps, which are upon the top thereof;

“What do you see?” he asked me. “I see a lampstand made of solid gold with a bowl at its top having seven lamps on it, each with seven lips.

3 and two olive-trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl, and the other on the left of it.

I also see olive trees, one to the right and one to the left of the bowl.”

4 And I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?

Then I asked the angel I was talking to, “What are these, my lord?”

5 And the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

“Don't you know what these are?” the angel replied. “No, my lord,” I responded.

6 And he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Then he told me, “This is the Lord's message to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord Almighty.

7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel [thou dost become] a plain; and he shall bring forth the head-stone with shoutings: Grace, grace unto it!

Even obstacles as big as mountains will be flattened before Zerubbabel. Finally he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘Blessings on it!’”

8 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Then the Lord gave me another message.

9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; and his hands shall finish it: and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto you.

Zerubbabel with his own hands laid the foundations for this Temple, and it will be completed the same way. Then you will know the Lord Almighty has sent me.

10 For who hath despised the day of small things? Yea, they shall rejoice [even] those seven — and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel: these are the eyes of Jehovah, which run to and fro in the whole earth.

For who dares look down on this time of small beginnings? They will be happy when they see the plumb line in Zerubbabel's hand. “The seven lamps represent the eyes of the Lord which see all over the world.”

11 And I answered and said unto him, What are these two olive-trees on the right of the lamp-stand and on its left?

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

12 And I answered the second time and said unto him, What are the two olive-branches which are beside the two golden tubes that empty the gold out of themselves?

And I also asked him, “What are the two olive branches from which the golden oil pours out from through golden pipes?”

13 And he spoke to me, saying, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

“Don't you know?” the angel replied. “No, my lord,” I responded.

14 And he said, These are the two sons of oil, that stand before the Lord of the whole earth.

“These are the two who have been anointed who stand by the Lord of all the earth,” he replied.