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 the angel that talked with me came again, and awaked me, as a man that is wakened 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;

and said to me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold, a chandelier all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps upon it, and seven pipes to the seven lamps which are upon the top of it;

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 side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side of it.

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

And I spake, and said to the angel that talked with me, What mean 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 the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, Knowest thou not what these mean? 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 he answered and spake to me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah to Zerubbabel, saying: — Not by might, nor by power, But by my spirit, Saith Jehovah 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!’”

What art thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain! And he shall bring forth the corner-stone amid shoutings, [[The people crying, ]] “Grace, grace be to it!”

8 Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying,

Moreover, the word of Jehovah came to 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 laid the foundation of this house, and his hands shall finish it. And thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me to 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? With joy shall the plummet be seen in the hand of Zerubbabel by those seven; they are the eyes of Jehovah, which run to and fro through the whole 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 I spake and said to him, What mean these two olive-trees, upon the right side of the chandelier and upon the left side 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 spake the second time, and said to him, What mean these two olive-branches, which are by the side of the two golden tubes which empty the golden oil out of themselves?

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

And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these mean? 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.”

And he said, These are the two anointed ones that stand before the Lord of all the earth.