Zacharias 4

1 And the angel that talked with me returned, and awakened me, as when a man is awakened 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 to me, What seest thou? And I said, I have seen, and behold a candlestick all of gold, and its bowl upon it, and seven lamps upon it, and seven oil funnels to the lamps upon it:

“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 above it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on the left.

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

4 And I inquired, and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these things, [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 spoke to me, saying, Knowest thou not what these things 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 to me, saying, This is the word of the Lord to Zorobabel, saying, Not by mighty power, nor by strength, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord Almighty.

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, the great mountain before Zorobabel, that thou shouldest prosper? whereas I will bring out the stone of the inheritance, the grace of it the equal of [my ] grace.

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 the Lord came to me, saying,

Then the Lord gave me another message.

9 The hands of Zorobabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands shall finish it: and thou shalt know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to thee.

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 has despised the small days? surely they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet of tin in the hand of Zorobabel: these are the seven eyes that look upon all the 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 to him, What are these two olive-trees, which are on the right and left hand of the candlestick?

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 asked the second time, and said to him, What are the two branches of the olive-trees that are by the side of the two golden pipes that pour into and communicate with the golden oil funnels?

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 said to me, 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 anointed ones [that] stand by 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.