Zechariah 4

1 And the angel that spoke in me came again: and he waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.

And the messenger who is speaking with me turns back, and stirs me up as one who is stirred up out of his sleep,

2 And he said to me: What seest thou? And I said: I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, and its lamp upon the top of it: and the seven lights thereof upon it: and seven funnels for the lights that were upon the top thereof.

and he says to me, “What are you seeing?” And I say, “I have looked, and behold, a lampstand of gold—all of it, and its bowl [is] on its top, and its seven lamps [are] on it, and twice seven pipes [are] to the lights that [are] on its top,

3 And two olive trees over it: one upon the right side of the lamp, and the other upon the left side thereof.

and two olive-trees [are] by it, one on the right of the bowl and one on its left.”

4 And I answered, and said to the angel that spoke in me, saying: What are these things, my lord?

And I answer and speak to the messenger who is speaking with me, saying, “What [are] these, my lord?”

5 And the angel that spoke in me answered, and said to me: Knowest thou not what these things are? And I said: No, my lord.

And the messenger who is speaking with me answers and says to me, “Have you not known what these [are]?” And I say, “No, my lord.”

6 And he answered, and spoke to me, saying: This is the word of the Lord to Zorobabel, saying: Not with an army, nor by might, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.

And he answers and speaks to me, saying, “This [is] a word of YHWH to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by a force, nor by power, But—by My Spirit, said YHWH of Hosts.

7 Who art thou, O great mountain, before Zorobabel? thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring out the chief stone, and shall give equal grace to the grace thereof.

Who [are] you, O great mountain Before Zerubbabel—for a plain! And he has brought forth the top-stone, Cries of Grace, grace—[are] to it.”

8 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,

9 The hands of Zorobabel have laid the foundations of this house, and his hands shall finish it: and you shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me to you.

“Hands of Zerubbabel founded this house, And his hands finish it, And you have known that YHWH of Hosts Has sent Me to you.

10 For who hath despised little days? and they shall rejoice, and shall see the tin plummet in the hand of Zorobabel. These are the seven eyes of the Lord, that run to and fro through the whole earth.

For who trampled on the day of small things, They have rejoiced, And seen the tin weight in the hand of Zerubbabel, These seven [are] the eyes of YHWH, They are going to and fro in all the land.”

11 And I answered, and said to him: What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick, and upon the left side thereof?

And I answer and say to him, “What [are] these two olive-trees, on the right of the lampstand, and on its left?”

12 And I answered again, and said to him: What are the two olive branches, that are by the two golden beaks, in which are the funnels of gold?

And I answer a second time, and say to him, “What [are] the two branches of the olive trees that, by means of the two golden pipes, are emptying out of themselves the oil?”

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

And he speaks to me, saying, “Have you not known what these [are]?” And I say, “No, my lord.”

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

And he says, “These [are] the two sons of the oil, who are standing by the Lord of the whole earth.”