Zechariah 4

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

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

2 “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.

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

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

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

And I spake, and said to the angel that talked with me, What mean these, my lord?

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

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

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 Even obstacles as big as mountains will be flattened before Zerubbabel. Finally he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘Blessings on 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 Then the Lord gave me another message.

Moreover, the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

9 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.

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 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.”

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

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

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

And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these mean? And I said, No, my lord.

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

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