Zechariah 4

1 And the Angel that talked with mee, came againe and waked mee, as a man that is raysed out of his sleepe,

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

2 And saide vnto me, What seest thou? And I said, I haue looked, and beholde, a candlesticke all of gold with a bowle vpon the toppe of it, and his seuen lampes therein, and seuen pipes to the lampes, which were vpon the toppe 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 oliue trees ouer it, one vpon the right side of the bowle, and the other vpon the left side thereof.

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

4 So I answered, and spake 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 Then the Angel that talked with mee, answered and said vnto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my Lord.

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

6 Then he answered and spake vnto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord vnto Zerubbabel, saying, Neither by an armie nor strength, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hostes.

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 mountaine, before Zerubbabel? thou shalt be a plaine, and he shall bring foorth the head stone thereof, with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace vnto 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 Moreouer, the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

Then the Lord gave me another message.

9 The handes of Zerubbabel haue layde the foundation of this house: his handes shall also finish it, and thou shalt knowe that the Lord of hostes hath sent me vnto 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 the small thinges? but they shall reioyce, and shall see the stone of tinne in the hand of Zerubbabel: these seuen are the eyes of the Lord, which go thorow the whole world.

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 Then answered I, and said vnto him, What are these two oliue trees vpon the right and vpon the left side thereof?

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 spake moreouer, and said vnto him, What bee these two oliue branches, which thorowe the two golden pipes emptie themselues into the golde?

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

13 And hee answered me, and saide, Knowest thou not what these bee? And I sayde, No, my Lord.

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

14 Then said he, These are the two oliue branches, that stand with the ruler of the whole earth.

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