Zechariah 4

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

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

2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top 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 olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon 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 me answered and said unto 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 unto me, saying, This is the word of Yhwh unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith Yhwh of Armies.

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 mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto 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 Moreover the word of Yhwh came unto me, saying,

Then the Lord gave me another message.

9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that Yhwh of Armies hath sent me unto 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 small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of Yhwh, which run to and fro through the whole 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 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the lampstand and upon 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 answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?

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

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

14 Then said he, 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.