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 messenger who talked with me came again and woke me, as someone who is woken from sleep.

2 And he said to me, What see you? 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:

He said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a candlestick, all of gold, with a bowl on its top, and seven lamps on it. There are seven pipes to each of the lamps, which are on its top,

3 and two olive-trees above it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on the left.

and two olive trees next to it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on its left side.”

4 And I inquired, and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these things, [my] lord?

I said to the messenger who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

5 And the angel that talked with me answered, and spoke to me, saying, Know you not what these things are? And I said, No, [my] lord.

Then the messenger who talked with me answered, “Don’t you know what these are?” And I said. “No, my lord.”

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, says the Lord Almighty.

He said to me, “This is the message of the Lord regarding Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts,

7 Who are you, the great mountain before Zorobabel, that you should prosper? whereas I will bring out the stone of the inheritance, the grace of it the equal of [my ] grace.

will I make the great mountain before Zerubbabel a plain. He will bring forth the top stones with shoutings of, ‘Grace, grace, to it.’”

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

Moreover this message of the Lord came to me:

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

The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands will also finish it. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.

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 has despised the day of small things? They will rejoice, and will see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. (The seven lamps are the eyes of the Lord that search all around 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?

Again I asked, “What are these two olive trees on the right side of the candlestick and on its left side?”

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?

Again, “What are these two branches of the olive trees, which are pouring out the golden oil through the two golden pipes?”

13 And he said to me, Know you not what these are? and I said, No, [my] lord.

He answered me, “Don’t you now what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”

14 And he said, These are the two anointed ones [that] stand by the Lord of the whole earth.

Then he explained, “They are the two anointed ones who attend the Lord of all the earth.”