Zechariah 4

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

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

2 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,

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:

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

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

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

So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?

5 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.”

Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.

6 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.

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.

7 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.”

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.

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

Moreover the word of Yhwh came unto me, saying,

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

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.

10 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.”

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.

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

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?

12 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?”

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?

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

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

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

Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.