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 once more the messenger who was speaking with me, roused me up, just as a man might be roused up 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,

Then said he unto me, What canst thou see? And I said—I have looked, and lo! a Lampstand—all of gold, with the Bowl thereof upon the top thereof, and its Seven Lamps upon it, Seven Pipes each, to the 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 hand of the bowl, and one upon the left hand thereof.

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

Then responded I, and said unto the messenger who was speaking 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 answered the messenger who was speaking with me, and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these, are? 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 responded he, and spake unto me, saying, This, is the word of Yahweh, unto Zerubbabel, saying, —Not by wealth, nor by strength, but by my spirit, saith Yahweh of hosts.

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, [brought down] to a plain! So shall he bring forth the headstone, with thundering shouts Beautiful! Beautiful! thereunto.

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

Then came the word of Yahweh 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 founded this house, and, his hands, shall finish it, —So shalt thou know that, Yahweh of hosts, 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? Yet shall they rejoice, when they see the plummet-stone in the hand of Zerubbabel, —these seven! The eyes of Yahweh, they are—running to and fro throughout all the 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 responded I, and said unto him, —What are these two olive-trees, upon the right of the lampstand, and upon the left 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 responded a second time, and said unto him, —What are the two branches of the olive- trees which join the two golden tubes, which empty out of them the golden oil?

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

And he spake unto me, saying, Knowest thou not what these are? 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, —who stand near the Lord of all the earth.