Zechariah 4

1 The angel who talked with me came again, and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep.

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

2 He said to me, "What do you see?" I said, "I have seen, and look, a lampstand all of gold, with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps, which are on the top of it;

And he said unto me, What art thou seeing? And I said, I have looked, and behold, there is a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon its top, and its seven lamps are thereupon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon its top:

3 and two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side of it."

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

4 I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, "What are these, my lord?"

And I commenced and said unto the angel that spoke with me, saying, What are these, my lord?

5 Then the angel who talked with me answered me, "Do you not know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord."

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

6 Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, "This is the word of YHWH to Zerubbabel, saying, 'Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says YHWH of hosts.

Then answered he and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.

7 Who are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you are a plain; and he will bring out the capstone with shouts of 'Grace, grace, to it.'"

Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou wilt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone with shoutings of, Grace, grace unto it.

8 Moreover the word of YHWH came to me, saying,

And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

9 "The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands shall also finish it; and you will know that YHWH of hosts has sent me to you.

The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands shall complete it: and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you.

10 Indeed, who despises the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are the eyes of YHWH, which run back and forth through the whole earth."

For whoever even despised the day of [its] small beginning: yet will they rejoice when they see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel, with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which hold a survey through all the earth.

11 Then I asked him, "What are these two olive trees on the right side of the lampstand and on the left side of it?"

And I began, and said unto him, What are these two olive-trees upon the right side of the candle-stick and upon its left?

12 I asked him the second time, "What are these two olive branches, which are beside the two golden spouts, that pour the golden oil out of themselves?"

And I began a second time, and said unto him, What are these two olive-branches, which are close by the two golden pipes which empty out of themselves the gold-colored oil?

13 He answered me, "Do you not know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord."

And he said to me as followeth, Knowest thou not what these things are? And I said, No, my lord.

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

Then said he, These are the two sons of the clear oil, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.