Zechariah 4

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

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

2 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,

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

6 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,

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.

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

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.”

8 Moreover this message of the Lord came to me:

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

9 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.

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

10 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.)

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.”

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

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

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

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?”

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

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

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

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