Zechariah 4

1 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.

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

2 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;

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, by it, —one upon the right hand of the bowl, and one upon the left hand thereof.

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

4 Then responded I, and said unto the messenger who was speaking with me, saying, —What are these, my lord?

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

5 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.

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

6 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.

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, 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.

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 Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:

Moreover this message of the Lord came to me:

9 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.

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 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.

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 Then responded I, and said unto him, —What are these two olive-trees, upon the right of the lampstand, and upon the left thereof?

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

12 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?

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 spake unto me, saying, Knowest thou 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 Then said he, These, are the two Anointed Ones, —who stand near the Lord of all the earth.

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