Zechariah 4

1 Then the angel who was talking with me turned and roused me like a man roused from his sleep.

And the angel that talked with me returned, and awakened me, as when a man is awakened out of his sleep.

2 He said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a lampstand made entirely of gold, with a bowl on its top. It has seven lamps on it and seven lamp wicks at the top of each lamp.

And he said to me, What see you? And I said, I have seen, and behold a candlestick all of gold, and its bowl upon it, and seven lamps upon it, and seven oil funnels to the lamps upon it:

3 Two olive trees are by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on the left side.”

and two olive-trees above it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on the left.

4 So I spoke again to the angel who was talking with me. I said, “What do these things mean, my master?”

And I inquired, and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these things, [my] lord?

5 The angel who was talking with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these things mean?” I said, “No, my master.”

And the angel that talked with me answered, and spoke to me, saying, Know you not what these things are? And I said, No, [my] lord.

6 So he said to me, “This is the word of Yahweh to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, says Yahweh of hosts.

And he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of the Lord to Zorobabel, saying, Not by mighty power, nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the Lord Almighty.

7 What are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain, and he will bring out the top stone to shouts of 'Grace! Grace to it!'”

Who are you, the great mountain before Zorobabel, that you should prosper? whereas I will bring out the stone of the inheritance, the grace of it the equal of [my ] grace.

8 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

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

9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house and his hands will bring it to completion.” Then you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you.

The hands of Zorobabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands shall finish it: and you shall know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.

10 Who has despised the day of small things? These people will rejoice and will see the plumb stone in the hand of Zerubbabel. (These seven lamps are the eyes of Yahweh that roam over the whole earth.)

For who has despised the small days? surely they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet of tin in the hand of Zorobabel: these are the seven eyes that look upon all the earth.

11 Then I asked the angel, “What are these two olive trees that stand on the left and the right of the lampstand?”

And I answered, and said to him, What are these two olive-trees, which are on the right and left hand of the candlestick?

12 Once more I asked him, “What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that have golden oil pouring out of them?”

And I asked the second time, and said to him, What are the two branches of the olive-trees that are by the side of the two golden pipes that pour into and communicate with the golden oil funnels?

13 Then he said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my master.”

And he said to me, Know you not what these are? and I said, No, [my] lord.

14 So he said, “These are the sons of fresh olive oil who stand before the Lord of all the earth.”

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