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 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 have seen, and behold, a lamp stand all of gold, with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps which are on the top of it;

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 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 on the right of the bowl and one on its left.”

4 I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “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 angel who talked with me answered me, “Don’t you know what these are?” 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 Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is Yahweh’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

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 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 [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 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

And there is a word of YHWH to 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 Yahweh of Armies 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 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 Yahweh’s eyes, which run back and forth through the whole earth.”

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 Then I asked him, “What are these two olive trees on the right side of the lamp stand and on the left side of it?”

And I answer and say to him, “What [are] these two olive-trees, on the right of the lampstand, and on 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 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 know what these are?” 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 said, “These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”

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