Zechariah 4

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

And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.

2 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,

And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I see, and behold, a lamp-stand all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon, seven [lamps] and seven pipes to the lamps, which are upon the top thereof;

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

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

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

And I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?

5 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.”

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

6 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.

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

7 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.”

Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel [thou dost become] a plain; and he shall bring forth the head-stone with shoutings: Grace, grace unto it!

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

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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

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

10 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.”

For who hath despised the day of small things? Yea, they shall rejoice [even] those seven — and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel: these are the eyes of Jehovah, which run to and fro in the whole earth.

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

And I answered and said unto him, What are these two olive-trees on the right of the lamp-stand and on its left?

12 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?”

And I answered the second time and said unto him, What are the two olive-branches which are beside the two golden tubes that empty the gold out of themselves?

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

And he spoke to me, saying, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

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

And he said, These are the two sons of oil, that stand before the Lord of the whole earth.