Zechariah, 4

1. The angel who was talking to me came back and roused me as though rousing someone who was asleep.

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

2. And he asked me, 'What do you see?' I replied, 'As I look, there is a lamp-stand entirely of gold with a bowl at the top of it; it holds seven lamps, with seven openings for the lamps on it.

2. And he said to me, "What do you see?" I said, "I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps which are on the top of it.

3. By it are two olive trees, one to the right and the other to the left.'

3. And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left."

4. I then said to the angel who was talking to me, 'What are those things, my lord?'

4. And I said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"

5. The angel who was talking to me replied, 'Do you not know what they are?' I said, 'No, my lord.'

5. Then the angel who talked with me answered me, "Do you not know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord."

6. He then gave me this answer,'These seven are the eyes of Yahweh, which range over the whole world.'

6. Then he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerub'babel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts.

7. 'What are you, great mountain? Beside Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! He will bring out the keystone while it is cheered with Hurrah! Hurrah!'

7. What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerub'babel you shall become a plain; and he shall bring forward the top stone amid shouts of `Grace, grace to it!'"

8. The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,

8. Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

9. 'The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this Temple; his hands will finish it. (Then you will know that Yahweh Sabaoth has sent me to you.)

9. "The hands of Zerub'babel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.

10. A day of little things, no doubt, but who would dare despise it? How they will rejoice when they see the chosen stone in the hands of Zerubbabel!'

10. For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerub'babel. "These seven are the eyes of the LORD, which range through the whole earth."

11. Then I went on to ask him, 'What is the meaning of these two olive trees, to right and left of the lamp-stand?'

11. Then I said to him, "What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?"

12. (And I went on to ask him further, 'What is the meaning of the two olive branches discharging oil through the two golden openings?')

12. And a second time I said to him, "What are these two branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the oil is poured out?"

13. He replied, 'Do you not know what they are?' I said, 'No, my lord.'

13. He said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord."

14. He said, 'These are the two anointed ones in attendance on the Lord of the whole world. This is the word of Yahweh with regard to Zerubbabel, 'Not by might and not by power, but by my spirit' -- says Yahweh Sabaoth.

14. Then he said, "These are the two anointed who stand by the Lord of the whole earth."