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 that talked with me came again, and waked me, as 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 said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all [of] gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which [are] upon the top thereof:

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

3. And two olive trees by it, one upon the right [side] of the bowl, and the other upon the left [side] thereof.

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

4. So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, 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 that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And 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 answered and spake unto me, saying, This [is] the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith 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. Who [art] thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel [thou shalt become] a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone [thereof with] shoutings, [crying], Grace, grace unto it.

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

8. Moreover the word of the LORD came unto 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 Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto 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 who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel [with] those seven; they [are] the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro 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 answered I, and said unto him, What [are] these two olive trees upon the right [side] of the candlestick and upon the left [side] thereof?

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 I answered again, and said unto him, What [be these] two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden [oil] out of themselves?

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

13. And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these [be]? And 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 said he, These [are] the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.