Zechariah 4

¹And the messenger who is speaking with me doth turn back, and stir me up as one who is stirred up out of his sleep, ²and he saith unto me, ‘What art thou seeing?’ And I say, ‘I have looked, and lo, a candlestick of gold—all of it, and its bowl is on its top, and its seven lamps are upon it, and twice seven pipes are to the lights that are on its top, ³and two olive-trees are by it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on its left.’ ⁴And I answer and speak unto the messenger who is speaking with me, saying, ‘What are these, my lord?’ ⁵And the messenger who is speaking with me answereth and saith unto me, ‘Hast thou not known what these are?’ And I say, ‘No, my lord.’ ⁶And he answereth and speaketh unto me, saying: ‘This is a word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying: Not by a force, nor by power, But—by My Spirit, said Jehovah of Hosts. ⁷Who art thou, O great mountain Before Zerubbabel—for a plain! And he hath brought forth the top-stone, Cries of Grace, grace—are to it.’ ⁸And there is a word of Jehovah to me, saying, ⁹Hands of Zerubbabel did found this house, And his hands do finish it, And thou hast known that Jehovah of Hosts Hath sent me unto you. ¹⁰For 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 Jehovah, They are going to and fro in all the land.’

¹¹And I answer and say unto him, ‘What are these two olive-trees, on the right of the candlestick, and on its left?’ ¹²And I answer a second time, and say unto 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?’ ¹³And he speaketh unto me, saying, ‘Hast thou not known what these are?’ And I say, ‘No, my lord.’ ¹⁴And he saith, ‘These are the two sons of the oil, who are standing by the Lord of the whole earth.’

Chapter 5