1 N ow the angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, as a man who is wakened 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 A nd he said to me, “What do you see?” So I said, “I am looking, and there is a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, and on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps.

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 and seven pipes to the lamps, which are upon the top thereof;

3 T wo olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left.”

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

4 S o I answered and spoke to the angel who talked 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 T hen the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “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 S o he answered and said to me: “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord 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 you shall become a plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone With shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”’”

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

8 M oreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

9 “ The hands of Zerubbabel Have laid the foundation of this temple; His hands shall also finish it. Then you will know That the Lord 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 F or who has despised the day of small things? For these seven rejoice to see The plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. They are the eyes of the Lord, Which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth.”

For who hath despised the day of small things? Yea, they shall rejoice 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 T hen I answered and said to him, “What are these two olive trees—at the right of the lampstand and at 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 A nd I further answered and said to him, “What are these two olive branches that drip into the receptacles of the two gold pipes from which the golden oil drains?”

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 T hen he answered me and said, “Do you not know what these are? ” And I said, “No, my lord.”

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

14 S o he said, “These are the two anointed ones, who stand beside 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.