1 T he angel who talked with me came again, and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep.

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

2 H e said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I have seen, and behold, a lamp stand all of gold, with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps, which are on the top of it;

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

3 a nd two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side of it.”

And there are two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl and the other upon the left side of it.

4 I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”

So I asked the angel who talked with me, What are these, my lord?

5 T hen the angel who talked with me answered me, “Don’t you know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”

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

6 T hen he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is Yahweh’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

Then he said to me, This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.

7 W ho are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you are a plain; and he will bring out the capstone with shouts of ‘Grace, grace, to it!’”

For who are you, O great mountain ? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain '> molehill]! And he shall bring forth the finishing gable stone with loud shoutings of the people, crying, Grace, grace to it!

8 M oreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

9 “ The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands shall also finish it; and you will know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.

The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundations of this house; his hands shall also finish it. Then you shall know (recognize and understand) that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.

10 I ndeed, who despises the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are Yahweh’s eyes, which run back and forth through the whole earth.”

Who despises the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice when they see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel. are the eyes of the Lord which run to and fro throughout the whole earth.

11 T hen I asked him, “What are these two olive trees on the right side of the lamp stand and on the left side of it?”

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

12 I asked him the second time, “What are these two olive branches, which are beside the two golden spouts, that pour the golden oil out of themselves?”

And a second time I said to him, What are these two olive branches which are beside the two golden tubes or spouts by which the golden oil is emptied out?

13 H e answered me, “Don’t you know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”

And he answered me, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

14 T hen he said, “These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”

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