Zechariah 4

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Then the angel who spoke with me returned and awakened me, like a man awakened from his sleep.	1 And the angel who had been speaking with me returned, and he awakened me, like a man who is awakened from his sleep.
2 "What do you see?" he asked me. "I see a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl at the top," I replied; "on it are seven lamps with their tubes,	2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I looked, and behold, a candlestick entirely in gold, and its lamp was at its top, and seven oil lamps of it were upon it, and there were seven funnels for the oil lamps that were at its top.
3 and beside it are two olive trees, one on the right and the other on the left."	3 And there were two olive trees upon it: one to the right of the lamp, and one to its left.”
4 Then I said to the angel who spoke with me, "What are these things, my lord?"	4 And I answered and spoke to the angel who was speaking with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”
5 And the angel who spoke with me replied, "Do you not know what these things are?" "No, my lord," I answered.	5 And the angel who was speaking with me answered, and he said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”
6 Then he said to me, "This is the LORD'S message to Zerubbabel: Not by an army, nor by might, but by my spirit, says the LORD of hosts.	6 And he answered and spoke to me, saying: This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying: Not by an army, nor by might, but in my spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
7 What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you are but a plain. He shall bring out the capstone amid exclamations of 'Hail, Hail' to it."	7 What are you, great mountain, in the sight of Zerubbabel? You are among the plains. And he will lead out the primary stone, and he will give equal grace to its grace.
8 This word of the LORD then came to me:	8 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundations of this house, and his hands shall finish it; then you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.	9 The hand of Zerubbabel has founded this house, and his hands will complete it. And you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
10 For even they who were scornful on that day of small beginnings shall rejoice to see the select stone in the hands of Zerubbabel. These seven facets are the eyes of the LORD that range over the whole earth.	10 For who has despised the little days? And they will rejoice and will see the silver and lead stone in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are the seven eyes of the Lord, which roam quickly through all the earth.
11 I then asked him, "What are these two olive trees at each side of the lampstand?"	11 And I responded and said to him, “What are these two olive trees to the right of the candlestick, and to its left?”
12 And again I asked, "What are the two olive tufts which freely pour out fresh oil through the two golden channels?"	12 And I responded a second time and said to him, “What are the two olive branches, which are next to the two golden ridges, in which are the pouring spouts of gold?”
13 "Do you not know what these are?" he said to me. "No, my lord," I answered him.	13 And he spoke to me, saying, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”
14 He said, "These are the two anointed who stand by the LORD of the whole earth."	14 And he said, “These are the two sons of oil, who attend before the Sovereign of all the earth.”