Zechariah 4

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 The angel who was talking to me came back and roused me as though rousing someone who wasasleep.	1 Then the angel who spoke with me returned and awakened me, like a man awakened from 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 abowl at the top of it; it holds seven lamps, with seven openings for the lamps on it.	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,
3 By it are two olive trees, one to the right and the other to the left.'	3 and beside it are two olive trees, one on the right and the other on the left."
4 I then said to the angel who was talking to me, 'What are those things, my lord?'	4 Then I said to the angel who spoke with me, "What are these things, my lord?"
5 The angel who was talking to me replied, 'Do you not know what they are?' I said, 'No, my lord.'	5 And the angel who spoke with me replied, "Do you not know what these things are?" "No, my lord," I answered.
6 He then gave me this answer,'These seven are the eyes of Yahweh, which range over the whole world.'	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.
7 'What are you, great mountain? Beside Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! He wil bring out thekeystone while it is cheered with Hurrah! Hurrah!'	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."
8 The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,	8 This word of the LORD then came to me:
9 'The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this Temple; his hands wil finish it. (Then you wilknow that Yahweh Sabaoth has sent me to you.)	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.
10 A day of little things, no doubt, but who would dare despise it? How they wil rejoice when they see thechosen stone in the hands of Zerubbabel!'	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.
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 I then asked him, "What are these two olive trees at each side of the lampstand?"
12 (And I went on to ask him further, 'What is the meaning of the two olive branches discharging oilthrough the two golden openings?')	12 And again I asked, "What are the two olive tufts which freely pour out fresh oil through the two golden channels?"
13 He replied, 'Do you not know what they are?' I said, 'No, my lord.'	13 "Do you not know what these are?" he said to me. "No, my lord," I answered him.
14 He said, 'These are the two anointed ones in attendance on the Lord of the whole world. This is theword of Yahweh with regard to Zerubbabel, 'Not by might and not by power, but by my spirit' -- says YahwehSabaoth.	14 He said, "These are the two anointed who stand by the LORD of the whole earth."