Zechariah 4

vayyashov hammalakh haddover bi vaye'ireni ke'ish asher-ye'or mishenato

The angel who talked with me came back and woke me as someone is wakened from sleep.

vayyomer elay mah attah ro'eh (vymr) [va'omar] ra'iti vehinneh menorat zahav kullah vegullah al-roshah veshivah neroteha aleha shivah veshivah mutsaqot lannerot asher al-roshah

He said to me, “What do you see?” And I answered, “I see a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl above it. The lamps on it are seven in number, and the lamps above it have seven pipes;

ushenayim zetim aleha ekhad mimin haggullah ve'ekhad al-semolah

and by it are two olive trees, one on the right of the bowl and one on its left.”

va'a'an va'omar el-hammalakh haddover bi lemor mah-elleh adoni

I, in turn, asked the angel who talked with me, “What do those things mean, my lord?”

vayya'an hammalakh haddover bi vayyomer elay halo yadata mah-hemmah elleh va'omar lo adoni

“Do you not know what those things mean?” asked the angel who talked with me; and I said, “No, my lord.”

vayya'an vayyomer elay lemor zeh devar-Adonai el-zerubbavel lemor lo vekhayil velo vekhoakh ki im-berukhi amar Adonai tseva'ot

Then he explained to me as follows: “This is the word of GOD to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by My spirit—said GOD of Hosts.

mi-attah har-haggadol lifne zerubbavel lemishor vehotsi et-ha'even haroshah teshu'ot khen khen lah

Whoever you are, O great mountain in the path of Zerubbabel, turn into level ground! For he shall produce that excellent stone; it shall be greeted with shouts of ‘Beautiful! Beautiful!’”

vayehi devar-Adonai elay lemor

And the word of GOD came to me:

yede zerubbavel yissedu habbayit hazzeh veyadayw tevatsanah veyadata ki-Adonai tseva'ot shelakhani alekhem

“Zerubbabel’s hands have founded this House and Zerubbabel’s hands shall complete it. Then you shall know that it was GOD of Hosts who sent me to you.

ki mi vaz leyom qetannot vesamekhu vera'u et-ha'even habbedil beyad zerubbavel shivah-elleh ene Adonai hemmah meshotetim bekhol-ha'arets

Does anyone scorn a day of small beginnings? When they see the stone of distinction in the hand of Zerubbabel, they shall rejoice. “Those seven are the eyes of GOD, ranging over the whole earth.”

va'a'an va'omar elayw mah-shene hazzetim ha'elleh al-yemin hammenorah ve'al-semovlah

“And what,” I asked him, “are those two olive trees, one on the right and one on the left of the lampstand?”

va'a'an shenit va'omar elayw mah-shete shibbele hazzetim asher beyad shene tsanterot hazzahav hameriqim me'alehem hazzahav

And I further asked him, “What are the two tops of the olive trees that feed their gold through those two golden tubes?”

vayyomer elay lemor halo yadata mah-elleh va'omar lo adoni

He asked me, “Don’t you know what they are?” And I replied, “No, my lord.”

vayyomer elleh shene vene-hayyitshar ha'omedim al-adon kol-ha'arets

Then he explained, “They are the two anointed dignitaries who attend the Sovereign of all the earth.”