| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 1Now the angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep. | 1The angelic messenger who had been speaking with me then returned and woke me, as a person is wakened from sleep. |
| 2And 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. | 2He asked me, "What do you see?" I replied, "I see a menorah of pure gold with a receptacle at the top and seven lamps, with fourteen pipes going to the lamps. |
| 3Two olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left.” | 3There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the receptacle and the other on the left." |
| 4So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?” | 4Then I asked the messenger who spoke with me, "What are these, sir?" |
| 5Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.” | 5He replied, "Don't you know what these are?" So I responded, "No, sir." |
| 6So 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. | 6Therefore he told me, "These signify the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by strength and not by power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD who rules over all." |
| 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!” ’ ” | 7"What are you, you great mountain? Because of Zerubbabel you will become a level plain! And he will bring forth the temple capstone with shoutings of 'Grace! Grace!' because of this." |
| 8Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying: | 8Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me as follows: |
| 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. | 9"The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundations of this temple, and his hands will complete it." Then you will know that the LORD who rules over all has sent me to you. |
| 10For 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.” | 10For who dares make light of small beginnings? These seven eyes will joyfully look on the tin tablet in Zerubbabel's hand. (These are the eyes of the LORD, which constantly range across the whole earth.) |
| 11Then I answered and said to him, “What are these two olive trees—at the right of the lampstand and at its left?” | 11Next I asked the messenger, "What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the menorah?" |
| 12And 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?” | 12Before he could reply I asked again, "What are these two extensions of the olive trees, which are emptying out the golden oil through the two golden pipes?" |
| 13Then he answered me and said, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.” | 13He replied, "Don't you know what these are?" And I said, "No, sir." |
| 14So he said, “These are the two anointed ones, who stand beside the Lord of the whole earth.” | 14So he said, "These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth." |
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