| New King James Version | New Living Translation |
| 1Now the angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep. | 1Then the angel who had been talking with me returned and woke me, as though I had been asleep. |
| 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. | 2“What do you see now?” he asked. I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl of oil on top of it. Around the bowl are seven lamps, each having seven spouts with wicks. |
| 3Two olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left.” | 3And I see two olive trees, one on each side of the bowl.” |
| 4So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?” | 4Then I asked the angel, “What are these, my lord? What do they mean?” |
| 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.” | 5“Don’t you know?” the angel asked. “No, my lord,” I replied. |
| 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. | 6Then he said to me, “This is what the LORD says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. |
| 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!” ’ ” | 7Nothing, not even a mighty mountain, will stand in Zerubbabel’s way; it will become a level plain before him! And when Zerubbabel sets the final stone of the Temple in place, the people will shout: ‘May God bless it! May God bless it!’ ” |
| 8Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying: | 8Then another message came to me from the LORD: |
| 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“Zerubbabel is the one who laid the foundation of this Temple, and he will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has sent me. |
| 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.” | 10Do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand.” (The seven lamps represent the eyes of the LORD that search all around the world.) |
| 11Then I answered and said to him, “What are these two olive trees—at the right of the lampstand and at its left?” | 11Then I asked the angel, “What are these two olive trees on each side of the lampstand, |
| 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?” | 12and what are the two olive branches that pour out golden oil through two gold tubes?” |
| 13Then he answered me and said, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.” | 13“Don’t you know?” he asked. “No, my lord,” I replied. |
| 14So he said, “These are the two anointed ones, who stand beside the Lord of the whole earth.” | 14Then he said to me, “They represent the two anointed ones who stand in the court of the Lord of all the earth.” |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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