| New Living Translation | International Standard Version |
| 1Then the angel who had been talking with me returned and woke me, as though I had been asleep. | 1Then the angel who had been speaking with me returned and woke me up as if I had been asleep. |
| 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. | 2Then he asked me, "What do you see?" So I said, "I have been watching—and look!—there is a menorah made completely of gold with a bowl on top of it. And there are seven lights on it, along with seven feeder channels to the lamps, which are also on top of it. |
| 3And I see two olive trees, one on each side of the bowl.” | 3Two olive trees are near it, one on the right side of the bowl and one on the left." |
| 4Then I asked the angel, “What are these, my lord? What do they mean?” | 4Then I asked the angel who had been speaking with me, "Sir, what are these?" |
| 5“Don’t you know?” the angel asked. “No, my lord,” I replied. | 5The angel who had been speaking with me answered by asking, "You don't know what these mean, do you?" So I responded, "No, sir." |
| 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. | 6Then he replied to me, "This is this message from the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by valor nor by strength, but only by my Spirit,' says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. |
| 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!’ ” | 7Who are you, great mountain? You will become a plain in Zerubbabel's presence, and he will position the capstone, exulting over it, "How beautiful! How beautiful!"'" |
| 8Then another message came to me from the LORD: | 8Then this message from the LORD came to me again: |
| 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. | 9"Zerubbabel's hands have laid the foundation of this Temple, and his hands will finish it, so that you will know that the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has sent me to all of you. |
| 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.) | 10For who has despised the time of insignificant things? They will rejoice to see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These seven lights represent the eyes of the LORD, which are looking throughout all of the earth." |
| 11Then I asked the angel, “What are these two olive trees on each side of the lampstand, | 11Then I asked the angel, "What are these two olive trees, one on the right of the menorah and one on the left?" |
| 12and what are the two olive branches that pour out golden oil through two gold tubes?” | 12I also asked him a second question: "What are these two olive branches on either side of the two golden feeder channels that carry the golden oil to the seven lights?" |
| 13“Don’t you know?” he asked. “No, my lord,” I replied. | 13The angel replied, "You don't know what these are, do you?" I responded to him, "No, sir." |
| 14Then he said to me, “They represent the two anointed ones who stand in the court of the Lord of all the earth.” | 14He said, "These are the two anointed ones, who stand continuously beside the Lord of the whole earth." |
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