Zechariah · Chapter 4

[ edit] And þe aungel turnede aȝein, þat ſpak in me, and reyſide me, as a man þat is reyſide of his ſleep. And he ſaide to me, What ſeeſt þou? And Y ſaide, Y ſawȝ, and loo! a candilſtyke al of gold, and þe laumpe þerof vpon þe hed þerof, and ſeuen lanternes þerof vpon it, and ſeuen veſſels for to holde oyle to þe lanternys, þat weren vpon þe hed þerof. And two olyues þer vpon, oon on þe riȝt half of þe laumpe, and an oþer on þe left half þerof. And Y anſwerde, and Y ſaye to þe angel þat ſpak in me, ſayinge, What ben þeſe þingus, my lord? And þe angel þat ſpak in me, anſwerde, and ſaide to me, Wher þou woſt not what ben þeſe þingus? And Y ſaide, No, my lord.

And he anſwerde, and ſaiþ to me, ſayinge, Þis is þe word of þe Lord to Zorobabel, ſayinge, Not in ooſt, neþer in ſtrengþe, bot in my ſpirit, ſaiþ þe Lord of ooſtis. Who þou, grete hill, byfore Zorobabel in to pleyn? and he ſhal leede out þe firſte ſtoon, and ſhal make euene grace to grace þerof. And þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, ſayinge, Þe hondis of Zorobabel foundiden þis hous, and þe hondis of hym ſhuln perfourme it; and ȝe ſhuln wite, for þe Lord of ooſtis ſente me to ȝou. Who forſoþe diſpiſide litil days? and þei ſhuln glade, and ſhuln ſee a ſtoon of tyn in þe hond of Zorobabel. Þeſe ben ſeuen eeȝen of þe Lord, þat rennen aboute in to eche lond.

And Y anſwerde, and ſaide to hym, What ben þeſe two olyues on þe riȝþalf of þe candilſtike, and at þe left half? And Y anſwerde þe ſecounde tyme, and ſayde to hym, What ben þe two eris, or rijp fruyt, of þe olyues, þat ben byſidis þe two golden bilis, in whiche ben oyle veſſelis of gold? And he ſaiþ to me, ſayinge, Wher þou woſt not what ben þeſe þingis? And Y ſaide, No, my lord. And he ſaide, Þeſe ben two ſonys of oyle ſhynynge, whiche ſtonden niȝ to þe lordſhipere of al erþe.