زَكَريَّا 7

١ 1 وَكَانَ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلرَّابِعَةِ لِدَارِيُوسَ ٱلْمَلِكِ أَنَّ كَلَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ صَارَ إِلَى زَكَرِيَّا فِي ٱلرَّابِعِ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلتَّاسِعِ فِي كِسْلُو.

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of Jehovah came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chislev.

٢ 2 لَمَّا أَرْسَلَ أَهْلُ بَيْتِ إِيلَ شَرَاصِرَ وَرَجَمَ مَلِكَ وَرِجَالَهُمْ لِيُصَلُّوا قُدَّامَ ٱلرَّبِّ،

Now those of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to entreat the favor of Jehovah,

٣ 3 وَلِيُكَلِّمُوا ٱلْكَهَنَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي بَيْتِ رَبِّ ٱلْجُنُودِ وَٱلْأَنْبِيَاءَ قَائِلِينَ: «أَأَبْكِي فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْخَامِسِ مُنْفَصِلًا، كَمَا فَعَلْتُ كَمْ مِنَ ٱلسِّنِينَ هَذِهِ؟».

and to speak to the priests of the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

٤ 4 ثُمَّ صَارَ إِلَيَّ كَلَامُ رَبِّ ٱلْجُنُودِ قَائِلًا:

Then the word of Jehovah of hosts came to me, saying,

٥ 5 «قُلْ لِجَمِيعِ شَعْبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلِلْكَهَنَةِ قَائِلًا: لَمَّا صُمْتُمْ وَنُحْتُمْ فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْخَامِسِ وَٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلسَّابِعِ، وَذَلِكَ هَذِهِ ٱلسَّبْعِينَ سَنَةً، فَهَلْ صُمْتُمْ صَوْمًا لِي أَنَا؟

Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month, even these seventy years, did ye at all fast to me, even to me?

٦ 6 وَلَمَّا أَكَلْتُمْ وَلَمَّا شَرِبْتُمْ، أَفَمَا كُنْتُمْ أَنْتُمُ ٱلْآكِلِينَ وَأَنْتُمُ ٱلشَّارِبِينَ؟

And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do ye not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

٧ 7 أَلَيْسَ هَذَا هُوَ ٱلْكَلَامُ ٱلَّذِي نَادَى بِهِ ٱلرَّبُّ عَنْ يَدِ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ، حِينَ كَانَتْ أُورُشَلِيمُ مَعْمُورَةً وَمُسْتَرِيحَةً، وَمُدُنُهَا حَوْلَهَا، وَٱلْجَنُوبُ وَٱلسَّهْلُ مَعْمُورَيْنِ؟».

Should ye not hear the words which Jehovah cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?

٨ 8 وَكَانَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى زَكَرِيَّا قَائِلًا:

And the word of Jehovah came to Zechariah, saying,

٩ 9 «هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ قَائِلًا: ٱقْضُوا قَضَاءَ ٱلْحَقِّ، وَٱعْمَلُوا إِحْسَانًا وَرَحْمَةً، كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مَعَ أَخِيهِ.

Thus Jehovah of hosts has spoken, saying, Execute true justice, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

١٠ 10 وَلَا تَظْلِمُوا ٱلْأَرْمَلَةَ وَلَا ٱلْيَتِيمَ وَلَا ٱلْغَرِيبَ وَلَا ٱلْفَقِيرَ، وَلَا يُفَكِّرْ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ شَرًّا عَلَى أَخِيهِ فِي قَلْبِكُمْ.

And do not oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor man. And let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.

١١ 11 فَأَبَوْا أَنْ يُصْغُوا وَأَعْطَوْا كَتِفًا مُعَانِدَةً، وَثَقَّلُوا آذَانَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ.

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

١٢ 12 بَلْ جَعَلُوا قَلْبَهُمْ مَاسًا لِئَلَّا يَسْمَعُوا ٱلشَّرِيعَةَ وَٱلْكَلَامَ ٱلَّذِي أَرْسَلَهُ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ بِرُوحِهِ عَنْ يَدِ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ. فَجَاءَ غَضَبٌ عَظِيمٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَبِّ ٱلْجُنُودِ.

Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which Jehovah of hosts had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from Jehovah of hosts.

١٣ 13 فَكَانَ كَمَا نَادَى هُوَ فَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا، كَذَلِكَ يُنَادُونَ هُمْ فَلَا أَسْمَعُ، قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ.

And it has come to pass that, as he cried, and they would not hear, so they shall cry, and I will not hear, said Jehovah of hosts.

١٤ 14 وَأَعْصِفُهُمْ إِلَى كُلِّ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوهُمْ. فَخَرِبَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَرَاءَهُمْ، لَا ذَاهِبَ وَلَا آئِبَ. فَجَعَلُوا ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلْبَهِجَةَ خَرَابًا».

But I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned. For they laid the pleasant land desolate.