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, on the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;

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

when they had sent to the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before 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 that were in the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, “Shall 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 came the word of Jehovah of hosts 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 month and in the seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast for me, even for me?

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

And when ye eat and drink, is it not ye that eat, and ye that drink?

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

Are not these the words which Jehovah proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and her cities round about her, and when the South and the Plain 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 spake Jehovah of hosts, saying, Judge true judgment, and show mercy 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 the widow, and the orphan, and the stranger, and the poor, oppress not, and meditate not evil against one another in your heart.

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

But they refused to hearken, and showed a refractory shoulder, and made their ears dull, 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, that they might not hear the law, and the words which Jehovah of hosts sent through his spirit by the former prophets. Therefore came great anger from Jehovah of hosts.

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

And as he called and they would not hear, so they called and I would not hear, saith Jehovah of hosts.

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

And I scattered them as with a whirlwind among all the nations, which they knew not. And the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through, nor returned; and thus the beautiful land was made a desolation.