زَكَريّا 7

١ 1 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ التَّاسِعِ أَيْ شَهْرِ كِسْلُو (تِشْرِينَ الثَّانِي – نُوفَمْبِرَ)، مِنَ السَّنَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ لِحُكْمِ الْمَلِكِ دَارِيُّوسَ، أَوْحَى الرَّبُّ بِهَذِهِ الْكَلِمَةِ إِلَى زَكَرِيَّا:

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 عِنْدَمَا أَرْسَلَ أَهْلُ بَيْتِ إِيلَ شَرَاصِرَ، وَرَجَمَّلِكَ، وَرِجَالَهُمْ لِيُصَلُّوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ،

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

٣ 3 لِيَسْتَشِيروا كَهَنَةَ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ وَالأَنْبِيَاءَ قَائِلِينَ: «هَلْ نَنُوحُ وَنَصُومُ فِي الشَّهْرِ الْخَامِسِ (آب – أُغُسْطُسَ) كَمَا اعْتَدْنَا طَوَالَ هَذِهِ السِّنِينَ الْكَثِيرَةِ؟»

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 فَأَوْحَى الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَيَّ بِهَذِهِ الرِّسَالَةِ:

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

٥ 5 قُلْ لِجَمِيعِ شَعْبِ الأَرْضِ وَالْكَهَنَةِ: «حِينَ كُنْتُمْ تَصُومُونَ وَتَنُوحُونَ فِي الشَّهْرِ الْخَامِسِ وَالشَّهْرِ السَّابِعِ (أَيْ تِشْرِينَ – الأَوَّلِ أُكْتُوبَرَ) فِي غُضُونِ سَنَوَاتِ الْمَنْفَى السَّبْعِينَ، هَلْ كَانَ صِيَامُكُمْ حَقّاً لِي؟

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 وَحِينَ تَأْكُلُونَ وَتَشْرَبُونَ، أَلَمْ يَكُنْ ذَلِكَ لإِشْبَاعِ نَهَمِكُمْ وَإِرْوَاءِ أَنْفُسِكُمْ؟

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

٧ 7 وَعِنْدَمَا كَانَتْ أُورُشَلِيمُ آهِلَةً تَنْعَمُ بِالرَّخَاءِ، مُحَاطَةً بِقُرىً عَامِرَةٍ، وَالنَّاسُ يُقِيمُونَ فِي جَنُوبِهَا وَسَهْلِهَا، أَلَمْ تَكُنْ هَذِهِ هِيَ كَلِمَاتُ الرَّبِّ الَّتِي أَعْلَنَهَا عَلَى أَلْسِنَةِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ السَّابِقِينَ؟»

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 ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِزَكَرِيَّا:

And the word of Jehovah came to Zechariah, saying,

٩ 9 «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ، اقْضُوا بِالْعَدْلِ، وَلْيُبْدِ كُلٌّ مِنْكُمْ إِحْسَاناً وَرَحْمَةً لأَخِيهِ.

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

١٠ 10 وَلا تَجُورُوا عَلَى الأَرْمَلَةِ وَالْيَتِيمِ وَالْغَرِيبِ وَالْمِسْكِينِ، وَلا يُضْمِرْ أَحَدُكُمْ شَرّاً فِي قَلْبِهِ لأَخِيهِ.

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 وَلَكِنَّهُمْ أَبَوْا أَنْ يُصْغُوا، وَاعْتَصَمُوا بِعِنَادِهِمْ غَيْرَ عَابِئِينَ، وَأَصَمُّوا آذَانَهُمْ لِئَلّا يَسْمَعُوا.

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

١٢ 12 وَقَسَّوْا قُلُوبَهُمْ كَالصَّوَانِ لِئَلّا يَسْمَعُوا الشَّرِيعَةَ الَّتِي أَرْسَلَهَا الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ بِرُوحِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ أَنْبِيَائِهِ السَّابِقِينَ. فَانْصَبَّ غَضَبٌ عَظِيمٌ مِنْ لَدُنِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ.

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 وَكَمَا نَادَيْتُ فَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا فَإِنِّي أَنَا أَيْضاً لَا أَسْمَعُ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.

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 فَبَدَّدْتُهُمْ بِالزَّوْبَعَةِ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي لَمْ يَعْرِفُوهَا مِنْ قَبْلُ، فَصَارَتِ الأَرْضُ الَّتِي نُفُوا مِنْهَا خَرَاباً لَا يَجْتَازُهَا ذَاهِبٌ أَوْ رَاجِعٌ، وَأَضْحَتِ الأَرْضُ الْمُبْهِجَةُ قَفْراً».

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.