撒迦利亞書 7

1 達理阿王四年九月，即「基色婁」月四日，上主的話傳給匝加利亞。

And in the fourth yeere of King Darius, the worde of the Lord came vnto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth moneth, euen in Chisleu,

2 由貝特耳派遺了官員撒辣責爾和他的侍從去向上主請示，

For they had sent vnto the House of God Sharezer, and Regem-melech and their men to pray before the Lord,

3 去問上主殿裏的司祭和q們 2我是否在五月裏仍要哭泣和齋戒，像我多年以來所作的一樣﹖」

And to speake vnto the Priests, which were in the House of the Lord of hostes, and to the Prophets, saying, Should I weepe in the fift moneth, and separate my selfe as I haue done these so many yeeres?

4 那時萬軍木的話傳給我說：

Then came the word of the Lord of hostes vnto me, saying,

5 「你向國全體民眾和司祭們說：你們在五月和七月齋戒哭泣，至今已七十年了，豈是為了我而齋戒嗎﹖

Speake vnto all the people of the land, and to the Priests, and say, When ye fasted, and mourned in the fift and seuenth moneth, euen the seuentie yeeres, did ye fast vnto me? doe I approoue it?

6 你們幾時吃喝，豈不是為你們自己吃，為你們自己喝嗎﹖

And when ye did eate, and when ye did drinke, did ye not eate for your selues, and drinke for your selues?

7 難道你們不知道，當耶路撒冷還有人安居，她四週的城邑，南部平原也有人居住時，上主藉先知們所宣佈的訓令嗎﹖」

Should ye not heare the wordes, which the Lord hath cryed by the ministerie of the former Prophets when Ierusalem was inhabited, and in prosperitie, and the cities thereof round about her, when the South and the plaine was inhabited?

8 那時，上主有話傳給匝加利亞說：

And the worde of the Lord came vnto Zechariah, saying,

9 「萬軍的上主這樣說：你們應照公正裁判，以仁義和友愛彼此相待；

Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes, saying, Execute true iudgement, and shewe mercy and compassion, euery man to his brother,

10 不可欺壓寡婦和孤兒，外方人和貧窮人；不可心中圖謀惡事陷害人。

And oppresse not the widowe, nor the fatherles, the stranger nor the poore, and let none of you imagine euil against his brother in your heart.

11 但是你們不肯聽從，硬著頭頸，充耳不聞。

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their eares, that they should not heare.

12 他們使自己的心硬如金剛石，不聽從法律，和萬軍的上主以自己的神感動古先知們所發表的訓令，為此，萬軍的上主曾大發憤怒。

Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, least they should heare the Lawe and the wordes which the Lord of hostes sent in his spirit by the ministerie of ye former Prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hostes.

13 那麼，就如我呼喚時，你們不肯聽；同樣他們呼喊時，我也不肯聽──萬軍的上主說──

Therefore it is come to passe, that as he cried, and they would not heare, so they cried, and I would not heare, sayth the Lord of hostes.

14 因此，我把他們驅散到他們所不認識的各民族中，以致他們去後，國土荒廢，無人住來；他們竟使美好的土地變成了一片荒野。」

But I scattered them among all the nations, whom they knew not: thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they layd the pleasant land waste.