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 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;
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，
when they had sent to the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before Jehovah,
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 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?”
4 那時萬軍木的話傳給我說：
Then came the word of Jehovah of hosts to 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﹖
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?
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 eat and drink, is it not ye that eat, and ye that drink?
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﹖」
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?
8 那時，上主有話傳給匝加利亞說：
And the word of Jehovah came to 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 spake Jehovah of hosts, saying, Judge true judgment, and show mercy and compassion every 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 the widow, and the orphan, and the stranger, and the poor, oppress not, and meditate not evil against one another 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 showed a refractory shoulder, and made their ears dull, that they might not hear;
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, 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.
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──
And as he called and they would not hear, so they called and I would not hear, saith Jehovah of hosts.
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。」
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.
