Zakarias 1
1 I den ottende Maaned, i Darius's andet Aar, kom Herrens Ord til Profeten Sakarias, en Søn af Berekias, en Sønnesøn af Iddo, saaledes:
In the eighth month, in the second year of [the reign of] Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, the son of Barachias, the son of Addo, the prophet, saying,
2 Herren har været højlig fortørnet paa eders Fædre.
The Lord has been very angry with your fathers.
3 Og du skal sige til dem: Saa siger den Herre Zebaoth: Vender om til mig, siger den Herre Zebaoth, saa vil jeg vende om til eder, siger den Herre Zebaoth.
And you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord Almighty: Turn to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will turn to you, says the Lord of hosts.
4 Værer ikke som eders Fædre, til hvilke de forrige Profeter raabte og sagde: Saa siger den Herre Zebaoth: Vender dog om fra eders onde Veje og eders onde Idrætter; men de hørte ikke og gave ikke Agt paa mig, siger Herren.
And be you not as your fathers, whom the prophets before charged, saying, Thus says the Lord Almighty: Turn you from your evil ways, and from your evil practices: but they listened not, and attended not to listen to me, says the Lord.
5 Eders Fædre, hvor ere de? og Profeterne, mon de leve til evig Tid?
Where are your fathers, and the prophets? Will they live for ever?
6 Dog, mine Ord og mine Bestemmelser, som jeg meddelte mine Tjenere, Profeterne, have de ikke rammet eders Fædre, saa de vendte om og sagde: Ligesom den Herre Zebaoth havde tænkt at gøre imod os efter vore Veje og efter vore Idrætter, saaledes har han gjort imod os.
But do you receive my words and mine ordinances, all that I command by my Spirit to my servants the prophets, who lived in the days of your fathers; and they answered and said, As the Lord Almighty determined to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so has he done to us.
7 Paa den fire og tyvende Dag i den ellevte Maaned, det er Maaneden Sebat, i Darius's andet Aar, kom Herrens Ord til Profeten Sakarias, Berekias's Søn, Iddos Sønnesøn, saaledes:
On the twenty-fourth [day] in the eleventh month, this is the month Sabat, in the second year of [the reign of] Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, the son of Barachias, the son of Addo, the prophet, saying,
8 Jeg saa om Natten, og se, en Mand, der red paa en rød Hest, og han holdt stille imellem Myrtetræerne, som vare i Dalen, og bag ham var der røde, graa og hvide Heste.
I saw by night, and behold a man mounted on a red horse, and he stood between the shady mountains; and behind him were red horses, and grey, and piebald, and white.
9 Og jeg sagde: Hvad betyde disse, min Herre? Og Engelen, som talte med mig, sagde til mig: Jeg vil lade dig se, hvad disse betyde.
And I said, What are these, [my] lord? And the angel spoke with me said to me, I will show you what these [things] are.
10 Og den Mand, som holdt stille imellem Myrtetræerne, svarede og sagde: Det er dem, som Herren har sendt til at vandre Jorden rundt.
And the man that stood between the mountains answered, and said to me, These are [they] whom the Lord has sent forth to go round the earth.
11 Og de svarede Herrens Engel, som stod imellem Myrtetræerne, og sagde: Vi have vandret Jorden rundt, og se, hele Jorden nyder Ro og Hvile.
And they answered the angel of the Lord that stood between the mountains, and said, We have gone round all the earth, and, behold, all the earth is inhabited, and is at rest.
12 Da svarede Herrens Engel og sagde: Herre Zebaoth! hvor længe varer det, inden du vil forbarme dig over Jerusalem og over Judas Stæder, paa hvilke du har været vred nu i halvfjerdsindstyve Aar?
Then the angel of the Lord answered and said, O Lord Almighty, how long will you have no mercy on Jerusalem, and the cities of Juda, which you has disregarded these seventy years?
13 Og Herren svarede Engelen, som talte med mig, med gode Ord, med trøstende Ord.
And the Lord Almighty answered the angel that spoke with me good words and consolatory sayings.
14 Og Engelen, som talte med mig, sagde til mig: Raab og sig: Saa siger den Herre Zebaoth: Jeg har været nidkær for Jerusalem og for Zion med en stor Nidkærhed.
And the angel that spoke with me said to me, Cry out and say, Thus says the Lord Almighty; I have been jealous for Jerusalem and Sion with great jealousy.
15 Men med en stor Fortørnelse er jeg fortørnet paa Hedningerne, som ere saa trygge; thi da jeg en liden Stund havde været fortørnet, saa hjalp de til Ulykken.
And I am very angry with the heathen that combine to attack [her]: forasmuch as I indeed was a little angry, but they combined to attack [her] for evil.
16 Derfor, saa siger Herren, har jeg atter vendt mig til Jerusalem med Barmhjertighed, mit Hus skal bygges derudi, siger den Herre Zebaoth, og Maalesnoren skal udstrækkes over Jerusalem.
Therefore thus says the Lord: I will return to Jerusalem with compassion; and my house shall be rebuilt in her, says the Lord Almighty, and a measuring line shall yet be stretched out over Jerusalem.
17 Raab fremdeles, og sig: Saa siger den Herre Zebaoth: Mine Stæder skulle endnu strømme over af gode Ting, og Herren skal endnu trøste Zion og endnu udvælge Jerusalem.
And the angel that spoke with me said to me, Cry yet, and say, Thus says the Lord Almighty; Yet shall cities be spread abroad through prosperity; and the Lord shall yet have mercy upon Sion, and shall choose Jerusalem.
18 Og jeg opløftede mine Øjne og saa, og se, fire Horn!
And I lifted up mine eyes and looked, and behold four horns.
19 Og jeg sagde til Engelen, som talte med mig: Hvad betyde disse? og han sagde til mig: Disse ere de Horn, som adspredte Juda, Israel og Jerusalem.
And I said to the angel that spoke with me, What are these things, [my] lord? And he said to me, These are the horns that have scattered Juda, and Israel, and Jerusalem.
20 Da lod Herren mig se fire Smede.
And the Lord showed me four artificers.
21 Og jeg sagde: Hvad komme disse for at gøre? og han sagde: Hine ere de Horn, som adspredte Juda paa den Maade, at ingen opløftede sit Hoved; men saa kom disse for at forfærde dem, for at nedslaa de Hedningers Horn, som rejste Horn imod Judas Land, for at adsprede det.
And I said, What are these coming to do? And he said, These are the horns that scattered Juda, and they broke Israel in pieces, and none of them lifted up his head: and these are come forth to sharpen them for their hands, [even] the four horns, the nations that lifted up the horn against the land of the Lord to scatter it.
