Zakarias 7
1 Og det skete i Kong Darius's fjerde Aar, at Herrens Ord kom til Sakarias paa den fjerde Dag i den niende Maaned, det er i Kislev.
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, in the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Casleu.
2 Og Bethel sendte Sarezer og Regem-Melek og hans Mænd for at bede ydmygelig for Herrens Ansigt,
When Sarasar, and Rogommelech, and the men that were with him, sent to the house of God, to entreat the face of the Lord:
3 idet de skulde sige til Præsterne, som vare ved den Herre Zebaoths Hus, og til Profeterne saaledes: Mon jeg skal græde i den femte Maaned under Afholdenhed, som jeg har gjort nu saa mange Aar?
To speak to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying: Must I weep in the fifth month, or must I sanctify myself as I have now done for many years?
4 Da kom den Herre Zebaoths Ord til mig saalunde:
And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying:
5 Sig til alt Folket i Landet og til Præsterne: Naar I have fastet og sørget i den femte og i den syvende Maaned, og dette nu i halvfjerdsindstyve Aar, mon I da virkelig have fastet for mig?
Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying: When you fasted, and mourned in the fifth and the seventh month for these seventy years: did you keep a fast unto me?
6 Og naar I æde, og naar I drikke, er det da ikke eder, som æde, og eder, som drikke?
And when you did eat and drink, did you not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
7 Mindes I ikke de Ord, som Herren forkyndte ved de første Profeter, der Jerusalem var beboet og var rolig, og dens Stæder trindt omkring den og Sydlandet og Lavlandet vare beboede?
Are not these the words which the Lord spoke by the hand of the former prophets, when Jerusalem as yet was inhabited, and was wealthy, both itself and the cities round about it, and there were inhabitants towards the south, and in the plain?
8 Og Herrens Ord kom til Sakarias saaledes:
And the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, saying:
9 Saa siger den Herre Zebaoth: Dømmer Sandheds Dom, og gører Miskundhed og Barmhjertighed, hver imod sin Broder,
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: Judge ye true judgment, and shew ye mercy and compassion every man to his brother.
10 og undertrykker ikke Enken eller den faderløse, den fremmede eller den elendige; og optænker ikke ondt imod en Broder i eders Hjerte!
And oppress not the widow, and the fatherless, and the stranger, and the poor: and let not a man devise evil in his heart against his brother.
11 Men de vægrede sig ved at give Agt derpaa og vendte modvilligt Ryg, og de gjorde deres Øren tunghørende for ikke at høre.
But they would not hearken, and they turned away the shoulder to depart: and they stopped their ears, not to hear.
12 Og de gjorde deres Hjerte som Demant for ikke at høre Loven og Ordene, hvilke den Herre Zebaoth sendte ved sin Aand igennem de første Profeter, og der kom en stor Vrede fra den Herre Zebaoth.
And they made their heart as the adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts sent in his spirit by the hand of the former prophets: so a great indignation came from the Lord of hosts.
13 Og det skete, ligesom han raabte, og de hørte ikke: Saaledes skulle de raabe, og jeg vil ikke høre, sagde den Herre Zebaoth;
And it came to pass that as he spoke, and they heard not: so shall they cry, and I will not hear, saith the Lord of hosts.
14 men jeg vil bortdrive dem som ved en Storm iblandt alle de Hedningefolk, som de ikke have kendt, og Landet skal være ødelagt efter dem, saa at ingen gaar igennem det frem eller tilbage. Og de gjorde det herlige Land til en Ørk.
And I dispersed them throughout all kingdoms, which they know not: and the land was left desolate behind them, so that no man passed through or returned: and they changed the delightful land into a wilderness.
