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 king Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying:

2 Herren har været højlig fortørnet paa eders Fædre.

The Lord has become angry over the resentful anger of 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 of hosts: 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.

Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried out, saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Turn from your evil ways and from your wicked thoughts. But they did not heed, and neither did they pay attention to me, says the Lord.

5 Eders Fædre, hvor ere de? og Profeterne, mon de leve til evig Tid?

Your fathers, where are they? And will the prophets live unceasingly?

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.

Yet truly my words and my lawfulness, which I entrusted to my servants the prophets, were indeed comprehended by your fathers, and so they were converted, and they said: Just as the Lord of hosts decided to do to us, according to our ways and according to our inventions, 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 of the eleventh month, which is called Shevat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, 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 riding on a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees, which were in the chasm. And behind him were horses: red, speckled, 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, who was speaking with me, said to me, “I will reveal to you what these 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 among the myrtle trees answered and said, “These are they, whom the Lord has sent in order to walk through 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 those who stood among the myrtle trees answered the angel of the Lord, and they said, “We have walked through 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?

And the angel of the Lord answered and said, “Lord of hosts, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, with which you have been angry? This is now the seventieth year.”

13 Og Herren svarede Engelen, som talte med mig, med gode Ord, med trøstende Ord.

And the Lord answered the angel, who had been speaking with me, good words, consoling words.

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, who was speaking with me, said to me: Cry out, saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I have been zealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great zeal.

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, with a great anger, I am angry with the wealthy nations. Though I had been angry a little, truly they advanced further in 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.

Because of this, thus says the Lord: I will be turned back, towards Jerusalem, with mercies; and my house will be built upon this, says the Lord of hosts. And the building line will be extended 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.

Until then, cry out saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Until then, my cities will flow with good things, and, until then, the Lord will comfort Zion, and, until then, he will single out Jerusalem.

18 Og jeg opløftede mine Øjne og saa, og se, fire Horn!

And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw. 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, who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he said to me, “These are the horns that have winnowed Judah and Israel and Jerusalem.”

20 Da lod Herren mig se fire Smede.

And the Lord showed me four workmen.

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 have these come to do?” He spoke, saying, “These are the horns that have winnowed Judah, through every single man, and none of them lifted up his head. And these have come to frighten them away, so as to cast down the horns of the Gentiles, which have lifted up a horn over the land of Judah, so as to scatter it.”