Zacharias 7
1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Darius the king, [that] the word of the Lord came to Zacharias on the fourth [day] of the ninth month, which is Chaseleu.
大流士王第四年九月，就是基斯流月初四日，耶和华的话临到撒迦利亚。
2 And Sarasar and Arbeseer the king and his men sent to Bethel, and [that] to propitiate the Lord,
那时伯特利人已经打发沙利色和利坚米勒，并跟从他们的人，去恳求耶和华的恩，
3 speaking to the priests that were in the house of the Lord Almighty, and to the prophets, saying, The holy offering has come in hither in the fifth month, as it has done already many years.
并问万军之耶和华殿中的祭司和先知说：“我历年以来，在五月间哭泣斋戒，现在还当这样行吗？”
4 And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,
万军之耶和华的话就临到我说：
5 Speak to the whole people of the land, and to the priests, saying, Though you fasted or lamented in the fifth or seventh [months] (yes, behold, these seventy years) have you at all fasted to me?
“你要宣告国内的众民和祭司，说：‘你们这七十年，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是丝毫向我禁食吗？
6 And if you eat or drink, do you not eat and drink for yourselves?
你们吃喝，不是为自己吃，为自己喝吗？
7 Are not these the words which the Lord spoke by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and her cities round about her, and the hill country and the low country was inhabited?
当耶路撒冷和四围的城邑有居民，正兴盛，南地高原有人居住的时候，耶和华借从前的先知所宣告的话，你们不当听吗？’”
8 And the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, saying,
耶和华的话又临到撒迦利亚说：
9 Thus says the Lord Almighty; Judge righteous judgement, and deal mercifully and compassionately every one with his brother:
“万军之耶和华曾对你们的列祖如此说：‘要按至理判断，各人以慈爱怜悯弟兄。
10 and oppress not the widow, or the fatherless, or the stranger, or the poor; and let not one of you remember in his heart the injury of his brother.
不可欺压寡妇、孤儿、寄居的，和贫穷人。谁都不可心里谋害弟兄。’”
11 But they refused to attend, and madly turned their back, and made their ears heavy, so that they should not hear.
他们却不肯听从，扭转肩头，塞耳不听，
12 And they made their heart disobedient, so as not to listen to my law, and the words which the Lord Almighty sent forth by his Spirit by the former prophets: so there was great wrath from the Lord Almighty.
使心硬如金钢石，不听律法和万军之耶和华用灵借从前的先知所说的话。故此，万军之耶和华大发烈怒。
13 And it shall come to pass, [that] as he spoke, and they listened not, so they shall cry, and I will not listen, says the Lord Almighty.
万军之耶和华说：“我曾呼唤他们，他们不听；将来他们呼求我，我也不听！
14 And I will cast them out amongst all the nations, whom they know not; and the land behind them shall be made utterly destitute of any going through or returning: yes they have made the choice land a desolation.
我必以旋风吹散他们到素不认识的万国中。这样，他们的地就荒凉，甚至无人来往经过，因为他们使美好之地荒凉了。”
