Zechariah 7

1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah on the fourth [day] of the ninth month, [even] in Chislev,

Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi hono fā taʻu ʻoe tuʻi ko Talaiasi, naʻe hoko mai ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kia Sakalaia, ʻi hono fā ʻoe ʻaho ʻi hono hiva ʻoe māhina ko Kisilu.

2 when Bethel had sent Sherezer and Regem-melech, and his men, to supplicate Jehovah,

Ka kuo nau fekau ʻa Selesa, mo Likemeleki, mo ʻena kau tangata, ki he fale ʻoe ʻOtua, ke nau lotu ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova,

3 [and] to speak unto the priests that were in the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done now so many years?

Pea ke lea ki he kau taulaʻeiki, naʻe ʻi he fale ʻo Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, pea ki he kau palōfita, ʻo pehē, “He te u tangi ʻi hono nima ʻoe māhina, mo vaheʻi au, ʻo hangē ko ia kuo u fai ʻi he ngaahi taʻu lahi ni?”

4 And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying,

Hili ia naʻe hoko mai kiate au, ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ʻo pehē,

5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh [month], even those seventy years, did ye really fast unto me, [even] unto me?

“Lea ki he kakai kotoa pē ʻoe fonua, pea mo e kau taulaʻeiki, ʻo pehē, He kuo mou fai ʻa hoʻomou ʻaukai, mo hoʻomou tangi mamahi, ʻi hono nima pea mo hono fitu ʻoe māhina, ʻi he taʻu ko eni ʻe fitungofulu, ʻio, ko hoʻomou ʻaukai na naʻe momoʻi fai ia kiate au?

6 And when ye ate, and when ye drank, was it not you that were eating and drinking?

Ko hoʻomou kai, pea mo hoʻomou inu, ʻikai naʻa mou kai mo inu maʻamoutolu pe?”

7 Are not these the words that Jehovah cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and at peace, and her cities round about her, when the south and the lowland were inhabited?

‌ʻIkai ʻoku totonu ʻa hoʻomou fanongo ki he ngaahi folofola ʻa Sihova, ʻaia kuo ne fakahā ʻi he kau palōfita ʻi muʻa, ʻi heʻene kei kakai, mo kei monūʻia ʻa Selūsalema, mo e ngaahi kolo naʻe tuʻu takatakai ʻiate ia, ʻi he kuonga naʻe kei kakai ʻae potu tonga, pea mo e potu tokalelei?

8 And the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah, saying,

Pea naʻe hoko mai ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kia Sakalaia, ʻo pehē,

9 Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew loving-kindness and mercies one to another,

“ʻOku folofola ʻa Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ʻo pehē, ‘Fai ke totonu ʻae fakamaau, pea feʻofaʻaki mo manavaʻofa ʻae tangata taki taha ki hono kāinga:

10 and oppress not the widow and the fatherless, the stranger and the afflicted; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

Pea ʻoua naʻa fakamālohiʻi ʻae fefine kuo mate hono husepāniti, pe ko e tamai mate, pe ko e muli, pe ko e masiva; pea ʻoua naʻa ai ha taha te ne fai fakakākā ʻi hono loto ki hono kāinga.’

11 But they refused to hearken, and turned a rebellious shoulder, and made their ears heavy, that they should not hear.

Ka naʻa nau talangataʻa ke fanongo, mo nau hamusi mai honau uma, pea naʻa nau fakaongotuli honau telinga, ke ʻoua naʻa nau ongoʻi.

12 And they made their heart [as] an adamant, that they should not hear the law, and the words that Jehovah of hosts sent by his Spirit by the hand of the former prophets: therefore was there great wrath from Jehovah of hosts.

‌ʻIo, naʻa nau ngaohi honau loto ke hangē ko e maka fefeka ʻaupito, telia naʻa nau ongoʻi ʻae fono, mo e ngaahi lea kuo fai mai ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ʻi hono laumālie, ʻi he kau palōfita naʻe ʻi muʻa, pea ko ia kuo hoko ai ʻae houhau lahi meia Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau.

13 And it came to pass, like as he called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear, saith Jehovah of hosts;

Ko ia kuo hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi heʻene kalanga naʻe ʻikai te nau fie fanongo; pea ko ia, kuo nau kalanga, ka naʻe ʻikai te u fanongo,” ʻoku pehē ʻa Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau.

14 and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not, and the land was desolate after them, so that no one passed through nor returned; and they laid the pleasant land desolate.

“Ka kuo u vilingiaʻi ʻaki ʻakinautolu ʻae ʻahiohio ki he ngaahi puleʻanga, ʻaia naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻiloʻi. Ko ia naʻe hili ange ia kuo lala ʻae fonua, pea naʻe ʻikai kei feʻaluʻaki ai ha tangata: he naʻa nau ʻai ke lala ʻaupito ʻae fonua matamatalelei.”