Zechariah 7

1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chislev;

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 When Bethel-sarezer, and Regem-melech and his men, had sent to entreat the favour of 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 and to speak unto the priests of the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying: 'Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so 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 Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying:

万军之耶和华的话就临到我说：

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 these seventy years, did ye at all fast unto Me, even 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 when ye eat, and when ye drink, are ye not they that eat, and they that drink?

你们吃喝，不是为自己吃，为自己喝吗？

7 Should ye not hearken to the words which the LORD hath proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, and the South and the Lowland were 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 unto Zechariah, saying:

耶和华的话又临到撒迦利亚说：

9 'Thus hath the LORD of hosts spoken, saying: Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion every man to 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, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.

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 turned a stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

他们却不肯听从，扭转肩头，塞耳不听，

12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts had sent by His spirit by the hand of the former prophets; therefore came there great wrath from the LORD of hosts.

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 came to pass that, as He called, and they would not hear; so they shall call, and I will not hear, said the LORD of hosts;

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 but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned; for they laid the pleasant land desolate.'

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。”