Zechariah 7
1 It happened in the fourth year of king Daryavesh that the word of YHWH came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
Tarik angʼwen mar dwe mar ochiko, e higa mar angʼwen mar loch Darius, wach Jehova Nyasaye nobiro ni Zekaria.
2 The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech, and their men, to entreat YHWH's favor,
Noyudo jo-Bethel ooro Shareza gi Regem-Melek, kod jogi moko, mondo okwa Jehova Nyasaye gweth,
3 and to speak to the priests of the house of YHWH of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, "Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?"
ka gipenjo jodolo mag od Jehova Nyasaye Maratego kod jonabi niya, “Bende owinjore aywagi kendo atwe chiemo e dwe mar abich kaka asebedo ka atimo kuom higni mangʼeny?”
4 Then the word of YHWH of hosts came to me, saying,
Eka wach Jehova Nyasaye Maratego nobirona, kawacho niya,
5 "Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?
“Penj ji duto manie piny, kaachiel gi jodolo ni, ‘Kane utweyo chiemo kendo uywak e dwe mar abich gi mar abiriyo kuom higni piero abiriyo mokalogo duto, bende an ema ne utweyona chiemo adier?
6 When you eat, and when you drink, do you not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
Koso kane uchiemo kendo umetho, donge nuchiemo kendo umetho mana ne un uwegi?
7 Aren't these the words which YHWH proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities around her, and the Negev and the lowland were inhabited?'"
Magi donge e weche mane Jehova Nyasaye owacho kotiyo gi jonabi machon, e kinde mane Jerusalem gi mier molwore ne nigi kwe kendo dhi maber, bende e kinde ma Negev gi pinje manie tie gode ma yo podho chiengʼ ne pok ji odakie?’”
8 The word of YHWH came to Zechariah, saying,
Eka wach Jehova Nyasaye nochako obiro ni Zekaria niya,
9 "Thus has YHWH of hosts spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.
“Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Maratego wacho, ‘Ngʼaduru bura madier; nyisuru tim ngʼwono kod kech ni jowadu.
10 Do not oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.'
Kik usand dhako ma chwore otho kata nyathi kich, kata jadak, kata jadhier. Kik upar timo marach ni jowadu gie chunyu.’
11 But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
“To negitamore winjo wechena; mi gingʼanyona kendo gidino parogi mondo kik giwinj wechena.
12 Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they might hear the law, and the words which YHWH of hosts had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from YHWH of hosts.
Ee, negiketo chunygi obedo matek ta mana ka kidi, kendo ne gidagi winjo chik kata weche ma Jehova Nyasaye Maratego nooronigi kuom Roho kokonyore gi jonabi machon. Omiyo Jehova Nyasaye Maratego nokecho ahinya.
13 It has come to pass that, as he called, and they refused to listen, so they will call, and I will not listen," said YHWH of hosts;
“‘Kane aluongo, ne ok giwinjo, omiyo gin bende kane giluongo to ne ok anyal yienegi,’ Jehova Nyasaye Maratego owacho.
14 "but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they made the pleasant land desolate."
‘Ne akeyogi ka kalausi e kind ogendini ma ok gingʼeyo. Piny mane giweyo nolokore gunda bangʼ-gi mane onge ngʼama kadhe kata dhiye. Kamano e kaka negimiyo piny majaberno olokore gunda.’”
