Zechariah 7
1 And it came to pass, in the fourth year of King Darius, that the word of Jehovah came to Zechariah, on the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;
et factum est in anno quarto Darii regis factum est verbum Domini ad Zacchariam in quarta mensis noni qui est casleu
2 when they had sent to the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before Jehovah,
et miserunt ad domum Dei Sarasar et Rogomelech et viri qui erant cum eo ad deprecandam faciem Domini
3 and to speak to the priests that were in the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, “Shall I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?”
ut dicerent sacerdotibus domus Domini exercituum et prophetis loquentes numquid flendum mihi est in mense quinto vel sanctificare me debeo sicuti feci iam multis annis
4 Then came the word of Jehovah of hosts to me, saying,
et factum est verbum Domini exercituum ad me dicens
5 Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth month and in the seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast for me, even for me?
loquere ad omnem populum terrae et ad sacerdotes dicens cum ieiunaretis et plangeretis in quinto et septimo per hos septuaginta annos numquid ieiunium ieiunastis mihi
6 And when ye eat and drink, is it not ye that eat, and ye that drink?
et cum comedistis et cum bibistis numquid non vobis comedistis et vobismet ipsis bibistis
7 Are not these the words which Jehovah proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and her cities round about her, and when the South and the Plain were inhabited?
numquid non sunt verba quae locutus est Dominus in manu prophetarum priorum cum adhuc Hierusalem habitaretur et esset opulenta ipsa et urbes in circuitu eius et ad austrum et in campestribus habitaretur
8 And the word of Jehovah came to Zechariah, saying,
et factum est verbum Domini ad Zacchariam dicens
9 Thus spake Jehovah of hosts, saying, Judge true judgment, and show mercy and compassion every man to his brother.
haec ait Dominus exercituum dicens iudicium verum iudicate et misericordiam et miserationes facite unusquisque cum fratre suo
10 And the widow, and the orphan, and the stranger, and the poor, oppress not, and meditate not evil against one another in your heart.
et viduam et pupillum et advenam et pauperem nolite calumniari et malum vir fratri suo non cogitet in corde suo
11 But they refused to hearken, and showed a refractory shoulder, and made their ears dull, that they might not hear;
et noluerunt adtendere et verterunt scapulam recedentem et aures suas adgravaverunt ne audirent
12 yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, that they might not hear the law, and the words which Jehovah of hosts sent through his spirit by the former prophets. Therefore came great anger from Jehovah of hosts.
et cor suum posuerunt adamantem ne audirent legem et verba quae misit Dominus exercituum in spiritu suo per manum prophetarum priorum et facta est indignatio magna a Domino exercituum
13 And as he called and they would not hear, so they called and I would not hear, saith Jehovah of hosts.
et factum est sicut locutus est et non audierunt sic clamabunt et non exaudiam dicit Dominus exercituum
14 And I scattered them as with a whirlwind among all the nations, which they knew not. And the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through, nor returned; and thus the beautiful land was made a desolation.
et dispersi eos per omnia regna quae nesciunt et terra desolata est ab eis eo quod non esset transiens et revertens et posuerunt terram desiderabilem in desertum
