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;
Pripetilo se je v četrtem letu kralja Dareja, da je Gospodova beseda prišla Zahariju na četrti dan devetega meseca, torej v kislévu,
2 when they had sent to the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before Jehovah,
ko so poslali v Božjo hišo Sarécerja in Regem Meleha in njune može, da molijo pred Gospodom
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?”
in da govorijo duhovnikom, ki so bili v hiši Gospoda nad bojevniki in prerokom, rekoč: »Ali naj bi jokal v petem mesecu in se zadrževal, kot sem to počel ta mnoga leta?«
4 Then came the word of Jehovah of hosts to me, saying,
Potem je prišla k meni beseda Gospoda nad bojevniki, rekoč:
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?
»Govori vsemu ljudstvu dežele in duhovnikom, rekoč: ›Ko ste se postili in žalovali v petem in sedmem mesecu, celo teh sedemdeset let, ali ste se sploh postili meni, celó zame?
6 And when ye eat and drink, is it not ye that eat, and ye that drink?
In ko ste jedli in ko ste pili, mar niste jedli zase in pili zase?
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?
Mar naj ne bi slišali besed, ki jih je Gospod klical po prejšnjih prerokih, ko je bil Jeruzalem naseljen in v uspevanju in njegova mesta okoli njega, ko so ljudje naseljevali jug in ravnino?‹«
8 And the word of Jehovah came to Zechariah, saying,
Gospodova beseda je prišla Zahariju, rekoč:
9 Thus spake Jehovah of hosts, saying, Judge true judgment, and show mercy and compassion every man to his brother.
»Tako govori Gospod nad bojevniki, rekoč: ›Izvajajte resnično sodbo in izkazujte usmiljenje in sočutja vsakdo svojemu bratu,
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.
in ne stiskajte vdove, niti osirotelega, niti tujca, niti revnega, in naj si nihče izmed vas v svojem srcu ne domišlja zla zoper svojega brata.
11 But they refused to hearken, and showed a refractory shoulder, and made their ears dull, that they might not hear;
Toda zavrnili so, da bi prisluhnili in odmaknili so ramo in si zamašili svoja ušesa, da ne bi slišali.
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.
Da, svoja srca so naredili kakor diamantni kamen, da ne bi slišali postave in besed, ki jih je Gospod nad bojevniki poslal po svojem duhu po prejšnjih prerokih, zato je prišel velik bes od Gospoda nad bojevniki.
13 And as he called and they would not hear, so they called and I would not hear, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Zato se je zgodilo, da kakor je on klical in niso hoteli slišati, tako so klicali in nisem hotel slišati, « govori Gospod nad bojevniki,
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.
»temveč sem jih z vrtinčastim vetrom razkropil med vse narode, ki jih niso poznali. Tako je bila dežela za njimi zapuščena, da noben človek ni šel skoznjo niti se ni vrnil, kajti prijetno deželo so spremenili v opustošeno.«
