Zechariah 1
1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah to Zechariah, the son of Barachiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying: —
In mense octavo in anno secundo Darii regis, factum est verbum Domini ad Zachariam, filium Barachiae filii Addo, prophetam, dicens:
2 Jehovah hath been much displeased with your fathers.
Iratus est Dominus super patres vestros iracundia.
3 But say thou to them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Turn ye to me, saith Jehovah of hosts, And I will turn to you, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Et dices ad eos: Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Convertimini ad me, ait Dominus exercituum: et convertar ad vos, dicit Dominus exercituum.
4 Be ye not as your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried, saying, Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings! But they did not hear, nor hearken to me, saith Jehovah.
Ne sitis sicut patres vestri, ad quos clamabant prophetae priores, dicentes: Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Convertimini de viis vestris malis, et de cogitationibus vestris pessimis: et non audierunt, neque attenderunt ad me, dicit Dominus.
5 Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
Patres vestri ubi sunt? et prophetae numquid in sempiternum vivent?
6 But my words and my statutes, Which I commanded my servants, the prophets, Did they not overtake your fathers? And they returned and said, Even as Jehovah of hosts thought To do to us according to our ways, and according to doings, So hath he done to us.
Verumtamen verba mea, et legitima mea, quae mandavi servis meis prophetis, numquid non comprehenderunt patres vestros, et conversi sunt, et dixerunt: Sicut cogitavit Dominus exercituum facere nobis secundum vias nostras, et secundum adinventiones nostras fecit nobis.
7 On the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah to Zechariah, the son of Barachiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying:
In die vigesima et quarta undecimi mensis Sabath, in anno secundo Darii, factum est verbum Domini ad Zachariam filium Barachiae, filii Addo, prophetam, dicens:
8 I saw in the night, and behold, a man riding upon a red horse; and he stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the deep valley, and behind him were other horses, red, fox-colored, and white.
Vidi per noctem, et ecce vir ascendens super equum rufum, et ipse stabat inter myrteta, quae erant in profundo: et post eum equi rufi, varii, et albi.
9 Then I said, What are these, my lord? And the angel that talked with me said to me, I will show thee what these are.
Et dixi: Quid sunt isti, domine mi? Et dixit ad me Angelus, qui loquebatur in me: Ego ostendam tibi quid sint haec.
10 And the man that stood among the myrtle-trees answered and said, These are they whom Jehovah hath sent to go to and fro through the earth.
Et respondit vir, qui stabat inter myrteta, et dixit: Isti sunt, quos misit Dominus ut perambulent terram.
11 And they answered the angel of Jehovah that stood among the myrtle-trees, and said, We have gone to and fro through the earth, and behold, all the earth is still and at rest.
Et responderunt Angelo Domini, qui stabat inter myrteta, et dixerunt: Perambulavimus terram, et ecce omnis terra habitatur, et quiescit.
12 Then the angel of Jehovah answered, and said, O Jehovah of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
Et respondit angelus Domini, et dixit: Domine exercituum usquequo tu non misereberis Ierusalem, et urbium Iuda, quibus iratus es? iste iam septuagesimus annus est.
13 And Jehovah answered the angel that talked with me good words and comfortable words.
Et respondit Dominus angelo, qui loquebatur in me verba bona, verba consolatoria.
14 And the angel who talked with me said to me: Proclaim thou and say, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with great jealousy,
Et dixit ad me angelus, qui loquebatur in me: Clama, dicens: Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Zelatus sum Ierusalem, et Sion zelo magno.
15 And with great anger am I angry with the nations that are at ease; For I was but a little displeased, And they helped forward the affliction.
Et ira magna ego irascor super gentes opulentas: quia ego iratus sum parum, ipsae vero adiuverunt in malum.
16 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: I return to Jerusalem with mercies; My house shall be built in it, Saith Jehovah of hosts, And a measuring-line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.
Propterea haec dicit Dominus: Revertar ad Ierusalem in misericordiis: et domus mea aedificabitur in ea, ait Dominus exercituum: et perpendiculum extendetur super Ierusalem.
17 Proclaim yet and say, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: My cities shall yet overflow with prosperity, And Jehovah will yet comfort Zion, And will yet choose Jerusalem.
Adhuc, clama dicens: Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Adhuc affluent civitates meae bonis: et consolabitur adhuc Dominus Sion, et eliget adhuc Ierusalem.
18 Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, four horns.
Et levavi oculos meos, et vidi: et ecce quattuor cornua.
19 And I said to the angel that talked with me, What mean these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
Et dixi ad angelum, qui loquebatur in me: Quid sunt haec? Et dixit ad me: Haec sunt cornua, quae ventilaverunt Iuda, et Israel, et Ierusalem.
20 And Jehovah showed me four smiths.
Et ostendit mihi Dominus quattuor fabros.
21 Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head; and now these are come to terrify them, to cast out the horns of the nations which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.
Et dixi: Quid isti veniunt facere? Qui ait, dicens: Haec sunt cornua, quae ventilaverunt Iuda per singulos viros, et nemo eorum levavit caput suum: et venerunt isti deterrere ea, ut deiiciant cornua gentium, quae levaverunt cornu super terram Iuda ut dispergerent eam.
