Zechariah 1
1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Yahweh unto Zechariah, son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, the prophet, saying: —
Tamin’ ny volana fahavalo tamin’ ny taona faharoa nanjakan’ i Dariosa no nahatongavan’ ny tenin’ i Jehovah tamin’ i Zakaria mpaminany, zanak’ i Berekia, zanak’ Ido, nanao hoe:
2 Yahweh, was sore displeased, with your fathers:
Tezitra indrindra tamin’ ny razanareo Jehovah.
3 therefore shalt thou say unto them, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Return ye unto me, urgeth Yahweh of hosts, —that I may return unto you, saith Yahweh of hosts.
Koa lazao aminy hoe: Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro: Miverena amiko ianareo, hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro, dia mba hiverina ho aminareo kosa Aho, hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro.
4 Do not become like your fathers, unto whom the former prophets, proclaimed, saying, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Return, I pray you, from your wicked ways, and from your wicked practices; but they heard not, nor hearkened unto me, declareth Yahweh.
Aza mba toy ny razanareo, izay nantsoin’ ny mpaminany fahiny hoe: Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro: Mialà amin’ ny lalanareo ratsy ianareo sy amin’ ny ratsy fanaonareo; nefa tsy nitandrina izy, na nihaino Ahy, hoy Jehovah.
5 Your fathers, where are they? and, the prophets, to times age-abiding, do they live?
Ny razanareo ― aiza moa ireny izao? Ary ny mpaminany ― moa velona mandrakizay va ireny?
6 Howbeit, as for my words and my statutes with which I charged my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? and so they returned and said, Just as Yahweh of hosts planned to do unto us, according to our ways and according to our practices, So hath he dealt with us?
Fa ny teniko sy ny didiko, izay nandidiako ny mpaminany mpanompoko, tsy nahatratra ny razanareo va izany? Ary izy nitodika ka nanao hoe: Araka izay nosainin’ i Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro, hatao amintsika, araka ny alehantsika sy ny ataontsika, dia araka izany no nataony tamintsika.
7 Upon the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the same, is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Yahweh unto Zechariah, son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, the prophet, as followeth:
Tamin’ ny andro fahefatra amby roa-polo tamin’ ny volana fahiraika ambin’ ny folo (volana Sebata izany) tamin’ ny taona faharoa nanjakan’ i Dariosa dia tonga tamin i Zakaria mpaminany, zanak’ i Berekia, zanak’ Ido, ny tenin’ i Jehovah nanao, hoe:
8 I looked by night, And lo! a man riding upon a red horse, and he was standing among the myrtle trees, in the shade; and, after him, were horses, red, bay, and white.
Nahita tamin’ ny alina aho fa, indro, nisy lehilahy nitaingina soavaly mena ka nijanona teny amin’ ny rotra teny an-dohasaha, ary teo aoriany nisy soavaly mena sy mavo ary fotsy.
9 Then said I, What are these, my lord? And the messenger who was speaking with me, said unto me, I, will shew thee what these, are.
Dia hoy izaho: Tompoko ô, inona moa ireo? Ary ilay anjely niresaka tamiko dia nanao tamiko hoe: Izaho haneho anao ny amin’ ireo.
10 So the man who was standing among the myrtle-trees responded, and said, —These, are they whom Yahweh, hath sent, to go to and fro through the earth.
Ary ralehilahy izay nijanona teny amin’ ny rotra dia namaly hoe: Ireo dia nirahin’ Jehovah hivoivoy eny amin’ ny tany.
11 Then responded they to the messenger of Yahweh, who was standing among the myrtle-trees, and said, We have gone to and fro through the earth, —and lo! all the earth, resteth and is quiet.
Ary namaly Ilay Anjelin’ i Jehovah nijanona teny amin’ ny rotra ireo ka nanao hoe: Efa nivoivoy teny amin’ ny tany izahay, ary, indro, ny tany rehetra dia miadana sy mandry fahizay.
12 Then the messenger of Yahweh responded, and said, O Yahweh of hosts! How long wilt, thou, not have compassion upon Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, —against which thou hast had indignation these seventy years?
Ary Ilay Anjelin’ i Jehovah namaly hoe: He, Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro ô! mandra-pahoviana no tsy hamindranao fo amin’ i Jerosalema sy amin’ ny tanànan’ ny Joda, izay efa nahatezitra Anao fito-polo taona izay.
13 And Yahweh answered the messenger who was speaking with me, in words that were pleasant, —words that were consoling,
Dia novalian’ i Jehovah teny tsara sy mampionona ilay anjely niresaka tamiko.
14 Then the messenger who was speaking with me, said unto me, Proclaim thou, saying, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, I am jealous for Jerusalem, and for Zion, with a great jealousy;
Ary ilay anjely niresaka tamiko dia nanao tamiko hoe: Miantsoa hoe: Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro: Saro-piaro dia saro-piaro an’ i Jerosalema sy Ziona Aho.
15 And, with a great displeasure, am I displeased with the careless nations, —in that, when, I, was displeased (for) a little, then, they, helped forward the calamity,
Ary tezitra indrindra Aho amin’ ireo firenena miadana; satria Izaho dia tezitra kely ihany, fa ireo kosa dia nampitombo ny fahoriana.
16 Wherefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, I have returned to Jerusalem, with compassions, My house, shall be built therein, declareth Yahweh of hosts, and, a line, shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.
Koa izao no lazain’ i Jehovah: Efa tafaverina eto Jerosalema amin’ ny indrafo Aho; ny tranoko haorina eto, hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro, ary ny famolaina hohenjanina eto Jerosalema.
17 Further, proclaim thou, saying, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Yet, shall my cities overflow with blessing! So will Yahweh yet, have compassion, upon Zion, and yet make choice of Jerusalem.
Miantsoa indray hoe: Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro: Hihoa-pampana ny fanambinana ny tanànako; ary Jehovah hampionona an’ i Ziona ary mbola hifidy an’ i Jerosalema indray.
18 Then lifted I up mine eyes and looked, —and lo! Four Horns.
Ary natopiko ny masoko, ka hitako fa, indreo, nisy tandroka efatra.
19 And I said unto the messenger who was speaking with me, What are these? And he said unto me, These, are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
Ary hoy izaho tamin’ ilay anjely niresaka tamiko: Inona moa ireo? Dia hoy izy tamiko: Ireo no tandroka izay nampihahaka ny Joda sy ny Isiraely ary Jerosalema.
20 Then Yahweh shewed me Four Craftsmen.
Ary dia nanehoan’ i Jehovah mpiasa efatra aho.
21 And I said, What are these coming in to do? And he spake, saying, These, are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head, but these [others] have come in to put them in fear, to cast down the horns of the nations, the which have lifted up the horn against the land of Judah to scatter her.
Dia hoy izaho: Avy hanao inona moa ireto? Ary Izy nanao hoe: Ireo no tandroka nampihahaka ny Joda, ka tsy nisy olona nanandrandra loha; fa ireto kosa dia avy hampahatahotra azy mba hampiongana ny tandroky ny firenena, dia izay nanandratra ny tandrony tamin’ ny tanin’ ny Joda hanely azy.
