Zechariah 1

1 in/on/with month [the] eighth in/on/with year two to/for Darius to be word LORD to(wards) Zechariah son: child Berechiah son: child Iddo [the] prophet to/for to say

In the eighth month in the second year of Darius, this message of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo:

2 be angry LORD upon father your wrath

The Lord was furious with your ancestors.

3 and to say to(wards) them thus to say LORD Hosts to return: return to(wards) me utterance LORD Hosts and to return: return to(wards) you to say LORD Hosts

So tell the people this message of the Lord of hosts: ‘Return to me,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘and I will return to you’ says the Lord of hosts.

4 not to be like/as father your which to call: call out to(wards) them [the] prophet [the] first: previous to/for to say thus to say LORD Hosts to return: return please from way: conduct your [the] bad: evil (and deed your *Q(k)*) [the] bad: evil and not to hear: hear and not to listen to(wards) me utterance LORD

‘Do not be like your ancestors to whom the former prophets cried, “The Lord of hosts says to turn now from your evil ways, and from your evil deeds”. They did not heed nor listen to me,’ says the Lord.

5 father your where? they(masc.) and [the] prophet to/for forever: enduring to live

‘Your ancestors, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?

6 surely word my and statute: decree my which to command [obj] servant/slave my [the] prophet not to overtake father your and to return: repent and to say like/as as which to plan LORD Hosts to/for to make: do to/for us like/as way: conduct our and like/as deed our so to make: do with us

But did not my words and my statutes with which I charged my servants the prophets overtake your ancestors? And they repented and said, “Just as the Lord of hosts planned to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our deeds, so he has dealt with us.”’

7 in/on/with day twenty and four to/for eleven ten month he/she/it month Shebat in/on/with year two to/for Darius to be word LORD to(wards) Zechariah son: child Berechiah son: child Iddo [the] prophet to/for to say

In the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, this message of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo:

8 to see: seer [the] night and behold man to ride upon horse red and he/she/it to stand: stand between [the] myrtle which in/on/with ravine and after him horse red sorrel and white

I saw in the night a man on a red horse, among the myrtle trees that were in the valley-bottom. Behind him there were horses, red, sorrel, and white.

9 and to say what? these lord my and to say to(wards) me [the] messenger: angel [the] to speak: speak in/on/with me I to see: see you what? they(masc.) these

Then said I, ‘My Lord, what are these?’ And the messenger who was talking with me said, ‘I will show you what they are.’

10 and to answer [the] man [the] to stand: stand between: among ([the] myrtle *LB(ah)*) and to say these which to send: depart LORD to/for to go: walk in/on/with land: country/planet

And the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered, ‘They are those whom the Lord has sent to patrol the earth.’

11 and to answer [obj] messenger: angel LORD [the] to stand: stand between: among [the] myrtle and to say to go: walk in/on/with land: country/planet and behold all [the] land: country/planet to dwell and to quiet

And the riders answered the messenger of the Lord who was standing among the myrtle trees, ‘We have gone up and down through the world and behold, all the earth is still and at peace.’

12 and to answer messenger: angel LORD and to say LORD Hosts till how you(m. s.) not to have compassion [obj] Jerusalem and [obj] city Judah which be indignant this seventy year

Then the messenger of the Lord said, ‘Lord of hosts, how long will you have no pity for Jerusalem and the cities of Judah with which you have been angry for seventy years?’

13 and to answer LORD [obj] [the] messenger: angel [the] to speak: speak in/on/with me word pleasant word comfort

And the Lord answered the messenger who was talking with me with kind and comforting words.

14 and to say to(wards) me [the] messenger: angel [the] to speak: speak in/on/with me to call: call out to/for to say thus to say LORD Hosts be jealous to/for Jerusalem and to/for Zion jealousy great: large

So the messenger who was talking with me said to me, ‘Proclaim now that the Lord of hosts says: I am deeply concerned for Jerusalem.

15 and wrath great: large I be angry upon [the] nation [the] secure which I be angry little and they(masc.) to help to/for distress: harm

But I am deeply angry with the arrogant, complacent nations. I was only a little angry with Israel but they made the suffering worse.

16 to/for so thus to say LORD to return: return to/for Jerusalem in/on/with compassion house: home my to build in/on/with her utterance LORD Hosts (and line *Q(K)*) to stretch upon Jerusalem

Therefore, says the Lord, I am turning to show mercy to Jerusalem. My temple will be rebuilt in it, says the Lord of hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched over Jerusalem.

17 still to call: call out to/for to say thus to say LORD Hosts still to flow city my from good and to be sorry: comfort LORD still [obj] Zion and to choose still in/on/with Jerusalem

Proclaim again: Thus says the Lord of hosts: My cities will again overflow with prosperity and the Lord will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’

18 and to lift: look [obj] eye my and to see: see and behold four horn

Now I looked up and saw four horns.

19 and to say to(wards) [the] messenger: angel [the] to speak: speak in/on/with me what? these and to say to(wards) me these [the] horn which to scatter [obj] Judah [obj] Israel and Jerusalem

I said to the messenger who was talking with me, ‘What are these?’ He answered, ‘These are the horns which scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem.’

20 and to see: see me LORD four artificer

Then the Lord showed me four smiths.

21 and to say what? these to come (in): come to/for to make: do and to say to/for to say these [the] horn which to scatter [obj] Judah like/as lip: according man not to lift: kindness head his and to come (in): come these to/for to tremble [obj] them to/for to give thanks [obj] horn [the] nation [the] to lift: fight horn to(wards) land: country/planet Judah to/for to scatter her

I said, ‘What are these coming to do?’ He answered, ‘The horns scattered Judah, so that no one dared lift their head. But the smiths have come to terrify them, to crush the horns of the nations which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter its people.’