Zechariah 7
1 When Darius had been the emperor for almost four years, on December 7, Yahweh gave me [another] message.
Eso biyaduyale amola oubi sesegeyale (Gisilefi oubi) ode biyaduyale Da: liase ea ouligisu amoga, Hina Gode da nama sia: ne iasu i.
2 The people of Bethel [city] sent two men, Sharezer and Regem-Melech, along with some other men, [to the temple of Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels, ] to request that Yahweh bless them.
Amo eso galu, Bedele moilai dunu da Sialisa, Ligemelege amola ilia fa: no bobogesu dunu, amo Hina Gode Bagadedafa Ea hahawane dogolegele fidisu adole lama: ne, Ea Debolo diasuga asunasi.
3 They also asked the priests at Yahweh’s temple and the prophets [this question]: “For many years, during the fifth month [and during the seventh month of each year], we have mourned and (fasted/abstained from eating food). Should we [continue to do that]?”
Amola gobele salasu dunu amola balofede dunu ilima amane adole ba: ma: ne, asunasi, “Ninia da Debolo Diasu da mugululi dagoi amo dawa: ma: ne, ode bagohame amoga, oubi biyale huluane amoga dini dawa: lalu. Ninia da amo hou mae fisili, gebewane hamonanoma: bela: ?”
4 Then the Commander of the armies of angels gave me a message.
Goe sia: ne iasu da Hina Gode Ea sia: nama misi.
5 [He said], “Tell [RHQ] the priests and all the [other] people of Judah that during the past 70 years, when they mourned and fasted during the fifth and seventh months [of each year], it was not really [RHQ] me, [Yahweh], whom they were [honoring].
E da amane sia: i, “Isala: ili soge fi dunuma amola gobele salasu dunuma huluane ilima sia: ma. Ilia da ode 70 amoga oubi bi amola fesu amoga ha: i mae nawene didigia: su hamonoba, ilia da Nama nodone sia: ma: ne hame hamoi.
6 And when they ate and drank, it was really [RHQ] to [benefit] themselves.
Amola ilia da ha: i maiyaba amola waini maiyaba, ilia da ilisu sadima: ne fawane na: loba.”
7 That is certainly [RHQ] what I continually told the former prophets to proclaim [to the people], when Jerusalem and the nearby towns were prosperous and filled with people, and people [also] lived in the desert area to the south and in the foothills [to the west].”
Amo sia: Hina Gode da musa: balofede dunu amo ilia lafidili sia: i. Amo esoha Yelusaleme da bagade gaguiwane ba: i, amola dunu bagohame amo ganodini esalebe ba: i. Dunu bagohame da moilai amo Yelusaleme sisiga: i amo ganodini esalebe ba: i. Amola ga (south) soge amola guma: dini agolo soge goumi baiga gala, amo ganodini dunu bagohame esalebe ba: i.
8 Yahweh gave another message to me, saying
Hina Gode da amo sia: ne iasu Segalaiama i,
9 “[Tell the people that] this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: ‘Do what is just/right, and act kindly and mercifully toward each other.
“Na da musa: hemonega amo hamoma: ne sia: i Na fi dunuma i, ‘Dilia huluane moloidafa fofada: su hamoma! Amola asigi hou amola gogolema: ne olofosu hou dilia enoma enoma olelema.
10 Do not (oppress/treat cruelly) widows or orphans or foreigners or poor people. Do not even think about doing evil to anyone else.’”
Dilia da uda didalo, guluba: mano, ga fi dunu dili bisili esala amola nowa da hahani hame gaguiwane dili bisili esala, amo mae banenesima. Amola dilia dunu eno enoia wadela: lesimusa: mae ilegema. Na da amane sia: i!
11 But the people refused to pay attention [to what Yahweh said]. They turned their backs [to him], and put their hands over their ears in order to not hear [what he said].
Be Na fi dunu da gasa fili, Na sia: nabimu higa: i. Ilia da Na sia: odoga: i.
12 They were very stubborn [IDM], and they would not listen to the laws [that God gave to Moses] or the messages that the Commander of the armies of angels told his Spirit to give to the prophets who were now dead. So the Commander of the armies of angels was very angry.
Ilia da ilila: dogo igi agoane ga: nasima: ne hamoi. Ilia da olelesu amo Na da musa: esalu balofede dunu ilia lafidili olelei, amo nabimu odoga: beba: le, Na da ougi bagade ba: i.
13 The Commander of the armies of angels says, “When I called/spoke [to the people], they would not listen. So when they called/prayed [to me], I did not listen.
Na da sia: noba, ilia da hame nababeba: le, ilia da Nama sia: ne gadoloba, Na amola da ilia sia: ne gadosu hame nabi.
14 And I caused them to be scattered among many nations, where they were strangers. [It was as though] [MET] a whirlwind [picked them up and carried them away from their country]. The country/land that they [were forced to] leave was ruined, with the result that no one could [live there or even] travel through it. [It was previously] a delightful land, but they caused it to become (desolate/like a desert).”
Na da mulu agoane, ili doa: le fasili, ga fi soge ganodini esaloma: ne, sefasi dagoi. Amola Na soge noga: idafa da bu wadela: i dunu hame esalebe soge hamoi dagoi.
