Zechariah 7
1 When Darius had been the emperor for almost four years, on December 7, Yahweh gave me [another] message.
Aconteceu pois, no anno quarto do rei Dario, que a palavra do Senhor veiu a Zacharias, no dia quarto do nono mez, que é chisleu.
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.
Quando foram enviados á casa de Deus, Saresar, e Regemmelech, e os homens d'elle, para supplicarem o rosto do Senhor,
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]?”
Dizendo aos sacerdotes, que estavam na casa do Senhor dos Exercitos, e aos prophetas: Chorarei eu no quinto mez, separando-me, como o tenho feito por tantos annos?
4 Then the Commander of the armies of angels gave me a message.
Então a palavra do Senhor dos Exercitos veiu a mim, dizendo:
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].
Falla a todo o povo d'esta terra, o aos sacerdotes, dizendo: Quando jejuastes, e pranteastes, no quinto e no setimo mez, a saber, estes setenta annos, porventura, jejuando, jejuastes para mim, para mim, digo?
6 And when they ate and drank, it was really [RHQ] to [benefit] themselves.
Ou quando comestes, e quando bebestes, não fostes vós os que comieis e vós os que bebieis?
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].”
Não são estas as palavras que o Senhor prégou pelo ministerio dos prophetas primeiros, quando Jerusalem estava habitada e quieta, com as suas cidades ao redor d'ella? e o sul e a campina eram habitados?
8 Yahweh gave another message to me, saying
E a palavra do Senhor veiu a Zacharias, dizendo:
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.
Assim fallou o Senhor dos Exercitos, dizendo: Julgae juizo verdadeiro, executae piedade e misericordias cada um com seu irmão;
10 Do not (oppress/treat cruelly) widows or orphans or foreigners or poor people. Do not even think about doing evil to anyone else.’”
E não opprimaes a viuva, nem o orphão, nem o estrangeiro, nem o pobre, nem intente o mal cada um contra o seu irmão no seu coração.
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].
Porém não quizeram escutar, e me deram o hombro rebelde, e ensurdeceram os seus ouvidos, para que não ouvissem.
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.
E fizeram o seu coração como diamante, para que não ouvissem a lei, nem as palavras que o Senhor dos Exercitos enviava pelo seu Espirito pelo ministerio dos prophetas primeiros: d'onde veiu a grande ira do Senhor dos Exercitos.
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.
E aconteceu que, como elle clamou, e elles não ouviram, assim tambem elles clamaram, mas eu não ouvi, diz o Senhor dos Exercitos.
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).”
E os espalhei com tempestade entre todas as nações, que elles não conheciam, e a terra foi assolada atraz d'elles, de sorte que ninguem passava por ella, nem se tornava: porque teem feito da terra desejada uma desolação.
