Zechariah 7
1 When Darius had been the emperor for almost four years, on December 7, Yahweh gave me [another] message.
En el cuarto año del rey Darío, la palabra de Yahvé llegó a Zacarías en el cuarto día del noveno mes, el mes de Chislev.
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.
El pueblo de Betel envió a Sharezer y a Regem Melec y a sus hombres a implorar el favor de Yahvé,
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]?”
y a hablar con los sacerdotes de la casa de Yahvé de los Ejércitos y con los profetas, diciendo: “¿Debo llorar en el quinto mes, separándome, como he hecho estos tantos años?”
4 Then the Commander of the armies of angels gave me a message.
Entonces vino a mí la palabra de Yahvé de los Ejércitos, diciendo:
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].
“Habla a todo el pueblo de la tierra y a los sacerdotes, diciendo: ‘Cuando ayunasteis y llorasteis en el quinto y en el séptimo mes durante estos setenta años, ¿habéis ayunado en absoluto para mí, realmente para mí?
6 And when they ate and drank, it was really [RHQ] to [benefit] themselves.
Cuando coméis y cuando bebéis, ¿no coméis para vosotros y bebéis para vosotros?
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].”
¿No son éstas las palabras que Yahvé proclamó por medio de los antiguos profetas, cuando Jerusalén estaba habitada y en prosperidad, y sus ciudades alrededor, y el sur y la llanura estaban habitados?”
8 Yahweh gave another message to me, saying
La palabra de Yahvé vino a Zacarías, diciendo:
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.
“Así ha hablado Yahvé de los Ejércitos, diciendo: ‘Ejecutad el juicio verdadero, y mostrad bondad y compasión cada uno con su hermano.
10 Do not (oppress/treat cruelly) widows or orphans or foreigners or poor people. Do not even think about doing evil to anyone else.’”
No opriman a la viuda, ni al huérfano, ni al extranjero, ni al pobre; y que ninguno de ustedes piense en su corazón el mal contra su hermano.’
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].
Pero no quisieron escuchar, y volvieron la espalda, y se taparon los oídos para no oír.
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.
Sí, endurecieron su corazón como el pedernal, para no oír la ley y las palabras que el Señor de los Ejércitos había enviado por su Espíritu a través de los antiguos profetas. Por eso vino una gran ira de parte del Señor de los Ejércitos.
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.
Ha sucedido que, como él llamó y ellos no quisieron escuchar, así llamarán y yo no escucharé”, dijo el Señor de los Ejércitos;
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).”
“sino que los dispersaré con un torbellino entre todas las naciones que no han conocido. Así, la tierra quedó desolada después de ellos, de modo que nadie pasó ni regresó; porque hicieron desolada la tierra placentera.”
