Zechariah 7
1 When Darius had been the emperor for almost four years, on December 7, Yahweh gave me [another] message.
El año cuarto del rey Darío, el día cuarto del mes noveno, Kislev, aconteció que la Palabra de Yavé vino a Zacarías.
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.
Entonces Bet-ʼEl envió a Sarezer, al portavoz real y a su gente a implorar el favor de Yavé.
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]?”
[También envió] a hablar a los sacerdotes que estaban en la Casa de Yavé de las huestes y a los profetas: ¿Debo llorar y ayunar el mes quinto como lo hice tantos años?
4 Then the Commander of the armies of angels gave me a message.
Entonces la Palabra de Yavé de las huestes vino a mí:
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 esta tierra y a los sacerdotes: Cuando ustedes ayunaban y lloraban los meses quinto y séptimo durante estos 70 años, ¿ayunaban por Mí?
6 And when they ate and drank, it was really [RHQ] to [benefit] themselves.
Cuando comen y beben, ¿no comen y beben para ustedes mismos?
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 estas las palabras que Yavé proclamó por medio de los primeros profetas, cuando Jerusalén y las ciudades que la circundan, los pueblos vecinos, el Neguev y la Sefela, estaban habitados y prósperos?
8 Yahweh gave another message to me, saying
Vino la Palabra de Yavé a Zacarías:
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.
Yavé de las huestes dice: Administren verdadera justicia. Muestren misericordia y compasión cada uno a su prójimo.
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. Ni alguno piense el mal en su corazón 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, más bien volvieron la espalda, y taparon sus oídos para no escuchar.
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.
Endurecieron su corazón como un diamante para no escuchar la Ley ni las palabras que Yavé de las huestes enviaba por su Espíritu a través de los antiguos profetas. Por tanto un gran furor vino de parte Yavé de las huestes.
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.
Aconteció que, así como Él llamó y no escucharon, también ellos llamaron y Yo no escuché, dice Yavé de las huestes.
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).”
Pero los dispersé con un remolino de viento por todas las naciones que ellos no conocían. Y después de ellos, la tierra quedó desolada, de tal modo que nadie pasaba por ella, ni regresaba a ella, porque ellos convirtieron la tierra agradable en desolación.
