Zechariah 7
1 When Darius had been the emperor for almost four years, on December 7, Yahweh gave me [another] message.
Y sucedió que en el cuarto año del rey Darío, la palabra del Señor vino a Zacarías el cuarto día del noveno mes, el mes de Quisleu.
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.
Ahora ellos de Betel habían enviado a Sarezer y Regem-melec para pedirle al Señor que les de favor.
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 para decir a los sacerdotes de la casa del Señor de los ejércitos y a los profetas: ¿Debemos seguir llorando en el quinto mes, abstenernos como lo hemos hecho en los últimos años?
4 Then the Commander of the armies of angels gave me a message.
Entonces vino a mí la palabra del Señor 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].
Di a toda la gente de la tierra y a los sacerdotes: Cuando hiciste ayuno y guardan luto en el quinto y séptimo mes durante estos setenta años, ¿alguna vez lo hiciste por mi?
6 And when they ate and drank, it was really [RHQ] to [benefit] themselves.
Y cuando festejan y beben, ¿no lo hacen solo 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 el Señor les dijo por los profetas anteriores, cuando Jerusalén estaba llena de gente y riqueza, y las ciudades alrededor de ella, el sur y las tierras bajas estaban pobladas?
8 Yahweh gave another message to me, saying
Y la palabra del Señor 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.
Esto es lo que el Señor de los ejércitos ha dicho: Que tu juicio sea recto y de buena fe, que cada hombre tenga misericordia y compasión de 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 oprimas a la viuda, o el huérfano, al extranjero, a los pobres; y ni tramen él mal en sus corazones unos contra otros.
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 prestaron atención, volvieron la espalda y se hicieron los sordos;
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 hicieron sus corazones duros como un diamante, para no oír la ley y las palabras que el Señor de los ejércitos había dicho por él Espíritu Santo y los profetas anteriores; y vino gran ira 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.
Y sucedió que como no escucharon mi voz, yo tampoco los escucharé, dice 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).”
Pero con un viento de tormenta los envié huyendo entre todas las naciones las cuales conocían. De modo que la tierra fue arruinada tras ellos, de modo que ningún hombre fuese ni viniese, porque convirtieron en desolación la tierra deseada.
