Zechariah 7
1 When King Darius had been ruler for four years, on the fourth day of Kislev (which was the ninth month), the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah.
At nangyari, nang ikaapat na taon ng haring si Dario, na ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating kay Zacarias nang ikaapat na araw ng ikasiyam na buwan, sa makatuwid baga'y sa Chislev.
2 The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-Melek and their men to beg before the face of Yahweh.
Sinugo nga ng mga taga Beth-el si Sareser at si Regem-melech, at ang kanilang mga lalake, upang hilingin ang lingap ng Panginoon,
3 They spoke to the priests who were at the house of Yahweh of hosts and to the prophets; they said, “Should I mourn in the fifth month by means of a fast, as I have done these many years?”
At upang magsalita sa mga saserdote ng bahay ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, at sa mga propeta, na sabihin, Iiyak baga ako sa ikalimang buwan, na ako'y hihiwalay, gaya ng aking ginawa nitong maraming taon?
4 So the word of Yahweh of hosts came to me, saying,
Nang magkagayo'y dumating ang salita ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo sa akin, na nagsasabi,
5 “Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests and say, 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, were you truly fasting for me?
Salitain mo sa lahat ng tao ng lupain at sa mga saserdote, na iyong sabihin, Nang kayo'y magayuno, at tumangis ng ikalima at ikapitong buwan, nito ngang pitong pung taon, kayo baga'y nagayunong lubos sa akin, para sa akin?
6 When you ate and drank, did you not eat and drink for yourselves?
At pagka kayo'y nagsisikain, at pagka kayo'y nagsisiinom, di baga kayo'y nagsisikain sa ganang inyong sarili at nagsisiinom, sa ganang inyong sarili?
7 Were these not the same words that Yahweh proclaimed by the mouth of the former prophets, when you still inhabited Jerusalem and the surrounding cities in prosperity and were settled in the Negev, and the foothills to the west?'”
Di baga ninyo dapat dinggin ang mga salita na isinigaw ng Panginoon sa pamamagitan ng mga unang propeta, nang ang Jerusalem ay tinatahanan at nasa kaginhawahan, at ang mga bayan niyaon na nangasa palibot niya, at ang Timugan, at ang mababang lupain ay tinatahanan?
8 The word of Yahweh came to Zechariah, saying,
At ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating kay Zacarias na nagsasabi,
9 “Yahweh of hosts says this, 'Judge with true justice, covenant faithfulness, and mercy. Let each man do this for his brother.
Ganito ang sinalita ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, na nagsasabi, Mangaglapat kayo ng tunay na kahatulan, at magpakita ng kaawaan at ng kahabagan ang bawa't isa sa kaniyang kapatid,
10 About the widow and orphan, the foreigner, and the poor person—do not oppress them, and let none of you plot any harm against another in your heart.'
At huwag ninyong pighatiin ang babaing bao, ni ang ulila man, ang taga ibang lupa, ni ang dukha man; at sinoman sa inyo ay huwag magisip ng kasamaan sa inyong puso laban sa kaniyang kapatid.
11 But they refused to pay attention and set their shoulders stubbornly. They stopped up their ears so they would not hear.
Nguni't kanilang tinanggihang dinggin, at kanilang iniurong ang balikat, at nagtakip ng pakinig, upang huwag nilang marinig.
12 They made their hearts as hard as rock so they would not hear the law or the words of Yahweh of hosts. He had sent these messages to the people by his Spirit in earlier times, by the mouth of the prophets. But the people refused to listen, so Yahweh of hosts was very angry with them.
Oo, kanilang ginawa na parang batong diamante ang kanilang puso upang huwag magsidinig ng kautusan, at ng mga salita na ipinasugo ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang Espiritu, ng mga unang propeta: kaya't dumating ang malaking poot na mula sa Panginoon ng mga hukbo.
13 It happened that when he called, they did not listen. In the same way,” said Yahweh of hosts, “they will call out to me, but I will not listen.
At nangyari, na kung paanong siya'y sumigaw, at hindi nila dininig, ay gayon sila sisigaw, at hindi ko didinggin, sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo;
14 For I will scatter them with a whirlwind to all the nations that they have not seen, and the land will be desolate after them. For no one will pass through the land or return to it since the people have made their delightful land into a wasteland.”
Kundi aking pangangalatin sila sa pamamagitan ng ipoipo sa gitna ng lahat na bansa na hindi nila nakilala. Ganito nasira ang lupain pagkatapos nila, na anopa't walang tao na nagdadaan o nagbabalik: sapagka't kanilang inihandusay na sira ang kaayaayang lupain.
