Zechariah 7
1 In the fourth year of King Darius, the LORD’s word came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
Le Fia Darius ƒe ƒe enelia me, le dzinu asiekɛlia si nye Kislev ƒe ŋkeke enea gbe la, Yehowa ƒe gbe va na Zekaria.
2 The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech and their men to entreat the LORD’s favour,
Ame siwo le Betel la dɔ Sarezer, Regen Melek kple wo ŋutimewo be woaɖe kuku na Yehowa
3 and to speak to the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts and to the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?”
to nunɔlawo kple nyagblɔɖila siwo le Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la ƒe gbedoxɔ me la dzi be, “Ɖe wòhiã be mafa avi, atsi nu adɔ le ɣleti atɔ̃lia me abe ale si mewɔnɛ ƒe geɖe siwo va yi la enea?”
4 Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,
Tete Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la ƒe gbe va nam be,
5 “Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?
“Bia ame siwo katã le anyigba la dzi kple Osɔfoawo be, ‘Esi mietsi nu dɔ, fa avi le ɣleti atɔ̃lia kple adrelia me le ƒe blaadre siwo va yi me la, nyee mietsi nua dɔ na vavã?
6 When you eat and when you drink, don’t you eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?
Esi mienɔ nu ɖum, nɔ nu nom la, ɖe menye na miawo ŋutɔ ƒe dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ koe oa?
7 Aren’t these the words which the LORD proclaimed by the former prophets when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities around her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?’”
Ɖe menye nya siawoe Yehowa gblɔ to nyagblɔɖila siwo do ŋgɔ la dzi, esi Yerusalem kple du siwo ƒo xlãe godoo la nɔ ŋutifafa kple dzidzedzekpɔkpɔ me, eye gbegbe kple ɣetoɖoƒetogbɛwo zu amenɔƒe oa?’”
8 The LORD’s word came to Zechariah, saying,
Yehowa ƒe gbe gava na Zekaria be,
9 “Thus has the LORD of Hosts spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgement, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.
“Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔe nye esi: ‘Midrɔ̃ ʋɔnu dzɔdzɔe, mikpɔ nublanui, eye mianyo dɔ me na mia nɔewo.
10 Don’t oppress the widow, the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.’
Migate ahosiwo alo tsyɔ̃eviwo, amedzrowo alo ame dahewo ɖe anyi o. Migaɖo nu vɔ̃ɖi wɔwɔ ɖe mia nɔewo ŋu o.’
11 But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
“Mia fofowo gbe toɖoɖo gbedeasi sia, wolia ʋume kpakoo, eye wotsɔ asibidɛ xe to me be yewomagase nye nya la o.
12 Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they might hear the law and the words which the LORD of Hosts had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from the LORD of Hosts.
Wona woƒe dziwo sẽ abe hlihãkpe ene, elabena womedi be yewoase nye Yehowa Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la ƒe nyawo kple se siwo metsɔ na wo to nye Yehowa ƒe Gbɔgbɔ kple nyagblɔɖila siwo nɔ anyi tsã la dzi o. Esia ta nye Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, medo dɔmedzoe ɖe wo ŋuti ɖo.
13 It has come to pass that, as he called and they refused to listen, so they will call and I will not listen,” said the LORD of Hosts;
“‘Meyɔ wo, gake wogbe tɔtɔ, eya ta esi wodo ɣli yɔm la, nye hã metrɔ megbe de wo,’ Yehowa Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae gblɔe.
14 “but I will scatter them with a whirlwind amongst all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate.”
‘Mekaka wo kple yali ɖe dukɔwo katã dome, afi si wozu amedzrowo le. Woƒe anyigba si wogblẽ ɖe megbea la zu aƒedo, afi si ame aɖeke mate ŋu ayi o. Aleae wowɔ anyigba nyui la wòzu gbegbe nye esi.’”
