Zechariah 7

1 And it cometh to pass, in the fourth year of Darius the king hath a word of Jehovah been unto Zechariah, in the fourth of the ninth month, in Chisleu.

大流士王第四年九月，就是基斯流月初四日，耶和华的话临到撒迦利亚。

2 And Beth-El sendeth Sherezer and Regem-Melech, and its men, to appease the face of Jehovah,

那时伯特利人已经打发沙利色和利坚米勒，并跟从他们的人，去恳求耶和华的恩，

3 speaking unto the priests who [are] at the house of Jehovah of Hosts, and unto the prophets, saying, 'Do I weep in the fifth month — being separated — as I have done these so many years?'

并问万军之耶和华殿中的祭司和先知说：“我历年以来，在五月间哭泣斋戒，现在还当这样行吗？”

4 And there is a word of Jehovah of Hosts unto me, saying:

万军之耶和华的话就临到我说：

5 'Speak unto all the people of the land, and unto the priests, saying:

“你要宣告国内的众民和祭司，说：‘你们这七十年，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是丝毫向我禁食吗？

6 When ye fasted with mourning in the fifth and in the seventh [months] — even these seventy years — did ye keep the fast [to] Me — Me? And when ye eat, and when ye drink, is it not ye who are eating, and ye who are drinking?

你们吃喝，不是为自己吃，为自己喝吗？

7 'Are not [these] the words that Jehovah proclaimed by the hand of the former prophets, in Jerusalem's being inhabited, and [in] safety, and its cities round about it, and the south and the plain — abiding?'

当耶路撒冷和四围的城邑有居民，正兴盛，南地高原有人居住的时候，耶和华借从前的先知所宣告的话，你们不当听吗？’”

8 And there is a word of Jehovah unto Zechariah, saying:

耶和华的话又临到撒迦利亚说：

9 'Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another.

“万军之耶和华曾对你们的列祖如此说：‘要按至理判断，各人以慈爱怜悯弟兄。

10 And widow, and fatherless, Sojourner, and poor, ye do not oppress, And the calamity of one another ye do not devise in your heart.

不可欺压寡妇、孤儿、寄居的，和贫穷人。谁都不可心里谋害弟兄。’”

11 And they refuse to attend, And they give a refractory shoulder, And their ears have made heavy against hearing.

他们却不肯听从，扭转肩头，塞耳不听，

12 And their heart they have made adamant, Against hearing the law, and the words, That Jehovah of Hosts sent by His Spirit, By the hand of the former prophets, And their is great wrath from Jehovah of Hosts.

使心硬如金钢石，不听律法和万军之耶和华用灵借从前的先知所说的话。故此，万军之耶和华大发烈怒。

13 And it cometh to pass, as He called, And they have not hearkened, So do they call, and I do not hearken, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

万军之耶和华说：“我曾呼唤他们，他们不听；将来他们呼求我，我也不听！

14 And I toss them on all the nations, That they have not known, The land hath been desolate behind them, Of any passing by and turning back, And they set a desirable land for a desolation!

我必以旋风吹散他们到素不认识的万国中。这样，他们的地就荒凉，甚至无人来往经过，因为他们使美好之地荒凉了。”