Zekaria 7
1 Le Fia Darius ƒe ƒe enelia me, le dzinu asiekɛlia si nye Kislev ƒe ŋkeke enea gbe la, Yehowa ƒe gbe va na Zekaria.
And it came about in the fourth year of King Darius, that the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month Chislev.
2 Ame siwo le Betel la dɔ Sarezer, Regen Melek kple wo ŋutimewo be woaɖe kuku na Yehowa
Now they of Beth-el had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech to make a request for grace from the Lord,
3 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?”
And to say to the priests of the house of the Lord of armies and to the prophets, Am I to go on weeping in the fifth month, separating myself as I have done in past years?
4 Tete Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la ƒe gbe va nam be,
Then the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying
5 “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?
Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, When you went without food and gave yourselves to grief in the fifth and the seventh months for these seventy years, did you ever do it because of me?
6 Esi mienɔ nu ɖum, nɔ nu nom la, ɖe menye na miawo ŋutɔ ƒe dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ koe oa?
And when you are feasting and drinking, are you not doing it only for yourselves?
7 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?’”
Are not these the words which the Lord said to you by the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem was full of people and wealth, and the towns round about her and the South and the Lowland were peopled?
8 Yehowa ƒe gbe gava na Zekaria be,
And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying,
9 “Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔe nye esi: ‘Midrɔ̃ ʋɔnu dzɔdzɔe, mikpɔ nublanui, eye mianyo dɔ me na mia nɔewo.
This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother:
10 Migate ahosiwo alo tsyɔ̃eviwo, amedzrowo alo ame dahewo ɖe anyi o. Migaɖo nu vɔ̃ɖi wɔwɔ ɖe mia nɔewo ŋu o.’
Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.
11 “Mia fofowo gbe toɖoɖo gbedeasi sia, wolia ʋume kpakoo, eye wotsɔ asibidɛ xe to me be yewomagase nye nya la o.
But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing;
12 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.
And they made their hearts like the hardest stone, so that they might not give ear to the law and the words which the Lord of armies had said by the earlier prophets: and there came great wrath from the Lord of armies.
13 “‘Meyɔ wo, gake wogbe tɔtɔ, eya ta esi wodo ɣli yɔm la, nye hã metrɔ megbe de wo,’ Yehowa Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae gblɔe.
And it came about that as they would not give ear to his voice, so I would not give ear to their voice, says the Lord of armies:
14 ‘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.’”
But with a storm-wind I sent them in flight among all the nations of whom they had no knowledge. So the land was waste after them, so that no man went through or came back: for they had made waste the desired land.
