Zakari 7
1 Katriyèm jou nan nevyèm mwa yo rele mwa Kislev, nan katriyèm lanne rèy wa Dariyis, Seyè a pale ak Zakari.
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 Moun lavil Betèl yo te voye Charezè ak Regèm Melèk ansanm ak moun pa yo vin lapriyè nan pye Seyè a.
Now they of Beth-el had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech to make a request for grace from the Lord,
3 Yo te voye yo vin mande prèt yo ansanm ak pwofèt k'ap sèvi nan tanp Seyè a keksyon sa a: -Pandan senkyèm mwa a, èske se pou nou toujou pran lapenn pou tanp yo te detwi a? Eske se pou nou toujou fè jèn jan nou te konn fè pandan tout lanne anvan yo?
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 Lè sa a, Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a pale avè m', li di m' konsa:
Then the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying
5 -Pale ak tout moun ki nan peyi a ansanm ak prèt yo tou. Mande yo pou mwen: Sa fè swasanndizan depi n'ap fè jèn, depi n'ap pran lapenn sou chak senkyèm ak setyèm mwa. Eske se pou mwen nou te fè tou sa?
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 Konsa tou, lè nou t'ap manje, lè nou t'ap bwè, èske se pa t' pou pwòp plezi pa nou?
And when you are feasting and drinking, are you not doing it only for yourselves?
7 Se menm mesaj sa a Seyè a te voye pwofèt tan lontan yo vin di nou. Lè sa a, lavil Jerizalèm te plen moun, zafè yo t'ap mache byen. Te plen moun ap viv nan ti bouk ki toutotou lavil la, nan zòn Negèv la ak nan plenn sou bò solèy kouche a.
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 Seyè a pale ak Zakari, li di l' konsa:
And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying,
9 -Mwen te pale ak pèp mwen an, mwen te di yo se pou yo rann jistis san patipri. Se pou yo aji ak bon kè yonn ak lòt, se pou yo gen pitye yonn pou lòt.
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 Pa peze vèv yo, ni timoun san papa yo, ni moun lòt nasyon k'ap viv nan mitan nou, ni moun ki nan nesesite. Pa rete ap kalkile nan tèt nou jan pou nou fè lòt moun mal.
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 Men, yo te derefize koute m'. Yo t'ap fè wondonmon. Yo bouche zòrèy yo pou yo pa tande.
But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing;
12 Yo fè kè yo di kou wòch pou yo pa tande lòd ak mesaj mwen menm, Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, mwen te voye ba yo. Se Lespri Seyè a menm ki te mete nan bouch pwofèt tan lontan yo mesaj sa yo. Se konsa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a te move anpil sou yo.
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 Sa ki rive lè sa a? Menm jan yo pa t' koute l' lè li t'ap pale ak yo a, li menm tou, li pa t' reponn yo lè yo te lapriyè nan pye l'.
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 Li gaye yo nan mitan yon bann nasyon yo pa t' konnen. Lènmi fin devalize tout peyi a, yo pa kite pesonn ladan l'. Yon bon peyi konsa, yo fè l' tounen yon dezè.
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.
