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 to pass in the fourth year of Darius the king, [that] the word of the Lord came to Zacharias on the fourth [day] of the ninth month, which is Chaseleu.
2 Moun lavil Betèl yo te voye Charezè ak Regèm Melèk ansanm ak moun pa yo vin lapriyè nan pye Seyè a.
And Sarasar and Arbeseer the king and his men sent to Bethel, and [that] to propitiate 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?
speaking to the priests that were in the house of the Lord Almighty, and to the prophets, saying, The holy offering has come in hither in the fifth month, as it has done already many years.
4 Lè sa a, Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a pale avè m', li di m' konsa:
And the word of the Lord of hosts 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?
Speak to the whole people of the land, and to the priests, saying, Though you fasted or lamented in the fifth or seventh [months] (yes, behold, these seventy years) have you at all fasted to me?
6 Konsa tou, lè nou t'ap manje, lè nou t'ap bwè, èske se pa t' pou pwòp plezi pa nou?
And if you eat or drink, do you not eat and drink 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 spoke by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and her cities round about her, and the hill country and the low country was inhabited?
8 Seyè a pale ak Zakari, li di l' konsa:
And the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, 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.
Thus says the Lord Almighty; Judge righteous judgment, and deal mercifully and compassionately every one with 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.
and oppress not the widow, or the fatherless, or the stranger, or the poor; and let not one of you remember in his heart the injury of his brother.
11 Men, yo te derefize koute m'. Yo t'ap fè wondonmon. Yo bouche zòrèy yo pou yo pa tande.
But they refused to attend, and madly turned their back, and made their ears heavy, so that they should not hear.
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 heart disobedient, so as not to listen to my law, and the words which the Lord Almighty sent forth by his Spirit by the former prophets: so there was great wrath from the Lord Almighty.
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 shall come to pass, [that] as he spoke, and they listened not, so they shall cry, and I will not listen, says the Lord Almighty.
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.
And I will cast them out among all the nations, whom they know not; and the land behind them shall be made utterly destitute of any going through or returning: yes they have made the choice land a desolation.
