Zekaria 7
1 A I ka ha o ka makahiki o ke alii o Dariu, hiki mai la ka olelo a Iehova ia Zekaria, i ka po aha o ka iwa o ka malama, o Kiseleu;
It happened in the fourth year of king Daryavesh that the word of YHWH came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
2 I ka wa i hoouna mai ai lakou ia Serezera laua o Regemeleka, a me na kanaka o laua i ka hale o ke Akua, e pule imua o Iehova,
The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech, and their men, to entreat YHWH's favor,
3 A e ninau aku i na kahuna o ka hale o Iehova o na kaua, a i na kaula, penei, E kanikau anei au i ka lima o ka malama e hookeai ana, me ka'u i hana'i i keia mau makahiki he nui?
and to speak to the priests of the house of YHWH of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, "Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?"
4 Alaila, hiki mai la ka olelo a Iehova o na kaua ia'u, i ka i ana mai,
Then the word of YHWH of hosts came to me, saying,
5 E hai aku oe i keia mau mea i na kanaka a pau o ka aina, a i na kahuna hoi, penei, Ia oukou i hokeai ai a i kanikau ai i ka lima a me ka hiku o ka malama, a pau kela mau makahiki he kanahiku, i hookeai iki anei oukou no'u?
"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?
6 A ia oukou i ai ai, a i inu ai hoi, aole anei oukou i ai no oukou iho? a i ko oukou inu ana, aole anei oukou i inu no oukou iho?
When you eat, and when you drink, do you not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
7 Aole anei keia na olelo a Iehova i hea mai ai ma na kaula mua, i ka wa i nohoia'i o Ierusalema me ka maluhia, a me na kulanakauhale ona e kokoke ana, i ka wa i noho ai na kanaka ma ka aoao hema a ma ka papu?
Aren't these the words which YHWH proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities around her, and the Negev and the lowland were inhabited?'"
8 A hiki mai la ka olelo a Iehova ia Zekaria, i mai la,
The word of YHWH came to Zechariah, saying,
9 Penei ka Iehova o na kaua e olelo mai nei, E hoopono oukou, a e hoomaopopo kela kanaka keia kanaka i ka lokomaikai a me ko aloha i kona hoahanau.
"Thus has YHWH of hosts spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.
10 Mai hana ino i ka wahinekanemake, aole hoi i ke keiki makua ole, aole i ka malihini, aole hoi i ka ilihune, aole hoi e manao ino aku ka naau o kekahi i kona hoahanau.
Do not oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.'
11 Aka, hoole lakou i ka hoolohe, a haawi i ka poohiwi kipi a papani ae la i ua pepeiao o lakou, i lohe ole ai lakou.
But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
12 A hoopaakiki iho la i ka lakou mau naau pohaku adama, o lohe auanei lakou i ke kanawai, a me na olelo a Iehova o na kaua i hoouna mai ma kona Uhane, ma na kaula mua: nolaila, kau mai la ka inaina nui o Iehova o na kaua.
Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they might hear the law, and the words which YHWH of hosts had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from YHWH of hosts.
13 No ia mea, me ka lakou i hoolohe ole ai ia e kahea aku ana, pela hoi lakou i kahea mai ai, aole hoi au i hoolohe aku, wahi a Iehova o na kaua.
It has come to pass that, as he called, and they refused to listen, so they will call, and I will not listen," said YHWH of hosts;
14 Aka, hoopuehu aku la au ia lakou iwaena o na lahuikanaka a pau a lakou i ike ole ai; a ua neoneo ka aina mahope o lakou, i hiki ole ai i kekahi e hele ilaila, aole hoi e hoi ae: no ka mea, ua hooneoneoia ka aina maikai.
"but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among 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."
