Zechariah 7
1 In yac se akakosr ma Darius el Tokosra Fulat, in len se akakosr ke malem se akeu (malem in Kislev), LEUM GOD El ase nu sik sie kas in sulkakinyuk.
When Darius had been the emperor for almost four years, on December 7, Yahweh gave me [another] message.
2 Mwet Bethel elos supwal Sharezer, Regemmelech ac mwet mukul sayalos, in som nu in Tempul lun LEUM GOD Kulana, in pre ke akinsewowo lun LEUM GOD
The people of Bethel [city] sent two men, Sharezer and Regem-Melech, along with some other men, [to the temple of Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels, ] to request that Yahweh bless them.
3 ac in siyuk sin mwet tol ac mwet palu mwe siyuk se inge; “Ya kut enenu in srakna orek asor ke musalla lun Tempul, ac lalo ke malem se aklimekosr, oana kut muta oru ke yac puspis nwe inge uh?”
They also asked the priests at Yahweh’s temple and the prophets [this question]: “For many years, during the fifth month [and during the seventh month of each year], we have mourned and (fasted/abstained from eating food). Should we [continue to do that]?”
4 Ac pa inge kas lun LEUM GOD ma tuku nu sik.
Then the Commander of the armies of angels gave me a message.
5 El fahk, “Fahkang nu sin mwet in facl se inge ac mwet tol, lah ke pacl ma elos lalo ac tung ke malem aklimekosr ac akitkosr ke pulan yac itngoul inge, elos tia oru in akfulatyeyu.
[He said], “Tell [RHQ] the priests and all the [other] people of Judah that during the past 70 years, when they mourned and fasted during the fifth and seventh months [of each year], it was not really [RHQ] me, [Yahweh], whom they were [honoring].
6 Ac ke pacl se ma elos mongo ac nim uh, elos oru na nu ke lungse lalos sifacna.”
And when they ate and drank, it was really [RHQ] to [benefit] themselves.
7 Pa inge ma LEUM GOD El tuh fahk nu sin mwet palu meet ah, ke pacl se Jerusalem tuh yohk kasrup la ac sessesla ke mwet, ac ke pacl se ma pukanten mwet tuh muta, tia in acn ma rauneak siti ah mukena, a oayapa ke tafunyen eir ac pe eol layen nu roto ah.
That is certainly [RHQ] what I continually told the former prophets to proclaim [to the people], when Jerusalem and the nearby towns were prosperous and filled with people, and people [also] lived in the desert area to the south and in the foothills [to the west].”
8 LEUM GOD El sang kas inge nu sel Zechariah:
Yahweh gave another message to me, saying
9 “Pacl loes somla nga tuh sang sap soko inge nu sin mwet luk: ‘Kowos in liyaung tuh nununku suwohs in orek, ac tuh kowos in kulang ac pakoten nu sin sie sin sie.
“[Tell the people that] this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: ‘Do what is just/right, and act kindly and mercifully toward each other.
10 Nimet kowos akkemkatuye katinmas, tulik mukaimtal, mwetsac su muta inmasrlowos, ku kutena mwet su enenu. Ac nimet suk inkanek in akkeokye sie sin sie.’
Do not (oppress/treat cruelly) widows or orphans or foreigners or poor people. Do not even think about doing evil to anyone else.’”
11 “Tusruktu mwet luk elos likkekelana ac tia lungse porongo. Elos kaliya nunak lalos
But the people refused to pay attention [to what Yahweh said]. They turned their backs [to him], and put their hands over their ears in order to not hear [what he said].
12 ac akupaye insialos in keke oana eot uh. Mweyen elos tia lohng kas in luti su nga supu sin mwet palu su tuh muta in pacl meet ah, ma inge arulana akkasrkusrakyeyu.
They were very stubborn [IDM], and they would not listen to the laws [that God gave to Moses] or the messages that the Commander of the armies of angels told his Spirit to give to the prophets who were now dead. So the Commander of the armies of angels was very angry.
13 Ke sripen elos tuh tia lipsre ke pacl nga kaskas uh, oru nga tia pacna topkolos ke pacl elos pre uh.
The Commander of the armies of angels says, “When I called/spoke [to the people], they would not listen. So when they called/prayed [to me], I did not listen.
14 Nga pokolosla oana sie paka, tuh elos in muta fin acn lun mwet saya. Acn na wowo se inge tuh filfillana oan, wanginna mwet muta fac.”
And I caused them to be scattered among many nations, where they were strangers. [It was as though] [MET] a whirlwind [picked them up and carried them away from their country]. The country/land that they [were forced to] leave was ruined, with the result that no one could [live there or even] travel through it. [It was previously] a delightful land, but they caused it to become (desolate/like a desert).”
