Zaccharias Propheta 1
1 In mense octavo in anno secundo Darii regis, factum est verbum Domini ad Zachariam, filium Barachiae filii Addo, prophetam, dicens:
In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
2 Iratus est Dominus super patres vestros iracundia.
The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.
3 Et dices ad eos: Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Convertimini ad me, ait Dominus exercituum: et convertar ad vos, dicit Dominus exercituum.
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.
4 Ne sitis sicut patres vestri, ad quos clamabant prophetae priores, dicentes: Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Convertimini de viis vestris malis, et de cogitationibus vestris pessimis: et non audierunt, neque attenderunt ad me, dicit Dominus.
Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and [from] your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.
5 Patres vestri ubi sunt? et prophetae numquid in sempiternum vivent?
Your fathers, where [are] they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
6 Verumtamen verba mea, et legitima mea, quae mandavi servis meis prophetis, numquid non comprehenderunt patres vestros, et conversi sunt, et dixerunt: Sicut cogitavit Dominus exercituum facere nobis secundum vias nostras, et secundum adinventiones nostras fecit nobis.
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
7 In die vigesima et quarta undecimi mensis Sabath, in anno secundo Darii, factum est verbum Domini ad Zachariam filium Barachiae, filii Addo, prophetam, dicens:
Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which [is] the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
8 Vidi per noctem, et ecce vir ascendens super equum rufum, et ipse stabat inter myrteta, quae erant in profundo: et post eum equi rufi, varii, et albi.
I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that [were] in the bottom; and behind him [were there] red horses, speckled, and white.
9 Et dixi: Quid sunt isti, domine mi? Et dixit ad me Angelus, qui loquebatur in me: Ego ostendam tibi quid sint haec.
Then said I, O my lord, what [are] these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these [be].
10 Et respondit vir, qui stabat inter myrteta, et dixit: Isti sunt, quos misit Dominus ut perambulent terram.
And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These [are they] whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
11 Et responderunt Angelo Domini, qui stabat inter myrteta, et dixerunt: Perambulavimus terram, et ecce omnis terra habitatur, et quiescit.
And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.
12 Et respondit angelus Domini, et dixit: Domine exercituum usquequo tu non misereberis Ierusalem, et urbium Iuda, quibus iratus es? iste iam septuagesimus annus est.
Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
13 Et respondit Dominus angelo, qui loquebatur in me verba bona, verba consolatoria.
And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me [with] good words [and] comfortable words.
14 Et dixit ad me angelus, qui loquebatur in me: Clama, dicens: Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Zelatus sum Ierusalem, et Sion zelo magno.
So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
15 Et ira magna ego irascor super gentes opulentas: quia ego iratus sum parum, ipsae vero adiuverunt in malum.
And I am very sore displeased with the heathen [that are] at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
16 Propterea haec dicit Dominus: Revertar ad Ierusalem in misericordiis: et domus mea aedificabitur in ea, ait Dominus exercituum: et perpendiculum extendetur super Ierusalem.
Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
17 Adhuc, clama dicens: Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Adhuc affluent civitates meae bonis: et consolabitur adhuc Dominus Sion, et eliget adhuc Ierusalem.
Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
18 Et levavi oculos meos, et vidi: et ecce quattuor cornua.
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
19 Et dixi ad angelum, qui loquebatur in me: Quid sunt haec? Et dixit ad me: Haec sunt cornua, quae ventilaverunt Iuda, et Israel, et Ierusalem.
And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What [be] these? And he answered me, These [are] the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
20 Et ostendit mihi Dominus quattuor fabros.
And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.
21 Et dixi: Quid isti veniunt facere? Qui ait, dicens: Haec sunt cornua, quae ventilaverunt Iuda per singulos viros, et nemo eorum levavit caput suum: et venerunt isti deterrere ea, ut deiiciant cornua gentium, quae levaverunt cornu super terram Iuda ut dispergerent eam.
Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These [are] the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up [their] horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
