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 Berechyah, the son of 'Iddo the prophet, saying,

2 Iratus est Dominus super patres vestros iracundia.

The Lord hath been greatly angry 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.

And [now] say thou unto them, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Return ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will return unto you: so hath said 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 like your fathers, unto whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Do return from your evil ways, and your evil doings; but they did not hear, nor listen unto me, saith the Lord.

5 Patres vestri ubi sunt? et prophetae numquid in sempiternum vivent?

Your fathers, —where are they! and the prophets, — could 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 decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, behold, they did overtake your fathers: and [then] they returned and said, Just as the Lord of hosts had purposed to do unto us, in accordance with our ways, and in accordance with 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:

On the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechyahu, 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 this night, and behold there was a man riding upon a red horse, and he was standing among the myrtle-trees that were in the deep valley; and behind him were red, pale, and white horses.

9 Et dixi: Quid sunt isti, domine mi? Et dixit ad me Angelus, qui loquebatur in me: Ego ostendam tibi quid sint haec.

And I said, What are these, O my lord? Then said unto me the angel that spoke with me, I will show thee what these are.

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 those whom the Lord hath sent to traverse 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 traversed the earth, and, behold, all the earth is inhabited quietly, 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 commenced the angel of the Lord, and said, O Lord of hosts, how long yet wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast been indignant these seventy years?

13 Et respondit Dominus angelo, qui loquebatur in me verba bona, verba consolatoria.

And the Lord answered the angel that spoke with me with good words and comforting words.

14 Et dixit ad me angelus, qui loquebatur in me: Clama, dicens: Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Zelatus sum Ierusalem, et Sion zelo magno.

And the angel that spoke with me said unto me, Proclaim thou, saying, Thus hath said 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 with a great anger will I be angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little angry [with Zion], and they helped forward the mischief.

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 hath said the Lord, I am returned to Jerusalem in mercy: my house shall be rebuilt in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and the measuring-line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.

17 Adhuc, clama dicens: Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Adhuc affluent civitates meae bonis: et consolabitur adhuc Dominus Sion, et eliget adhuc Ierusalem.

Proclaim yet [farther], saying, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, My cities shall again overflow with prosperity: and the Lord will again comfort Zion, and make choice again of Jerusalem.

18 Et levavi oculos meos, et vidi: et ecce quattuor cornua.

And I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, there were 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 who spoke with me, What are these? And he said unto me, These are the horns that have dispersed Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.

20 Et ostendit mihi Dominus quattuor fabros.

And the Lord showed 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 are these coming to do? And he said as followeth, These are the horns that have dispersed Judah, to the extent that no man could lift up his head; but these are come to terrify them, to cast off the horns of the nations, that have been lifting up their horn over the land of Judah to disperse it.