Zakaria 7
1 Ary tamin’ ny taona fahefatra nanjakan’ i Dariosa no nahatongavan’ ny tenin’ i Jehovah tamin’ i Zakaria, tamin’ ny andro fahefatra tamin’ ny volana fahasivy (Kisleva izany);
In the fourth year of the reign of King Darius, on the fourth day of Chislev, the ninth month, the message of the Lord came to Zechariah.
2 ary Betela efa naniraka an’ i Serezera sy Regema-meleka sy ny olony hifona amin’ i Jehovah
The city of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech and their men, to entreat the favour of the Lord,
3 ka hiteny amin’ ny mpisoron’ ny tranon’ i Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro, sy amin’ ny mpaminany hoe: Hitomany amin’ ny volana fahadimy va aho ka hifady toy ny fanaoko tamin’ ny taon-dasa ela?
and to ask the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts, and the prophets ‘Should I continue to mourn in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done for many years?’
4 Dia tonga tamiko ny tenin’ i Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro, nanao hoe:
Then this message of the Lord of hosts came to me:
5 Lazao amin’ ny vahoaka rehetra amin’ ny tany sy amin’ ny mpisorona hoe: Raha nifady hanina sy nitomany tamin’ ny volana fahadimy sy ny fahafito tamin’ izao fito-polo taona izao, ianareo moa nifady ho Ahy va ianareo?
Tell all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month, for these seventy years, did you really fast for me?
6 Ary raha mihinana sy misotro ianareo, moa tsy mihinana sy misotro ho an’ ny tenanareo ihany va ianareo?
When you eat and when you drink, do you not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
7 Moa tsy tokony ho nihaino ny teny izay nasain’ i Jehovah nantsoin’ ny mpaminany fahiny va ianareo, fony mbola nonenana sy nandry fahizay Jerosalema sy ny zana-bohiny manodidina azy, sady nonenana koa ny tany atsimo sy ny tany lemaka amoron-tsiraka?
Wasn’t it this which the Lord proclaimed by the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and prosperous, and her towns surrounding her and the Negreb and the Shephelah were inhabited?’
8 Ary tonga tamin’ i Zakaria ny tenin’ i Jehovah nanao hoe:
The Lord gave this message to Zechariah:
9 Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro: Manaova fitsarana marina, ary samia mifampiantra sy mifamindra fo amin’ ny rahalahiny avy;
The Lord of hosts says, execute true judgments. Show kindness and mercy to each other.
10 ary aza mampahory ny mpitondratena na ny kamboty, na ny vahiny, na ny mahantra; ary aza misy mihevitra ao am-ponareo hanisy ratsy ny rahalahinareo ianareo.
Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the resident foreigner or the poor. Let none of you devise evil against another in your hearts.
11 Nefa tsy nety nihaino ireny, fa nampihemotra ny sorony, ary nataony lalodalovana ny sofiny; mba tsy handre.
But they refused to listen, and turned a stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears so they wouldn’t hear.
12 Eny, nanao ny fony ho mafy, toy ny diamondra Izy, mba tsy hihaino ny lalàna sy ny teny izay nampitondrain’ ny Fanahin’ i Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro, holazain’ ny mpaminany fahiny, ka dia tonga izay fahatezerana mafy avy tamin’ i Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro,
They made their hearts as hard as stone so they wouldn’t accept the teaching and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent by his spirit through the earlier prophets. Great was the anger of the Lord of hosts:
13 Koa toy ny niantsoan’ ireny, fa tsy nohenoiny, dia ho toy izany no hiantsoany kosa, fa tsy hohenoiko, hoy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro;
I called and they would not hear, so they call and I do not hear, says the Lord of hosts.
14 fa haeliko amin’ ny tafio-drivotra ho any amin’ ny firenena rehetra izay tsy fantany izy. Toy izany no nahalao ny tany tao aoriany, ka tsy nisy olona nandroso na niverina; fa nahatonga ny tany mahafinaritra ho tany lao izy.
I scattered them by a whirlwind out among nations unknown to them. The land was left desolate behind them, with no one crossing or returning, for they made the pleasant land a desolation.
