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);

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, [that] the word of the LORD came to Zechariah in the fourth [day] of the ninth month, [even] in Chisleu;

2 ary Betela efa naniraka an’ i Serezera sy Regema-meleka sy ny olony hifona amin’ i Jehovah

When they had sent to the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before 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 speak to the priests who [were] in the house of the LORD 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 Dia tonga tamiko ny tenin’ i Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro, nanao hoe:

Then came the word of the LORD of hosts to me, saying,

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?

Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh [month], even those seventy years, did ye at all fast to me, [even] to me?

6 Ary raha mihinana sy misotro ianareo, moa tsy mihinana sy misotro ho an’ ny tenanareo ihany va ianareo?

And when ye ate, and when ye drank, did ye 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?

[Should ye] not [hear] the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and her cities around her, when [men] inhabited the south and the plain?

8 Ary tonga tamin’ i Zakaria ny tenin’ i Jehovah nanao hoe:

And the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,

9 Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro: Manaova fitsarana marina, ary samia mifampiantra sy mifamindra fo amin’ ny rahalahiny avy;

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

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.

And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

11 Nefa tsy nety nihaino ireny, fa nampihemotra ny sorony, ary nataony lalodalovana ny sofiny; mba tsy handre.

But they refused to hearken, and withdrew the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not 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,

Yes, they made their hearts [as] an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from 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;

Therefore it is come to pass, [that] as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith 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.

But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.