Zakaria 7
1 Aa ie tan-taom-paha-efa’ i Dariavese mpanjakay, le niheo amy Zekarià ty tsara’ Iehovà amy andro fahefa’ ty volam-pahasivey, toe Safary;
And it came to pass in the fourth year of Darius the king, [that] the word of the Lord came to Zacharias on the fourth [day] of the ninth month, which is Chaseleu.
2 Ie nampañitrifeñe añ’ anjomba’ Iehovà ao t’i Sarezere naho i Regemeleke rekets’ o mpiama’eo,
And Sarasar and Arbeseer the king and his men sent to Bethel, and [that] to propitiate the Lord,
3 ninday saontsy amo mpisoroñe añ’ anjomba’ Iehovà’ i maroio, naho amo mpitokio, ami’ty hoe: Handala hao iraho amy volam-paha-limey, naho hilie-batañe manahake i nanoeko amy taoñe maro rezaiy?
speaking to the priests that were in the house of the Lord Almighty, and to the prophets, saying, The holy offering has come in hither in the fifth month, as it has done already many years.
4 Aa le niheo amako ty tsara’ Iehovà nanao ty hoe:
And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,
5 Saontsio ze hene’ ondati’ i taney naho o mpisoroñeo, ty hoe: Ie nililitse naho nandala amy volam-paha-limey naho amy volam-paha-fitoy, i fitompolo taoñe rezay, Izaho hao ty nililira’ areo; Toe amako hao?
Speak to the whole people of the land, and to the priests, saying, Though you fasted or lamented in the fifth or seventh [months] (yes, behold, these seventy years) have you at all fasted to me?
6 Ie mikama, naho minoñe, tsy ho anahareo hao ty fikama’ areo naho ho anahareo ty finoma’ areo?
And if you eat or drink, do you not eat and drink for yourselves?
7 Tsy izay hao o tsara tsinei’ Iehovà añamo mpitoky taoloo, ie nimoneñañe t’Ierosalaime naho niraorao, ie naho o rova’ nañohok’ azeo, vaho nitobohañe ka i Atimoy naho i Vavataney?
Are not these the words which the Lord spoke by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and her cities round about her, and the hill country and the low country was inhabited?
8 Niheo amy Zekarià ty tsara’ Iehovà, nanao ty hoe:
And the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, saying,
9 Hoe ty nitsarà’ Iehovà’ i Màroy: Manoa zaka-to naho songa mifampitretreza naho mifanao miroahalahy;
Thus says the Lord Almighty; Judge righteous judgement, and deal mercifully and compassionately every one with his brother:
10 ko mamorekeke vantotse, ndra bode-rae, ndra renetane, ndra o rarakeo: ko mifampikinia an-troke.
and oppress not the widow, or the fatherless, or the stranger, or the poor; and let not one of you remember in his heart the injury of his brother.
11 F’ie nifoneñe tsy hañaoñe, naho nampitolike soroke mandietse, vaho nanjenjen-dravembia tsy hitsanoñe;
But they refused to attend, and madly turned their back, and made their ears heavy, so that they should not hear.
12 mbore, nanoe’ iereo vato mizitse ty tro’ iareo tsy mone hahajanjiñe i Hake, naho o tsara nampisangitrife’ Iehovà am-pità’ o mpitoky taoloo añamy Arofo’ey; aa le nifetsake eo ty haviñerañe jabajaba’ Iehovà’ i Màroy.
And they made their heart disobedient, so as not to listen to my law, and the words which the Lord Almighty sent forth by his Spirit by the former prophets: so there was great wrath from the Lord Almighty.
13 Ie amy zao, kanao nikanjy re naho tsy nañaoñe iereo, le hikanjy ka iereo vaho tsy ho haoñeko, hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy;
And it shall come to pass, [that] as he spoke, and they listened not, so they shall cry, and I will not listen, says the Lord Almighty.
14 le nampibaratsiahako an-tangololahy iereo mb’amo kilakila ondaty tsy apota’ iareoo. Le nihòake i taney nenga’ iereo, naho leo raike tsy nihelohelo ama’e; ie nampangoakoàhe’ iereo i tane fanjàkay.
And I will cast them out amongst all the nations, whom they know not; and the land behind them shall be made utterly destitute of any going through or returning: yes they have made the choice land a desolation.
