Sakarias 7
1 I det fjorde styringsåret åt kong Darius kom Herrens ord til Zakarja, på den fjorde dagen i den niande månaden, i månaden kislev.
And it happened, in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Kislev.
2 Då sende Betel Sareser og Regem-Melek og mennerne hans av stad til å blidka Herren
And Sharezer and Regemmelech, and the men who were with them, sent to the house of God, to entreat the face of the Lord,
3 og spyrja prestarne i huset åt Herren, allhers drott, og profetarne: «Skal eg gråta og fasta i den femte månaden som me hev gjort no i mange, mange år?»
to speak to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and to the prophets, saying: “Must there be weeping with me in the fifth month, and must I sanctify myself, as I have now done for many years?”
4 Då kom ordet frå Herren, allhers drott, til meg soleis:
And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying:
5 Seg du til alt folket i landet og til prestarne: Når de no i sytti år hev halde faste- og gråtedagar i femte og sjuande månaden, er det då for meg de hev fasta?
Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying: Although you may have fasted and mourned in the fifth and the seventh month for these seventy years, did you indeed keep a fast unto me?
6 Og når de et, og når de drikk, er det då ikkje de sjølve som et og drikk?
And when you did eat and drink, did you not eat for yourselves, and drink only for yourselves?
7 Var det ikkje dei ordi Herren kunngjorde gjenom dei fyrre profetarne, då folk budde i fred og tryggleik i Jerusalem og i landsbyarne rundt ikring, og i Sudlandet og Låglandet like eins?
Are not these the words that the Lord has spoken by the hand of the former prophets, when Jerusalem was still inhabited, so that it would prosper, itself and the cities around it, and those inhabitants towards the South and in the plains?
8 Og Herrens ord kom til Zakarja soleis:
And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying:
9 Soleis tala Herren, allhers drott: Seg rettvise domar og ver kjærlege og miskunnsame mot kvarandre!
Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying: Judge with true judgment, and act with mercy and compassion, each and every one with his brother.
10 Enkjor og farlause, framandfolk og fatige må de ikkje vera harde med, og ikkje tenkja ut vondt mot kvarandre i hjarta dykkar!
And do not find fault with the widow, and the orphan, and the newcomer, and the poor. And let not a man consider evil in his heart towards his brother.
11 Men dei vilde ikkje høyra, og dei sette ein stiv nakke imot; dei gjorde øyro sine dauve, so dei skulde sleppa å høyra,
But they were not willing to pay attention, and they turned aside their shoulder to depart, and they pressed upon their ears, so that they would not hear.
12 ja, hjarto sine gjorde dei harde som demant, so dei skulde sleppa å høyra lovi og dei ordi som Herren, allhers drott, sende ved sin ande gjenom dei fyrre profetarne. Då kom det ein stor vreide frå Herren, allhers drott.
And they set their heart like the hardest stone, so that they would not hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts has sent with his Spirit by the hand of the former prophets. And so a great indignation came from Lord of hosts.
13 Og av di dei ikkje vilde høyra når han ropa, so sagde no Herren, allhers drott: Eg vil ikkje høyra når dei ropar;
And it happened, just as he had spoken, and they did not pay attention. So then, they shall cry out, and I will not heed, says the Lord of hosts.
14 men eg skal føykja deim burt millom alle heidningfolki som dei ikkje kjenner, og landet skal liggja audt etter deim, so ingen fer att og fram. Soleis gjorde dei det herlege landet til ei øydemark.
And I dispersed them throughout all the kingdoms that they did not know. And the land was left desolate behind them, so that no one was passing through or returning. And they made the desirable land into a deserted place.
