Књига пророка Захарије 7
1 Потом четврте године цара Дарија дође реч Господња Захарији четвртог дана деветог месеца, Хаслева,
When King Darius had been ruler for four years, on the fourth day of Kislev (which was the ninth month), the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah.
2 Кад послаше у дом Божји Сарасара и Регемелеха и људе своје да моле Господа,
The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-Melek and their men to beg before the face of Yahweh.
3 И да говоре свештеницима, који беху у дому Господа над војскама, и пророцима, и кажу: Хоћемо ли плакати петог месеца одвајајући се, како чинисмо већ толико година?
They spoke to the priests who were at the house of Yahweh of hosts and to the prophets; they said, “Should I mourn in the fifth month by means of a fast, as I have done these many years?”
4 И дође ми реч Господња Говорећи:
So the word of Yahweh of hosts came to me, saying,
5 Кажи свему народу земаљском и свештеницима, и реци: Кад постисте и тужисте петог и седмог месеца за седамдесет година, еда ли мени постисте?
“Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests and say, 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, were you truly fasting for me?
6 А кад једете и пијете, не једете ли и не пијете ли сами?
When you ate and drank, did you not eat and drink for yourselves?
7 Нису ли то речи које је Господ прогласио преко пређашњих пророка, кад Јерусалим беше насељен и миран и градови његови око њега, и кад беше насељен јужни крај и равница?
Were these not the same words that Yahweh proclaimed by the mouth of the former prophets, when you still inhabited Jerusalem and the surrounding cities in prosperity and were settled in the Negev, and the foothills to the west?'”
8 Дође реч Господња Захарији говорећи:
The word of Yahweh came to Zechariah, saying,
9 Овако говори Господ над војскама: Судите право и будите милостиви и жалостиви један другом.
“Yahweh of hosts says this, 'Judge with true justice, covenant faithfulness, and mercy. Let each man do this for his brother.
10 И не чините криво удовици ни сироти, иностранцу ни сиромаху, и не мислите зло један другом у срцу свом.
About the widow and orphan, the foreigner, and the poor person—do not oppress them, and let none of you plot any harm against another in your heart.'
11 Али не хтеше слушати, и узмакоше раменом натраг, и затискоше уши своје да не чују.
But they refused to pay attention and set their shoulders stubbornly. They stopped up their ears so they would not hear.
12 И срцем својим отврднуше као дијамант да не чују закон и речи које сла Господ над војскама духом својим преко пророка пређашњих; зато дође велик гнев од Господа над војскама.
They made their hearts as hard as rock so they would not hear the law or the words of Yahweh of hosts. He had sent these messages to the people by his Spirit in earlier times, by the mouth of the prophets. But the people refused to listen, so Yahweh of hosts was very angry with them.
13 Зато као што Он вика, а они не слушаше, тако и они викаше а ја их не слушах, говори Господ над војскама.
It happened that when he called, they did not listen. In the same way,” said Yahweh of hosts, “they will call out to me, but I will not listen.
14 Него их разметнух вихором по свим народима, којих не познаваше, и земља опусте иза њих да нико у њу не дохођаше нити се из ње враћаше, и обратише милу земљу у пустош.
For I will scatter them with a whirlwind to all the nations that they have not seen, and the land will be desolate after them. For no one will pass through the land or return to it since the people have made their delightful land into a wasteland.”
