Книга пророка Захарии 7
1 И бысть в четвертое лето, при Дарии цари, бысть слово Господне ко Захарии в четвертый месяца девятаго, иже есть Хаселев.
It happened in the fourth year of king Daryavesh that the word of Jehovah came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
2 И посла в Вефиль Сарасар и Арвесеер царь и мужие его молити Господа,
The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech, and their men, to entreat Jehovah's favor,
3 глаголя ко священником, иже во храме Господа (Бога) Вседержителя, и пророком, глаголя: аще вниде зде в пятый месяц святыня, (плачя или постяся, ) якоже сотворих уже многа лета.
and to speak to the priests of the house of Jehovah 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 И бысть слово Господа Вседержителя ко мне глаголя:
Then the word of Jehovah of hosts came to me, saying,
5 рцы ко всем людем земли и ко священником глаголя: аще постистеся или плачевопльствисте в пятинах или седминах (месяца), и се, седмьдесят лет, постом ли постистеся Ми?
"Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?
6 И аще ясте или пиете, не вы ли ясте и пиете?
When you eat, and when you drink, do you not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
7 Не сия ли суть словеса, яже глагола Господь руками пророков прежних, егда бе Иерусалим населен и гобзующь, и гради его окрест, и нагорная и подольная населена бяху?
Aren't these the words which Jehovah proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities around her, and the Negev and the lowland were inhabited?'"
8 И бысть слово Господне ко Захарии глаголя:
The word of Jehovah came to Zechariah, saying,
9 сице глаголет Господь Вседержитель: суд праведен судите и милость и щедроты творите кийждо ко брату своему,
"Thus has Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.
10 а вдовицы и сира, и пришелца и убога не насильствуйте, и злобы кийждо брата своего да не помнит в сердцах своих.
Do not oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.'
11 И не покоришася, еже внимати, и даша плещы презирающыя, и ушеса своя отяготиша, еже не слышати,
But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
12 и сердце свое учиниша непокориво, не послушати закона Моего и словес, яже посла Господь Вседержитель Духом Своим рукою пророков прежних: и бысть гнев великий от Господа Вседержителя.
Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they might hear the law, and the words which Jehovah of hosts had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from Jehovah of hosts.
13 И будет, якоже рече, и не услышаша Его: сице возопиют, и не имам услышати, глаголет Господь Вседержитель:
It has come to pass that, as he called, and they refused to listen, so they will call, and I will not listen," said Jehovah of hosts;
14 и отвергу я во вся языки, иже не разумеша, и земля запустеет последи их от проходящаго и от возвращающагося: и учиниша избранную землю в запустение.
"but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they made the pleasant land desolate."
