Zacarías 1
1 En el octavo mes del año segundo de Darío, la Palabra de Yavé vino al profeta Zacarías, hijo de Berequías, hijo de Iddo:
In the eighth month, in the second year of king Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying:
2 Yavé estuvo muy airado contra sus antepasados.
The Lord has become angry over the resentful anger of your fathers.
3 Ahora diles: Yavé de las huestes dice: Regresen a Mí, dice Yavé de las huestes, y Yo me volveré a ustedes.
And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Turn to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will turn to you, says the Lord of hosts.
4 No sean como sus antepasados, a quienes los primeros profetas proclamaron: Yavé de las huestes dice: Regresen ahora de sus malos caminos y de sus malas obras. Pero no escucharon, ni me atendieron, dice Yavé.
Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried out, saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Turn from your evil ways and from your wicked thoughts. But they did not heed, and neither did they pay attention to me, says the Lord.
5 ¿Dónde están sus antepasados? ¿Viven los profetas para siempre?
Your fathers, where are they? And will the prophets live unceasingly?
6 Pero mis Palabras y mis Preceptos que ordené por medio de mis esclavos profetas, ¿no alcanzaron a sus antepasados? Entonces se convirtieron y dijeron: Como Yavé de las huestes se propuso hacer con nosotros a causa de nuestros procedimientos y de nuestras obras, así nos hizo.
Yet truly my words and my lawfulness, which I entrusted to my servants the prophets, were indeed comprehended by your fathers, and so they were converted, and they said: Just as the Lord of hosts decided to do to us, according to our ways and according to our inventions, so has he done to us.
7 El día 24 del mes undécimo, que es el mes de Sebat, el año segundo de Darío, la Palabra de Yavé vino al profeta Zacarías, hijo de Berequías, hijo de Iddo:
On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is called Shevat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying:
8 Vi de noche, y ahí estaba un varón que cabalgaba sobre un caballo rojizo, el cual estaba entre los mirtos de la hondonada. Detrás de él había caballos rojizos, blancos y color canela.
I saw by night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees, which were in the chasm. And behind him were horses: red, speckled, and white.
9 Entonces dije: ʼadón mío, ¿para qué son éstos? Y el ángel que hablaba conmigo me contestó: Yo te mostraré para qué son éstos.
And I said, “What are these, my lord?” And the angel, who was speaking with me, said to me, “I will reveal to you what these are.”
10 Y el varón que permanecía entre los mirtos respondió: Éstos son los que Yavé envió a recorrer la tierra.
And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, “These are they, whom the Lord has sent in order to walk through the earth.”
11 [Sus jinetes] informaron al Ángel de Yavé, que estaba entre los mirtos, y dijeron: Recorrimos la tierra, y ciertamente toda la tierra está tranquila y reposada.
And those who stood among the myrtle trees answered the angel of the Lord, and they said, “We have walked through the earth, and behold, all the earth is inhabited and is at rest.”
12 Entonces el Ángel de Yavé tomó la palabra: ¡Oh Yavé de las huestes! ¿Hasta cuándo no te compadecerás de Jerusalén y de las ciudades de Judá, contra las cuales estuviste airado estos 70 años?
And the angel of the Lord answered and said, “Lord of hosts, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, with which you have been angry? This is now the seventieth year.”
13 Yavé respondió al ángel que hablaba conmigo buenas palabras de consolación.
And the Lord answered the angel, who had been speaking with me, good words, consoling words.
14 Entonces me dijo el ángel que hablaba conmigo: Proclama: Yavé de las huestes dice: Tuve gran celo por Jerusalén y por Sion.
And the angel, who was speaking with me, said to me: Cry out, saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I have been zealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great zeal.
15 Pero estoy muy airado contra las naciones confiadas, porque mientras estuve airado solo un poco, ellos promovieron el desastre.
And, with a great anger, I am angry with the wealthy nations. Though I had been angry a little, truly they advanced further in evil.
16 Por tanto Yavé dice: Me volví a Jerusalén con compasión. En ella será edificada mi Casa, dice Yavé de las huestes, y el cordel de medir será tendido sobre Jerusalén.
Because of this, thus says the Lord: I will be turned back, towards Jerusalem, with mercies; and my house will be built upon this, says the Lord of hosts. And the building line will be extended over Jerusalem.
17 Proclama además: Yavé de las huestes dice: Otra vez rebosarán de prosperidad mis ciudades. Yavé volverá a consolar a Sion, y otra vez escoge a Jerusalén.
Until then, cry out saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Until then, my cities will flow with good things, and, until then, the Lord will comfort Zion, and, until then, he will single out Jerusalem.
18 Después alcé mis ojos, miré, y ahí estaban cuatro cuernos.
And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw. And behold: four horns.
19 Y dije al ángel que hablaba conmigo: ¿Qué hacen éstos? Y me respondió: Éstos son los cuernos que dispersaron a Judá, Israel y Jerusalén.
And I said to the angel, who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he said to me, “These are the horns that have winnowed Judah and Israel and Jerusalem.”
20 Yavé me mostró cuatro artesanos.
And the Lord showed me four workmen.
21 Y yo pregunté: ¿Qué vienen a hacer éstos? Me respondió: Aquéllos eran los cuernos que dispersaron a Judá, de tal manera que nadie levantaba su cabeza. Pero éstos vinieron para hacerlos temblar y derribar los cuernos de las naciones que alzaron su cuerno contra la tierra de Judá para dispersarla.
And I said, “What have these come to do?” He spoke, saying, “These are the horns that have winnowed Judah, through every single man, and none of them lifted up his head. And these have come to frighten them away, so as to cast down the horns of the Gentiles, which have lifted up a horn over the land of Judah, so as to scatter it.”
