Sakaria 7
1 Och det skedde i fjerde lirena Konungs Darios, att Herrans ord skedde till ZacharIa, på fjerde dagen af nionde månadenom, den Chislev heter;
When Darius had been the emperor for almost four years, on December 7, Yahweh gave me [another] message.
2 Då SarEzer och RegemMelech, samt med deras män, sände till BethEl, till att bedja inför Herranom;
The people of Bethel [city] sent two men, Sharezer and Regem-Melech, along with some other men, [to the temple of Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels, ] to request that Yahweh bless them.
3 Och läto säga Prestomen, som voro omkring Herrans Zebaoths hus, och till Propheterna: Skall jag ock ännu gråta i femte månadenom, och tvinga mig, såsom jag nu i några år gjort hafver?
They also asked the priests at Yahweh’s temple and the prophets [this question]: “For many years, during the fifth month [and during the seventh month of each year], we have mourned and (fasted/abstained from eating food). Should we [continue to do that]?”
4 Och Herrans Zebaoths ord skedde till mig, och sade:
Then the Commander of the armies of angels gave me a message.
5 Tala till allt folket i landena, och till Presterna, och säg: Då I fastaden, och jämraden eder, i femte och sjunde månadenom, i dessa sjutio år. Hafven I då fastat mig?
[He said], “Tell [RHQ] the priests and all the [other] people of Judah that during the past 70 years, when they mourned and fasted during the fifth and seventh months [of each year], it was not really [RHQ] me, [Yahweh], whom they were [honoring].
6 Eller då I åten och drucken, hafven I icke ätit och druckit för eder sjelf?
And when they ate and drank, it was really [RHQ] to [benefit] themselves.
7 Är icke detta, som Herren predika lät genom de förra Propheter; då Jerusalem ännu besuttet var, och hade nog, samt med sina städer omkring, och då der folk bodde, både söderut och i dalomen?
That is certainly [RHQ] what I continually told the former prophets to proclaim [to the people], when Jerusalem and the nearby towns were prosperous and filled with people, and people [also] lived in the desert area to the south and in the foothills [to the west].”
8 Och Herrans ord skedde till ZacharIa och sade:
Yahweh gave another message to me, saying
9 Så säger Herren Zebaoth: Dömer rätt och hvar och en bevise godhet och barmhertighet uppå sin broder.
“[Tell the people that] this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: ‘Do what is just/right, and act kindly and mercifully toward each other.
10 Och görer icke enkom, faderlösom, främlingom och fattigom, orätt; och ingen tänke något ondt emot sin broder i sitt hjerta.
Do not (oppress/treat cruelly) widows or orphans or foreigners or poor people. Do not even think about doing evil to anyone else.’”
11 Men de ville intet akta deruppå och vände ryggen till mig, och förstockade sin öron, att de icke höra skulle;
But the people refused to pay attention [to what Yahweh said]. They turned their backs [to him], and put their hands over their ears in order to not hear [what he said].
12 Och gjorde sin hjerta lika som en diamant, att de icke skulle höra lagen och orden, som Herren Zebaoth, i sinom Anda, sände genom de förra Propheter; derföre sådana stor vrede af Herranom Zebaoth kommen är;
They were very stubborn [IDM], and they would not listen to the laws [that God gave to Moses] or the messages that the Commander of the armies of angels told his Spirit to give to the prophets who were now dead. So the Commander of the armies of angels was very angry.
13 Och det år så skedt, som predikadt vardt, och de ville intet hörat; så ville jag ock intet hörat, då de ropade, säger Herren Zebaoth.
The Commander of the armies of angels says, “When I called/spoke [to the people], they would not listen. So when they called/prayed [to me], I did not listen.
14 Alltså hafver jag förstrött dem ibland alla Hedningar, hvilka de intet känna; och landet är efter dem öde blifvet, så att der ingen uti vandrar eller bor; och det ädla landet är till ett öde gjordt.
And I caused them to be scattered among many nations, where they were strangers. [It was as though] [MET] a whirlwind [picked them up and carried them away from their country]. The country/land that they [were forced to] leave was ruined, with the result that no one could [live there or even] travel through it. [It was previously] a delightful land, but they caused it to become (desolate/like a desert).”
