Prophetia Zachariae, 7
1. Et factum est in anno quarto Darii regis, factum est verbum Domini ad Zachariam in quarta mensis noni, qui est Casleu.
1. In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechari'ah in the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev.
2. Et Bethel miserat Sarasar et Regemmelech et viros, qui erant cum eo, ad deprecandam faciem Domini,
2. Now the people of Bethel had sent Share'zer and Reg'em-mel'ech and their men, to entreat the favor of the LORD,
3. ut dicerent sacerdotibus domus Domini exercituum et prophetis loquentes: “Numquid flendum est mihi in quinto mense vel ieiunandum, sicut iam feci multis annis?”.
3. and to ask the priests of the house of the LORD of hosts and the prophets, "Should I mourn and fast in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?"
4. Et factum est verbum Domini exercituum ad me dicens:
4. Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me;
5. “Loquere ad omnem populum terrae et ad sacerdotes dicens: Cum ieiunaretis et plangeretis in quinto et septimo mense per hos septuaginta annos, numquid revera ieiunastis mihi?
5. "Say to all the people of the land and the priests, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth month and in the seventh, for these seventy years, was it for me that you fasted?
6. Et cum comedistis et bibistis, numquid non vobis comedistis et vobismetipsis bibistis?
6. And when you eat and when you drink, do you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?
7. Numquid non sunt verba, quae locutus est Dominus in manu prophetarum priorum, cum adhuc Ierusalem habitaretur et esset opulenta, ipsa et urbes in circuitu eius, et Nageb habitaretur simul cum Sephela?”.
7. When Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, with her cities round about her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited, were not these the words which the LORD proclaimed by the former prophets?"
8. Et factum est verbum Domini ad Zachariam dicens:
8. And the word of the LORD came to Zechari'ah, saying,
9. “Haec ait Dominus exercituum dicens: Iudicium verum iudicate et misericordiam et miserationes facite unusquisque cum fratre suo;
9. "Thus says the LORD of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy each to his brother,
10. et viduam et pupillum et advenam et pauperem nolite calumniari, et malum unusquisque contra fratrem suum nolite cogitare in corde vestro.
10. do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart."
11. Et noluerunt attendere; et opposuerunt dorsum rebelle et aures suas aggravaverunt, ne audirent.
11. But they refused to hearken, and turned a stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears that they might not hear.
12. Et cor suum posuerunt adamantem, ne audirent legem et verba, quae misit Dominus exercituum in spiritu suo per manum prophetarum priorum, et facta est indignatio magna a Domino exercituum.
12. They made their hearts like adamant lest they should hear the law and the words which the LORD of hosts had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from the LORD of hosts.
13. Et factum est, sicut cum clamaret, et ipsi non audierunt, sic clamabunt, et non exaudiam, dicit Dominus exercituum.
13. "As I called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear," says the LORD of hosts,
14. Et disperdam eos per omnes gentes, quas nesciunt; et terra desolata est post eos, ita ut non esset transiens et revertens. Et posuerunt terram desiderabilem in desertum”.
14. "and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known. Thus the land they left was desolate, so that no one went to and fro, and the pleasant land was made desolate."
