Zechariah, 7

1. And it happened, in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Kislev.

1. Èetvrte godine kralja Darija, èetvrtoga dana devetoga mjeseca, Kisleva, doðe rijeè Jahvina Zahariji.

2. And Sharezer and Regemmelech, and the men who were with them, sent to the house of God, to entreat the face of the Lord,

2. Betel je naime poslao Sar-Esera i Regem-Meleka s njihovim ljudima da mole lice Jahvino

3. to speak to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and to the prophets, saying: “Must there be weeping with me in the fifth month, and must I sanctify myself, as I have now done for many years?”

3. i da pitaju sveæenike u Domu Jahve nad Vojskama i proroke: "Hoæemo li plakati petoga mjeseca i postiti, kao što èinimo veæ tolike godine?"

4. And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying:

4. Tada mi doðe rijeè Jahve nad Vojskama: "Reci svemu puku zemlje i sveæenicima:

5. Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying: Although you may have fasted and mourned in the fifth and the seventh month for these seventy years, did you indeed keep a fast unto me?

5. 'Kad postite i narièete petoga i sedmoga mjeseca veæ sedamdeset godina, zar meni postite?

6. And when you did eat and drink, did you not eat for yourselves, and drink only for yourselves?

6. A kad jedete i pijete, zar sebi ne jedete i pijete?

7. Are not these the words that the Lord has spoken by the hand of the former prophets, when Jerusalem was still inhabited, so that it would prosper, itself and the cities around it, and those inhabitants towards the South and in the plains?

7. Nisu li to propisi koje je Jahve objavio preko negdašnjih proroka kada Jeruzalem bijaše naseljen i miran kao i gradovi oko njega i kada bijaše napuèen Negeb i Šefela?'"

8. And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying:

8. Rijeè Jahvina doðe Zahariji:

9. Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying: Judge with true judgment, and act with mercy and compassion, each and every one with his brother.

9. "Ovako govori Jahve nad Vojskama: 'Sudite istinito i budite dobrostivi i milosrdni jedni drugima.

10. And do not find fault with the widow, and the orphan, and the newcomer, and the poor. And let not a man consider evil in his heart towards his brother.

10. Ne tlaèite udovu ni sirotu, ni došljaka ni uboga, i ne snujte u srcu pakosti jedan prema drugom.'

11. But they were not willing to pay attention, and they turned aside their shoulder to depart, and they pressed upon their ears, so that they would not hear.

11. Ali oni ne htjedoše poslušati, veæ prkosno okrenuše leða; zatisnuše uši da ne bi èuli;

12. And they set their heart like the hardest stone, so that they would not hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts has sent with his Spirit by the hand of the former prophets. And so a great indignation came from Lord of hosts.

12. otvrdnuše srcem kao kremen, da ne bi èuli Zakon i rijeèi koje im je slao Jahve nad Vojskama, svojim duhom, preko drevnih proroka. I Jahve nad Vojskama silno se tad razgnjevi.

13. And it happened, just as he had spoken, and they did not pay attention. So then, they shall cry out, and I will not heed, says the Lord of hosts.

13. I zato, kao što je on zvao a oni ga ne slušaše, tako su sad oni zvali a ja ih nisam slušao - rijeè je Jahve nad Vojskama.

14. And I dispersed them throughout all the kingdoms that they did not know. And the land was left desolate behind them, so that no one was passing through or returning. And they made the desirable land into a deserted place.

14. I razmeo sam ih meðu sve narode kojih ne poznavahu, a zemlja iza njih bi opustošena, te nitko nije njome prolazio niti se vraæao. Tako su zemlju blagostanja obratili u pustoš!"