스가랴 7

1다리오 왕 사년 구월 곧 기슬래월 사일에 여호와의 말씀이 스가랴에게 임하니라 2때에 벧엘 사람이 사레셀과 레겜멜렉과 그 종자를 보내어 여호와께 은혜를 구하고 3만군의 여호와의 전에 있는 제사장들과 선지자들에게 물어 가로되 우리가 여러 해 동안에 행한 대로 오월간에 울며 재계하리이까 하매 4만군의 여호와의 말씀이 내게 임하여 이르시되 5온 땅의 백성과 제사장들에게 이르라 너희가 칠십 년 동안 오월과 칠월에 금식하고 애통하였거니와 그 금식이 나를 위하여, 나를 위하여 한 것이냐 6너희의 먹으며 마심이 전혀 자기을 위하여 먹으며 자기를 위하여 마심이 아니냐 7여호와가 이전 선지자로 외친 말을 너희가 청종할 것이 아니냐 그 때에는 예루살렘과 사면 읍에 백성이 거하여 형통하였고 남방과 평원에도 사람이 거하였었느니라 8여호와의 말씀이 스가랴에게 임하여 이르시되 9만군의 여호와가 이미 말하여 이르기를 너희는 진실한 재판을 행하며 피차에 인애와 긍휼을 베풀며 10과부와 고아와 나그네와 궁핍한 자를 압제하지 말며 남을 해하려 하여 심중에 도모하지 말라 하였으나 11그들이 청종하기를 싫어하여 등으로 향하며 듣지 아니하려고 귀를 막으며 12그 마음을 금강석 같게 하여 율법과 만군의 여호와가 신으로 이전 선지자를 빙자하여 전한 말을 듣지 아니하므로 큰 노가 나 만군의 여호와께로서 나왔도다 13만군의 여호와가 말하였었노라 내가 불러도 그들이 듣지 아니하였은즉 그들이 불러도 내가 듣지 아니하고 14회리바람으로 그들을 그 알지 못하던 모든 열국에 헤치리라 한 후로 이 땅이 황무하여 왕래하는 사람이 없었나니 이는 그들이 아름다운 땅으로 황무하게 하였음이니라 하시니라

1In the fourth year of king Darius, Yahweh’s word came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev. 2The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech, and their men, to entreat Yahweh’s favor, 3and to speak to the priests of the house of Yahweh of Armies, and to the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?” 4Then the word of Yahweh of Armies came to me, saying, 5“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? 6When you eat, and when you drink, don’t you eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? 7Aren’t these the words which Yahweh proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities around her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?’” 8Yahweh’s word came to Zechariah, saying, 9“Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother. 10Don’t oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.’ 11But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear. 12Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they might hear the law, and the words which Yahweh of Armies had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from Yahweh of Armies. 13It has come to pass that, as he called, and they refused to listen, so they will call, and I will not listen,” said Yahweh of Armies; 14“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.”

1Het gebeurde nu in het vierde jaar van den koning Darius, dat het woord des HEEREN geschiedde tot Zacharia, op den vierden der negende maand, namelijk in Chisleu. 2Toen men naar het huis van God gezonden had Sarezer, en Regem-Melech, en zijn mannen, om het aangezicht des HEEREN te smeken; 3Zeggende tot de priesters, die in het huis des HEEREN der heirscharen waren, en tot de profeten, zeggende: Moet ik wenen in de vijfde maand, mij afzonderende, gelijk als ik gedaan heb nu zo vele jaren? 4Toen geschiedde het woord des HEEREN der heirscharen tot mij, zeggende: 5Spreek tot het ganse volk dezes lands, en tot de priesters, zeggende: Toen gij vasttet en rouwklaagdet, in de vijfde en in de zevende maand, namelijk nu zeventig jaren, hebt gijlieden Mij, Mij enigszins gevast? 6Of als gij at, en als gij dronkt, waart gij het niet, die daar at, en gij, die daar dronkt? 7Zijn het niet de woorden, welke de HEERE uitriep door den dienst der vorige profeten, toen Jeruzalem bewoond en gerust was, en haar steden rondom haar; en het zuiden en de laagte bewoond was? 8Verder geschiedde het woord des HEEREN tot Zacharia, zeggende: 9Alzo sprak de HEERE der heirscharen, zeggende: Richt een waarachtig gericht, en doet goedertierenheid en barmhartigheden, de een aan den ander; 10En verdrukt de weduwe noch den wees, den vreemdeling noch den ellendige; en denkt niet in uw hart de een des anderen kwaad. 11Maar zij weigerden op te merken, en togen hun schouder terug, en zij verzwaarden hun oren, opdat zij niet hoorden. 12En zij maakten hun hart als een diamant, opdat zij niet hoorden de wet en de woorden, die de HEERE der heirscharen zond in Zijn Geest, door den dienst der vorige profeten, waaruit ontstaan is een grote toorn van den HEERE der heirscharen. 13Daarom is het geschied, gelijk als Hij geroepen had, doch zij niet gehoord hebben, alzo riepen zij ook, maar Ik hoorde niet, zegt de HEERE der heirscharen; 14Maar Ik heb hen weggestormd onder alle heidenen, welke zij niet kenden; en het land werd achter hen verwoest, zodat er niemand doorging, noch wederkeerde; want zij stelden het gewenste land tot een verwoesting.