Zacarias 7

1Aconteceu, pois, no quarto ano do rei Dario, que a palavra do SENHOR veio a Zacarias noquarto dia do nono mês, que é Quisleu, 2Quando os de Betel enviaram Sarezer e Regém-Meleque e seus homens, para suplicarem o favor do SENHOR, 3E para dizerem aos sacerdotes que estavam na casa do SENHOR dos exércitos e aos profetas o seguinte: Devemos chorar e jejuar no quinto mês, como já temos feito há tantos anos? 4Então a palavra do SENHOR dos exércitos veio a mim, dizendo: 5Fala a todo o povo desta terra, e aos sacerdotes, dizendo: Quando jejuastes e chorastes no quinto e no sétimo mês durante estes setenta anos, por acaso jejuastes verdadeiramente para mim? 6E quando comeis e bebeis, não foi para vós que comeis e bebeis? 7Não são estas as palavras que o SENHOR pregou por meio dos antigos profetas, quando Jerusalém estava habitada e tranquila, com suas cidades ao seu redor, e o Sul e a campina eram habitadas? 8E a palavra do SENHOR veio a Zacarias, dizendo: 9Assim falou o SENHOR dos exércitos, dizendo: Julgai juízo verdadeiro, e praticai piedade e misericórdia cada um com seu irmão; 10Não oprimais à viúva, nem ao órfão, nem ao estrangeiro, nem ao pobre; e ninguém planeje o mal em seu coração contra seu irmão. 11Porém não quiseram prestar atenção; ao invés disso deram as costas e taparam suas orelhas para não ouvirem. 12E fizeram seus corações duros como diamante, para não ouvirem a Lei nem as palavras que o SENHOR dos exércitos enviou por seu Espírito através dos antigos profetas; por isso veio grande ira da parte do SENHOR dos exércitos. 13Por causa disso, tal como eles não ouviram quando eu clamei, assim tamb em quando eles clamaram eu não ouvi,diz o SENHOR dos exércitos; 14E eu os espalhei com turbilhão entre todas as nações, que eles não conheciam, e a terra foi assolada atrás deles, de maneira que ninguém passava por ela, nem voltava; porque tornaram a terra desejada em ruínas.

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.