Zechariah 7

وَكَانَ فِي السَّنَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ لِدَارِيُوسَ الْمَلِكِ أَنَّ كَلاَمَ الرَّبِّ صَارَ إِلَى زَكَرِيَّا فِي الرَّابعِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ التَّاسِعِ فِي كِسْلُو.

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;

لَمَّا أَرْسَلَ أَهْلُ بَيْتَِ إِيلَ شَرَاصِرَ وَرَجَمَ مَلِكَ وَرِجَالَهُمْ لِيُصَلُّوا قُدَّامَ الرَّبِّ،

When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem–melech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,

وَلِيُكَلِّمُوا الْكَهَنَةَ الَّذِينَ فِي بَيْتِ رَبِّ الْجُنُودِ وَالأَنْبِيَاءَ قَائِلِينَ: «أَأَبْكِي فِي الشَّهْرِ الْخَامِسِ مُنْفَصِلاً، كَمَا فَعَلْتُ كَمْ مِنَ السِّنِينَ هذِهِ؟».

And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

ثُمَّ صَارَ إِلَيَّ كَلاَمُ رَبِّ الْجُنُودِ قَائِلاً:

Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,

«قُلْ لِجَمِيعِ شَعْبِ الأَرْضِ وَلِلْكَهَنَةِ قَائِلاً: لَمَّا صُمْتُمْ وَنُحْتُمْ فِي الشَّهْرِ الْخَامِسِ وَالشَّهْرِ السَّابعِ، وَذلِكَ هذِهِ السَّبْعِينَ سَنَةً، فَهَلْ صُمْتُمْ صَوْمًا لِي أَنَا؟

Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?

وَلَمَّا أَكَلْتُمْ وَلَمَّا شَرِبْتُمْ، أَفَمَا كُنْتُمْ أَنْتُمُ الآكِلِينَ وَأَنْتُمُ الشَّارِبِينَ؟

And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

أَلَيْسَ هذَا هُوَ الْكَلاَمُ الَّذِي نَادَى بِهِ الرَّبُّ عَنْ يَدِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ الأَوَّلِينَ، حِينَ كَانَتْ أُورُشَلِيمُ مَعْمُورَةً وَمُسْتَرِيحَةً، وَمُدُنُهَا حَوْلَهَا، وَالْجَنُوبُ وَالسَّهْلُ مَعْمُورَيْنِ؟».

Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?

وَكَانَ كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ إِلَى زَكَرِيَّا قَائِلاً:

And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,

«هكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ قَائِلاً: اقْضُوا قَضَاءَ الْحَقِّ، وَاعْمَلُوا إِحْسَانًا وَرَحْمَةً، كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مَعَ أَخِيهِ.

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

وَلاَ تَظْلِمُوا الأَرْمَلَةَ وَلاَ الْيَتِيمَ وَلاَ الْغَرِيبَ وَلاَ الْفَقِيرَ، وَلاَ يُفَكِّرْ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ شَرًّا عَلَى أَخِيهِ فِي قَلْبِكُمْ.

And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

فَأَبَوْا أَنْ يُصْغُوا وَأَعْطَوْا كَتِفًا مُعَانِدَةً، وَثَقَّلُوا آذَانَهُمْ عَنِ السَّمْعِ.

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

بَلْ جَعَلُوا قَلْبَهُمْ مَاسًا لِئَلاَّ يَسْمَعُوا الشَّرِيعَةَ وَالْكَلاَمَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَهُ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ بِرُوحِهِ عَنْ يَدِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ الأَوَّلِينَ. فَجَاءَ غَضَبٌ عَظِيمٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَبِّ الْجُنُودِ.

Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.

فَكَانَ كَمَا نَادَى هُوَ فَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا، كَذلِكَ يُنَادُونَ هُمْ فَلاَ أَسْمَعُ، قَالَ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ.

Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:

وَأَعْصِفُهُمْ إِلَى كُلِّ الأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوهُمْ. فَخَرِبَتِ الأَرْضُ وَرَاءَهُمْ، لاَ ذَاهِبَ وَلاَ آئِبَ. فَجَعَلُوا الأَرْضَ الْبَهِجَةَ خَرَابًا».

But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.