Zechariah 7

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;

I Kong Darius's fjerde Regeringsår kom HERRENs Ord til Zakarias på den fjerde Dag i den niende Måned, Kislev.

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

Da sendte Betel-Sar'ezer og Regem-Melek og hans Mænd Bud for at bede HERREN om Nåde

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?

og spørge Præsterne ved Hærskarers HERREs Hus og Profeterne: "Skal jeg græde og spæge mig i den femte Måned, som jeg nu har gjort i så mange År?"

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

Da kom Hærskarers HERREs Ord til mig således:

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?

Sig til alt Folket i Landet og til Præsterne: Når l har fastet og klaget i den femte og syvende Måned i halvfjerdsindstyve År, var det da mig, I fastede for?

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

Og når l spiser og drikker, er det da ikke eder, som spiser og drikker?

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?

Kender I ikke de Ord, HERREN forkyndte ved de tidligere Profeter, dengang Jerusalem og dets Byer trindt om var beboet og havde Fred, og Sydlandet og Lavlandetvar beboet?

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

Og HERRENs Ord kom til Zaka rias således:

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

Så siger Hærskarers HERRE: Fæld redelig Dom, vis Miskundhed og Barmhjertighed mod hverandre,

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.

undertryk ikke Enker og faderløse, fremmede og nødlidende og tænk ikke i eders Hjerter ondt mod hverandre!

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

Men de vilde ikke høre; de var stivnakkede og gjorde deres Ører døve

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.

og deres Hjerter hårde som Diamant for ikke at høre Loven og de Ord, Hærskarers HERRE sendte gennem sin Ånd ved de tidligere Profeter. Derfor kom der stor Vrede fra Hærskarers HERRE.

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:

Ligesom de ikke hørte, når han kaldte, således vil jeg, sagde Hærskarers HERRE, ikke høre, når de kalder;

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.

og jeg blæste dem bort blandt alle de Folk, de ikke kendte, og Landet blev øde efter dem, så ingen drog ud eller hjem; og de gjorde det yndige Land til en Ørk.