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وَكَانَ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلرَّابِعَةِ لِدَارِيُوسَ ٱلْمَلِكِ أَنَّ كَلَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ صَارَ إِلَى زَكَرِيَّا فِي ٱلرَّابِعِ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلتَّاسِعِ فِي كِسْلُو. ١ 1
And it came to pass, in the fourth year of Darius the king, that the word of Yahweh came unto Zechariah, on the fourth of the ninth month, in Chisleu;
لَمَّا أَرْسَلَ أَهْلُ بَيْتِ إِيلَ شَرَاصِرَ وَرَجَمَ مَلِكَ وَرِجَالَهُمْ لِيُصَلُّوا قُدَّامَ ٱلرَّبِّ، ٢ 2
yea when Bethel sent Sherezer and Regemmelech, and his men, —to pacify the face of Yahweh:
وَلِيُكَلِّمُوا ٱلْكَهَنَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي بَيْتِ رَبِّ ٱلْجُنُودِ وَٱلْأَنْبِيَاءَ قَائِلِينَ: «أَأَبْكِي فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْخَامِسِ مُنْفَصِلًا، كَمَا فَعَلْتُ كَمْ مِنَ ٱلسِّنِينَ هَذِهِ؟». ٣ 3
to speak unto the priests that pertained to the house of Yahweh of hosts, and unto the prophets, saying, —Shall I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
ثُمَّ صَارَ إِلَيَّ كَلَامُ رَبِّ ٱلْجُنُودِ قَائِلًا: ٤ 4
Then came the word of Yahweh of hosts unto me, saying:
«قُلْ لِجَمِيعِ شَعْبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلِلْكَهَنَةِ قَائِلًا: لَمَّا صُمْتُمْ وَنُحْتُمْ فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْخَامِسِ وَٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلسَّابِعِ، وَذَلِكَ هَذِهِ ٱلسَّبْعِينَ سَنَةً، فَهَلْ صُمْتُمْ صَوْمًا لِي أَنَا؟ ٥ 5
Speak thou unto all the people of the land, and unto the priests, saying, —When ye fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh, even these seventy years, did ye, really fast, unto, me?
وَلَمَّا أَكَلْتُمْ وَلَمَّا شَرِبْتُمْ، أَفَمَا كُنْتُمْ أَنْتُمُ ٱلْآكِلِينَ وَأَنْتُمُ ٱلشَّارِبِينَ؟ ٦ 6
And, when ye used to eat and when ye used to drink, was it not, of your own accord, ye did eat, and, of your own accord, ye did drink?
أَلَيْسَ هَذَا هُوَ ٱلْكَلَامُ ٱلَّذِي نَادَى بِهِ ٱلرَّبُّ عَنْ يَدِ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ، حِينَ كَانَتْ أُورُشَلِيمُ مَعْمُورَةً وَمُسْتَرِيحَةً، وَمُدُنُهَا حَوْلَهَا، وَٱلْجَنُوبُ وَٱلسَّهْلُ مَعْمُورَيْنِ؟». ٧ 7
Should ye not [have been doing] the things which Yahweh, had proclaimed, by the hand of the former prophets, while yet Jerusalem was inhabited and in peace, with her cities round about her, —and the South and the Lowland were inhabited?
وَكَانَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى زَكَرِيَّا قَائِلًا: ٨ 8
And the word of Yahweh came unto Zechariah, saying:
«هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ قَائِلًا: ٱقْضُوا قَضَاءَ ٱلْحَقِّ، وَٱعْمَلُوا إِحْسَانًا وَرَحْمَةً، كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مَعَ أَخِيهِ. ٩ 9
Thus, spake Yahweh of hosts, saying, —With true justice, give ye judgment, and, lovingkindness and compassions, observe ye, one with another;
وَلَا تَظْلِمُوا ٱلْأَرْمَلَةَ وَلَا ٱلْيَتِيمَ وَلَا ٱلْغَرِيبَ وَلَا ٱلْفَقِيرَ، وَلَا يُفَكِّرْ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ شَرًّا عَلَى أَخِيهِ فِي قَلْبِكُمْ. ١٠ 10
And, the widow and the fatherless, the sojourner and the humbled, do not ye oppress, —and, wickedness between one man and another, do not ye devise in your hearts.
فَأَبَوْا أَنْ يُصْغُوا وَأَعْطَوْا كَتِفًا مُعَانِدَةً، وَثَقَّلُوا آذَانَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ. ١١ 11
Howbeit they refused to give heed, but put forth a rebellious shoulder, —and, their ears, made they hard of hearing, that they might not hear;
بَلْ جَعَلُوا قَلْبَهُمْ مَاسًا لِئَلَّا يَسْمَعُوا ٱلشَّرِيعَةَ وَٱلْكَلَامَ ٱلَّذِي أَرْسَلَهُ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ بِرُوحِهِ عَنْ يَدِ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ. فَجَاءَ غَضَبٌ عَظِيمٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَبِّ ٱلْجُنُودِ. ١٢ 12
and, their heart, turned they into adamant, that they might not hear the law, nor the words which Yahweh of hosts sent by his spirit, through the former prophets, —and so there came great wrath from Yahweh of hosts.
فَكَانَ كَمَا نَادَى هُوَ فَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا، كَذَلِكَ يُنَادُونَ هُمْ فَلَا أَسْمَعُ، قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ. ١٣ 13
Therefore came it to pass that—just as he cried out and they hearkened not, so, used they to cry out, and I used not to hearken, saith Yahweh of hosts;
وَأَعْصِفُهُمْ إِلَى كُلِّ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوهُمْ. فَخَرِبَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَرَاءَهُمْ، لَا ذَاهِبَ وَلَا آئِبَ. فَجَعَلُوا ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلْبَهِجَةَ خَرَابًا». ١٤ 14
But I whirled them over all the nations whom they had not known, and, the land, was made desolate after them, that none passed through and returned, —Yea they made of a delightful land—a desolation.

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