Zechariah 7

1 In the fourth year of the reign of King Darius, on the fourth day of Chislev, the ninth month, the message of the Lord came to Zechariah.

大流士王第四年九月，就是基斯流月初四日，耶和华的话临到撒迦利亚。

2 The city of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech and their men, to entreat the favour of the Lord,

那时伯特利人已经打发沙利色和利坚米勒，并跟从他们的人，去恳求耶和华的恩，

3 and to ask the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts, and the prophets ‘Should I continue to mourn in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done for many years?’

并问万军之耶和华殿中的祭司和先知说：“我历年以来，在五月间哭泣斋戒，现在还当这样行吗？”

4 Then this message of the Lord of hosts came to me:

万军之耶和华的话就临到我说：

5 Tell all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month, for these seventy years, did you really fast for me?

“你要宣告国内的众民和祭司，说：‘你们这七十年，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是丝毫向我禁食吗？

6 When you eat and when you drink, do you not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

你们吃喝，不是为自己吃，为自己喝吗？

7 Wasn’t it this which the Lord proclaimed by the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and prosperous, and her towns surrounding her and the Negreb and the Shephelah were inhabited?’

当耶路撒冷和四围的城邑有居民，正兴盛，南地高原有人居住的时候，耶和华借从前的先知所宣告的话，你们不当听吗？’”

8 The Lord gave this message to Zechariah:

耶和华的话又临到撒迦利亚说：

9 The Lord of hosts says, execute true judgments. Show kindness and mercy to each other.

“万军之耶和华曾对你们的列祖如此说：‘要按至理判断，各人以慈爱怜悯弟兄。

10 Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the resident foreigner or the poor. Let none of you devise evil against another in your hearts.

不可欺压寡妇、孤儿、寄居的，和贫穷人。谁都不可心里谋害弟兄。’”

11 But they refused to listen, and turned a stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears so they wouldn’t hear.

他们却不肯听从，扭转肩头，塞耳不听，

12 They made their hearts as hard as stone so they wouldn’t accept the teaching and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent by his spirit through the earlier prophets. Great was the anger of the Lord of hosts:

使心硬如金钢石，不听律法和万军之耶和华用灵借从前的先知所说的话。故此，万军之耶和华大发烈怒。

13 I called and they would not hear, so they call and I do not hear, says the Lord of hosts.

万军之耶和华说：“我曾呼唤他们，他们不听；将来他们呼求我，我也不听！

14 I scattered them by a whirlwind out among nations unknown to them. The land was left desolate behind them, with no one crossing or returning, for they made the pleasant land a desolation.

我必以旋风吹散他们到素不认识的万国中。这样，他们的地就荒凉，甚至无人来往经过，因为他们使美好之地荒凉了。”