Zechariah 7
1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, in the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Casleu.
I Kong Darius's fjerde Regeringsaar kom HERRENS Ord til Zakarias paa den fjerde Dag i den niende Maaned, Kislev.
2 When Sarasar, and Rogommelech, and the men that were with him, sent to the house of God, to entreat the face of the Lord:
Da sendte Betel-Sar'ezer og Regem-Melek og hans Mænd Bud for at bede HERREN om Naade
3 To speak to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying: Must I weep in the fifth month, or must I sanctify myself as I have now done for many years?
og spørge Præsterne ved Hærskarers HERRES Hus og Profeterne: »Skal jeg græde og spæge mig i den femte Maaned, som jeg nu har gjort i saa mange Aar?«
4 And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying:
Da kom Hærskarers HERRES Ord til mig saaledes:
5 Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying: When you fasted, and mourned in the fifth and the seventh month for these seventy years: did you keep a fast unto me?
Sig til alt Folket i Landet og til Præsterne: Naar I har fastet og klaget i den femte og syvende Maaned i halvfjerdsindstyve Aar, var det da mig, I fastede for?
6 And when you did eat and drink, did you not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
Og naar I spiser og drikker, er det da ikke eder, som spiser og drikker?
7 Are not these the words which the Lord spoke by the hand of the former prophets, when Jerusalem as yet was inhabited, and was wealthy, both itself and the cities round about it, and there were inhabitants towards the south, and in 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 Lavlandet var beboet?
8 And the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, saying:
Og HERRENS Ord kom til Zakarias saaledes:
9 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: Judge ye true judgment, and shew ye mercy and compassion every man to his brother.
Saa siger Hærskarers HERRE: Fæld redelig Dom, vis Miskundhed og Barmhjertighed mod hverandre,
10 And oppress not the widow, and the fatherless, and the stranger, and the poor: and let not a man devise evil in his heart against his brother.
undertryk ikke Enker og faderløse, fremmede og nødlidende og tænk ikke i eders Hjerter ondt mod hverandre!
11 But they would not hearken, and they turned away the shoulder to depart: and they stopped their ears, not to hear.
Men de vilde ikke høre; de var stivnakkede og gjorde deres Ører døve
12 And they made their heart as the adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts sent in his spirit by the hand of the former prophets: so a great indignation came from the Lord of hosts.
og deres Hjerter haarde som Diamant for ikke at høre Loven og de Ord, Hærskarers HERRE sendte gennem sin Aand ved de tidligere Profeter. Derfor kom der stor Vrede fra Hærskarers HERRE.
13 And it came to pass that as he spoke, and they heard not: so shall they cry, and I will not hear, saith the Lord of hosts.
Ligesom de ikke hørte, naar han kaldte, saaledes vil jeg, sagde Hærskarers HERRE, ikke høre, naar de kalder;
14 And I dispersed them throughout all kingdoms, which they know not: and the land was left desolate behind them, so that no man passed through or returned: and they changed the delightful land into a wilderness.
og jeg blæste dem bort blandt alle de Folk, de ikke kendte, og Landet blev øde efter dem, saa ingen drog ud eller hjem; og de gjorde det yndige Land til en Ørk.
