Zechariah 7
1 And it came to pass, in the fourth year of King Darius, that the word of Jehovah came to Zechariah, on the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;
Četvrte godine kralja Darija, četvrtoga dana devetoga mjeseca, Kisleva, dođe riječ Jahvina Zahariji.
2 when they had sent to the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before Jehovah,
Betel je naime poslao Sar-Esera i Regem-Meleka s njihovim ljudima da mole lice Jahvino
3 and to speak to the priests that were in the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, “Shall I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?”
i da pitaju svećenike u Domu Jahve nad Vojskama i proroke: “Hoćemo li plakati petoga mjeseca i postiti, kao što činimo već tolike godine?”
4 Then came the word of Jehovah of hosts to me, saying,
Tada mi dođe riječ Jahve nad Vojskama: “Reci svemu puku zemlje i svećenicima:
5 Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth month and in the seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast for me, even for me?
'Kad postite i naričete petoga i sedmoga mjeseca već sedamdeset godina, zar meni postite?
6 And when ye eat and drink, is it not ye that eat, and ye that drink?
A kad jedete i pijete, zar sebi ne jedete i pijete?
7 Are not these the words which Jehovah proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and her cities round about her, and when the South and the Plain were inhabited?
Nisu li to propisi koje je Jahve objavio preko negdašnjih proroka kada Jeruzalem bijaše naseljen i miran kao i gradovi oko njega i kada bijaše napučen Negeb i Šefela?'”
8 And the word of Jehovah came to Zechariah, saying,
Riječ Jahvina dođe Zahariji:
9 Thus spake Jehovah of hosts, saying, Judge true judgment, and show mercy and compassion every man to his brother.
“Ovako govori Jahve nad Vojskama: 'Sudite istinito i budite dobrostivi i milosrdni jedni drugima.
10 And the widow, and the orphan, and the stranger, and the poor, oppress not, and meditate not evil against one another in your heart.
Ne tlačite udovu ni sirotu, ni došljaka ni uboga, i ne snujte u srcu pakosti jedan prema drugom.'
11 But they refused to hearken, and showed a refractory shoulder, and made their ears dull, that they might not hear;
Ali oni ne htjedoše poslušati, već prkosno okrenuše leđa; zatisnuše uši da ne bi čuli;
12 yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, that they might not hear the law, and the words which Jehovah of hosts sent through his spirit by the former prophets. Therefore came great anger from Jehovah of hosts.
otvrdnuše srcem kao kremen, da ne bi čuli Zakon i riječi koje im je slao Jahve nad Vojskama, svojim duhom, preko drevnih proroka. I Jahve nad Vojskama silno se tad razgnjevi.
13 And as he called and they would not hear, so they called and I would not hear, saith Jehovah of hosts.
I zato, kao što je on zvao a oni ga ne slušaše, tako su sad oni zvali a ja ih nisam slušao - riječ je Jahve nad Vojskama.
14 And I scattered them as with a whirlwind among all the nations, which they knew not. And the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through, nor returned; and thus the beautiful land was made a desolation.
I razmeo sam ih među sve narode kojih ne poznavahu, a zemlja iza njih bi opustošena, te nitko nije njome prolazio niti se vraćao. Tako su zemlju blagostanja obratili u pustoš!”
