Zaccharias Propheta 1
1 In mense octavo in anno secundo Darii regis, factum est verbum Domini ad Zachariam, filium Barachiae filii Addo, prophetam, dicens:
The Lord sent a message to Zechariah the prophet, son of Berekiah, son of Iddo, in the eighth month of the second year of king Darius' reign, saying:
2 Iratus est Dominus super patres vestros iracundia.
The Lord was very angry with your forefathers.
3 Et dices ad eos: Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Convertimini ad me, ait Dominus exercituum: et convertar ad vos, dicit Dominus exercituum.
So tell the people this: Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord Almighty.
4 Ne sitis sicut patres vestri, ad quos clamabant prophetae priores, dicentes: Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Convertimini de viis vestris malis, et de cogitationibus vestris pessimis: et non audierunt, neque attenderunt ad me, dicit Dominus.
You must not be like your forefathers. They were told by previous prophets: Give up your evil ways, and the evil things you do. But they would not listen or pay any attention to me, says the Lord.
5 Patres vestri ubi sunt? et prophetae numquid in sempiternum vivent?
Where are your forefathers now? And the prophets, did they live forever?
6 Verumtamen verba mea, et legitima mea, quae mandavi servis meis prophetis, numquid non comprehenderunt patres vestros, et conversi sunt, et dixerunt: Sicut cogitavit Dominus exercituum facere nobis secundum vias nostras, et secundum adinventiones nostras fecit nobis.
But didn't all my instructions and warnings that I ordered my servants the prophets to communicate, didn't all that I said happen to your forefathers? So they repented and said, “What the Lord Almighty planned to do to us was what we deserved because of our ways and our actions. He did what he said he would.”
7 In die vigesima et quarta undecimi mensis Sabath, in anno secundo Darii, factum est verbum Domini ad Zachariam filium Barachiae, filii Addo, prophetam, dicens:
The Lord sent a message to Zechariah the prophet, son of Berekiah, son of Iddo, on the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month (the month of Shebat) of the second year of king Darius' reign:
8 Vidi per noctem, et ecce vir ascendens super equum rufum, et ipse stabat inter myrteta, quae erant in profundo: et post eum equi rufi, varii, et albi.
During the night I saw a man sitting on a red horse that stood among some myrtle trees in a narrow valley. Behind him were red, brown, and white horses with their riders.
9 Et dixi: Quid sunt isti, domine mi? Et dixit ad me Angelus, qui loquebatur in me: Ego ostendam tibi quid sint haec.
I asked him, “My lord, what are these?” The angel I was talking to replied, “I will show you.”
10 Et respondit vir, qui stabat inter myrteta, et dixit: Isti sunt, quos misit Dominus ut perambulent terram.
The man who was there among the myrtle trees said, “These are the ones the Lord has sent out to patrol the earth.”
11 Et responderunt Angelo Domini, qui stabat inter myrteta, et dixerunt: Perambulavimus terram, et ecce omnis terra habitatur, et quiescit.
The riders reported to the angel of the Lord who was among the myrtle trees, “We have been patrolling the earth and saw that the whole earth has been pacified.”
12 Et respondit angelus Domini, et dixit: Domine exercituum usquequo tu non misereberis Ierusalem, et urbium Iuda, quibus iratus es? iste iam septuagesimus annus est.
Then the angel of the Lord said, “Lord Almighty, how long will it be before you have mercy on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah which you have been angry with for the past seventy years?”
13 Et respondit Dominus angelo, qui loquebatur in me verba bona, verba consolatoria.
So the Lord replied to the angel I was talking to with kind and comforting words.
14 Et dixit ad me angelus, qui loquebatur in me: Clama, dicens: Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Zelatus sum Ierusalem, et Sion zelo magno.
Then the angel I was talking with told me, This is what you are to announce. The Lord Almighty says this: I am jealously protective of Jerusalem and Mount Zion,
15 Et ira magna ego irascor super gentes opulentas: quia ego iratus sum parum, ipsae vero adiuverunt in malum.
and I am extremely angry with the arrogant nations who think they are secure. I was only a little angry with my people, but they made the punishment far worse.
16 Propterea haec dicit Dominus: Revertar ad Ierusalem in misericordiis: et domus mea aedificabitur in ea, ait Dominus exercituum: et perpendiculum extendetur super Ierusalem.
Therefore this is what the Lord says: I have returned to be merciful to Jerusalem. My Temple shall be rebuilt there, as well as the city, declares the Lord Almighty.
17 Adhuc, clama dicens: Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Adhuc affluent civitates meae bonis: et consolabitur adhuc Dominus Sion, et eliget adhuc Ierusalem.
Announce this as well, says the Lord Almighty: Prosperity will flood out of my cities. I the Lord will comfort Zion, and Jerusalem will be my chosen city.
18 Et levavi oculos meos, et vidi: et ecce quattuor cornua.
Then I looked and saw four animal horns.
19 Et dixi ad angelum, qui loquebatur in me: Quid sunt haec? Et dixit ad me: Haec sunt cornua, quae ventilaverunt Iuda, et Israel, et Ierusalem.
“What are these?” I asked the angel I was talking to. “These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem,” he replied.
20 Et ostendit mihi Dominus quattuor fabros.
Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen.
21 Et dixi: Quid isti veniunt facere? Qui ait, dicens: Haec sunt cornua, quae ventilaverunt Iuda per singulos viros, et nemo eorum levavit caput suum: et venerunt isti deterrere ea, ut deiiciant cornua gentium, quae levaverunt cornu super terram Iuda ut dispergerent eam.
“What are these men coming to do?” I asked. The angel replied, “The four horns—these nations—scattered Judah, humbling the people so that they could not lift up their heads. These craftsmen have to come to terrify these nations, and to destroy them—those who used their power against the land of Judah, scattering the people.”
