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| [1]וַיְהִי בִּשְׁנַת אַרְבַּע לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ הַמֶּלֶךְ הָיָה דְבַר־יְהוָה אֶל־זְכַרְיָה בְּאַרְבָּעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ הַתְּשִׁעִי בְּכִסְלֵו׃ |
[1]And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chislev; |
| [2]וַיִּשְׁלַח בֵּית־אֵל שַׂר־אֶצֶר וְרֶגֶם מֶלֶךְ וַאֲנָשָׁיו לְחַלֹּות אֶת־פְּנֵי יְהוָה׃ |
[2]When Bethel-sarezer, and Regem-melech and his men, had sent to entreat the favour of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, |
| [3]לֵאמֹר אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים אֲשֶׁר לְבֵית־יְהוָה צְבָאֹות וְאֶל־הַנְּבִיאִים לֵאמֹר הַאֶבְכֶּה בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַחֲמִשִׁי הִנָּזֵר כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי זֶה כַּמֶּה שָׁנִים׃ |
[3]And to speak unto the priests of the house of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts, and to the prophets, saying: 'Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?' |
| [4]וַיְהִי דְּבַר־יְהוָה צְבָאֹות אֵלַי לֵאמֹר׃ |
[4]Then came the word of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts unto me, saying: |
| [5]אֱמֹר אֶל־כָּל־עַם הָאָרֶץ וְאֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים לֵאמֹר כִּי־צַמְתֶּם וְסָפֹוד בַּחֲמִישִׁי וּבַשְּׁבִיעִי וְזֶה שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה הֲצֹום צַמְתֻּנִי אָנִי׃ |
[5]'Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying: When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month, even these seventy years, did ye at all fast unto Me, even to Me? |
| [6]וְכִי תֹאכְלוּ וְכִי תִשְׁתּוּ הֲלֹוא אַתֶּם הָאֹכְלִים וְאַתֶּם הַשֹּׁתִים׃ |
[6]And when ye eat, and when ye did drink, are ye not they that eat, and they that drink? |
| [7]הֲלֹוא אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר קָרָא יְהוָה בְּיַד הַנְּבִיאִים הָרִאשֹׁנִים בִּהְיֹות יְרוּשָׁלִַם יֹשֶׁבֶת וּשְׁלֵוָה וְעָרֶיהָ סְבִיבֹתֶיהָ וְהַנֶּגֶב וְהַשְּׁפֵלָה יֹשֵׁב׃ |
[7]Should ye not hearken to the words which 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 hath proclaimed by the former prophets, wh Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, and the South and the Lowland were inhabited?' |
| [8]וַיְהִי דְּבַר־יְהוָה אֶל־זְכַרְיָה לֵאמֹר׃ |
[8]And the word of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 came unto Zechariah, saying: |
| [9]כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות לֵאמֹר מִשְׁפַּט אֱמֶת שְׁפֹטוּ וְחֶסֶד וְרַחֲמִים עֲשׂוּ אִישׁ אֶת־אָחִיו׃ |
[9]'Thus hath 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts spoken, saying: Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion every man to his brother; |
| [10]וְאַלְמָנָה וְיָתֹום גֵּר וְעָנִי אַל־תַּעֲשֹׁקוּ וְרָעַת אִישׁ אָחִיו אַל־תַּחְשְׁבוּ בִּלְבַבְכֶם׃ |
[10]And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart. |
| [11]וַיְמָאֲנוּ לְהַקְשִׁיב וַיִּתְּנוּ כָתֵף סֹרָרֶת וְאָזְנֵיהֶם הִכְבִּידוּ מִשְּׁמֹועַ׃ |
[11]But they refused to attend, and turned stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear. |
| [12]וְלִבָּם שָׂמוּ שָׁמִיר מִשְּׁמֹועַ אֶת־הַתֹּורָה וְאֶת־הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַח יְהוָה צְבָאֹות בְּרוּחֹו בְּיַד הַנְּבִיאִים הָרִאשֹׁנִים וַיְהִי קֶצֶף גָּדֹול מֵאֵת יְהוָה צְבָאֹות׃ |
[12]Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts had sent by His spirit by the hand of the former prophets; therefore came there great wrath from 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts. |
| [13]וַיְהִי כַאֲשֶׁר־קָרָא וְלֹא שָׁמֵעוּ כֵּן יִקְרְאוּ וְלֹא אֶשְׁמָע אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות׃ |
[13]And it came to pass that, as He called, and they would not hear; so they shall call, and I will not hear, said 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts; |
| [14]וְאֵסָעֲרֵם עַל כָּל־הַגֹּויִם אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יְדָעוּם וְהָאָרֶץ נָשַׁמָּה אַחֲרֵיהֶם מֵעֹבֵר וּמִשָּׁב וַיָּשִׂימוּ אֶרֶץ־חֶמְדָּה לְשַׁמָּה׃ |
[14]But I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned; for they laid the pleasant land desolate.' |