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Zechariah
1In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,2The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.3Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.4Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.5Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?6But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.7Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,8I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.9Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be .10And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.11And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.12Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?13And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.14So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.15And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.16Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.17Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.18Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.19And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.20And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.21Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
1فِي الشَّهْرِ الثَّامِنِ فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ لِدَارِيُوسَ، كَانَتْ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ إِلَى زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ بَرَخِيَّا بْنِ عِدُّو النَّبِيِّ،2قَدْ غَضِبَ الرَّبُّ غَضَباً عَلَى آبَائِكُمْ.3فَقُلْ لَهُمْ، هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ، ارْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ يَقُولُ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ فَأَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكُمْ، يَقُولُ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ.4لاَ تَكُونُوا كَآبَائِكُمُ الَّذِينَ نَادَاهُمُ الأَنْبِيَاءُ الأَوَّلُونَ، هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ، ارْجِعُوا عَنْ طُرُقِكُمُ الشِّرِّيرَةِ وَعَنْ أَعْمَالِكُمُ الشِّرِّيرَةِ. فَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا وَلَمْ يُصْغُوا إِلَيَّ، يَقُولُ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ.5آبَاؤُكُمْ أَيْنَ هُمْ. وَالأَنْبِيَاءُ هَلْ أَبَداً يَحْيَوْنَ.6وَلَكِنْ كَلاَمِي وَفَرَائِضِي الَّتِي أَوْصَيْتُ بِهَا عَبِيدِي الأَنْبِيَاءَ، أَفَلَمْ تُدْرِكْ آبَاءَكُمْ. فَرَجَعُوا وَقَالُوا، كَمَا قَصَدَ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ أَنْ يَصْنَعَ بِنَا كَطُرُقِنَا وَكَأَعْمَالِنَا، كَذَلِكَ فَعَلَ بِنَا.7فِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الْحَادِي عَشَرَ هُوَ شَهْرُ شَبَاطَ. فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ لِدَارِيُوسَ، كَانَتْ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ إِلَى زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ بَرَخِيَّا بْنِ عِدُّو النَّبِيِّ،8رَأَيْتُ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَإِذَا بِرَجُلٍ رَاكِبٍ عَلَى فَرَسٍ أَحْمَرَ، وَهُوَ وَاقِفٌ بَيْنَ الآسِ الَّذِي فِي الظِّلِّ، وَخَلْفَهُ خَيْلٌ حُمْرٌ وَشُقْرٌ وَشُهْبٌ.9فَقُلْتُ، يَا سَيِّدِي، مَا هَؤُلاَءِ. فَقَالَ لِي الْمَلاَكُ الَّذِي كَلَّمَنِي، أَنَا أُرِيكَ مَا هَؤُلاَءِ.10فَأَجَابَ الرَّجُلُ الْوَاقِفُ بَيْنَ الآسِ، هَؤُلاَءِ هُمُ الَّذِينَ أَرْسَلَهُمُ الرَّبُّ لِلْجَوَلاَنِ فِي الأَرْضِ.11فَأَجَابُوا مَلاَكَ الرَّبِّ الْوَاقِفِ بَيْنَ الآسِ، قَدْ جُلْنَا فِي الأَرْضِ وَإِذَا الأَرْضُ كُلُّهَا مُسْتَرِيحَةٌ وَسَاكِنَةٌ.12فَقَالَ مَلاَكُ الرَّبِّ، يَا رَبَّ الْجُنُودِ، إِلَى مَتَى أَنْتَ لاَ تَرْحَمُ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَمُدُنَ يَهُوذَا الَّتِي غَضِبْتَ عَلَيْهَا هَذِهِ السَّبْعِينَ سَنَةً.13فَأَجَابَ الرَّبُّ الْمَلاَكَ الَّذِي كَلَّمَنِي بِكَلاَمٍ طَيِّبٍ وَكَلاَمِ تَعْزِيَةٍ.14فَقَالَ لِي الْمَلاَكُ الَّذِي كَلَّمَنِي، نَادِ قَائِلاً، هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ، غِرْتُ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَعَلَى صِهْيَوْنَ غَيْرَةً عَظِيمَةً.15وَأَنَا مُغْضِبٌ بِغَضَبٍ عَظِيمٍ عَلَى الأُمَمِ الْمُطْمَئِنِّينَ. لأَنِّي غَضِبْتُ قَلِيلاً وَهُمْ أَعَانُوا الشَّرَّ.16لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ، قَدْ رَجَعْتُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ بِالْمَرَاحِمِ، فَبَيْتِي يُبْنَى فِيهَا يَقُولُ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ، وَيُمَدُّ الْمِطْمَارُ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.17نَادِ أَيْضاً وَقُلْ، هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ، إِنَّ مُدُنِي تَفِيضُ بَعْدُ خَيْراً، وَالرَّبُّ يُعَزِّي صِهْيَوْنَ بَعْدُ، وَيَخْتَارُ بَعْدُ أُورُشَلِيمَ.18فَرَفَعْتُ عَيْنَيَّ وَنَظَرْتُ وَإِذَا بِأَرْبَعَةِ قُرُونٍ.19فَقُلْتُ لِلْمَلاَكِ الَّذِي كَلَّمَنِي، مَا هَذِهِ. فَقَالَ لِي، هَذِهِ هِيَ الْقُرُونُ الَّتِي بَدَّدَتْ يَهُوذَا وَإِسْرَائِيلَ وَأُورُشَلِيمَ.20فَأَرَانِي الرَّبُّ أَرْبَعَةَ صُنَّاعٍ.21فَقُلْتُ، جَاءَ هَؤُلاَءِ، مَاذَا يَفْعَلُونَ. فَأَجَابَ، هَذِهِ هِيَ الْقُرُونُ الَّتِي بَدَّدَتْ يَهُوذَا حَتَّى لَمْ يَرْفَعْ إِنْسَانٌ رَأْسَهُ. وَقَدْ جَاءَ هَؤُلاَءِ لِيُرْعِبُوهُمْ وَلِيَطْرُدُوا قُرُونَ الأُمَمِ الرَّافِعِينَ قَرْناً عَلَى أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا لِتَبْدِيدِهَا.