Zekeriya 7

¹Kral Darius'un dördüncü yılında, dokuzuncu ay olan Kislev'in dördüncü gününde Rab'bin sözü Zekeriya'ya geldi.

²Sarasar, Kral Arbeseer ve adamları, Rab'bin öfkesini dindirmek ve O'nunla barışmak için Beytel'e elçiler gönderdiler.

³Her şeye egemen Rab'bin tapınağındaki kâhinlere ve peygamberlere şöyle dediler: "Bunca yıldır kendi adıma yaptığım gibi, beşinci ayda bu kutsal adak buraya girmeli mi?"

⁴Kuvvetlerin Rab'binin sözü bana şöyle geldi:

⁵"Ülkenin tüm halkına ve kâhinlere de ki: 'Beşinci ve yedinci aylarda oruç tutup göğsünüzü döverek yas tuttuğunuzda —ki işte yetmiş yıldır böyle yapıyorsunuz— gerçekten benim için mi oruç tuttunuz?

⁶Yiyip içtiğiniz zaman da, yiyip içenler sadece sizler değil misiniz?

⁷Yeruşalim'de henüz oturuluyorken, kent refah içindeyken, çevresindeki kentlerde, dağlık bölgede ve ovada insanlar yaşayıp buralar iskan edilmişken, Rab'bin önceki peygamberler aracılığıyla bildirdiği sözler bunlar değil miydi?'"

⁸Rab'bin sözü Zekeriya'ya şöyle geldi:

⁹"Her şeye egemen Rab şöyle diyor: 'Adil kararlarla yargılayın; her biriniz kardeşine karşı merhamet ve şefkat göstersin.

¹⁰Dul kadına, öksüze, yabancıya ve yoksula baskı yapıp onları ezmeyin; hiçbiriniz yüreğinde kardeşinin kötülüğünü tasarlayıp ona karşı kin beslemesin.'

¹¹Ama onlar kulak vermeyi reddettiler, dik kafalı bir şekilde sırt çevirdiler ve işitmemek için kulaklarını tıkadılar.

¹²Yasamı ve her şeye egemen Rab'bin kendi Ruhuyla, önceki peygamberler aracılığıyla gönderdiği sözleri dinlememek için yüreklerini tamamen itaatsiz kıldılar. Bu yüzden her şeye egemen Rab'den büyük bir gazap geldi.

¹³'Nasıl ki O seslendiğinde dinlemedilerse, onlar feryat ettiğinde de ben öyle dinlemeyeceğim' diyor her şeye egemen Rab.

¹⁴'Onları tanımadıkları bütün ulusların arasına fırlatıp atacağım. Arkalarında bıraktıkları ülke öyle ıssız kalacak ki, oradan ne geçen ne de dönen olacak. Böylece o seçkin ülkeyi kendi elleriyle viraneye çevirdiler.'"

¹ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ τετάρτῳ ἔτει, ἐπὶ Δαρείου τοῦ βασιλέως ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς Ζαχαρίαν τετράδι τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ ἐνάτου, ὅς ἐστι Χασελεῦ·

²καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν εἰς Βαιθὴλ Σαρασὰρ καὶ ᾿Αρβεσεὲρ ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἐξιλάσασθαι τὸν Κύριον

³λέγων πρὸς τοὺς ἱερεῖς τοὺς ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Κυρίου παντοκράτορος καὶ πρὸς τοὺς προφήτας λέγων· εἰσελήλυθεν ὧδε ἐν τῷ μηνὶ τῷ πέμπτῳ τὸ ἁγίασμα, καθότι ἐποίησα ἤδη ἱκανὰ ἔτη.

⁴καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου τῶν δυνάμεων πρὸς ἐμὲ λέγων·

⁵εἰπὸν πρὸς ἅπαντα τὸν λαὸν τῆς γῆς καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἱερεῖς λέγων· ἐὰν νηστεύσητε ἢ κόψησθε ἐν ταῖς πέμπταις ἢ ἐν ταῖς ἑβδόμαις, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτη μὴ νηστείαν νενηστεύκατέ μοι;

⁶καὶ ἐὰν φάγητε ἢ πίητε, οὐχ ὑμεῖς ἔσθετε καὶ πίνετε;

⁷οὐχ οὗτοι οἱ λόγοι, οὓς ἐλάλησε Κύριος ἐν χερσὶ τῶν προφητῶν τῶν ἔμπροσθεν, ὅτε ἦν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ κατοικουμένη καὶ εὐθηνοῦσα καὶ αἱ πόλεις κυκλόθεν αὐτῆς καὶ ἡ ὀρεινὴ καὶ ἡ πεδινὴ κατῳκεῖτο;

⁸καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς Ζαχαρίαν λέγων·

⁹τάδε λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ· κρίμα δίκαιον κρίνετε καὶ ἔλεος καὶ οἰκτιρμὸν ποιεῖτε ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ

¹⁰καὶ χήραν καὶ ὀρφανὸν καὶ προσήλυτον καὶ πένητα μὴ καταδυναστεύετε, καὶ κακίαν ἕκαστος τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ μὴ μνησικακείτω ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν.

¹¹καὶ ἠπείθησαν τοῦ προσέχειν καὶ ἔδωκαν νῶτον παραφρονοῦντα καὶ τὰ ὦτα αὐτῶν ἐβάρυναν τοῦ μὴ εἰσακούειν

¹²καὶ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτῶν ἔταξαν ἀπειθῆ τοῦ μὴ ἐσακούειν τοῦ νόμου μου καὶ τοὺς λόγους, οὓς ἐξαπέστειλε Κύριος παντοκράτωρ ἐν πνεύματι αὐτοῦ ἐν χερσὶ τῶν προφητῶν τῶν ἔμπροσθεν· καὶ ἐγένετο ὀργὴ μεγάλη παρὰ Κυρίου παντοκράτορος.

¹³καὶ ἔσται ὃν τρόπον εἶπε καὶ οὐκ εἰσήκουσαν, οὕτως κεκράξονται καὶ οὐ μὴ εἰσακούσω, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ.

¹⁴καὶ ἐκβαλῶ αὐτοὺς εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ἃ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν, καὶ ἡ γῆ ἀφανισθήσεται κατόπισθεν αὐτῶν ἐκ διοδεύοντος καὶ ἐξ ἀναστρέφοντος· καὶ ἔταξαν γῆν ἐκλεκτὴν εἰς ἀφανισμόν.

¹And it came to pass in the fourth year of Darius the king, [that] the word of the Lord came to Zacharias on the fourth [day] of the ninth month, which is Chaseleu.

²And Sarasar and Arbeseer the king and his men sent to Bethel, and [that] to propitiate the Lord,

³speaking to the priests that were in the house of the Lord Almighty, and to the prophets, saying, The holy offering has come in hither in the fifth month, as it has done already many years.

⁴And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,

⁵Speak to the whole people of the land, and to the priests, saying, Though ye fasted or lamented in the fifth or seventh [months] (yea, behold, these seventy years) have ye at all fasted to me?

⁶And if ye eat or drink, do ye not eat and drink for yourselves?

⁷Are not these the words which the Lord spoke by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and her cities round about her, and the hill country and the low country was inhabited?

⁸And the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, saying,

⁹Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Judge righteous judgment, and deal mercifully and compassionately every one with his brother:

¹⁰and oppress not the widow, or the fatherless, or the stranger, or the poor; and let not one of you remember in his heart the injury of his brother.

¹¹But they refused to attend, and madly turned their back, and made their ears heavy, so that they should not hear.

¹²And they made their heart disobedient, so as not to hearken to my law, and the words which the Lord Almighty sent forth by his Spirit by the former prophets: so there was great wrath from the Lord Almighty.

¹³And it shall come to pass, [that] as he spoke, and they hearkened not, so they shall cry, and I will not hearken, saith the Lord Almighty.

¹⁴And I will cast them out among all the nations, whom they know not; and the land behind them shall be made utterly destitute of any going through or returning: yea they have made the choice land a desolation.