Zechariah 7

大流士王第四年九月，就是基斯流月初四日，耶和华的话临到撒迦利亚。

dà liú shì wáng dì sì nián jiǔ yuè ， jiù shì jī sī liú yuè chū sì rì ， yē hé huá de huà lín dào sā jiā lì yà 。

In the fourth year of King Darius, the LORD’s word came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.

那时伯特利人已经打发沙利色和利坚米勒，并跟从他们的人，去恳求耶和华的恩，

nà shí bó tè lì rén yǐ jīng dǎ fā shā lì sè hé lì jiān mǐ lè ， bìng gēn cóng tā men de rén ， qù kěn qiú yē hé huá de ēn ，

The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech and their men to entreat the LORD’s favor,

并问万军之耶和华殿中的祭司和先知说：「我历年以来，在五月间哭泣斋戒，现在还当这样行吗？」

bìng wèn wàn jūn zhī yē hé huá diàn zhōng de jì sī hé xiān zhī shuō ：「 wǒ lì nián yǐ lái ， zài wǔ yuè jiān kū qì zhāi jiè ， xiàn zài hái dāng zhè yàng xíng ma ？」

and to speak to the priests of the house of the LORD of Armies and to the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?”

万军之耶和华的话就临到我说：

wàn jūn zhī yē hé huá de huà jiù lín dào wǒ shuō ：

Then the word of the LORD of Armies came to me, saying,

「你要宣告国内的众民和祭司，说：『你们这七十年，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是丝毫向我禁食吗？

「 nǐ yào xuān gào guó nèi de zhòng mín hé jì sī ， shuō ：『 nǐ men zhè qī shí nián ， zài wǔ yuè 、 qī yuè jìn shí bēi āi ， qǐ shì sī háo xiàng wǒ jìn shí ma ？

“Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?

你们吃喝，不是为自己吃，为自己喝吗？

nǐ men chī hē ， bú shì wèi zì jǐ chī ， wèi zì jǐ hē ma ？

When you eat and when you drink, don’t you eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?

当耶路撒冷和四围的城邑有居民，正兴盛，南地高原有人居住的时候，耶和华借从前的先知所宣告的话，你们不当听吗？』」

dāng yē lù sā lěng hé sì wéi de chéng yì yǒu jū mín ， zhèng xīng shèng ， nán dì gāo yuán yǒu rén jū zhù de shí hòu ， yē hé huá jiè cóng qián de xiān zhī suǒ xuān gào de huà ， nǐ men bù dāng tīng ma ？』」

Aren’t these the words which the LORD proclaimed by the former prophets when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities around her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?’”

耶和华的话又临到撒迦利亚说：

yē hé huá de huà yòu lín dào sā jiā lì yà shuō ：

The LORD’s word came to Zechariah, saying,

「万军之耶和华曾对你们的列祖如此说：『要按至理判断，各人以慈爱怜悯弟兄。

「 wàn jūn zhī yē hé huá céng duì nǐ men de liè zǔ rú cǐ shuō ：『 yào àn zhì lǐ pàn duàn ， gè rén yǐ cí ài lián mǐn dì xiong 。

“Thus has the LORD of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

不可欺压寡妇、孤儿、寄居的，和贫穷人。谁都不可心里谋害弟兄。』」

bù kě qī yā guǎ fù 、 gū ér 、 jì jū de ， hé pín qióng rén 。 shuí dōu bù kě xīn lǐ móu hài dì xiong 。』」

Don’t oppress the widow, the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.’

他们却不肯听从，扭转肩头，塞耳不听，

tā men què bù kěn tīng cóng ， niǔ zhuǎn jiān tóu ， sāi ěr bù tīng ，

But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

使心硬如金钢石，不听律法和万军之耶和华用灵借从前的先知所说的话。故此，万军之耶和华大发烈怒。

shǐ xīn yìng rú jīn gāng shí ， bù tīng lǜ fǎ hé wàn jūn zhī yē hé huá yòng líng jiè cóng qián de xiān zhī suǒ shuō de huà 。 gù cǐ ， wàn jūn zhī yē hé huá dà fā liè nù 。

Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they might hear the law and the words which the LORD of Armies had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from the LORD of Armies.

万军之耶和华说：「我曾呼唤他们，他们不听；将来他们呼求我，我也不听！

wàn jūn zhī yē hé huá shuō ：「 wǒ céng hū huàn tā men ， tā men bù tīng ； jiāng lái tā men hū qiú wǒ ， wǒ yě bù tīng ！

It has come to pass that, as he called and they refused to listen, so they will call and I will not listen,” said the LORD of Armies;

我必以旋风吹散他们到素不认识的万国中。这样，他们的地就荒凉，甚至无人来往经过，因为他们使美好之地荒凉了。」

wǒ bì yǐ xuán fēng chuī sàn tā men dào sù bú rèn shi de wàn guó zhōng 。 zhè yàng ， tā men de dì jiù huāng liáng ， shèn zhì wú rén lái wǎng jīng guò ， yīn wèi tā men shǐ měi hǎo zhī dì huāng liáng le 。」

“but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate.”