Zechariah 1

1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying:

1 大流士执政第二年八月，耶和华对易多的孙子、比利迦的儿子撒迦利亚先知说：

2 “The LORD was very angry with your fathers.

2 “耶和华曾对你们的祖先大发怒气。

3 So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’

3 因此，你要告诉百姓，万军之耶和华说，‘你们要归向我，我就回到你们那里。这是万军之耶和华说的。

4 Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.

4 不要效法你们的祖先。以前的先知曾呼唤他们要听从万军之耶和华的话，改邪归正，停止作恶，他们却置若罔闻，不予理会。这是耶和华说的。

5 Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?

5 现在你们的祖先在哪里呢？那些先知能活到永远吗？

6 But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”

6 然而，我的训言和律例，就是我吩咐我的仆人——众先知的话岂不应验在你们祖先头上了吗？于是，他们悔改了，说，万军之耶和华按着我们的所作所为报应了我们，正如祂所决定的。’”

7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.

7 大流士执政第二年十一月，即细罢特月二十四日，耶和华的话传给了易多的孙子、比利迦的儿子撒迦利亚先知。

8 I looked out into the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the hollow, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.

8 我在夜间看到异象，见有人骑着一匹红马，站在谷中的番石榴树间，后面有红马、棕马和白马。

9 “What are these, my lord?” I asked. And the angel who was speaking with me replied, “I will show you what they are.”

9 我就问：“主啊，这些是什么意思？”那位与我说话的天使说：“我会让你知道这些是什么意思。”

10 Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the LORD has sent to patrol the earth.”

10 站在番石榴树间的那位对我说：“这些是耶和华派来巡视大地的。”

11 And the riders answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and tranquil.”

11 这些马上的骑士向站在番石榴树间的那位耶和华的天使报告说：“我们已经巡视了大地，到处都安宁平静。”

12 Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”

12 耶和华的天使说：“万军之耶和华啊，你向耶路撒冷和犹大的城邑发怒已经七十年了，还要多久你才会怜悯他们呢？”

13 So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.

13 耶和华用仁慈、安慰的话回答那位与我说话的天使。

14 Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,

14 随后那位天使对我说：“你要宣告，万军之耶和华说，‘我笃爱耶路撒冷和锡安。

15 but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’

15 我对安逸的列国充满愤怒，因为我只是对我的子民稍微不满，列国却大肆祸害他们。’

16 Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’

16 所以耶和华说，‘我必怀着怜悯回到耶路撒冷，我的殿必在那里重建，必有准绳丈量耶路撒冷。这是万军之耶和华说的。’

17 Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”

17 你还要宣告，万军之耶和华说，‘我的城邑必再次繁荣昌盛，耶和华必再次安慰锡安，拣选耶路撒冷。’”

18 Then I looked up and saw four horns.

18 我又举目观看，见有四个角。

19 So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he told me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

19 于是，我问与我说话的天使：“这些是什么？”他回答说：“这些是驱散犹大、以色列和耶路撒冷的角。”

20 Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen.

20 耶和华又让我看见四个工匠。

21 “What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

21 于是我问：“他们来做什么？”他说：“这些角驱散了犹大，以致无人敢抬头，但这些工匠前来威吓列国，并打掉他们用来攻击和驱散犹大的角。”