Zechariah 7

1 In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.

1 大流士王执政第四年九月，即基斯流月四日，耶和华的话传给了撒迦利亚。

2 Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, along with their men, to plead before the LORD

2 那时，伯特利人差遣沙利色、利坚米勒及其随从去向耶和华求恩。

3 by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”

3 他们问万军之耶和华殿里的祭司和先知：“我们还要照多年的惯例在五月哀伤、禁食吗？”

4 Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,

4 万军之耶和华对我说：

5 “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?

5 “你要对境内的民众和祭司说，‘这七十年来，你们在五月和七月禁食、哀伤，难道真的是为了我吗？

6 And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?

6 你们吃喝，难道不是为自己吃、为自己喝吗？

7 Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”

7 这些岂不是耶和华借从前的先知所宣告的吗？当时耶路撒冷和周围的城邑人口兴盛、繁荣，南地和丘陵都有人居住。’”

8 Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,

8 耶和华又对撒迦利亚说：

9 “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.

9 “万军之耶和华曾对你们的祖先说，‘要秉公行义，彼此以慈爱和怜悯相待。

10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’

10 不可欺压寡妇、孤儿、寄居者和穷人，不可设阴谋彼此相害。’

11 But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

11 他们却不理会，顽梗地背过身去，充耳不闻，

12 They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.

12 心如铁石，不遵从律法，也不遵从万军之耶和华借着祂的灵指示从前的先知所说的话。因此，万军之耶和华非常愤怒。

13 And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.

13 祂说，‘我曾呼唤他们，他们不听；将来他们呼求我，我也不听。

14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”

14 我要用旋风把他们吹散到陌生的万国中，使他们的土地荒凉、杳无人迹，因为他们使美好的土地一片荒凉。’”