Zechariah 7

NEW JERUSALEM	GREEK BIBLE
1 In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of Yahweh was addressed to Zechariah on the fourth day ofthe ninth month, the month of Chislev.	1 Και εν τω τεταρτω ετει του βασιλεως Δαρειου εγεινε λογος Κυριου προς τον Ζαχαριαν τη τεταρτη του εννατου μηνος, του Χισλευ?
2 Bethel sent Sharezer with a deputation to entreat Yahweh's favour	2 και εξαπεστειλαν εις τον οικον του Θεου τον Σαρεσερ και τον Ρεγεμ-μελεχ και τους ανθρωπους αυτων, δια να εξιλεωσωσι το προσωπον του Κυριου,
3 and to ask the priests in the Temple of Yahweh Sabaoth and the prophets, 'Ought I to go on mourningand fasting in the fifth month as I have been doing for so many years past?'	3 να λαλησωσι προς τους ιερεις τους εν τω οικω του Κυριου των δυναμεων και προς τους προφητας, λεγοντες, Να κλαυσω εν τω μηνι τω πεμπτω αποχωρισθεις, καθως ηδη εκαμον τοσαυτα ετη;
4 Then the word of Yahweh Sabaoth was addressed to me as fol ows,	4 Και εγεινε λογος του Κυριου των δυναμεων προς εμε, λεγων,
5 'Say to al the people of the country and to the priests, "While you have been fasting and mourning inthe fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, have you real y been fasting for my sake?	5 Λαλησον προς παντα τον λαον της γης και προς τους ιερεις, λεγων, και επενθειτε εν τω πεμπτω και εν τω εβδομω μηνι τα εβδομηκοντα εκεινα ετη, ενηστευετε τωοντι δι' εμε; δι' εμε;
6 And when you were eating and drinking, were you not eating and drinking for your own sake?	6 Και οτε ετρωγετε και οτε επινετε, δεν ετρωγετε και επινετε δι' εαυτους;
7 Do you not know the words which Yahweh proclaimed through the prophets in the past, whenJerusalem was inhabited and secure, as were her surrounding towns, and when the Negeb and the lowlandswere inhabited?" ' (	7 δεν ειναι ουτοι οι λογοι, τους οποιους ο Κυριος ελαλησε δια των προτερων προφητων, οτε η Ιερουσαλημ ητο κατωκημενη και εν ευημερια και αι πολεις αυτης κυκλω εν αυτη, οτε κατωκειτο το μεσημβρινον και η πεδινη;
8 The word of Yahweh was addressed to Zechariah as fol ows,	8 Και εγεινε λογος Κυριου προς τον Ζαχαριαν, λεγων,
9 'Yahweh Sabaoth says this.) He said, "Apply the law fairly, and show faithful love and compassion towards one another.	9 Ουτω λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων, λεγων, Κρινετε κρισιν αληθειας και καμνετε ελεος και οικτιρμον, εκαστος προς τον αδελφον αυτου,
10 Do not oppress the widow and the orphan, the foreigner and the poor, and do not secretly plan evilagainst one another."	10 και μη καταδυναστευετε την χηραν και τον ορφανον, τον ξενον και τον πενητα, και μηδεις απο σας ας μη βουλευηται κακον κατα του αδελφου αυτου εν τη καρδια αυτου.
11 But they would not listen; they turned a rebel ious shoulder; they stopped their ears rather than hear;	11 Αλλ' ηρνηθησαν να προσεξωσι και εστρεψαν νωτα απειθη και εβαρυναν τα ωτα αυτων δια να μη ακουσωσι.
12 they made their hearts adamant rather than listen to the teaching and the words that Yahweh Sabaothhad sent -- by his spirit -- through the prophets in the past; and consequently the fury of Yahweh Sabaothovertook them.	12 Ναι, αυτοι εκαμον τας καρδιας αυτων αδαμαντα, ωστε να μη ακουσωσι τον νομον και τους λογους, τους οποιους ο Κυριος των δυναμεων εξαπεστειλεν εν τω πνευματι αυτου δια των προτερων προφητων? δια τουτο ηλθεν οργη μεγαλη παρα του Κυριου των δυναμεων.
13 And so, since when he cal ed they would not listen, "I would not listen when they called", says YahwehSabaoth,	13 Οθεν καθως αυτος εκραξε και αυτοι δεν εισηκουον, ουτως αυτοι εκραξαν και εγω δεν εισηκουον, λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων?
14 "but scattered them among al the nations unknown to them. Hence, after they had gone, the countrywas deserted, and no one came or went. They had turned a land of delights into a desert." '	14 αλλα διεσκορπισα αυτους ως δι' ανεμοστροβιλου εις παντα τα εθνη, τα οποια δεν εγνωριζον. Και ο τοπος ηρημωθη κατοπιν αυτων, ωστε δεν υπηρχεν ο διαβαινων ουδε ο επιστρεφων? και εθεσαν την γην την επιθυμητην εις ερημωσιν.