| 1 Nell'ottavo mese del secondo anno di Dario la parola del Signore fu rivolta al profeta Zaccaria, figlio di Iddò: | 1 In the eighth month, in the second year of king Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying: |
| 2 Il Signore si sdegnò grandemente contro i vostri padri! | 2 The Lord has become angry over the resentful anger of your fathers. |
| 3 "Grida al resto di questo popolo e di' loro: Così dice il Signore degli eserciti: Tornate a me e tornerò a voi, dice il Signore degli eserciti. | 3 And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Turn to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will turn to you, says the Lord of hosts. |
| 4 Non siate come i vostri padri, ai quali i profeti del passato gridavano: "Così dice il Signore degli eserciti: Su via, convertitevi dai vostri pessimi costumi e dalle vostre azioni malvagie!". Ma essi non ascoltavano e non mi davano retta. Oracolo del Signore. | 4 Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried out, saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Turn from your evil ways and from your wicked thoughts. But they did not heed, and neither did they pay attention to me, says the Lord. |
| 5 I vostri padri, dove sono? E i profeti, vivono ancora? | 5 Your fathers, where are they? And will the prophets live unceasingly? |
| 6 bAllora essi tornarono in sé ed esclamarono: come il Signore degli eserciti aveva minacciato di trattarci a motivo dei nostri costumi e delle nostre azioni, così ci ha fatto!". | 6 Yet truly my words and my lawfulness, which I entrusted to my servants the prophets, were indeed comprehended by your fathers, and so they were converted, and they said: Just as the Lord of hosts decided to do to us, according to our ways and according to our inventions, so has he done to us. |
| 7 Il giorno ventiquattro dell'undecimo mese, cioè del mese di Sebàt, l'anno secondo di Dario, la parola del Signore fu rivolta al profeta Zaccaria, figlio di Iddò. | 7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is called Shevat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying: |
| 8 Io ebbi una visione notturna. Ecco un uomo in groppa a un cavallo baio stava in mezzo ai mirti in una valle profonda; e dietro a lui c'erano cavalli bai, sauri, neri e bianchi. | 8 I saw by night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees, which were in the chasm. And behind him were horses: red, speckled, and white. |
| 9 Io domandai: "Chi sono questi, signore?". | 9 And I said, “What are these, my lord?” And the angel, who was speaking with me, said to me, “I will reveal to you what these are.” |
| 10 L'uomo che stava ritto in mezzo ai mirti rispose e disse: "Questi sono coloro che il Signore ha mandato a percorrere la terra!". | 10 And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, “These are they, whom the Lord has sent in order to walk through the earth.” |
| 11 Costoro dissero all'angelo del Signore che stava ritto in mezzo ai mirti: "Abbiamo percorso la terra; ecco: tutta la terra riposa e sta quieta!". | 11 And those who stood among the myrtle trees answered the angel of the Lord, and they said, “We have walked through the earth, and behold, all the earth is inhabited and is at rest.” |
| 12 Allora l'angelo del Signore prese a dire: "Signore degli eserciti, fino a quando non ti muoverai a compassione di Gerusalemme e delle città di Giuda, contro le quali fai sentire il tuo sdegno già da settant'anni?". | 12 And the angel of the Lord answered and said, “Lord of hosts, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, with which you have been angry? This is now the seventieth year.” |
| 13 Il Signore disse all'angelo che mi parlava parole buone, parole di conforto. | 13 And the Lord answered the angel, who had been speaking with me, good words, consoling words. |
| 14 L'angelo che parlava con me mi disse: "Annuncia! Così dice il Signore degli eserciti: Sono geloso di Gerusalemme e per Sion ho grande gelosia. | 14 And the angel, who was speaking with me, said to me: Cry out, saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I have been zealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great zeal. |
| 15 Ma collera grande io sento contro le nazioni tracotanti; perché mi sono un poco sdegnato, esse si sono accanite nel male. | 15 And, with a great anger, I am angry with the wealthy nations. Though I had been angry a little, truly they advanced further in evil. |
| 16 Perciò così dice il Signore degli eserciti: Torno a Gerusalemme con pietà: la mia casa vi sarà ricostruita, la corda sarà stesa su Gerusalemme. Oracolo del Signore degli eserciti. | 16 Because of this, thus says the Lord: I will be turned back, towards Jerusalem, with mercies; and my house will be built upon this, says the Lord of hosts. And the building line will be extended over Jerusalem. |
| 17 Annuncia ancora: Così dice il Signore degli eserciti: le mie città godranno di nuovo l'abbondanza; il Signore consolerà di nuovo Sion, sceglierà di nuovo Gerusalemme!". | 17 Until then, cry out saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Until then, my cities will flow with good things, and, until then, the Lord will comfort Zion, and, until then, he will single out Jerusalem. |
| 18 And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw. And behold: four horns. |
| 19 And I said to the angel, who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he said to me, “These are the horns that have winnowed Judah and Israel and Jerusalem.” |
| 20 And the Lord showed me four workmen. |
| 21 And I said, “What have these come to do?” He spoke, saying, “These are the horns that have winnowed Judah, through every single man, and none of them lifted up his head. And these have come to frighten them away, so as to cast down the horns of the Gentiles, which have lifted up a horn over the land of Judah, so as to scatter it.” |
