Zaccaria 7

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Et factum est in anno quarto Darii regis, factum est verbum Domini adZachariam in quarta mensis noni, qui est Casleu.	1 And it happened, in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Kislev.
2 Et Bethel miserat Sarasar etRegemmelech et viros, qui erant cum eo, ad deprecandam faciem Domini,	2 And Sharezer and Regemmelech, and the men who were with them, sent to the house of God, to entreat the face of the Lord,
3 utdicerent sacerdotibus domus Domini exercituum et prophetis loquentes: “Numquid flendum est mihi in quinto mense vel ieiunandum, sicut iam feci multisannis? ”.	3 to speak to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and to the prophets, saying: “Must there be weeping with me in the fifth month, and must I sanctify myself, as I have now done for many years?”
4 Et factum est verbum Domini exercituum ad me dicens:	4 And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying:
5 “ Loquere ad omnempopulum terrae et ad sacerdotes dicens: Cum ieiunaretis et plangeretis in quintoet septimo mense per hos septuaginta annos, numquid revera ieiunastis mihi?	5 Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying: Although you may have fasted and mourned in the fifth and the seventh month for these seventy years, did you indeed keep a fast unto me?
6 Etcum comedistis et bibistis, numquid non vobis comedistis et vobismetipsisbibistis?	6 And when you did eat and drink, did you not eat for yourselves, and drink only for yourselves?
7 Numquid non sunt verba, quae locutus est Dominus in manu prophetarumpriorum, cum adhuc Ierusalem habitaretur et esset opulenta, ipsa et urbes incircuitu eius, et Nageb habitaretur simul cum Sephela? ”.	7 Are not these the words that the Lord has spoken by the hand of the former prophets, when Jerusalem was still inhabited, so that it would prosper, itself and the cities around it, and those inhabitants towards the South and in the plains?
8 Et factum est verbum Domini ad Zachariam dicens:	8 And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying:
9 “ Haec ait Dominusexercituum dicens: Iudicium verum iudicate et misericordiam et miserationesfacite unusquisque cum fratre suo;	9 Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying: Judge with true judgment, and act with mercy and compassion, each and every one with his brother.
10 et viduam et pupillum et advenam etpauperem nolite calumniari, et malum unusquisque contra fratrem suum nolitecogitare in corde vestro.	10 And do not find fault with the widow, and the orphan, and the newcomer, and the poor. And let not a man consider evil in his heart towards his brother.
11 Et noluerunt attendere; et opposuerunt dorsumrebelle et aures suas aggravaverunt, ne audirent.	11 But they were not willing to pay attention, and they turned aside their shoulder to depart, and they pressed upon their ears, so that they would not hear.
12 Et cor suum posueruntadamantem, ne audirent legem et verba, quae misit Dominus exercituum in spiritusuo per manum prophetarum priorum, et facta est indignatio magna a Dominoexercituum.	12 And they set their heart like the hardest stone, so that they would not hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts has sent with his Spirit by the hand of the former prophets. And so a great indignation came from Lord of hosts.
13 Et factum est, sicut cum clamaret, et ipsi non audierunt, sicclamabunt, et non exaudiam, dicit Dominus exercituum.	13 And it happened, just as he had spoken, and they did not pay attention. So then, they shall cry out, and I will not heed, says the Lord of hosts.
14 Et disperdam eos peromnes gentes, quas nesciunt; et terra desolata est post eos, ita ut non essettransiens et revertens. Et posuerunt terram desiderabilem in desertum ”.	14 And I dispersed them throughout all the kingdoms that they did not know. And the land was left desolate behind them, so that no one was passing through or returning. And they made the desirable land into a deserted place.