¹And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;

¹A bolo štvrtého roku kráľa Dária, že sa stalo slovo Hospodinovo k Zachariášovi štvrtého dňa, deviateho mesiaca, mesiaca kisleva.

²When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,

²Vtedy poslal Bét-el Šarecera a Regem-melecha i svojich mužov modliť sa pred tvárou Hospodinovou a upokojiť ju

³And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

³a aby povedali kňazom, ktorí boli pre dom Hospodina Zástupov, a prorokom: Či mám plakať piateho mesiaca zdržujúc sa nazarejsky, jako som činil toto už toľko rokov?

⁴Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,

⁴A stalo sa slovo Hospodina Zástupov ku mne povediac:

⁵Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?

⁵Povedz všetkému ľudu zeme i kňazom a vrav: Keď ste sa postievali a smútili ste piateho a siedmeho mesiaca, a to už sedemdesiat rokov, či ste sa to azda mne postili?

⁶And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

⁶Alebo keď jete a keď pijete, či to nejete vy a nepijete vy?

⁷Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?

⁷Či tu nejde o slová, ktoré hlásal Hospodin skrze drievnych prorokov, keď ešte bol Jeruzalem obývaný a mal pokoj i jeho mestá vôkol neho, a keď tak býval i juh i rovina?

⁸And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,

⁸A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo k Zachariášovi povediac:

⁹Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

⁹Takto hovorí Hospodin Zástupov: Súďte súd podľa pravdy a majte milosrdenstvo a zľutovanie; to čiňte každý so svojím bratom.

¹⁰And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

¹⁰A neutiskujte vdovy a siroty, pohostína a chudobného a nemyslite nikto zlého na svojho brata vo svojom srdci.

¹¹But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

¹¹Avšak nechceli pozorovať ušami, ale dali spurné plece a obťažili svoje uši, aby nepočuli;

¹²Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.

¹²urobili svoje srdce jako hrot diamantu, aby nepočuli zákona ani slov, ktoré posielal Hospodin Zástupov svojím Duchom skrze drievnych prorokov, a preto povstal veľký hnev, vyšlý od Hospodina Zástupov.

¹³Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:

¹³A stalo sa, že jako keď on volal, a oni nepočuli, tak potom, oni volali, ale som nepočul, hovorí Hospodin Zástupov.

¹⁴But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

¹⁴A rozptýlil som ich víchricou na všetky národy, ktorých neznali, a zem spustla po nich, takže nebolo toho, kto by bol prešiel cez ňu alebo sa vrátil, a tak obrátili rozkošnú a žiadúcnu zem na púšť.