¹In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah unto Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying,

¹[Fitarihan-teny] Tamin'ny volana fahavalo tamin'ny taona faharoa nanjakan'i Dariosa no nahatongavan'ny tenin'i Jehovah tamin'i Zakaria mpaminany, zanak'i Berekia, zanak'Ido, nanao hoe:

²Jehovah hath been very wroth with your fathers.

²Tezitra indrindra tamin'ny razanareo Jehovah.

³And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Return unto me, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts.

³Koa lazao aminy hoe: Izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro: Miverena amiko ianareo, hoy Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro, dia mba hiverina ho aminareo kosa Aho, hoy Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro.

⁴Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings; but they did not hearken nor attend unto me, saith Jehovah.

⁴Aza mba toy ny razanareo, izay nantsoin'ny mpaminany fahiny hoe: Izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro: Mialà amin'ny lalanareo ratsy ianareo sy amin'ny ratsy fanaonareo; nefa tsy nitandrina izy, na nihaino Ahy, hoy Jehovah.

⁵Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

⁵Ny razanareo - aiza moa ireny izao ? Ary ny mpaminany - moa velona mandrakizay va ireny?

⁶But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? And they turned and said, Like as Jehovah of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

⁶Fa ny teniko sy ny didiko, izay nandidiako ny mpaminany mpanompoko, tsy nahatratra ny razanareo va izany? Ary izy nitodika ka nanao hoe: Araka izay nosainin'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro, hatao amintsika, araka ny alehantsika sy ny ataontsika, dia araka izany no nataony tamintsika.

⁷Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah unto Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying,

⁷[Fahitana voalohany: ny amin'ny mpitaingin-tsoavaly eny amin'ny rotra] Tamin'ny andro fahefatra amby roa-polo tamin'ny volana fahiraika ambin'ny folo (volana Sebata izany) tamin'ny taona faharoa nanjakan'i Dariosa dia tonga tamin i Zakaria mpaminany, zanak'i Berekia, zanak'Ido, ny tenin'i Jehovah nanao,hoe:

⁸I saw by night, and behold, a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the low valley; and behind him were red, bay, and white horses.

⁸Nahita tamin'ny alina aho fa, indro, nisy lehilahy nitaingina soavaly mena ka nijanona teny amin'ny rotra teny an-dohasaha, ary teo aoriany nisy soavaly mena sy mavo ary fotsy. [myrta][Na: amin'ny alokaloka]

⁹And I said, My lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these are.

⁹Dia hoy izaho: Tompoko ô, inona moa ireo? Ary ilay anjely niresaka tamiko dia nanao tamiko hoe: Izaho haneho anao ny amin'ireo.

¹⁰And the man that stood among the myrtle-trees answered and said, These are they whom Jehovah hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.

¹⁰Ary ralehilahy izay nijanona teny amin'ny rotra dia namaly hoe: Ireo dia nirahin'Jehovah hivoivoy eny amin'ny tany. [myrta]

¹¹And they answered the angel of Jehovah that stood among the myrtle-trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and behold, all the earth sitteth still and is at rest.

¹¹Ary namaly Ilay Anjelin'i Jehovah nijanona teny amin'ny rotra ireo ka nanao hoe: Efa nivoivoy teny amin'ny tany izahay, ary, indro, ny tany rehetra dia miadana sy mandry fahizay.[myrta]

¹²And the angel of Jehovah answered and said, Jehovah of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these seventy years?

¹²Ary Ilay Anjelin'i Jehovah namaly hoe: He, Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro ô! mandra-pahoviana no tsy hamindranao fo amin'i Jerosalema sy amin'ny tanànan'ny Joda, izay efa nahatezitra Anao fito-polo taona izay.

¹³And Jehovah answered the angel that talked with me good words, comforting words.

¹³Dia novalian'i Jehovah teny tsara sy mampionona ilay anjely niresaka tamiko.

¹⁴And the angel that talked with me said unto me, Cry, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy,

¹⁴Ary ilay anjely niresaka tamiko dia nanao tamiko hoe: Miantsoa hoe: Izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro: Saro-piaro dia saro-piaro an'i Jerosalema sy Ziona Aho.

¹⁵and I am wroth exceedingly with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little wroth, and they helped forward the affliction.

¹⁵Ary tezitra indrindra Aho amin'ireo firenena miadana; satria Izaho dia tezitra kely ihany, fa ireo kosa dia nampitombo ny fahoriana.

¹⁶Therefore thus saith Jehovah: I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and the line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

¹⁶Koa izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Efa tafaverina eto Jerosalema amin'ny indrafo Aho; ny tranoko haorina eto, hoy Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro, ary ny famolaina hohenjanina eto Jerosalema.Miantsoa indray hoe: Izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro: Hihoa-pampana ny fanambinana ny tanànako; ary Jehovah hampionona an'i Ziona ary mbola hifidy an'i Jerosalema indray.

¹⁷Cry further, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: My cities shall yet overflow with prosperity, and Jehovah shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

¹⁷Miantsoa indray hoe: Izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro: Hihoa-pampana ny fanambinana ny tanànako; ary Jehovah hampionona an'i Ziona ary mbola hifidy an'i Jerosalema indray.

¹⁸And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.

¹⁹And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these? And he said to me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.

²⁰And Jehovah shewed me four craftsmen.

²¹And I said, What come these to do? And he spoke, saying, Those are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head; but these are come to affright them, to cast out the horns of the nations, which lifted up the horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.