¹And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah on the fourth [day] of the ninth month, [even] in Chislev,

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

²when Bethel had sent Sherezer and Regem-melech, and his men, to supplicate Jehovah,

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

³[and] to speak unto the priests that were in the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done now 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?

⁴And the word of Jehovah of hosts came 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 in the seventh [month], even those seventy years, did ye really fast unto me, [even] unto 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 ate, and when ye drank, was it not you that were eating and drinking?

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

⁷Are not these the words that Jehovah cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and at peace, and her cities round about her, when the south and the lowland were inhabited?

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 Jehovah came unto Zechariah, saying,

⁸A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo k Zachariášovi povediac:

⁹Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew loving-kindness and mercies one to another,

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

¹⁰and oppress not the widow and the fatherless, the stranger and the afflicted; 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 turned a rebellious shoulder, and made their ears heavy, that they should not hear.

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

¹²And they made their heart [as] an adamant, that they should not hear the law, and the words that Jehovah of hosts sent by his Spirit by the hand of the former prophets: therefore was there great wrath from Jehovah 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.

¹³And it came to pass, like as he called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear, saith Jehovah of hosts;

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

¹⁴and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not, and the land was desolate after them, so that no one passed through nor returned; and 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.