¹Daarjavese teisel aastal, kaheksandas kuus, tuli Issanda sõna prohvet Sakarjale, Iddo poja Berekja pojale; ta ütles:

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,

²'Issand oli väga vihane teie vanemate peale.

²Jehovah hath been very wroth with your fathers.

³Seepärast ütle neile: Nõnda ütleb vägede Issand: Pöörduge minu juurde, ütleb vägede Issand, siis ma pöördun teie juurde, ütleb vägede Issand!

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.

⁴Ärge olge oma vanemate sarnased, kellele endised prohvetid hüüdsid, öeldes: Nõnda ütleb vägede Issand: Pöörduge ometi oma kurjadelt teedelt ja oma kurjadest tegudest! Aga nad ei kuulanud ega pannud mind tähele, ütleb Issand.

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.

⁵Teie vanemad - kus nad on? Ja prohvetid - kas nad elavad igavesti?

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

⁶Aga minu sõnad ja seadused, mis ma andsin oma sulastele prohvetitele, eks need tabanud teie vanemaid, nii et nad pöördusid ja ütlesid: Nõnda nagu vägede Issand nõuks võttis meiega talitada meie eluviiside ja tegude järgi, nõnda ta meiega talitas.'

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.

⁷Kahekümne neljandal päeval, üheteistkümnendas kuus, see on sebatikuus, Daarjavese teisel aastal, tuli Issanda sõna prohvet Sakarjale, Iddo poja Berekja pojale; ta ütles:

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,

⁸'Mul oli öösel nägemus, vaata, üks mees ratsutas punase hobuse seljas. Siis ta seisatas sügavikus olevate mürdipuude keskel ja tema järel tulid punased, võigud ja valged hobused.

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.

⁹Siis ma küsisin: 'Kes need on, Issand?' Ja ingel, kes minuga rääkis, vastas mulle: 'Ma näitan sulle, kes need on.'

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.

¹⁰Ja mees, kes seisis mürdipuude keskel, kostis ning ütles: 'Nemad on need, keda Issand on läkitanud maad läbi käima.'

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.

¹¹Ja nad vastasid Issanda inglile, kes seisis mürdipuude keskel, ning ütlesid: 'Me oleme maa läbi käinud, ja vaata, kogu maa elab rahus.'

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.

¹²Siis kostis Issanda ingel ja ütles: 'Vägede Issand! Kui kaua sa keelad halastust Jeruusalemmale ja Juuda linnadele, kelle pärast sa oled olnud pahane need seitsekümmend aastat?'

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?

¹³Aga Issand vastas inglile, kes minuga rääkis, heade, trööstivate sõnadega.

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

¹⁴Ja ingel, kes minuga rääkis, ütles mulle: 'Hüüa ja ütle: Nõnda ütleb vägede Issand: Mu püha viha Jeruusalemma ja Siioni pärast on suur.

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,

¹⁵Ma olen väga vihastanud muretute paganate peale, kes, kui ma olin vähem vihane, aitasid õnnetusele kaasa.

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.

¹⁶Seepärast ütleb Issand nõnda: Ma pöördun halastusega tagasi Jeruusalemma juurde. Minu koda tuleb seal üles ehitada, ütleb vägede Issand, ja mõõdunöör veetagu pinguli Jeruusalemma üle!

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.

¹⁷Hüüa veel ja ütle: Nõnda ütleb vägede Issand: Minu linnad voolavad taas jõukusest üle ja Issand trööstib taas Siionit ning valib taas Jeruusalemma!'

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.

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.