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, the word of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,

²'Issand oli väga vihane teie vanemate peale.

²“Yahweh was very displeased with your fathers.

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

³Therefore tell them: Thus says Yahweh of Armies: ‘Return to me,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘and I will return to you,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

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.

⁴Don’t you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: Thus says Yahweh of Armies, ‘Return now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings;’ but they did not hear, nor listen to me, says Yahweh.

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

⁵Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?

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 decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, didn’t they overtake your fathers? “Then they repented and said, ‘Just as Yahweh of Armies determined to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so he has 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:

⁷On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, 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.

⁸“I had a vision in the night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in a ravine; and behind him there were red, brown, and white horses.

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

⁹Then I asked, ‘My lord, what are these?’” The angel who talked with me said to me, “I will show you what these are.”

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

¹⁰The man who stood among the myrtle trees answered, “They are the ones Yahweh has sent to go back and forth 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.'

¹¹They reported to the angel of Yahweh who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, “We have walked back and forth through the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and in peace.”

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?'

¹²Then the angel of Yahweh replied, “O Yahweh of Armies, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which you have had indignation these seventy years?”

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

¹³Yahweh answered the angel who talked with me with kind and 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.

¹⁴So the angel who talked with me said to me, “Proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of Armies: “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.

¹⁵I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but they added to the calamity.”

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 says Yahweh: “I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy. My house shall be built in it,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.”’

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

¹⁷“Proclaim further, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of Armies: “My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and Yahweh will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem.”’”

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

¹⁹I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” He answered me, “These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

²⁰Yahweh showed me four craftsmen.

²¹Then I asked, “What are these coming to do?” He said, “These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head; but these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.”