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

¹And it cometh to pass, in the fourth year of Darius the king hath a word of Jehovah been unto Zechariah, in the fourth of the ninth month, in Chisleu.

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

²And Beth-El sendeth Sherezer and Regem-Melech, and its men, to appease the face of Jehovah,

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?

³speaking unto the priests who [are] at the house of Jehovah of Hosts, and unto the prophets, saying, `Do I weep in the fifth month — being separated — as I have done these so many years?`

⁴A stalo sa slovo Hospodina Zástupov ku mne povediac:

⁴And there is a word of Jehovah of Hosts unto me, saying:

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?

⁵`Speak unto all the people of the land, and unto the priests, saying:

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

⁶When ye fasted with mourning in the fifth and in the seventh [months] — even these seventy years — did ye keep the fast [to] Me — Me? And when ye eat, and when ye drink, is it not ye who are eating, and ye who are drinking?

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?

⁷`Are not [these] the words that Jehovah proclaimed by the hand of the former prophets, in Jerusalem`s being inhabited, and [in] safety, and its cities round about it, and the south and the plain — abiding?`

⁸A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo k Zachariášovi povediac:

⁸And there is a word of Jehovah unto Zechariah, saying:

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

⁹`Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another.

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

¹⁰And widow, and fatherless, Sojourner, and poor, ye do not oppress, And the calamity of one another ye do not devise in your heart.

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

¹¹And they refuse to attend, And they give a refractory shoulder, And their ears have made heavy against hearing.

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.

¹²And their heart they have made adamant, Against hearing the law, and the words, That Jehovah of Hosts sent by His Spirit, By the hand of the former prophets, And their is great wrath from Jehovah of Hosts.

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

¹³And it cometh to pass, as He called, And they have not hearkened, So do they call, and I do not hearken, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

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.

¹⁴And I toss them on all the nations, That they have not known, The land hath been desolate behind them, Of any passing by and turning back, And they set a desirable land for a desolation!