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,

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:

²“Yahweh was very displeased with your fathers.

²Tezitra indrindra tamin'ny razanareo Jehovah.

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.

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.

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.

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 forever?

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

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.’”

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.

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,

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:

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.

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]

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

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

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

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.”

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]

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?”

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.”’

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.

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.”’”

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.

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.”