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¶ I te waru o nga marama, i te rua o nga tau o Tariuha, ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowa ki a Hakaraia, tama a Perekia, tama a Iro poropiti; i mea ia,

²“Yahweh was very displeased with your fathers.

²Nui atu te riri o Ihowa ki o koutou matua.

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.

³Na mea atu ki a ratou, Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa o nga mano: Tahuri mai ano ki ahau, e ai ta Ihowa o nga mano, a ka tahuri atu ano hoki ahau ki a koutou, e ai ta Ihowa o nga mano.

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.

⁴Kei rite koutou ki o koutou matua, i karanga ra nga poropiti o mua ki a ratou, i mea, Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa o nga mano, Tahuri mai inaianei i o koutou ara kino, i a koutou mahi kino: otiia kihai ratou i rongo, kihai hoki i whai taringa ki ahau, e ai ta Ihowa.

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

⁵Ko o koutou matua, kei hea ratou? a ko nga poropiti, e ora tonu ana ranei ratou ake aka?

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.’”

⁶Na, ko aku kupu me aku tikanga i whakahaua e ahau ki aku pononga, ki nga poropiti, kihai ranei o koutou matua i rokohanga e era? a hoki mai ana ratou, mea ana, Ka pera i ta Ihowa o nga mano i whakaaro ai kia meatia ki a matou, he mea whakarite ki o matou ara, ki a matou mahi; ka pera tonu tana ki a matou.

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¶ I te rua tekau ma wha o nga ra o te tekau ma tahi o nga marama, ara o te marama Hepata, i te rua o nga tau o Tariuha, ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowa ki a Hakaraia tama a Perekia, tama a Iro poropiti; i mea ia,

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.

⁸I titiro ahau i te po, na ko tetahi tangata e noho ana i runga i te hoiho whero, a tu ana ia i roto i nga ramarama i te wharua; a i muri atu i a ia ko etahi hoiho, he whero, he kopurepure, he ma.

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

⁹Na ka mea atu ahau, E toku ariki, he aha enei? A ka ki mai te anahera i korero ki ahau, Maku e whakaatu ki a koe te tikanga o enei.

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

¹⁰Na ka oho mai te tangata i tu ra i roto i nga ramarama, ka mea, Ko nga mea enei i unga atu nei e Ihowa hei haereere i te whenua.

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.”

¹¹Na ka whakahoki ratou ki te anahera a Ihowa e tu ana i roto i nga ramarama, ka mea, Kua haereerea e matou te whenua, nana, kei te ata noho te whenua katoa, kei te marie.

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?”

¹²Katahi ka oho te anahera a Ihowa, ka mea, E Ihowa o nga mano, kia pehea te roa ou ka kore nei e tohu i Hiruharama, i nga pa o Hura, e mauaharatia nei e koe i enei tau e whitu tekau?

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

¹³Na ka whakahoki a Ihowa ki te anahere i korero nei ki ahau, he kupu pai, ara he kupu whakamarie.

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.

¹⁴Heoi ka mea ki ahau te anahera i korero nei ki ahau, Karanga atu koe, mea atu, Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa o nga mano, He nui te hae i hae ai ahau ki Hiruharama, ki Hiona.

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

¹⁵A he tino nui toku riri ki nga iwi e noho humarie ana: he iti noa ra hoki toku riri, a na ratou i whakatetere te he.

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.”’

¹⁶Mo reira ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa: Kua hoki mai ahau ki Hiruharama i runga i te tohu tangata; ka hanga toku whare ki reira, e ai ta Ihowa o nga mano, a ka whakamarokia he aho ki runga ki Hiruharama.

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.”’”

¹⁷Karanga atu ano, mea atu, Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa o nga mano Tera oku pa e rauroha noa atu i te pai; a tera a Ihowa ka whakamarie i Hiona, tera ka whiriwhiri i Hiruharama.

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

¹⁸¶ Na ka maranga ake oku kanohi, a ka kite ahau, nana, e wha nga haona.

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.”

¹⁹Na ka mea ahau ki te anahera i korero nei ki ahau, He aha enei? Ano ra ko ia ki ahau, Ko nga haona enei nana i whakamarara a Hura, a Iharaira, a Hiruharama.

²⁰Yahweh showed me four craftsmen.

²⁰Na ka whakakitea e Ihowa etahi kamura ki ahau, tokowha.

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.”

²¹Katahi ahau ka mea, I haere mai enei ki te aha? A ka korero tera, ka mea, Ko nga haona enei nana i whakamarara a Hura, i kore ai e ara te mahunga o tetahi: otira i haere mai enei ki te whakawehi i a ratou, ki te whakataka iho i nga haona o nga t auiwi, o te hunga i ara nei to ratou haona ki te whenua o Hura, ki te titaritari i a ia.