¹Et factum est in anno quarto Darii regis,And it happened, in the fourth year of king Darius,factum est verbum Domini ad Zachariam,that the word of the Lord came to Zechariah,in quarta mensis noni,on the fourth day of the ninth month,qui est Casleu.which is Kislev.

¹Et factum est in anno quarto Darii regis,And it happened, in the fourth year of king Darius,factum est verbum Domini ad Zachariam,that the word of the Lord came to Zechariah,in quarta mensis noni,on the fourth day of the ninth month,qui est Casleu.which is Kislev.

²Et miserunt ad domum Dei SarasarAnd Sharezer and Regemmelech,et Rogommelech,and the men who were with them,et viri qui erant cum eo,sent to the house of God,ad deprecandam faciem Domini:to entreat the face of the Lord,

²Et miserunt ad domum Dei SarasarAnd Sharezer and Regemmelech,et Rogommelech,and the men who were with them,et viri qui erant cum eo,sent to the house of God,ad deprecandam faciem Domini:to entreat the face of the Lord,

³ut dicerent sacerdotibus domus Domini exercituum,to speak to the priests of the house of the Lord of hostset prophetis,and to the prophets,loquentes:saying:Numquid flendum est mihi in quinto mense,“Must there be weeping with me in the fifth month,vel sanctificare me debeo,and must I sanctify myself,sicut jam feci multis annis?as I have now done for many years?”

³ut dicerent sacerdotibus domus Domini exercituum,to speak to the priests of the house of the Lord of hostset prophetis,and to the prophets,loquentes:saying:Numquid flendum est mihi in quinto mense,“Must there be weeping with me in the fifth month,vel sanctificare me debeo,and must I sanctify myself,sicut jam feci multis annis?as I have now done for many years?”

⁴Et factum est verbum Domini exercituum ad me,And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me,dicens:saying:

⁴Et factum est verbum Domini exercituum ad me,And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me,dicens:saying:

⁵Loquere ad omnem populum terræ,Speak to all the people of the land,et ad sacerdotes,and to the priests,dicens:saying:Cum jejunaretis, et plangeretis in quinto et septimo per hos septuaginta annos,Although you may have fasted and mourned in the fifth and the seventh month for these seventy years,numquid jejunium jejunastis mihi?did you indeed keep a fast unto me?

⁵Loquere ad omnem populum terræ,Speak to all the people of the land,et ad sacerdotes,and to the priests,dicens:saying:Cum jejunaretis, et plangeretis in quinto et septimo per hos septuaginta annos,Although you may have fasted and mourned in the fifth and the seventh month for these seventy years,numquid jejunium jejunastis mihi?did you indeed keep a fast unto me?

⁶et cum comedistis et bibistis,And when you did eat and drink,numquid non vobis comedistis et vobismetipsis bibistis?did you not eat for yourselves, and drink only for yourselves?

⁶et cum comedistis et bibistis,And when you did eat and drink,numquid non vobis comedistis et vobismetipsis bibistis?did you not eat for yourselves, and drink only for yourselves?

⁷numquid non sunt verba quæ locutus est Dominus in manu prophetarum priorum,Are not these the words that the Lord has spoken by the hand of the former prophets,cum adhuc Jerusalem habitaretur ut esset opulenta,when Jerusalem was still inhabited,ipsa et urbes in circuitu ejus,so that it would prosper,et ad austrum,itself and the cities around it,et in campestribus habitaretur?and those inhabitants towards the South and in the plains?

⁷numquid non sunt verba quæ locutus est Dominus in manu prophetarum priorum,Are not these the words that the Lord has spoken by the hand of the former prophets,cum adhuc Jerusalem habitaretur ut esset opulenta,when Jerusalem was still inhabited,ipsa et urbes in circuitu ejus,so that it would prosper,et ad austrum,itself and the cities around it,et in campestribus habitaretur?and those inhabitants towards the South and in the plains?

⁸Et factum est verbum Domini ad Zachariam,And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah,dicens:saying:

⁸Et factum est verbum Domini ad Zachariam,And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah,dicens:saying:

⁹Hæc ait Dominus exercituum,Thus says the Lord of hosts,dicens:saying:Judicium verum judicate,Judge with true judgment,et misericordiam et miserationes facite,and act with mercy and compassion,unusquisque cum fratre suo.each and every one with his brother.

⁹Hæc ait Dominus exercituum,Thus says the Lord of hosts,dicens:saying:Judicium verum judicate,Judge with true judgment,et misericordiam et miserationes facite,and act with mercy and compassion,unusquisque cum fratre suo.each and every one with his brother.

¹⁰Et viduam,And do not find fault with the widow,et pupillum,and the orphan,et advenam,and the newcomer,et pauperem nolite calumniari:and the poor.et malum vir fratri suo non cogitet in corde suo.And let not a man consider evil in his heart towards his brother.

¹⁰Et viduam,And do not find fault with the widow,et pupillum,and the orphan,et advenam,and the newcomer,et pauperem nolite calumniari:and the poor.et malum vir fratri suo non cogitet in corde suo.And let not a man consider evil in his heart towards his brother.

¹¹Et noluerunt attendere,But they were not willing to pay attention,et averterunt scapulam recedentem,and they turned aside their shoulder to depart,et aures suas aggravaverunt ne audirent.and they pressed upon their ears, so that they would not hear.

¹¹Et noluerunt attendere,But they were not willing to pay attention,et averterunt scapulam recedentem,and they turned aside their shoulder to depart,et aures suas aggravaverunt ne audirent.and they pressed upon their ears, so that they would not hear.

¹²Et cor suum posuerunt ut adamantem,And they set their heart like the hardest stone,ne audirent legem,so that they would not hear the lawet verba quæ misit Dominus exercituum in spiritu suo per manum prophetarum priorum:and the words that the Lord of hosts has sent with his Spirit by the hand of the former prophets.et facta est indignatio magna a Domino exercituum.And so a great indignation came from Lord of hosts.

¹²Et cor suum posuerunt ut adamantem,And they set their heart like the hardest stone,ne audirent legem,so that they would not hear the lawet verba quæ misit Dominus exercituum in spiritu suo per manum prophetarum priorum:and the words that the Lord of hosts has sent with his Spirit by the hand of the former prophets.et facta est indignatio magna a Domino exercituum.And so a great indignation came from Lord of hosts.

¹³Et factum est sicut locutus est,And it happened, just as he had spoken,et non audierunt:and they did not pay attention.sic clamabunt et non exaudiam,So then, they shall cry out, and I will not heed,dicit Dominus exercituum.says the Lord of hosts.

¹³Et factum est sicut locutus est,And it happened, just as he had spoken,et non audierunt:and they did not pay attention.sic clamabunt et non exaudiam,So then, they shall cry out, and I will not heed,dicit Dominus exercituum.says the Lord of hosts.

¹⁴Et dispersi eos per omnia regna quæ nesciunt:And I dispersed them throughout all the kingdoms that they did not know.et terra desolata est ab eis,And the land was left desolate behind them,eo quod non esset transiens et revertens:so that no one was passing through or returning.et posuerunt terram desiderabilem in desertum.And they made the desirable land into a deserted place.

¹⁴Et dispersi eos per omnia regna quæ nesciunt:And I dispersed them throughout all the kingdoms that they did not know.et terra desolata est ab eis,And the land was left desolate behind them,eo quod non esset transiens et revertens:so that no one was passing through or returning.et posuerunt terram desiderabilem in desertum.And they made the desirable land into a deserted place.