撒迦利亚书 1
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
勸人民悔改歸向 神
1 大利烏王第二年八月,耶和華的話臨到易多的孫子、比利家的兒子撒迦利亞先知,說: 2 “耶和華曾對你們的列祖大發烈怒, 3 所以,你要對眾民說:‘萬軍之耶和華這樣說:你們要轉向我(這是萬軍之耶和華的宣告),我就必轉向你們(這是萬軍之耶和華說的)。 4 不要效法你們的列祖那樣,從前的先知呼喚他們:萬軍之耶和華這樣說,你們要回轉,離開你們的惡道和惡行。他們卻不聽從,也不理會我(這是耶和華的宣告)。 5 你們的列祖在哪裡呢?那些先知能永遠活著嗎? 6 然而我吩咐我的僕人眾先知的話與條例,不是已報應在你們的列祖身上嗎?所以他們就回轉,說:萬軍之耶和華定意按著我們所作所行的對付我們,他已經這樣行了。’”
騎馬者的異象
7 大利烏王第二年十一月(就是細罷特月)二十四日,耶和華的話臨到易多的孫子、比利家的兒子撒迦利亞先知,實情如下:
8 我夜間觀看,看見有一個人騎著紅馬,站在低窪地上的番石榴樹中間;在他後面還有些紅色、栗色和白色的馬。
9 我就問:“我主啊,這些是甚麼?”那與我說話的天使對我說:“我會指示你這些是甚麼。”
10 那站在番石榴樹中間的人回答:“這些就是耶和華所差遣在遍地巡邏的。”
11 那些騎士回報那站在番石榴樹中間的耶和華使者,說:“我們已經在遍地巡邏;看見全地都安定,一片平靜。”
12 於是耶和華的使者說:“萬軍之耶和華啊!你不憐憫耶路撒冷和猶大的城鎮,要到幾時呢?這七十年來,你一直惱怒它們。” 13 耶和華就用滿有恩慈和安慰的話回答那與我說話的天使。
14 那與我說話的天使對我說:“你要宣告:‘萬軍之耶和華這樣說:我為耶路撒冷和錫安心裡充滿嫉恨。 15 我向那些安逸的列國大大惱怒,因為我只是稍微惱怒我的子民,他們卻加深他們的禍害。 16 因此,耶和華這樣說:我要懷著憐憫的心回到耶路撒冷,我的殿必在城中重建(這是萬軍之耶和華的宣告)。繩子必拉在耶路撒冷之上。’ 17 你要再宣告:‘萬軍之耶和華這樣說:我的城鎮必再昌盛繁榮,耶和華必再憐憫錫安,必再揀選耶路撒冷。’”
四角的異象
18 我又舉目觀看,看見有四個角。 19 於是我問那與我說話的天使:“這些是甚麼?”他對我說:“這些就是把猶大、以色列和耶路撒冷趕散的角。”
四工匠的異象
20 耶和華又使我看見四個匠人。 21 於是我說:“這些人來作甚麼?”那天使回答:“他們就是把猶大趕散的角,以致沒有一人可以抬起頭來;但這些匠人要來驚嚇列國,打掉他們的角;這些列國就是曾經舉起他們的角攻擊猶大地,把猶大地的人趕散的。”(本章第18~21節在《馬索拉文本》為2:1~4)
Zechariah 1
Living Bible
1 Subject: messages from the Lord. These messages from the Lord were given to Zechariah (son of Berechiah and grandson of Iddo the prophet) in early November of the second year of the reign of King Darius.
2 The Lord Almighty was very angry with your fathers. 3 But he will turn again and favor you if only you return to him. 4 Don’t be like your fathers were! The earlier prophets pled in vain with them to turn from all their evil ways.
“Come, return to me,” the Lord God said. But no, they wouldn’t listen; they paid no attention at all.
5-6 Your fathers and their prophets are now long dead, but remember the lesson they learned, that God’s Word endures! It caught up with them and punished them. Then at last they repented.
“We have gotten what we deserved from God,” they said. “He has done just what he warned us he would.”
7 The following February, still in the second year of the reign of King Darius, another message from the Lord came to Zechariah (son of Berechiah and grandson of Iddo the prophet), in a vision in the night: 8 I saw a Man sitting on a red horse that was standing among the myrtle trees beside a river. Behind him were other horses, red and bay and white, each with its rider.[a]
9 An angel stood beside me, and I asked him, “Sir, what are all those horses for?”
“I’ll tell you,” he replied.
10 Then the rider on the red horse—he was the Angel of the Lord—answered me, “The Lord has sent them to patrol the earth for him.”
11 Then the other riders reported to the Angel of the Lord, “We have patrolled the whole earth, and everywhere there is prosperity and peace.”
12 Upon hearing this, the Angel of the Lord prayed this prayer: “O Lord Almighty, for seventy years your anger has raged against Jerusalem and the cities of Judah. How long will it be until you again show mercy to them?”
13 And the Lord answered the angel who stood beside me, speaking words of comfort and assurance.
14 Then the angel said, “Shout out this message from the Lord Almighty: ‘Don’t you think I care about what has happened to Judah and Jerusalem? I am as jealous as a husband for his captive wife. 15 I am very angry with the heathen nations sitting around at ease, for I was only a little displeased with my people, but the nations afflicted them far beyond my intentions.’ 16 Therefore the Lord declares: ‘I have returned to Jerusalem filled with mercy; my Temple will be rebuilt,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and so will all Jerusalem.’ 17 Say it again: ‘The Lord Almighty declares that the cities of Israel will again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort Jerusalem and bless her and live in her.’ ”
18 Then I looked and saw four animal horns!
19 “What are these?” I asked the angel.
He replied, “They represent the four world powers that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
20 Then the Lord showed me four blacksmiths.
21 “What have these men come to do?” I asked.
The angel replied, “They have come to take hold of the four horns that scattered Judah so terribly, and to pound them on the anvil and throw them away.”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 1:8 each with its rider, implied.
Zechariah 1
New International Version
A Call to Return to the Lord
1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius,(A) the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah(B) son of Berekiah,(C) the son of Iddo:(D)
2 “The Lord was very angry(E) with your ancestors. 3 Therefore tell the people: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Return(F) to me,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will return to you,’(G) says the Lord Almighty. 4 Do not be like your ancestors,(H) to whom the earlier prophets(I) proclaimed: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Turn from your evil ways(J) and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention to me,(K) declares the Lord.(L) 5 Where are your ancestors now? And the prophets, do they live forever? 6 But did not my words(M) and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, overtake your ancestors?(N)
“Then they repented and said, ‘The Lord Almighty has done to us what our ways and practices deserve,(O) just as he determined to do.’”(P)
The Man Among the Myrtle Trees
7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo.(Q)
8 During the night I had a vision, and there before me was a man mounted on a red(R) horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in a ravine. Behind him were red, brown and white horses.(S)
9 I asked, “What are these, my lord?”
The angel(T) who was talking with me answered, “I will show you what they are.”(U)
10 Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the Lord has sent to go throughout the earth.”(V)
11 And they reported to the angel of the Lord(W) who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have gone throughout the earth and found the whole world at rest and in peace.”(X)
12 Then the angel of the Lord said, “Lord Almighty, how long(Y) will you withhold mercy(Z) from Jerusalem and from the towns of Judah,(AA) which you have been angry with these seventy(AB) years?” 13 So the Lord spoke(AC) kind and comforting words(AD) to the angel who talked with me.(AE)
14 Then the angel who was speaking to me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I am very jealous(AF) for Jerusalem and Zion, 15 and I am very angry with the nations that feel secure.(AG) I was only a little angry,(AH) but they went too far with the punishment.’(AI)
16 “Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I will return(AJ) to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. And the measuring line(AK) will be stretched out over Jerusalem,’ declares the Lord Almighty.(AL)
17 “Proclaim further: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘My towns will again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort(AM) Zion and choose(AN) Jerusalem.’”(AO)
Four Horns and Four Craftsmen
18 Then I looked up, and there before me were four horns. 19 I asked the angel who was speaking to me, “What are these?”
He answered me, “These are the horns(AP) that scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem.”
20 Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen. 21 I asked, “What are these coming to do?”
He answered, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise their head, but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations who lifted up their horns(AQ) against the land of Judah to scatter its people.”[a](AR)
Footnotes
- Zechariah 1:21 In Hebrew texts 1:18-21 is numbered 2:1-4.
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