1 ¶ In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying,

فِي الشَّهْرِ الثّامِنِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةِ لِحُكمِ دارْيُوسَ، مَلِكِ فارِسَ، أتَتْ رِسالَةٌ مِنَ اللهِ إلَى زَكَرِيّا بْنِ بَرَخِيَّا بْنِ عِدُّو النَّبِيِّ. تَقُولُ الرِّسالَةُ:

2 T he LORD has been sore displeased with your fathers.

غَضِبَ اللهُ جِدّاً عَلَى آبائِكُمْ.

3 T herefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus hath the LORD of the hosts said; Turn unto me, said the LORD of the hosts, and I will turn unto you, said the LORD of the hosts.

وَلِذا عَلَيكَ أنْ تَقُولَ لَهُمْ: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «ارجِعُوا إلَيَّ، يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، فَأرجِعَ إلَيكُمْ، يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ.»

4 D o not be as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus hath the LORD of the hosts said; Turn now from your evil ways and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, said the LORD.

«لا تَكُونُوا كَآبائِكُمُ الَّذِينَ قالَ لَهُمُ الأنبِياءُ قَدِيماً: ‹يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ ارجِعُوا عَنْ مُمارَساتِكُمُ الشِّرِّيرَةِ وَأعمالِكُمُ الشِّرِّيرَةِ.› وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسْتَمِعُوا وَلَمْ يُصْغُوا إلَيَّ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

5 Y our fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

«أينَ آباؤكُمُ الآنَ؟ وَهَلْ يَحيا الأنبِياءُ إلَى الأبَدِ؟

6 B ut my words and my statutes, which I commanded my slaves the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? Therefore they returned from captivity and said, Like as the LORD of the hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways and according to our doings, so has he dealt with us.

كَلامِي وَفَرائِضْي الَّتِي أمَرْتُ خُدّامِي الأنبِياءَ بِإعلانِها، ألَمْ تَكُنْ قَدْ وَصَلَتْ آباءَكُمْ؟ لَكِنَّهُمْ رَجِعُوا إلِيَّ وَقالُوا: ‹لَقَدْ صَنَعَ اللهُ القَدِيرُ بِنا بِحَسَبِ كَلامِهِ، فَعاقَبَنا عَلَى أعْمالِنا وَسُلُوكِنا.›» الخُيولُ الأربَعة

7 ¶ Upon the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying,

فِي اليَوْمِ الرّابِعِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الحادِي عَشَرَ – أي شَهْرِ شُباطَ – فِي السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِ دارْيُوسَ، أتَتْ رِسالَةٌ مِنَ اللهِ إلَى زَكَرِيّا بْنِ بَرَخِيَّا بْنِ عِدُّو النَّبِيِّ كَما يَلِي:

8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him there were red horses, speckled, and white.

رَأيْتُ فِي رُؤى اللَّيلِ فارِساً يَرْكَبُ فَرَساً أحمَرَ، وَيَقِفُ وَسَطَ شَجَرِ الآسِ فِي الوَادِي. وَرايْتُ خَلْفَهُ ثَلاثَةَ فُرْسانٍ عَلَى ثَلاثَةِ أفراسٍ: أحمَرَ وَأشقَرَ وَأبيضَ.

9 T hen said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will show thee who these are.

فَقُلْتُ: «مَنْ هَؤلاءِ يا سَيِّدِي؟» فَقالَ لِي المَلاكُ الَّذِي كانَ يَتَكَلَّمُ مَعِي: «سَأُرِيكَ مَنْ هَؤلاءِ.»

10 A nd the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are those whom the LORD has sent to walk to and fro through the earth.

حِينَئِذٍ قالَ الواقِفُ بَينَ شَجَرِ الآسِ: «هَؤُلاءِ هُمُ الَّذِينَ أرسَلَهُمُ اللهُ لِلتَّجَوُّلِ فِي الأرْضِ.»

11 A nd they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees and said, We have walked to and fro through the land, and, behold, all the earth sits still and is at rest.

ثُمَّ قالُوا هُمْ لِمَلاكِ اللهِ الواقِفِ وَسَطَ الآسِ: «كُنّا نَتَجَوَّلُ في الأرْضِ، وَإذا الأرْضُ كُلُّها تَحيا فِي هُدُوءٍ وَسَلامٍ.»

12 T hen the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of the hosts, when wilt thou have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these seventy years?

فَقالَ مَلاكُ اللهِ: «أيُّها الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَى مَتَى لا تَرْحَمُ مَدينَةَ القُدْسِ وَمُدُنَ يَهُوذا الَّتِي غَضِبْتَ عَلَيها مُدَّةَ السَّبْعِينَ سَنَةً الأخِيرَةَ؟»

13 A nd the LORD answered good words unto the angel that talked with me, words of consolation.

فَكَلَّمَ اللهُ المَلاكَ الَّذِي كانَ يَتَكَلَّمُ مَعِي، وَقالَ لَهُ كَلاماً طَيِّباً وَمُعَزِّياً.

14 S o the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of the hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

ثُمَّ طَلَبَ مِنِّي المَلاكُ الَّذِي كانَ يَتَكَلَّمُ مَعِي أنْ أُعلِنَ ما يَلِي: هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «غِرْتُ عَلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ وَصِهْيَوْنَ كَثِيراً.

15 A nd I am very sore displeased with the Gentiles that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

غَضِبْتُ جِدّاً عَلَى الأُمَمِ المُسْتَرِيحَةِ المُطمَئِنَّةِ. غَضِبْتُ قَلِيلاً عَلَى شَعبِي، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ جَعَلُوا مُعاناةَ شَعبِي أشَدَّ.»

16 T herefore thus hath the LORD said, I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies; my house shall be built in her, saith the LORD of the hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

لِذَلِكَ، هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «رَجِعْتُ إلَى القُدْسِ بِالرَّحْمَةِ. سَيُعادُ بِناءُ بَيتِي فِيها،» يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ. «سَيُمَدُّ خَيْطُ البِناءِ عَلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ لِتَحدِيدِ أسْوارِها.»

17 C ry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of the hosts, My cities through abundance of good shall yet be widened; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

وَقالَ المَلاكُ أيضاً: «هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: ‹سَتَفِيضُ مُدُنِي بِالخَيْرِ ثانِيَةً، وَسَيُعَزِّي اللهُ صِهْيَوْنَ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ، وَمَرَّةً أُخْرَى سَيَدعُو مَدينَةَ القُدْسِ مَدِينَتَهُ الخاصَّةَ.›» القُرُونُ الأربَعَةُ وَالصُّنّاعُ الأربَعَة

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

ثُمَّ رَفَعْتُ عَينَيَّ وَرَأيتُ أربَعَةَ قُرُونٍ.

19 A nd I said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.

فَقُلْتُ لِلمَلاكِ الَّذِي كانَ يَتَكَلَّمُ مَعِي: «ما هَذِهِ القُرُونُ؟» فَقالَ لِي: «هَذِهِ هِيَ القُرُونُ الَّتِي شَتَّتَتْ يَهُوذا وَإسْرائِيلَ وَالقُدْسَ.»

20 A nd the LORD showed me four carpenters.

ثُمَّ أرانِي اللهُ أربَعَةَ صُنّاعٍ.

21 T hen I said, What do these come to do? And he spoke, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no one lifted up his head, but these are come to cause them to tremble, to cut down the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.

فَقُلْتُ: «ما العَمَلُ الَّذِي أتَى لِأجلِهِ هَؤُلاءِ الصُّنّاعُ؟» فَقالَ لِي: «القُرُونُ هِيَ الأُمَمُ الَّتِي شَتَّتَتْ يَهُوذا كَي لا يَتَمَكَّنَ أحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ أنْ يَرْفَعَ رَأْسَهُ. وَقَدْ أتَى هَؤُلاءِ الصُّنّاعُ لِيُرْعِبُوا وَيَطرُدُوا قُرُونَ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي رَفَعَتْ ذاتَها عَلَى أرْضِ إسْرائِيلَ لِكَي تُشَتِّتَ شَعبَها.»