1 I n the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, 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 “ The Lord has been very angry with your fathers.

غَضِبَ اللهُ جِدّاً عَلَى آبائِكُمْ.

3 T herefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Return to Me,” says the Lord of hosts, “and I will return to you,” says the Lord of hosts.

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

4 “ Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets preached, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds.”’ But they did not hear nor heed Me,” says 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 “ Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?

«أينَ آباؤكُمُ الآنَ؟ وَهَلْ يَحيا الأنبِياءُ إلَى الأبَدِ؟

6 Y et surely My words and My statutes, Which I commanded My servants the prophets, Did they not overtake your fathers? “So they returned and said: ‘Just as the Lord of hosts determined to do to us, According to our ways and according to our deeds, So He has dealt with us.’”’” Vision of the Horses

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 O n the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet:

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 on a red horse, and it stood among the myrtle trees in the hollow; and behind him were horses: red, sorrel, 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 I said, “My lord, what are these?” So the angel who talked with me said to me, “I will show you what they are. ”

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

10 A nd the man who stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, “These are the ones whom the Lord has sent to walk to and fro throughout the earth.”

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

11 S o they answered the Angel of the Lord, who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, “We have walked to and fro throughout the earth, and behold, all the earth is resting quietly.” The Lord Will Comfort Zion

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 hosts, how long will You not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which You were angry 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 the angel who talked to me, with good and comforting words.

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

14 S o the angel who spoke with me said to me, “Proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “I am zealous for Jerusalem And for Zion with great zeal.

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 I am exceedingly angry with the nations at ease; For I was a little angry, And they helped— but with evil intent. ”

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

16 ‘ Therefore thus says the Lord: “I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy; My house shall be built in it,” says the Lord of hosts, “And a surveyor’s line shall be stretched out over 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 “ Again proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “My cities shall again spread out through prosperity; The Lord will again comfort Zion, And will again choose Jerusalem.”’” Vision of the Horns

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 T hen I raised my eyes and looked, and there were four horns.

ثُمَّ رَفَعْتُ عَينَيَّ وَرَأيتُ أربَعَةَ قُرُونٍ.

19 A nd I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” So he answered me, “These are the horns that 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 T hen the Lord showed me four craftsmen.

ثُمَّ أرانِي اللهُ أربَعَةَ صُنّاعٍ.

21 A nd I said, “What are these coming to do?” So he said, “These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one could lift up his head; but the craftsmen are coming to terrify them, to cast out the horns of the nations that lifted up their horn against 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.»