| 1. And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Darius; The word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth of the ninth month, in Kislev. |
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א. וַיְהִי בִּשְׁנַת אַרְבַּע לְדַרְיָוֶשׁ הַמֶּלֶךְ הָיָה דְבַר יְהֹוָה אֶל זְכַרְיָה בְּאַרְבָּעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ הַתְּשִׁעִי בְּכִסְלֵו: |
| 2. And Sharezer and Regem Melech and his men sent to Bethel to pray before the Lord, |
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ב. וַיִּשְׁלַח בֵּית אֵל שַׁרְאֶצֶר וְרֶגֶם מֶלֶךְ וַאֲנָשָׁיו לְחַלּוֹת אֶת פְּנֵי יְהֹוָה: |
| And Sharezer and Regem Melech and his men sent to Bethel: They were righteous men, and they sent [word] to their kinsmen in Bethel to come to pray before the Lord in Jerusalem for them, and to ask the priests to let them know if they should [still] weep in the month of Av, since the Temple had been rebuilt. |
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| 3. to say to the Priests of the house of the Lord of Hosts and to the prophets, saying, "Shall I weep in the fifth month, abstaining as I have done these many years?" |
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ג. לֵאמֹר אֶל הַכֹּהֲנִים אֲשֶׁר לְבֵית יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת וְאֶל הַנְּבִיאִים לֵאמֹר הַאֶבְכֶּה בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַחֲמִשִׁי הִנָּזֵר כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי זֶה כַּמֶּה שָׁנִים: |
| abstaining: To abstain from pleasure, as I have done these seventy years. The word נְזִירָה always means separation. |
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| 4. And the word of the Lord of Hosts came to me, saying: |
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ד. וַיְהִי דְּבַר יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת אֵלַי לֵאמֹר: |
| 5. Say to all the people of the land and to the priests saying: When you fasted and mourned in the fifth [month] and in the seventh [month] even these seventy years, did you fast for Me, even for Me? |
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ה. אֱמֹר אֶל כָּל עַם הָאָרֶץ וְאֶל הַכֹּהֲנִים לֵאמֹר כִּי צַמְתֶּם וְסָפוֹד בַּחֲמִישִׁי וּבַשְּׁבִיעִי וְזֶה שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה הֲצוֹם צַמְתֻּנִי אָנִי: |
| and in the seventh [month]: That is the fast of Gedaliah. |
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| did you fast for Me, even for Me: The ‘he’ is vowelized with a ‘hataf pattah’ because it is used as the interrogative: Did you fast in My honor that you should be required to fast now, too? |
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| 6. And when you eat and when you drink-are you not the ones who eat and you the ones who drink? |
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ו. וְכִי תֹאכְלוּ וְכִי תִשְׁתּוּ הֲלֹא אַתֶּם הָאֹכְלִים וְאַתֶּם הַשֹּׁתִים: |
| And when you eat and when you drink: And, if you do not fast, that, too, means nothing to Me. Are not the food and the drink for your own pleasure? |
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| 7. Was it not the words that the Lord proclaimed through the former prophets, when Jerusalem was settled and tranquil, and its cities were around it, and the Negev and the lowland were settled? |
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ז. הֲלֹא אֶת הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר קָרָא יְהֹוָה בְּיַד הַנְּבִיאִים הָרִאשֹׁנִים בִּהְיוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַם ישֶׁבֶת וּשְׁלֵוָה וְעָרֶיהָ סְבִיבֹתֶיהָ וְהַנֶּגֶב וְהַשְּׁפֵלָה יֹשֵׁב: |
| Was it not the words: Who caused you the fast and the mourning? Was it not the words of reproof that the Lord proclaimed, etc.? They brought about your destruction, and therefore you fasted. And these are the words that He proclaimed: Execute true judgment. |
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| 8. And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying: |
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ח. וַיְהִי דְּבַר יְהֹוָה אֶל זְכַרְיָה לֵאמֹר: |
| 9. So said the Lord of Hosts, saying: Execute true judgment and perform loving-kindness and mercy, each one [of you] to his brother. |
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ט. כֹּה אָמַר יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת לֵאמֹר מִשְׁפַּט אֱמֶת שְׁפֹטוּ וְחֶסֶד וְרַחֲמִים עֲשׂוּ אִישׁ אֶת אָחִיו: |
| 10. Do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the stranger, or the poor man. Neither shall any of you think evil against his brother in your heart. |
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י. וְאַלְמָנָה וְיָתוֹם גֵּר וְעָנִי אַל תַּעֲשֹׁקוּ וְרָעַת אִישׁ אָחִיו אַל תַּחְשְׁבוּ בִּלְבַבְכֶם: |
| 11. But they refused to listen; and they turned a rebellious shoulder; and they made their ears heavy, not to hear. |
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יא. וַיְמָאֲנוּ לְהַקְשִׁיב וַיִּתְּנוּ כָתֵף סֹרָרֶת וְאָזְנֵיהֶם הִכְבִּידוּ מִשְּׁמוֹעַ: |
| 12. And they made their heart [as hard] as a shamir, [in order] not to listen to the Torah and to the words that the Lord of Hosts sent, through His spirit by the earlier prophets. And there was great anger from the Lord of Hosts. |
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יב. וְלִבָּם שָׂמוּ שָׁמִיר מִשְּׁמוֹעַ אֶת הַתּוֹרָה וְאֶת הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַח יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת בְּרוּחוֹ בְּיַד הַנְּבִיאִים הָרִאשֹׁנִים וַיְהִי קֶצֶף גָּדוֹל מֵאֵת יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת: |
| shamir: A worm stronger than flint. They would show it to the stone, which would split. |
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| 13. And it came about; as He called and they did not hearken, so shall they call and I will not hearken, said the Lord of Hosts. |
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יג. וַיְהִי כַאֲשֶׁר קָרָא וְלֹא שָׁמֵעוּ כֵּן יִקְרְאוּ וְלֹא אֶשְׁמָע אָמַר יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת: |
| And it came about; as He called and they did not hearken: the Lord said concerning them in those days: So shall they call and I will not hearken. |
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| 14. And with a whirlwind I will scatter them among all the nations whom they did not know. And the land shall be waste after them with no one passing through or returning. They made a precious land a desolation. |
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יד. וְאֵסָעֲרֵם עַל כָּל הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹא יְדָעוּם וְהָאָרֶץ נָשַׁמָּה אַחֲרֵיהֶם מֵעֹבֵר וּמִשָּׁב וַיָּשִׂימוּ אֶרֶץ חֶמְדָּה לְשַׁמָּה: |
| I will scatter them: in exile. And so I did. |
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| they made: with their iniquity. |
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| desolation: And that brought about the fast (and the mourning), but now [I am jealous for Zion, etc.] |
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