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Ang Panawagan sa Pagbalik sa Dios

May ginhambal ang Ginoo kay Propeta Zacarias sang ikawalo nga bulan sang ikaduha nga tuig sang paghari ni Darius sa Persia. Si Zacarias nga ini anak ni Berekia kag apo ni Ido. 2-3 Ginsugo sang Ginoo nga Makagagahom si Zacarias nga ihambal ini sa katawhan sang Israel:

“Akig gid ako sa inyo mga katigulangan. Karon, magbalik kamo sa akon kag magabalik[a] ako sa inyo. Indi ninyo pagsunda ang ginhimo sang inyo mga katigulangan. Ginsugo ko sadto ang mga propeta nga hambalan sila nga talikdan na nila ang ila malaot nga mga ginahimo, pero wala sila nagpati. Wala gid sila nagtuman sa akon. Ang inyo mga katigulangan kag ang ato nga mga propeta nagkalamatay na. Natabo gid man sa inyo mga katigulangan ang akon mga pulong kag mga paandam nga ginpasugid ko sa akon mga alagad nga mga propeta. Dayon naghinulsol sila kag nagsiling, ‘Ginsilutan kita sang Ginoo nga Makagagahom suno sa aton mga ginhimo, subong sang iya ginplano nga himuon sa aton.’ ”

Ang Palanan-awon Parte sa mga Kabayo

7-8 May ginhambal ang Ginoo kay Zacarias paagi sa isa ka palanan-awon. Natabo ini sang gab-i sang ika-24 nga adlaw sang bulan sang Shebat (ika-11 nga bulan), sadtong ikaduha nga tuig sang paghari ni Darius. Kag amo ini ang pahayag ni Zacarias:

Nakita ko ang isa ka tawo nga nagasakay sa pula nga kabayo nga nagapundo sa isa ka patag nga may mga kahoy nga mirto. Sa likod niya may mga tawo nga nagasakay sa pula, kaki, kag puti nga mga kabayo. Nagpamangkot ako sa anghel nga nagapakigsugilanon sa akon, “Sir, ano ang buot silingon sang sini nga mga manugkabayo?” Nagsabat siya, “Ipaathag ko sa imo ang buot silingon sini.”

10 Dayon ang tawo nga ara sa may mga kahoy nga mirto amo ang nagpaathag sini sa akon. Siling niya, “Inang mga manugkabayo ginpadala sang Ginoo sa paglibot sa bug-os nga kalibutan.”

11 Dayon nagpanugid ang mga manugkabayo sa anghel sang Ginoo nga ara sa may mga kahoy nga mirto. Siling nila, “Nalibot namon ang bug-os nga kalibutan kag nakita namon nga malinong ini.”[b]

12 Dayon nagsiling ang anghel sang Ginoo, “Ginoo nga Makagagahom, sa sulod sang 70 ka tuig akig ka sa Jerusalem kag sa iban pa nga mga banwa sang Juda. Hasta san-o mo pa bala sila nga indi pagkaluoyan?” 13 Nagsabat ang Ginoo sa anghel nga nagapakigsugilanon sa akon. Ang iya sabat maayo kag makapalipay.

14 Ini nga anghel nagsiling sa akon nga isugid ko ining ginsiling sang Ginoo nga Makagagahom: “Nagakabalaka gid ako sa Jerusalem nga ginatawag man nga Zion, 15 pero akig gid ako sa mga nasyon nga nagapatawhay-tawhay lang.[c] Sadto indi masyado ang akon kaakig sa ila, pero gindabukan nila ini. 16 Gani magabalik[d] ako sa Jerusalem nga may kaluoy, kag patindugon ko liwat[e] ini nga siyudad pati na ang akon templo. Ako, ang Ginoo nga Makagagahom, ang nagasiling sini.”

17 Nagsiling ang anghel nga isugid ko pa gid ining ginsiling sang Ginoo nga Makagagahom: “Magauswag liwat ang akon mga banwa sa Juda. Kag lipayon ko liwat ang Zion, ang siyudad sang Jerusalem, kag kabigon ko ini liwat nga akon pinili nga siyudad.”

Ang Palanan-awon Parte sa Apat ka Sungay kag Apat ka Panday

18 Dayon nakita ko ang apat ka sungay. 19 Nagpamangkot ako sa anghel nga nagapakigsugilanon sa akon, “Ano ang buot silingon sang sini nga mga sungay?” Nagsabat siya sa akon, “Ini nga mga sungay amo ang mga nasyon nga nagpalapta sa mga taga-Israel kag taga-Juda, pati na sa mga taga-Jerusalem.”

20 Dayon ginpakita sang Ginoo sa akon ang apat ka panday. 21 Nagpamangkot ako, “Ano ang ila himuon?” Nagsabat siya, “Pahadlukon nila kag wasakon ang mga sungay. Ini nga mga sungay amo ang mga nasyon nga naglaglag sing bug-os sa Juda kag nagpalapta sang iya mga pumuluyo.”

Footnotes

  1. 1:2-3 magabalik: ukon, magabulig.
  2. 1:11 kag nakita namon nga malinong ini: ukon, kag nakita namon ang mga nasyon nga nagapatawhay-tawhay lang.
  3. 1:15 nagapatawhay-tawhay lang samtang ginapabudlayan nila ang iban nga mga nasyon labi na ang siyudad sang Jerusalem.
  4. 1:16 magabalik: ukon, magabulig.
  5. 1:16 patindugon ko liwat: sa literal, pagatakson sang higot nga inugtakos.

A Call to Return to the Lord

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)

“The Lord was very angry(E) with your ancestors. 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. 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) Where are your ancestors now? And the prophets, do they live forever? 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

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)

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)

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

  1. Zechariah 1:21 In Hebrew texts 1:18-21 is numbered 2:1-4.

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

The Lord hath been sore displeased with your fathers.

Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.

Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord.

Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

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 were there red horses, speckled, and white.

Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.

10 And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the Lord hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.

11 And they answered the angel of the Lord that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.

12 Then the angel of the Lord answered and said, O Lord of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?

13 And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.

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

15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

16 Therefore thus saith the Lord; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

18 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.

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

20 And the Lord shewed me four carpenters.

21 Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.