Zechariah · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Zechariah 7 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 И҆ бы́сть въ четве́ртое лѣ́то, при да́рїи царѝ, бы́сть сло́во гдⷭ҇не ко заха́рїи въ четве́ртый мцⷭ҇а девѧ́тагѡ, и҆́же є҆́сть хаселе́ѵъ.
1 In the fourth year of King Darius, Yahweh’s word came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
2 И҆ посла̀ въ веѳи́ль сараса́ръ и҆ а҆рвесее́ръ ца́рь и҆ мꙋ́жїе є҆гѡ̀ моли́ти гдⷭ҇а,
2 The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech and their men to entreat Yahweh’s favor,
3 глаго́лѧ ко свѧще́нникѡмъ, и҆̀же во хра́мѣ гдⷭ҇а (бг҃а) вседержи́телѧ, и҆ проро́кѡмъ, глаго́лѧ: а҆́ще вни́де здѣ̀ въ пѧ́тый мцⷭ҇ъ ст҃ы́нѧ, (пла́чѧ и҆лѝ постѧ́сѧ,) ꙗ҆́коже сотвори́хъ ᲂу҆жѐ мнѡ́га лѣ̑та.
3 and to speak to the priests of the house of Yahweh of Armies and to the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?”
4 И҆ бы́сть сло́во гдⷭ҇а вседержи́телѧ ко мнѣ̀ гл҃ѧ:
4 Then the word of Yahweh of Armies came to me, saying,
5 рцы̀ ко всѣ̑мъ лю́демъ землѝ и҆ ко свѧще́нникѡмъ глаго́лѧ: а҆́ще пости́стесѧ и҆лѝ плачево́пльствисте въ пѧти́нахъ и҆лѝ седми́нахъ (мцⷭ҇а), и҆ сѐ, се́дмьдесѧтъ лѣ́тъ, посто́мъ ли пости́стесѧ мѝ;
5 “Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?
6 и҆ а҆́ще ꙗ҆́сте и҆лѝ пїетѐ, не вы́ ли ꙗ҆́сте и҆ пїетѐ;
6 When you eat and when you drink, don’t you eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?
7 Не сїѧ̑ ли сꙋ́ть словеса̀, ꙗ҆̀же гл҃а гдⷭь рꙋка́ми прⷪ҇ро́кѡвъ пре́жнихъ, є҆гда̀ бѣ̀ і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мъ населе́нъ и҆ гобзꙋ́ющь, и҆ гра́ди є҆гѡ̀ ѡ҆́крестъ, и҆ нагѡ́рнаѧ и҆ подѡ́льнаѧ населє́на бѧ́хꙋ;
7 Aren’t these the words which Yahweh proclaimed by the former prophets when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities around her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?’”
8 И҆ бы́сть сло́во гдⷭ҇не ко заха́рїи гл҃ѧ:
8 Yahweh’s word came to Zechariah, saying,
9 си́це гл҃етъ гдⷭ҇ь вседержи́тель: сꙋ́дъ пра́веденъ сꙋди́те и҆ ми́лость и҆ щедрѡ́ты твори́те кі́йждо ко бра́тꙋ своемꙋ̀,
9 “Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.
10 а҆ вдови́цы и҆ си́ра, и҆ прише́льца и҆ ᲂу҆бо́га не наси́льствꙋйте, и҆ ѕло́бы кі́йждо бра́та своегѡ̀ да не по́мнитъ въ сердца́хъ свои́хъ.
10 Don’t oppress the widow, the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.’
11 И҆ не покори́шасѧ, є҆́же внима́ти, и҆ да́ша плещы̀ презира́ющыѧ, и҆ ᲂу҆шеса̀ своѧ̑ ѡ҆тѧготи́ша, є҆́же не слы́шати,
11 But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
12 и҆ се́рдце своѐ ᲂу҆чини́ша непокори́во, не послꙋ́шати зако́на моегѡ̀ и҆ слове́съ, ꙗ҆̀же посла̀ гдⷭь вседержи́тель дх҃омъ свои́мъ рꙋко́ю прⷪ҇ро́кѡвъ пре́жнихъ: и҆ бы́сть гнѣ́въ вели́кїй ѿ гдⷭ҇а вседержи́телѧ.
12 Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they might hear the law and the words which Yahweh of Armies had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from Yahweh of Armies.
13 И҆ бꙋ́детъ, ꙗ҆́коже речѐ, и҆ не ᲂу҆слы́шаша є҆гѡ̀: си́це возопїю́тъ, и҆ не и҆́мамъ ᲂу҆слы́шати, гл҃етъ гдⷭ҇ь вседержи́тель:
13 It has come to pass that, as he called and they refused to listen, so they will call and I will not listen,” said Yahweh of Armies;
14 и҆ ѿве́ргꙋ ѧ҆̀ во всѧ̑ ꙗ҆зы́ки, и҆̀же не разꙋмѣ́ша, и҆ землѧ̀ запꙋстѣ́етъ послѣдѝ и҆́хъ ѿ проходѧ́щагѡ и҆ ѿ возвраща́ющагѡсѧ: и҆ ᲂу҆чини́ша и҆збра́ннꙋю зе́млю въ запꙋстѣ́нїе.
14 “but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate.”
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Regem-melech
A man sent with Sharezer by the people of Bethel to plead before the LORD.
Cited in the guide: Zechariah 7:2
Cross references (13)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Nehemiah 1:1; Zechariah 1:1; Ezra 6:14–15; Haggai 2:10
- 2 Zechariah 8:21; 1 Samuel 13:12; Jeremiah 26:19; 1 Kings 13:6; Isaiah 60:7
- 3 Zechariah 8:19; James 4:8–10; Hosea 4:6; 1 Corinthians 7:5; Matthew 9:15
- 4 Isaiah 10:16
- 5 Zechariah 1:12; Isaiah 58:4–6; Matthew 5:16–18; 1 Corinthians 10:31; Zechariah 7:6
- 6 1 Corinthians 11:20–21; 1 Corinthians 11:26–29; Hosea 8:13; Colossians 3:17; Deuteronomy 12:7
- 7 Isaiah 1:16–20; Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 7:23; Isaiah 55:6–7; Jeremiah 7:5
- 9 Micah 6:8; Psalm 82:2–4; Proverbs 21:3; Jeremiah 7:5; Luke 11:42
- 10 Jeremiah 5:28; Deuteronomy 27:19; Psalm 21:11; Psalm 72:4; James 5:4
- 11 Nehemiah 9:29; Jeremiah 8:5; Hosea 4:16; Ezekiel 3:7; Acts 7:57
- 12 2 Chronicles 36:16; Nehemiah 9:29–30; Ezekiel 11:19; Acts 28:27; Ezekiel 36:26
- 13 Proverbs 1:24–28; Jeremiah 14:12; Isaiah 1:15; Jeremiah 11:11; Micah 3:4
- 14 Deuteronomy 28:33; Deuteronomy 28:64; Jeremiah 23:19; Deuteronomy 4:27; Jeremiah 5:15
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