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1 El día cuatro del mes noveno, que es el mes llamado Quisleu, del cuarto año del reinado de Darío, el Señor le comunicó otro mensaje a Zacarías.
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 Los judíos de la ciudad de Betel habían enviado un grupo de hombres encabezados por Sarézer, principal funcionario administrativo del rey, y a Reguen Mélec, al templo del Señor, en Jerusalén. El motivo de la visita era, además de pedir la ayuda del Señor,
2 The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech and their men to entreat Yahweh’s favor,
3 preguntarles a los sacerdotes y a los profetas si debían o no continuar con la práctica del ayuno del mes quinto del año, tal como lo venían haciendo desde hacía varios años.
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 Esta fue la respuesta que el Señor Todopoderoso les dio a través del profeta Zacarías:
4 Then the word of Yahweh of Armies came to me, saying,
5 «Cuando regresen a Betel, digan a su pueblo y a sus sacerdotes: “Durante los setenta años de exilio, cada vez que ayunaron y se humillaron en los meses quinto y séptimo, ¿lo hacían pensando sinceramente en dejar de cometer maldades y ser fieles a mis instrucciones? ¡No, de ninguna manera!
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 Aun ahora, en sus fiestas llenas de pompa, no piensan en agradarme a mí, sino en sus comilonas y borracheras”».
6 When you eat and when you drink, don’t you eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?
7 Hace muchos años, cuando Jerusalén y las ciudades vecinas estaban llenas de gente y tenían paz, cuando también el desierto del Néguev y los valles del oeste estaban poblados, los antiguos profetas les advirtieron que esta actitud los conduciría a la ruina, como efectivamente ocurrió.
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 De nuevo Zacarías recibió un mensaje del Señor:
8 Yahweh’s word came to Zechariah, saying,
9 «Esto es lo que dice el Señor Todopoderoso: Sean honrados y justos, no reciban soborno y muestren misericordia y bondad hacia todos.
9 “Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.
10 Dejen de oprimir a las viudas y a los huérfanos, a los extranjeros y a los pobres. Dejen de pensar en cometer maldades contra sus vecinos.
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 »Sus antepasados no atendieron este mensaje. Se mostraron soberbios, dieron la espalda y se taparon los oídos con los dedos para no oírme.
11 But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
12 Endurecieron su corazón como si fuera pedernal, para no hacer caso a las palabras que yo, el Señor Todopoderoso, les enviaba, las instrucciones que por mi Espíritu había revelado a los profetas antiguos. Por esta razón yo, el Señor Todopoderoso, los traté con mucha cólera y rigor.
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 Fue por esta situación que cuando ellos clamaron a mí, yo no atendí a sus ruegos, así como ellos no quisieron obedecerme cuando yo les hablé.
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 Los esparcí como con un torbellino hacia naciones lejanas. La tierra de ellos quedó desolada; nadie viajó por ella; la tierra que en tiempo era tan próspera quedó convertida en estéril desierto».
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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Wash you, make you clean, put away evil from your hearts, learn to do well, seek judgment, protect the oppressed, judge the fatherless (pupillo), plead for the widow; and come, let us reason together, saith the Lord." And again: "Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips that they speak no guile; depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, …