1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,2 The Lord has been very angry with your fathers:3 And you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord of armies: Come back to me, says the Lord of armies, and I will come back to you.4 Be not like your fathers, to whom the voice of the earlier prophets came, saying, Be turned now from your evil ways and from your evil doings: but they did not give ear to me or take note, says the Lord.5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they go on living for ever?6 But my words and my orders, which I gave to my servants the prophets, have they not overtaken your fathers? and turning back they said, As it was the purpose of the Lord of armies to do to us, in reward for our ways and our doings, so has he done.7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, 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, saying,8 I saw in the night a man on a red horse, between the mountains in the valley, and at his back were horses, red, black, white, and of mixed colours.9 Then I said, O my lord, what are these? And the angel who was talking to me said to me, I will make clear to you what they are.10 And the man who was between the mountains, answering me, said, These are those whom the Lord has sent to go up and down through the earth.11 And the man who was between the mountains, answering, said to the angel of the Lord, We have gone up and down through the earth, and all the earth is quiet and at rest.12 Then the angel of the Lord, answering, said, O Lord of armies, how long will it be before you have mercy on Jerusalem and on the towns of Judah against which your wrath has been burning for seventy years?13 And the Lord gave an answer in good and comforting words to the angel who was talking to me.14 And the angel who was talking to me said to me, Let your voice be loud and say, These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am greatly moved about the fate of Jerusalem and of Zion.15 And I am very angry with the nations who are living untroubled: for when I was only a little angry, they made the evil worse.16 So this is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Jerusalem with mercies; my house is to be put up in her, says the Lord of armies, and a line is to be stretched out over Jerusalem.17 And again let your voice be loud and say, This is what the Lord of armies has said: My towns will again be overflowing with good things, and again the Lord will give comfort to Zion and take Jerusalem for himself.

1 In mense octavo, in anno secundo Darii regis, factum est verbum Domini ad Zachariam filium Barachi filii Addo prophetam, dicens : 2 Iratus est Dominus super patres vestros iracundia. 3 Et dices ad eos : [Hc dicit Dominus exercituum :Convertimini ad me, ait Dominus exercituum,et convertar ad vos, dicit Dominus exercituum.4 Ne sitis sicut patres vestri,ad quos clamabant prophet priores, dicentes :Hc dicit Dominus exercituum :Convertimini de viis vestris malis,et de cogitationibus vestris pessimis :et non audierunt, neque attenderunt ad me,dicit Dominus.5 Patres vestri, ubi sunt ?et prophet numquid in sempiternum vivent ?6 Verumtamen verba mea, et legitima mea,qu mandavi servis meis prophetis,numquid non comprehenderunt patres vestros,et conversi sunt, et dixerunt :Sicut cogitavit Dominus exercituum facere nobissecundum vias nostras, et secundum adinventiones nostras,fecit nobis ?]7 In die vigesima et quarta undecimi mensis Sabath, in anno secundo Darii, factum est verbum Domini ad Zachariam filium Barachi filii Addo prophetam, dicens : 8 Vidi per noctem, et ecce vir ascendens super equum rufum, et ipse stabat inter myrteta, qu erant in profundo, et post eum equi rufi, varii, et albi. 9 Et dixi : Quid sunt isti, domine mi ? Et dixit ad me angelus qui loquebatur in me : Ego ostendam tibi quid sint hc. 10 Et respondit vir qui stabat inter myrteta, et dixit : Isti sunt quos misit Dominus ut perambulent terram. 11 Et responderunt angelo Domini, qui stabat inter myrteta, et dixerunt : Perambulavimus terram, et ecce omnis terra habitatur, et quiescit. 12 Et respondit angelus Domini, et dixit : Domine exercituum, usquequo tu non misereberis Jerusalem, et urbium Juda, quibus iratus es ? iste jam septuagesimus annus est. 13 Et respondit Dominus angelo qui loquebatur in me verba bona, verba consolatoria. 14 Et dixit ad me angelus qui loquebatur in me : Clama, dicens : [Hc dicit Dominus exercituum :Zelatus sum Jerusalem et Sion zelo magno,15 et ira magna ego irascor super gentes opulentas,quia ego iratus sum parum,ipsi vero adjuverunt in malum.16 Propterea hc dicit Dominus :Revertar ad Jerusalem in misericordiis,et domus mea dificabitur in ea, ait Dominus exercituum,et perpendiculum extendetur super Jerusalem.] 17 Adhuc clama, dicens : [Hc dicit Dominus exercituum :Adhuc affluent civitates me bonis,et consolabitur adhuc Dominus Sion, et eliget adhuc Jerusalem.]18 Et levavi oculos meos, et vidi, et ecce quatuor cornua. 19 Et dixi ad angelum qui loquebatur in me : Quid sunt hc ? Et dixit ad me : Hc sunt cornua qu ventilaverunt Judam, et Isral, et Jerusalem. 20 Et ostendit mihi Dominus quatuor fabros. 21 Et dixi : Quid isti veniunt facere ? Qui ait, dicens : Hc sunt cornua qu ventilaverunt Judam per singulos viros, et nemo eorum levavit caput suum : et venerunt isti deterrere ea, ut dejiciant cornua gentium, qu levaverunt cornu super terram Juda ut dispergerent eam.