Zechariah 77ZechariahFasting and true justiceThe Holy Bible in the Dawuro language of Ethiopia, Latin script

The Holy Bible in the Dawuro language of Ethiopia, Latin scriptBerean Standard Bible

1. 1DWRLDaariyoose kaateteedda oyddentso laytsan, Kisileewa giyaa udduppuntsa aginaan, oyddentso gallassan Med'inaa Godaa k'aalay Zakkaraasakko yeedda.BSBBSB: In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
2. 2DWRLBeeteele katamaa Asay Sars's'ees'ena, Regeemi-Melekanne unttunttunna ittippe de'iyaa asatuwaa Med'inaa Godaappe anjjuu yaana mala woossanaw kiitteeddino.BSBBSB: Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, along with their men, to plead before the LORD
3. 3DWRLK'ay Ubbaappe Wolk'k'aama Med'inaa Godaa Geeshsha Golliyaan ootsiyaa k'eesetuwaanne timbbitiyaa odiyaawantta, «Daro laytsaappe ootsaade gam"eeddawaadan, taani ha"ikka aggenaan ichcheshentso aginaan yeekkanawunne s'oomanaw bessii?» yaagiide oochchanaadan kiitteeddino.BSBBSB: by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”
4. 4DWRLHewaappe guyyiyaan, Ubbaappe Wolk'k'aama Med'inaa Godaa k'aalay hawaadan yaagiid taakko yeedda;BSBBSB: Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,
5. 5DWRL«Biittan de'iyaa asaa ubbaanne k'eesetuwaa hawaadan yaagaade oochcha; ‹Hintte he aad'd'eeda laappun tammu laytsaa giddon ichcheshentso aginaaninne laappuntsa aginaan s'oomeeddawaanne yeekkeeddawaa taw s'oomeedditee?BSBBSB: “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
6. 6DWRLHintte miyaa wodenne ushiyaa wode, hinttenttoo miitanne ushiita gidennee.BSBBSB: And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?
7. 7DWRLYerusaalame katamaaninne Aa yuushshuwaan de'iyaa katamatuwaan Asay de'eedda wode, unttunttu ishaliide de'eedda wodenne Neegeebeninne away doliyaa bagga zik'k'a gadiyaan Asay de'eedda wode, Med'inaa Goday bare timbbitiyaa odiyaawanttu baggana odeedda k'aalay hawaa gidennee?› yaaga» yaageedda.BSBBSB: Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”
8. 8DWRLMed'inaa Godaa k'aalay k'aykka Zakkaraasakko hawaadan yaagiid yeedda;BSBBSB: Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,
9. 9DWRL«Ubbaappe Wolk'k'aama Med'inaa Goday kase hawaadan yaageedda; ‹Tumu pirddaa pirddite. Hintte giddon ittuu ittoo keekatetsaanne maarotetsaa ootsite.BSBBSB: “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
10. 10DWRLAm"etuwaa, aata aawuu bayinna naanatuwaa, betetuwaanne hiyyeesatuwaa naak'k'oppite. K'ay hintteppe ooninne bare ishaa bollan iitabaa ootsanaw bare wozanaan k'oppoppo› yaageedda» yaagiid yeedda.BSBBSB: Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
11. 11DWRLShin unttunttu sisennan is's'eeddino; k'ay zokkiyaa zaareeddinonne sisennaadan, barenttu haytsaakka tuc'c'eeddino.BSBBSB: But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
12. 12DWRLUbbaappe Wolk'k'aama Med'inaa Goday bare Ayyaanan kase bare timbbitiyaa odiyaawanttu baggana kiitteedda higgiyaanne k'aalaa sisenna mala, unttunttu barenttu wozanaa zaallaadan miniseeddino. Hewaa diraw, Ubbaappe Wolk'k'aama Med'inaa Godaa mataappe wolk'k'aama hank'k'uu unttunttu bolla yeedda.BSBBSB: They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.
13. 13DWRLUbbaappe Wolk'k'aama Med'inaa Goday hawaadan yaagee; «Taani s'eeseedda wode, unttunttu sisennan is's'eeddawaadan, unttunttu s'eeseedda wode, taanikka sisikke.BSBBSB: And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
14. 14DWRLTaani gotiyaa ahaade, unttuntta unttunttu eribeenna kawutetsatuwaa giddon laalaad; biittay Asay yaanne haanne simerettenna mela biittaa gideedda; hewaadan haniide, ha lo"o biittay mela gideedda» yaagee.BSBBSB: But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”