¹ Netiesājiet, lai jūs netiktu tiesāti!

² Kādu tiesu jūs spriedīsiet, tāda jums tiks spriesta, un ar kādu mēru jūs mērīsiet, ar tādu jums tiks atmērīts.

³ Bet ko tu raugi skabargu sava brāļa acī, bet baļķi savā acī neredzi?

⁴ Vai arī kā tu vari sacīt savam brālim: atļauj man izvilkt skabargu no tavas acs! Un, lūk, baļķis ir tavā acī?

⁵ Liekuli, izmet vispirms baļķi no savas acs un tad lūko izvilkt skabargu no sava brāļa acs!

⁶ Nedodiet svētumu suņiem un nemetiet pērles cūkām, ka viņas kādreiz tās nesamītu kājām un atgriezušās jūs nesaplosītu!

⁷ Lūdziet, un jums tiks dots, meklējiet, un jūs atradīsiet, klauvējiet, un jums tiks atvērts!

⁸ Jo katrs, kas lūdz, saņem, kas meklē - atrod, un kas klauvē, tam tiek atvērts.

⁹ Vai starp jums ir cilvēks, kas pasniegtu savam dēlam akmeni, ja tas lūgtu maizi?

¹⁰ Vai arī kas dotu čūsku, ja viņš lūgtu zivi?

¹¹ Ja tad jūs, kas esat ļauni, protat saviem bērniem dot labas dāvanas, cik daudz vairāk jūsu Tēvs, kas debesīs, dos labu tiem, kas Viņu lūdz!

¹² Tātad visu, ko jūs vēlaties, lai cilvēki jums darītu, dariet jūs viņiem, jo tā ir bauslība un pravieši!

¹³ Ieejiet caur šaurajiem vārtiem, jo plaši ir vārti un plats ir ceļš, kas ved pazušanā; un ir daudzi, kas pa to iet.

¹⁴ Cik šauri ir vārti un šaurs ir ceļš, kas ved dzīvībā! Un tikai nedaudzi to atrod.

¹⁵ Sargieties no viltīgajiem praviešiem, kas nāk pie jums avju drēbēs, bet iekšienē ir plēsīgi vilki!

¹⁶ No viņu augļiem jūs tos pazīsiet. Vai no ērkšķiem novāc vīnogas, vai vīģes no dadžiem?

¹⁷ Tā katrs labs koks dod labus augļus, bet nelabs koks dod nelabus augļus.

¹⁸ Labs koks nevar dot nelabus augļus, un nelabs koks nevar dot labus augļus.

¹⁹ Katrs koks, kas nedod labus augļus, tiek nocirsts un ugunī iemests.

²⁰ Tātad pēc to augļiem jūs pazīsiet tos.

²¹ Ne katrs, kas man saka: Kungs! Kungs! ieies debesvalstībā, bet kas izpilda mana Tēva gribu, kas debesīs, tas ieies debesvalstībā.

²² Daudzi man sacīs tanī dienā: Kungs, Kungs, vai ne Tavā vārdā mēs pravietojām un Tavā vārdā neizdzinām ļaunos garus, un Tavā vārdā nedarījām daudz brīnumu?

²³ Un tad es viņiem pasludināšu: Es nekad jūs neesmu pazinis; atkāpieties no manis, jūs ļaundari!

²⁴ Tātad katrs, kas šos manus vārdus dzird un tos izpilda, būs līdzīgs prātīgajam vīram, kas savu namu cēlis uz klints.

²⁵ Un lija lietus, un nāca plūdi, un pūta vēji, un gāzās pār šo māju, bet tā nesagruva, jo tā bija celta uz klints.

²⁶ Un katrs, kas šos vārdus dzird, bet tos neizpilda, būs līdzīgs neprātīgajam vīram, kas savu māju cēla uz smiltīm.

²⁷ Un lija lietus, un nāca plūdi, un pūta vēji, un gāzās pār šo māju, un tā sagruva; un tās posts bija liels.

²⁸ Un notika, kad Jēzus pabeidza šos vārdus, ka ļaudis brīnījās par Viņa mācību.

²⁹ Jo Viņš tos mācīja kā tāds, kam ir vara, un ne tā kā rakstu mācītāji un farizeji.

¹ In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,

² "Yahweh was very displeased with your fathers.

³ Therefore tell them: Thus says Yahweh of Armies: 'Return to me,' says Yahweh of Armies, 'and I will Return to you,' says Yahweh of Armies.

⁴ Don't you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: Thus says Yahweh of Armies, 'Return now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings;' but they did not hear, nor listen to me, says Yahweh.

⁵ Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?

⁶ But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, didn't they overtake your fathers? "Then they repented and said, 'Just as Yahweh of Armies determined to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so he has dealt with us.'"

⁷ On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,

⁸ "I had a vision in the night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in a ravine; and behind him there were red, brown, and white horses.

⁹ Then I asked, 'My lord, what are these?'" The angel who talked with me said to me, "I will show you what these are."

¹⁰ The man who stood among the myrtle trees answered, "They are the ones Yahweh has sent to go back and forth through the earth."

¹¹ They reported to the angel of Yahweh who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, "We have walked back and forth through the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and in peace."

¹² Then the angel of Yahweh replied, "O Yahweh of Armies, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which you have had indignation these seventy years?"

¹³ Yahweh answered the angel who talked with me with kind and comforting words.

¹⁴ So the angel who talked with me said to me, "Proclaim, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

¹⁵ I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but they added to the calamity."

¹⁶ Therefore thus says Yahweh: "I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy. My house shall be built in it," says Yahweh of Armies, "and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem."'

¹⁷ "Proclaim further, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and Yahweh will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem."'"

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

¹⁹ I asked the angel who talked with me, "What are these?" He answered me, "These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem."

²⁰ Yahweh showed me four craftsmen.

²¹ Then I asked, "What are these coming to do?" He said, "These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head; but these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it."