Tanach
Zecharyah 8:9-13 זכריה ח׳:ט׳-י״ג
Part of: Chapter 8
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כֹּֽה־אָמַר יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת תֶּחֱזַקְנָה יְדֵיכֶם הַשֹּֽׁמְעִים בַּיָּמִים הָאֵלֶּה אֵת הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה מִפִּי הַנְּבִיאִים אֲשֶׁר בְּיוֹם יֻסַּד בֵּית־יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת הַהֵיכָל לְהִבָּנֽוֹת׃
Thus says the Lord of hosts; Let your hands be strong, you that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, who spoke on the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, saying that the temple might be built.
Thus says the Lord of hosts; Let your hands be strong, you that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, who spoke on the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, saying that the temple might be built.
Rashi
השומעים בימים האלה. בשנת ד' לדריוש:
you who hear in these days In the fourth year of Darius
את הדברים האלה. של ניחומים מפי הנביאים אשר נבאו להם אז ביום יוסד בית ה' בשנת שתים לדריוש את הדברים להתחיל במלאכה כי נבחנו אותם הנביאים בעיניהם בדבריהם שהם נביאי אמת ולפיכך כדאי הם לסמוך עליהם אף בדברי ניחומים של עכשיו ובמה נבחנוה כי לפני הימים ההם שכר האדם וגומר והם נבאו לכם שמשתתחילו במלאכה תבא ברכה במעשה ידיכם ונתקיימו דבריהם שהרי עתה לא כימים הראשונים:
these words of consolations from the mouths of the prophets who prophesied for [the people] - on the day the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the second year of Darius - to begin the work. Those prophets were proven with their words to be true prophets in your eyes; therefore, it is also worthy to rely on them for the words of consolation concerning the present time. And in what way were they proven? For before those days, there was no hire for man, etc. They prophesied for you that when you would begin the work, a blessing would come into the work of your hands; and their words were fulfilled, for now it is not like the early days.
כִּי לִפְנֵי הַיָּמִים הָהֵם שְׂכַר הָֽאָדָם לֹא נִֽהְיָה וּשְׂכַר הַבְּהֵמָה אֵינֶנָּה וְלַיּוֹצֵא וְלַבָּא אֵין־שָׁלוֹם מִן־הַצָּר וַאֲשַׁלַּח אֶת־כׇּל־הָאָדָם אִישׁ בְּרֵעֵֽהוּ׃
For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; nor was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the adversary: for I set all men everyone against his neighbour.
For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; nor was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the adversary: for I set all men everyone against his neighbour.
וְעַתָּה לֹא כַיָּמִים הָרִֽאשֹׁנִים אֲנִי לִשְׁאֵרִית הָעָם הַזֶּה נְאֻם יְהֹוָה צְבָאֽוֹת׃
But now I will not be to the remnant of this people as in the former days, says the Lord of hosts.
But now I will not be to the remnant of this people as in the former days, says the Lord of hosts.
כִּֽי־זֶרַע הַשָּׁלוֹם הַגֶּפֶן תִּתֵּן פִּרְיָהּ וְהָאָרֶץ תִּתֵּן אֶת־יְבוּלָהּ וְהַשָּׁמַיִם יִתְּנוּ טַלָּם וְהִנְחַלְתִּי אֶת־שְׁאֵרִית הָעָם הַזֶּה אֶת־כׇּל־אֵֽלֶּה׃
For there shall be the seed of peace; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall yield its increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
For there shall be the seed of peace; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall yield its increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
וְהָיָה כַּאֲשֶׁר הֱיִיתֶם קְלָלָה בַּגּוֹיִם בֵּית יְהוּדָה וּבֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל כֵּן אוֹשִׁיעַ אֶתְכֶם וִהְיִיתֶם בְּרָכָה אַל־תִּירָאוּ תֶּחֱזַקְנָה יְדֵיכֶֽם׃ {ס}
And it shall come to pass, that as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Yehuda, and house of Yisra᾽el; so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
And it shall come to pass, that as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Yehuda, and house of Yisra᾽el; so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
תחזקנה ידיכם. לבנות ולהשלים ואל תיראו מעם הארץ המרפים ידיכם ומבהילי' אתכם מלבנות וכמו שמפורש בספר עזרא (עזרא ד׳:ד׳):
Let your hands be strong to build and to complete [the Temple]; and do not fear the people of the land, who are weakening your hands and frightening you from building it, as is related in the Book of Ezra (4:4).