This book spanned Zechariah's adult life, and not only did some of the visions happen years apart, but Zechariah or a scribe might have written different parts of the book of Zechariah years apart, too.
Kitabu hiki kilichuka muda wa maisha yote ya utu uzima wa Zekaria, na siyo tu kwamba maono mengine yalipishana kwa miaka kadhaa, lakini pia Zekaria au mwandishi wake anaweza kuwa aliandika sehemu tofauti za Kitabu cha Zekaria katika vipindi vilivyotofautiana kwa miaka mingi sana.