Zakarias 11
1 Oplad dine Døre, Libanon! og Ild tære paa dine Gedre!
Open your gates, Lebanon, and let fire consume your cedars.
2 Hyl, Cypres! thi Gederen er falden, thi de, som vare de herlige, ere ødelagte; hyler, Basans Ege! thi den velforvarede Skov er fældet.
Howl, you fir tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the magnificent have been devastated. Howl, you oaks of Bashan, because the secure forest passage has been cut down.
3 Hyrdernes Hyl lyder, thi deres Herlighed er ødelagt; de unge Løvers Brøl lyder, thi Jordanens Stolthed er ødelagt.
The voice of the howling of the shepherds: for their magnificence has been devastated. The voice of the roaring of the lions: because the arrogance of the Jordan has been devastated.
4 Saa sagde Herren, min Gud: Vogt de Slagtefaar,
Thus says the Lord my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter,
5 hvilke de, der købe dem, dræbe og blive ikke strafskyldige, medens de, der sælge dem, sige: Lovet være Herren, at jeg bliver rig; og ingen af deres Hyrder sparer dem.
which those who possessed them cut down, and they did not feel sorrow, and they sold them, saying: “Blessed be the Lord; we have become wealthy. Even their shepherds did not spare them.”
6 Thi jeg vil ikke længere spare Jordens Beboere, siger Herren; og se, jeg vil overgive Menneskene den ene i den andens Haand og i hans Konges Haand, og de skulle ødelægge Jorden, og jeg vil ikke redde af deres Haand.
And so, I will no longer spare the inhabitants upon the earth, says the Lord. Behold, I will deliver men, each one into the hand of his neighbor and into the hand of his king. And they will cut down the land, and I will not rescue it from their hand.
7 Og jeg fødte Slagtefaarene derhos de elendige af Faarene; og jeg tog mig to Stave, den ene kaldte jeg: „Liflighed‟ og den anden kaldte jeg: „Baand‟, og jeg vogtede Faarene,
And I will pasture the flock of the slaughter, because of this, O poor of the flock. And I took to myself two staffs: the one I called Handsome, and the other I called Rope, and I pastured the flock.
8 og jeg tilintetgjorde de tre af Hyrderne i een Maaned. Men min Sjæl blev utaalmodig over dem, og deres Sjæl blev ogsaa ked af mig;
And I cut down three shepherds in one month. And my soul became contracted concerning them, just as their soul also varied concerning me.
9 og jeg sagde: Jeg vil ikke vogte eder; hvad som dør, maa dø, og hvad som omkommer, maa omkomme, og de overblevne maa æde, den ene den andens Kød.
And I said: I will not pasture you. Whatever dies, let it die. And whatever is cut down, let it be cut down. And let the rest of them devour, each one the flesh of his neighbor.
10 Og jeg tog min Stav „Liflighed og sønderhuggede den for at tilintetgøre min Pagt, som jeg havde gjort med alle Folkeslag.
And I took my staff, which was called Handsome, and I tore it apart, so as to invalidate my pact, which I had struck with all of the people.
11 Og den blev gjort til intet paa samme Dag, og saaledes forstode de elendige af Faarene, som agtede paa mig, at det var Herrens Ord.
And it became invalid in that day. And so they understood, just like the poor of the flock who stay close to me, that this is the word of the Lord.
12 Og jeg sagde til dem: Dersom det synes godt for eders Øjne, da giver mig min Løn, og hvis ikke, da lader det være; og de afvejede som min Løn tredive Sekel Sølv.
And I said to them: If it is good in your eyes, bring me my wages. And if not, remain still. And they weighed for my wages thirty silver coins.
13 Og Herren sagde til mig: Kast den hen til Pottemageren, den herlige Pris, som jeg er agtet værd af dem! og jeg tog de tredive Sekel Sølv og kastede dem hen i Herrens Hus til Pottemageren.
And the Lord said to me: Cast it towards the statuary, the handsome price at which I have been valued by them. And I took the thirty silver coins, and I cast them into the house of the Lord, towards the statuary.
14 Og jeg sønderhuggede min anden Stav, kaldet „Baand‟, for at tilintetgøre Broderskabet imellem Juda og Israel.
And I cut short my second staff, which was called Rope, so that I might dissolve the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15 Og Herren sagde til mig: Tag dig endnu en taabelig Hyrdes Redskab!
And the Lord said to me: Still they are to you the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
16 Thi se, jeg lader en Hyrde fremstaa i Landet; dem, som ere nær ved at omkomme, skal han ikke se til, det forvildede skal han ikke opsøge, det, som har taget Skade, skal han ikke læge; det, som holder sig oprejst, skal han ikke forsørge, men Kødet af det fedede skal han æde, og dets Klove skal han sønderrive.
For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit what is forsaken, nor seek what is scattered, nor heal what is broken, nor nourish what remains standing, and he will consume the flesh of the fatted ones and break their hoofs.
17 Ve den unyttige Hyrde, som forlader Faarene! et Sværd skal komme imod hans Arm og imod hans højre Øje; hans Arm skal visne hen, og hans højre Øje skal blive aldeles dunkelt.
O shepherd and idol, abandoning the flock, with a sword upon his arm and over his right eye: his arm will be withered by drought, and his right eye will be obscured by darkness.
