Zakarias 11
1 Oplad dine Døre, Libanon! og Ild tære paa dine Gedre!
Open your doors, Lebanon, that fire may devour 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.
Lament, cypress trees, for the cedar trees have fallen! What was majestic has been devastated! Lament, you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has gone down.
3 Hyrdernes Hyl lyder, thi deres Herlighed er ødelagt; de unge Løvers Brøl lyder, thi Jordanens Stolthed er ødelagt.
The shepherds howl, for their glory has been destroyed! The voice of the young lions' roar, for the pride of the Jordan River has been devastated!
4 Saa sagde Herren, min Gud: Vogt de Slagtefaar,
This is what Yahweh my God says, “Like a shepherd, watch over the flock set aside for 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.
(The ones who buy them slaughter them and are not punished, and the ones who sell them say, 'Blessed be Yahweh! I have become rich!' for the shepherds working for the flocks' owners have no pity on 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.
For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land!—this is Yahweh's declaration. See! I myself am about to turn over every person into the hand of his neighbor and into the hand of his king, and they will destroy the land and none of them will I deliver them 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,
So I became the shepherd of the flock marked for slaughter, for those who dealt in sheep. I took two staffs; one staff I called “Favor” and the other I called “Unity.” In this way I shepherded 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;
In one month I destroyed the three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also hated 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.
Then I said to the owners, “I will not work as a shepherd for you any longer. The sheep that are dying—let them die; the sheep that are being destroyed—let them be destroyed. Let the sheep that remain each eat the flesh of its neighbor.”
10 Og jeg tog min Stav „Liflighed og sønderhuggede den for at tilintetgøre min Pagt, som jeg havde gjort med alle Folkeslag.
So I took my staff “Favor” and broke it to break the covenant that I had made with all of my tribes.
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.
On that day the covenant was broken, and those who dealt in sheep and who were watching me knew that Yahweh had spoken.
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.
I said to them, “If it seems good to you, pay me my wages. But if not, do not do it.” So they weighed out my wages—thirty pieces of silver.
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.
Then Yahweh said to me, “Deposit the silver in the treasury, the excellent price at which they valued you!” So I took the thirty pieces of silver and deposited them in the treasury in the house of Yahweh.
14 Og jeg sønderhuggede min anden Stav, kaldet „Baand‟, for at tilintetgøre Broderskabet imellem Juda og Israel.
Then I broke my second staff, “Unity,” to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15 Og Herren sagde til mig: Tag dig endnu en taabelig Hyrdes Redskab!
Yahweh said to me, “Again, take the equipment of a foolish shepherd for yourself,
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 see, I am about to set in place a shepherd in the land. He will not care for the perishing sheep. He will not seek out the sheep gone missing, nor heal the crippled sheep. He will not feed the sheep that are healthy, but will eat the flesh of the fattened sheep and will tear off their hooves.
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.
Woe to the worthless shepherd who forsakes the flock! May the sword come against his arm and his right eye! May his arm wither away and may his right eye become blind!”
