Zakarias 11
1 Libanon, luk Dørene op, saa Ild kan fortære dine Cedre!
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, and the fire shall eat on thy cedars.
2 Klag, Cypres, thi Cedren er faldet, de ædle Træer lagt øde! Klag, I Basans Ege, thi Fredskoven ligger fældet!
Wail, fir-tree; for fallen is the cedar; those that were mighty are despoiled: wail, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the impervious forest is come down.
3 Hør, hvor Hyrderne klager, thi deres Græsgang er hærget; hør, hvor Løverne brøler, thi Jordans Tykning er hærget.
[There is] the noise of the wailing of the shepherds; for wasted is their glory: [there is] the noise of the roaring of young lions; for wasted is the pride of the Jordan.
4 Saaledes sagde HERREN min Gud: Røgt Slagtefaarene,
Thus hath said the Lord my God, Feed the flocks [that are destined for] the slaughter;
5 hvis Køber slagter dem uden at føle Skyld, og hvis Sælger siger: »HERREN være lovet, jeg blev rig.« Og deres Hyrder sparer dem ikke.
Whom their buyers slay, and hold themselves guiltless; and whose sellers say, Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich: and none of whose shepherds have pity on them.
6 (Thi jeg vil ikke længer spare Landets Indbyggere, lyder det fra HERREN; men se, jeg lader hvert Menneske falde i sin Hyrdes og sin Konges Haand; og de skal ødelægge Landet, og jeg vil ingen redde af deres Haand).
For I will no more have pity on the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into the hand of his neighbor, and into the hand of his king: and they shall beat down the land, and I will not deliver out of their hand.
7 Saa røgtede jeg Slagtefaarene for Faareprangerne og tog mig to Stave; den ene kaldte jeg »Liflighed«, den anden »Baand«; og jeg røgtede Faarene.
And I had fed the flocks [that were destined for] the slaughter, —indeed, the poorest of the flocks; and I had taken unto me two staves; the one I called Mildness [[No'am]], and the other I called Concord [[Choblim]]: and I fed the flocks.
8 (Og jeg ryddede de tre Hyrder af Vejen i een Maaned). Saa tabte jeg Taalmodigheden med dem, og de blev ogsaa kede af mig.
And I removed the three shepherds in one month; and my soul was tired of them, and also their soul abhorred me.
9 Og jeg sagde: »Jeg vil ikke røgte eder; lad dø, hvad dø skal, lad bortkomme, hvad bortkomme skal, og lad de andre æde hverandres Kød!«
Then said I, I will not feed you: what is dying may die; and what is to be lost may be lost; and those that are left may eat every one the flesh of the other.
10 Saa tog jeg Staven, som hed »Liflighed«, og sønderbrød den for at bryde den Overenskomst, jeg havde sluttet (med alle Folkeslag;
And I took my staff, namely, Mildness, and cut it to pieces, to annul my covenant which I had made with all the tribes.
11 og den blev brudt samme Dag, og Faareprangerne, som holdt Øje med mig, kendte, at det var HERRENS Ord).
And when it was annulled on that day, then knew they well, truly the poorest of the flocks that waited for me, that it was the word of the Lord.
12 Og jeg sagde til dem: »Om I synes, saa giv mig min Løn; hvis ikke, saa lad være!« Saa afvejede de min Løn, tredive Sekel Sølv.
And I said unto them, If it be good in your eyes, give me my reward; and if not, forbear. So they weighed out as my reward thirty pieces of silver.
13 Men HERREN sagde til mig: »Kast den til Pottemageren, den dejlige Pris, de har vurderet mig til!« Og jeg tog de tredive Sekel Sølv og kastede dem til Pottemageren i HERRENS Hus.
And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the treasurer, the precious price which I am prized at by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them in the house of the Lord unto the treasurer.
14 Saa sønderbrød jeg den anden Hyrdestav »Baand« for at bryde Broderskabet imellem Juda og Jerusalem.
Then I cut in pieces my second staff, namely, Concord, to annul the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15 Siden sagde HERREN til mig: Udstyr dig atter som en Hyrde, en Daare af en Hyrde!
And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
16 (Thi se, jeg lader en Hyrde fremstaa i Landet). Han tager sig ikke af det bortkomne, leder ikke efter det vildfarne, læger ikke det brudte og har ikke Omhu for det sunde, men spiser Kødet af de fede Dyr og river Klovene af dem.
For, lo, I raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not think of those that are lost, nor seek for that which is gone astray, nor heal that which hath [a limb] broken; who will not care for that which hath stood still; but who will eat the flesh of the fat, and devour all even to their claws.
17 Ve, min Daare af en Hyrde, som svigter Faarene! Et Sværd imod hans Arm og hans højre Øje! Hans Arm skal vorde vissen, hans højre Øje blindes.
Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall utterly wither, and his right eye shall be completely blinded.
