Zechariah 11
1 Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!
Wee, Lebanoni-rĩ, hingũra mĩrango yaku, nĩgeetha mwaki ũcine mĩtarakwa yaku, ũmĩniine!
2 Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!
Rĩra, wee mũthithinda, nĩgũkorwo mũtarakwa nĩũgwĩte; mĩtĩ ĩrĩa mĩrũngarũ nĩmĩanange! Rĩrai inyuĩ mĩgandi ya Bashani; nĩgũkorwo mĩtĩ ya mũtitũ ũrĩa mũtumanu nĩĩtemetwo.
3 Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.
Ta thikĩrĩriai ũrĩa arĩithi maraarĩra, makĩgirĩkaga: ũrĩithio wao ũrĩa mũnoru nĩwanangĩtwo! Ta thikĩrĩriai mũraramo wa mĩrũũthi; gĩthaka kĩrĩa kĩruru kĩa Jorodani nĩkĩanange!
4 This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,
Jehova Ngai wakwa ekuuga ũũ: “Rĩithia rũũru rũrĩa rũtuĩrĩirwo gũthĩnjwo.
5 whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.
Arĩa macigũraga nĩo macithĩnjaga na matione wa kũmaherithia. Arĩa maciendagia moigaga atĩrĩ, ‘Jehova arogoocwo, niĩ ndĩ mũtongu!’ Arĩithi ene cio maticiiguagĩra tha.
6 For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands.”
Nĩgũkorwo ndikaiguĩra andũ a bũrũri ũcio tha rĩngĩ,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga. “Nĩnganeana mũndũ o kũrĩ mũndũ wa itũũra rĩake na kũrĩ mũthamaki wake. Nĩmakahinyĩrĩria bũrũri ũcio, na ndikamahonokia kuuma moko-inĩ mao.”
7 So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ngĩrĩithia rũũru rũu rwatuĩrĩirwo gũthĩnjwo, na makĩria iria ciahinyĩrĩirio cia rũũru rũu. Ngĩcooka ngĩoya thanju igĩrĩ, rũmwe ngĩrwĩta Ũtugi na rũrĩa rũngĩ ngĩrwĩta Ũiguano, na niĩ ngĩrĩithia rũũru rũu.
8 And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
Ihinda rĩa mweri ũmwe nĩndeheririe arĩithi acio atatũ. Naruo rũũru rũgĩĩthũũra mũno, na niĩ ngĩnogio nĩo,
9 Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish; and let those who remain devour one another’s flesh.”
ngiuga atĩrĩ, “Ndigũcooka gũtuĩka mũrĩithi wanyu. Iria cia gũkua nĩikue, na iria cia gũthira nĩithire. Iria igũtigara-rĩ, nĩirĩane cio nyene.”
10 Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.
Ningĩ ngĩoya rũthanju rwakwa rũrĩa rwetagwo Ũtugi, ngĩruunania icunjĩ igĩrĩ, ngĩtharia kĩrĩkanĩro kĩrĩa ndarĩkanĩire na ndũrĩrĩ ciothe.
11 It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
Gĩatharirio o ro mũthenya ũcio, na nĩ ũndũ ũcio arĩa maahinyĩrĩirio a rũũru rũu, arĩa maanjũũthĩrĩirie, makĩmenya atĩ ĩyo yarĩ ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova.
12 Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.
Ngĩcooka ngĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Mũngĩona nĩ kwagĩrĩire, Heei mũcaara wakwa, na aakorwo ti ũguo-rĩ, ikarai naguo.” Nĩ ũndũ ũcio makĩndĩha mũcaara wa icunjĩ mĩrongo ĩtatũ cia betha.
13 And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
Hĩndĩ ĩyo Jehova akĩnjĩĩra atĩrĩ, “Ikĩria mũũmbi wa nyũngũ mbeeca icio”: ĩ thogora ũcio mwega moonire nĩũnjiganĩte! Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ngĩoya icunjĩ icio mĩrongo ĩtatũ cia betha, ngĩciikĩria mũũmbi kũu nyũmba-inĩ ya Jehova.
14 Then I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Ningĩ ngiunania rũthanju rwakwa rwa keerĩ rũrĩa rwetagwo Ũiguano, ngĩthũkia ũrũmwe gatagatĩ ka Juda na Isiraeli.
15 And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
Ningĩ Jehova akĩnjĩĩra atĩrĩ, “Oya o rĩngĩ indo cia mũrĩithi mũkĩĩgu.
16 For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.
Nĩgũkorwo nĩngwarahũra mũrĩithi bũrũri-inĩ ũyũ, ũrĩa ũtakarũmbũiya ngʼondu iria ciũrĩte, kana acarie tũgondu, kana ohe iria ndiihie, o na kana arĩithie iria ngʼima, we no kũrĩa arĩrĩĩaga nyama cia ngʼondu iria noru, agĩcikũũraga mahũngũ.
17 Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”
“Kaĩ mũrĩithi ũcio wa tũhũ, ũrĩa ũtiganagĩria rũũru, arĩ na haaro-ĩ! Guoko gwake na riitho rĩake rĩa ũrĩo irotemwo na rũhiũ rwa njora! Guoko gwake nĩgũkonja biũ, na riitho rĩake rĩa ũrĩo rĩtuĩke itumumu biũ.”
