Zechariah 11
1 Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!
Buebue wʼapon, Lebanon, na ogya mmɛhyew wo sida!
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!
Twa adwo, wo ɔpepaw, na sida ahwe ase; wɔasɛe nnua a ɛwɔ anuonyam no! Twa adwo Basan adum; wɔabubu kwaeberentuw no mu nnua no!
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.
Tie nguanhwɛfo agyaadwo; wɔasɛe wɔn adidibea frɔmfrɔm no! Tie gyata no mmubomu; Yordan ho nkyɛkyerɛ fɛɛfɛ no asɛe!
4 This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,
Sɛɛ na Awurade me Nyankopɔn se: “Fa nguankuw a wɔrebekum wɔn no kɔ adidibea.
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.
Atɔfo no kunkum nguan no na wɔntwe wɔn aso. Wɔn a wɔtɔn nguan no ka se, ‘Monkamfo Awurade, mayɛ ɔdefo!’ Na nguan no ahwɛfo no mpo nnya ahummɔbɔ mma wɔn.
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.”
Merenhu asase no so nnipa mmɔbɔ bio,” sɛnea Awurade se ni. “Mede obiara bɛhyɛ ne yɔnko ne hene nsa. Wɔbɛhyɛ asase no so, na merennye obiara mfi wɔn nsam.”
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.
Enti mede nguankuw a wɔrekokum wɔn no kɔɔ adidibea, ne titiriw ne wɔn a wɔayɛ mmɔbɔ no. Afei mefaa pema abien, na mefrɛɛ baako Adɔe na baako nso Nkabom na mede wɔn kɔɔ adidi.
8 And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
Ɔsram baako mu, mepam nguanhwɛfo abiɛsa no. Nguankuw no ampɛ me, na wɔmaa me brɛe
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.”
na mekae se, “Merenyɛ mo hwɛfo bio. Wɔn a wɔrewu nwu, na wɔn a wɔreyera nso nyera. Na ma wɔn a aka no nso nkyekyere wɔn ho wɔn ho nwe.”
10 Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.
Afei mefaa me pema a mefrɛ no Adɔe no bubuu mu de sɛee apam a me ne aman no nyinaa ayɛ no.
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.
Wɔsɛee no da no ara, na wɔn a wɔrehu amane wɔ nguankuw no mu a na wɔrehwɛ me no hui se, ɛyɛ Awurade asɛm.
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.
Na meka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Sɛ ɛbɛyɛ yiye a muntua me ka, na sɛ ɛnte saa nso a, momma ɛntena hɔ.” Enti, wotuaa dwetɛ mpɔw aduasa maa me.
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.
Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me se, “Tow ma ɔnwemfo no,” ɛbo a ɛsɔ ani a wɔatwa ama me no. Enti, mefaa dwetɛ mpɔw aduasa no, na metow maa ɔnwemfo a ɔwɔ Awurade fi mu no.
14 Then I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Afei mibuu me pema a ɛto so abien a wɔfrɛ no Nkabom no mu, de sɛee onuayɛ a ɛda Yuda ne Israel ntam no.
15 And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me se, “Fa oguanhwɛfo kwasea no nneɛma no bio.
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.
Na merebɛma oguanhwɛfo bi asɔre asase no so a ɔrenhwehwɛ nea wayera, ɔrenhwehwɛ nguantenmma no akyi kwan, ɔrensa nea wapira yare, ɔremma nea ɔwɔ ahoɔden aduan, na mmom, ɔbɛwe nguan a wɔadɔ no nam, na watwitwa wɔn tɔte.
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!”
“Nnome nka oguanhwɛfo a ne so nni mfaso, na oguan gya nguankuw no! Afoa ntwa ne basa, ne nʼaniwa nifa. Ne basa no nwu koraa, nʼaniwa nifa no mfura koraa!”
