Zechariah 11
1 Let your doors be open, O Lebanon, so that fire may be burning among your cedars.
Liban, ouvre tes portes, et que le feu dévore tes cèdres!
2 Give a cry of grief, O fir-tree, for the fall of the cedar, because the great ones have been made low: give cries of grief, O you oaks of Bashan, for the strong trees of the wood have come down.
Cyprès, gémissez! Car le cèdre est tombé, car les plus magnifiques sont ravagés. Gémissez, chênes de Bassan! Car la forêt inaccessible est abattue.
3 The sound of the crying of the keepers of the flock! for their glory is made waste: the sound of the loud crying of the young lions! for the pride of Jordan is made waste.
On entend gémir les bergers, car leur magnificence est dévastée; on entend rugir les lionceaux, car la parure du Jourdain est dévastée.
4 This is what the Lord my God has said: Take care of the flock of death;
Ainsi a dit l'Éternel mon Dieu: Pais les brebis destinées à la boucherie,
5 Whose owners put them to death and have no sense of sin; and those who get a price for them say, May the Lord be praised for I have much wealth: and the keepers of the flock have no pity for them.
Que leurs acheteurs tuent sans être coupables, et dont les vendeurs disent: “Béni soit l'Éternel! je m'enrichis”, et qu'aucun de leurs bergers n'épargne.
6 For I will have no more pity for the people of the land, says the Lord; but I will give up everyone into his neighbour's hand and into the hand of his king: and they will make the land waste, and I will not keep them safe from their hands.
Car je n'épargnerai plus les habitants du pays, dit l'Éternel. Et voici, je livrerai les hommes aux mains les uns des autres et aux mains de leur roi; ils écraseront le pays, et je ne délivrerai pas de leurs mains.
7 So I took care of the flock of death, for those who made profit out of the flock; and I took for myself two rods, naming one Beautiful, and the other Bands; and I took care of the flock.
Je me mis donc à paître les brebis destinées à la boucherie, assurément les plus misérables du troupeau. Et je pris deux houlettes dont j'appelai l'une Faveur, et l'autre Liens, et je fis paître les brebis.
8 And in one month I put an end to the three keepers of the flock; for my soul was tired of them, and their souls were disgusted with me.
Et je retranchai trois bergers en un seul mois; car mon âme s'était fatiguée d'eux, et leur âme aussi s'était dégoûtée de moi.
9 And I said, I will not take care of you: If death comes to any, let death be its fate; if any is cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest take one another's flesh for food.
Et je dis: Je ne vous paîtrai plus! Que la brebis mourante, meure; que celle qui doit périr, périsse, et que celles qui restent, dévorent la chair l'une de l'autre.
10 And I took my rod Beautiful, cutting it in two, so that the Lord's agreement, which he had made with all the peoples, might be broken.
Et je pris ma houlette Faveur, et je la brisai pour rompre mon alliance, que j'avais traitée avec tous les peuples.
11 And it was broken on that day: and the sheep-traders, who were watching me, were certain that it was the word of the Lord.
Elle fut rompue en ce jour-là, et ainsi les plus misérables du troupeau, qui regardaient à moi, reconnurent que c'était la parole de l'Éternel.
12 And I said to them, If it seems good to you, give me my payment; and if not, do not give it. So they gave me my payment by weight, thirty shekels of silver.
Et je leur dis: Si vous le trouvez bon, donnez-moi mon salaire; sinon, ne le donnez pas. Et ils pesèrent pour mon salaire trente pièces d'argent.
13 And the Lord said to me, Put it into the store-house, the price at which I was valued by them. And I took the thirty shekels of silver and put them into the store-house in the house of the Lord.
Et l'Éternel me dit: Jette-le au potier, ce prix magnifique auquel j'ai été estimé par eux! Et je pris les trente pièces d'argent, et les jetai dans la maison de l'Éternel, pour le potier.
14 Then I took my other rod, the one named Bands, cutting it in two, so that the relation of brothers between Judah and Israel might be broken.
Puis je brisai ma seconde houlette, les Liens, pour rompre la fraternité entre Juda et Israël.
15 And the Lord said to me, Take again the instruments of a foolish keeper of sheep.
Puis l'Éternel me dit: Prends encore l'équipement d'un berger insensé.
16 For see, I will put a sheep-keeper over the land, who will have no care for that which is cut off, and will not go in search of the wanderers, or make well what is broken, and he will not give food to that which is ill, but he will take for his food the flesh of the fat, and let their feet be broken.
Car voici, je vais susciter dans le pays un berger qui ne visitera pas celles qui périssent, qui ne cherchera pas celle qui s'égare, qui ne guérira pas la blessée, et ne nourrira pas celle qui est saine; mais il mangera la chair des plus grasses, et il rompra leurs ongles.
17 A curse on the foolish keeper who goes away from the flock! the sword will be on his arm and on his right eye: his arm will become quite dry and his eye will be made completely dark.
Malheur au pasteur de néant, qui abandonne le troupeau! Que l'épée tombe sur son bras et sur son œil droit! Que son bras se dessèche, et que son œil droit s'éteigne entièrement!
