Zacharias 11
1 Open your doors, O Libanus, and let the fire devour your cedars.
Oplad dine Døre, Libanon! og Ild tære paa dine Gedre!
2 Let the pine howl, because the cedar has fallen; for the mighty men have been greatly afflicted: howl, you oaks of the land of Basan; for the thickly planted forest has been torn down.
Hyl, Cypres! thi Gederen er falden, thi de, som vare de herlige, ere ødelagte; hyler, Basans Ege! thi den velforvarede Skov er fældet.
3 [There is] a voice of the shepherds mourning; for their greatness is brought low: a voice of roaring lions; for the pride of Jordan is brought down.
Hyrdernes Hyl lyder, thi deres Herlighed er ødelagt; de unge Løvers Brøl lyder, thi Jordanens Stolthed er ødelagt.
4 Thus says the Lord Almighty, Feed the sheep of the slaughter;
Saa sagde Herren, min Gud: Vogt de Slagtefaar,
5 which their possessors have slain, and have not repented: and they that sold them said, Blessed be the Lord; for we have become rich: and their shepherds have suffered no sorrow for them.
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.
6 Therefore I will no longer have mercy upon the inhabitants of the land, says the Lord: but, behold, I will deliver up the men every one into the hand of his neighbour, and into the hand of his king; and they shall destroy the land, and I will not rescue out of their hand.
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.
7 And I will tend the flock of slaughter in the land of Chanaan: and I will take for myself two rods; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Line; and I will tend the flock.
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,
8 And I will cut off three shepherds in one month; and my soul shall grieve over them, for their souls cried out against me.
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;
9 And I said, I will not tend you: that which dies, let it die; and that which falls off, let it fall off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of his neighbour.
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.
10 And I will take my beautiful staff, and cast it away, that I may break my covenant which I made with all the people.
Og jeg tog min Stav „Liflighed og sønderhuggede den for at tilintetgøre min Pagt, som jeg havde gjort med alle Folkeslag.
11 And it shall be broken in that day; and the Chananites, the sheep that are kept for me, shall know that it is the word of the Lord.
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.
12 And I will say to them, If it be good in your eyes, give [me] my price, or refuse it. And they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
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.
13 And the Lord said to me, Drop them into the furnace, and I will see if it is good [metal], as I was proved for their sakes. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them into the furnace in the house of the Lord.
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.
14 And I cast away [my] second rod, [even] Line, that I might break the possession between Juda and Israel.
Og jeg sønderhuggede min anden Stav, kaldet „Baand‟, for at tilintetgøre Broderskabet imellem Juda og Israel.
15 And the Lord said to me, Take yet to you shepherd's implements belonging to an unskillful shepherd.
Og Herren sagde til mig: Tag dig endnu en taabelig Hyrdes Redskab!
16 For, behold, I [will] raise up a shepherd against the land: he shall not visit that which is perishing, and he shall not seek that which is scattered, and he shall not heal that which is bruised, nor guide that which is whole: but he shall devour the flesh of the choice [ones], and shall dislocate the joints [of their necks].
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.
17 Alas for the vain shepherds that have forsaken the sheep! the sword [shall be] upon the arms of such a one, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be completely withered, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
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.
