Zacharias 11

1 Open your doors, O Libanus, and let the fire devour your cedars.

١ اِفْتَحْ أَبْوَابَكَ يَا لُبْنَانُ، فَتَأْكُلَ ٱلنَّارُ أَرْزَكَ.

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.

٢ وَلْوِلْ يَا سَرْوُ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْأَرْزَ سَقَطَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْأَعِزَّاءَ قَدْ خَرِبُوا. وَلْوِلْ يَا بَلُّوطَ بَاشَانَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْوَعْرَ ٱلْمَنِيعَ قَدْ هَبَطَ.

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.

٣ صَوْتُ وَلْوَلَةِ ٱلرُّعَاةِ، لِأَنَّ فَخْرَهُمْ خَرِبَ. صَوْتُ زَمْجَرَةِ ٱلْأَشْبَالِ، لِأَنَّ كِبْرِيَاءَ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ خَرِبَتْ.

4 Thus says the Lord Almighty, Feed the sheep of the slaughter;

٤ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهِي: «ٱرْعَ غَنَمَ ٱلذَّبْحِ

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.

٥ ٱلَّذِينَ يَذْبَحُهُمْ مَالِكُوهُمْ وَلَا يَأْثَمُونَ، وَبَائِعُوهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: مُبَارَكٌ ٱلرَّبُّ! قَدِ ٱسْتَغْنَيْتُ. وَرُعَاتُهُمْ لَا يُشْفِقُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ.

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 neighbor, and into the hand of his king; and they shall destroy the land, and I will not rescue out of their hand.

٦ لِأَنِّي لَا أُشْفِقُ بَعْدُ عَلَى سُكَّانِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، بَلْ هَأَنَذَا مُسَلِّمٌ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ، كُلَّ رَجُلٍ لِيَدِ قَرِيبِهِ وَلِيَدِ مَلِكِهِ، فَيَضْرِبُونَ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَا أُنْقِذُ مِنْ يَدِهِمْ».

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.

٧ فَرَعَيْتُ غَنَمَ ٱلذَّبْحِ. لَكِنَّهُمْ أَذَلُّ ٱلْغَنَمِ. وَأَخَذْتُ لِنَفْسِي عَصَوَيْنِ، فَسَمَّيْتُ ٱلْوَاحِدَةَ «نِعْمَةَ» وَسَمَّيْتُ ٱلْأُخْرَى «حِبَالًا» وَرَعَيْتُ ٱلْغَنَمَ.

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.

٨ وَأَبَدْتُ ٱلرُّعَاةَ ٱلثَّلَاثَةَ فِي شَهْرٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَضَاقَتْ نَفْسِي بِهِمْ، وَكَرِهَتْنِي أَيْضًا نَفْسُهُمْ.

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 neighbor.

٩ فَقُلْتُ: «لَا أَرْعَاكُمْ. مَنْ يَمُتْ فَلْيَمُتْ، وَمَنْ يُبَدْ فَلْيُبَدْ. وَٱلْبَقِيَّةُ فَلْيَأْكُلْ بَعْضُهَا لَحْمَ بَعْضٍ!».

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.

١٠ فَأَخَذْتُ عَصَايَ «نِعْمَةَ» وَقَصَفْتُهَا لِأَنْقُضَ عَهْدِي ٱلَّذِي قَطَعْتُهُ مَعَ كُلِّ ٱلْأَسْبَاطِ.

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.

١١ فَنُقِضَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ. وَهَكَذَا عَلِمَ أَذَلُّ ٱلْغَنَمِ ٱلْمُنْتَظِرُونَ لِي أَنَّهَا كَلِمَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ.

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.

١٢ فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: «إِنْ حَسُنَ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ فَأَعْطُونِي أُجْرَتِي وَإِلَّا فَٱمْتَنِعُوا». فَوَزَنُوا أُجْرَتِي ثَلَاثِينَ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ.

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.

١٣ فَقَالَ لِي ٱلرَّبُّ: «أَلْقِهَا إِلَى ٱلْفَخَّارِيِّ، ٱلثَّمَنَ ٱلْكَرِيمَ ٱلَّذِي ثَمَّنُونِي بِهِ». فَأَخَذْتُ ٱلثَّلَاثِينَ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ وَأَلْقَيْتُهَا إِلَى ٱلْفَخَّارِيِّ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

14 And I cast away [my] second rod, [even] Line, that I might break the possession between Juda and Israel.

١٤ ثُمَّ قَصَفْتُ عَصَايَ ٱلْأُخْرَى «حِبَالًا» لِأَنْقُضَ ٱلْإِخَاءَ بَيْنَ يَهُوذَا وَإِسْرَائِيلَ.

15 And the Lord said to me, Take yet to you shepherd's implements belonging to an unskillful shepherd.

١٥ فَقَالَ لِي ٱلرَّبُّ: «خُذْ لِنَفْسِكَ بَعْدُ أَدَوَاتِ رَاعٍ أَحْمَقَ،

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].

١٦ لِأَنِّي هَأَنَذَا مُقِيمٌ رَاعِيًا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ لَا يَفْتَقِدُ ٱلْمُنْقَطِعِينَ، وَلَا يَطْلُبُ ٱلْمُنْسَاقَ، وَلَا يَجْبُرُ ٱلْمُنْكَسِرَ، وَلَا يُرَبِّي ٱلْقَائِمَ. وَلَكِنْ يَأْكُلُ لَحْمَ ٱلسِّمَانِ وَيَنْزِعُ أَظْلَافَهَا».

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.

١٧ وَيْلٌ لِلرَّاعِي ٱلْبَاطِلِ ٱلتَّارِكِ ٱلْغَنَمِ! اَلسَّيْفُ عَلَى ذِرَاعِهِ وَعَلَى عَيْنِهِ ٱلْيُمْنَى. ذِرَاعُهُ تَيْبَسُ يَبْسًا، وَعَيْنُهُ ٱلْيُمْنَى تَكِلُّ كُلُولًا!