Zechariah 11
1 Open, O Lebanon, your doors, And fire devours among your cedars.
Buebue wʼapon, Lebanon, na ogya mmɛhyew wo sida!
2 Howl, O fir, for the cedar has fallen, For their majestic ones were destroyed, Howl, you oaks of Bashan, For the enclosed forest has come 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 A voice of the howling of the shepherds! For their robe of honor was destroyed, A voice of the roaring of young lions! For the excellence of Jordan was destroyed.
Tie nguanhwɛfo agyaadwo; wɔasɛe wɔn adidibea frɔmfrɔm no! Tie gyata no mmubomu; Yordan ho nkyɛkyerɛ fɛɛfɛ no asɛe!
4 Thus said my God YHWH: “Feed the flock of the slaughter,
Sɛɛ na Awurade me Nyankopɔn se: “Fa nguankuw a wɔrebekum wɔn no kɔ adidibea.
5 Whose buyers slay them, and are not guilty, And their sellers say, Blessed [is] YHWH, And I am rich, And their shepherds have no pity 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 no longer have pity on inhabitants of the land, A declaration of YHWH, And behold, I am causing man to come forth, Each into the hand of his neighbor, And into the hand of his king, And they have beaten down the land, And I do not deliver out of their hand.”
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 And I feed the flock of slaughter, even you, you afflicted of the flock; and I take two staffs to myself; I have called one Pleasantness, and I have called the other Bands, and I feed 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 I cut off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul is grieved with them, and also their soul has abhorred me.
Ɔsram baako mu, mepam nguanhwɛfo abiɛsa no. Nguankuw no ampɛ me, na wɔmaa me brɛe
9 And I say, “I do not feed you, the dying, let die; and the cut off, let be cut off; and the remaining ones, let each eat the flesh of its neighbor.”
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 And I take my staff Pleasantness, and cut it apart, to make void my covenant that I had made with all the peoples:
Afei mefaa me pema a mefrɛ no Adɔe no bubuu mu de sɛee apam a me ne aman no nyinaa ayɛ no.
11 and it is broken in that day, and the afflicted of the flock who are observing me know well, that it [is] a word of YHWH.
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 And I say to them: “If good in your eyes, give my hire, and if not, refrain”; and they weigh out my hire—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 YHWH says to me, “Cast it to the potter”; the good price that I have been prized at by them, and I take the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them [into] the house of YHWH, to the potter.
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 And I cut apart my second staff, Bands, To break the unity 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 YHWH says to me, “Again take to yourself the instrument of a foolish shepherd.
Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me se, “Fa oguanhwɛfo kwasea no nneɛma no bio.
16 For behold, I am raising up a shepherd in the land, The cut off he does not inspect, The shaken off he does not seek, And the broken he does not heal, The standing he does not sustain, And the flesh of the fat he eats, And their hooves he breaks off.
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, forsaking the flock, A sword [is] on his arm, and on his right eye, His arm is utterly dried up, And his right eye is very dim!”
“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!”
