< Zechariah 11 >

1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, That the fire may devour thy cedars!
Fakaava ho ngaahi matapā, ʻe Lepanoni, koeʻuhi ka keina ʻe he afi hoʻo ngaahi sita.
2 Howl, O cypress, for the cedar falleth! For the lofty ones are destroyed! Howl, O ye oaks of Bashan, For the high forest is come down!
‌ʻAe ʻakau ko e fea, tangi; he kuo hinga ʻae sita; he kuo maumauʻi ʻae kau mālohi: ʻioho, ʻe ngaahi ʻoke ʻi Pesani, koeʻuhi kuo tulaki hifo ʻae vao vaine.
3 Hark! the voice of the howling of the shepherds, Because their glory is destroyed! The voice of the roaring of young lions, Because the pride of Jordan is destroyed!
‌ʻOku ai ʻae leʻo ʻoe tangi mamahi ʻae kau tauhi; he kuo u maumauʻi ho nāunau: ko e leʻo ʻoe fanga laione mui ʻoku ngungulu; he kuo maumauʻi ʻae fielahi ʻa Sioatani.
4 Thus said Jehovah, my God: Feed thou the flock of slaughter,
ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, ko hoku ʻOtua; “Fafanga ʻae fanga manu ki he tāmatea;
5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty, And which they who sell say, “Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich!” And whose shepherds spare them not.
‌ʻOku tāmateʻi ʻakinautolu ʻekinautolu ʻoku nau ʻonautolu, pea ʻoku nau pehē ʻoku nau tonuhia; pea mo kinautolu ʻoku fakatau ʻakinautolu ʻoku nau pehē, ‘Fakafetaʻi kia Sihova; he ʻoku ou koloaʻia:’ pea naʻa mo ʻenau kau tauhi ʻanautolu, ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ai ha ʻofa kiate kinautolu.
6 For I will no longer spare The inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah; But, behold, I will deliver the men Every one into the hand of his neighbor, And into the hand of his king; And they shall smite the land, And I will not deliver out of their hand.
He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, “ʻE ʻikai te u toe manavaʻofa ki he kakai ʻoe fonua: kae vakai, te u tukuange ʻae tangata taki taha ki he nima ʻo hono kaungāʻapi, pea ki he nima ʻo hono tuʻi: pea te nau taaʻi ʻae fonua, pea ʻe ʻikai te u fakahaofi ʻakinautolu mei honau nima.”
7 So I fed the flock of slaughter, truly a miserable flock. And I took to me two crooks; the one I called Favor, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
Pea te u fafanga ʻae fanga manu ʻoku tāmatea, ʻio, ʻakimoutolu, ʻae kau masiva ʻi he fanga manu. Naʻaku toʻo kiate au ʻae tokotoko ʻe ua; pea naʻaku fakahingoa ʻae taha ko “Matamatalelei,” pea ko e taha naʻaku fakahingoa ko “Nonoʻo;” pea ne u fafanga ʻae fanga manu.
8 And I cut off three shepherds in one month; for I was weary of them, and they also abhorred me.
Naʻaku motuhi foki ʻae kau tauhi ʻe toko tolu ʻi he māhina pe taha; pea naʻe fehiʻa hoku laumālie kiate kinautolu, pea fehiʻa foki honau laumālie kiate au.
9 Then I said, I will not feed you; that which dieth, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat the flesh of one another.
Pea naʻaku toki pehē, “ʻE ʻikai te u kei fafanga ʻakimoutolu: ko ia ʻe mate, tuku pe ke mate; pea ko ia ʻe motuhi, tuku pe ke motuhi atu; pea ko hono toe, tuku ke fekainaki honau kakano.”
10 And I took my staff Favor, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the nations.
“Pea naʻaku toʻo ʻeku tokotoko ko Matamatalelei, pea u tuʻu ua ia, koeʻuhi ke u maumau ʻae fuakava, ʻaia naʻaku fai mo e kakai kotoa pē.
11 And it was broken in that day; and so the poor of the flock, who had regard to me, knew that it was the word of Jehovah.
Pea naʻe maumauʻi ia ʻi he ʻaho ko ia: ko ia naʻe ʻilo pau ai ʻe he kau masiva ʻi he fanga manu, ʻakinautolu naʻe tatali kiate au, ko e folofola ia ʻa Sihova.
12 Then I said to them, If it seem good in your eyes, give me my wages; if not, keep them. And they weighed for my wages thirty shekels of silver.
Pea ne u pehē kiate kinautolu, “Kapau ʻoku lelei kiate kimoutolu, tuku mai haʻaku totongi; pea ka ʻikai, pea ʻoua.” Ko ia naʻa nau fakamamafa ʻeku totongi, ko e konga siliva ʻe tolungofulu.
13 And Jehovah said to me, Cast it into the treasury, the goodly price at which I was valued by them. And I took the thirty shekels of silver, and cast them into the house of Jehovah, into the treasury.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova kiate au, “Lī ia ki he tufunga ngaohi ipu: ko e totongi lelei ʻaia naʻa nau fakatatau au ki ai.” Pea naʻaku toʻo ʻae konga siliva ʻe tolungofulu, pea lī ia ki he tufunga ngaohi ipu, naʻe ʻi he fale ʻo Sihova.
14 Then I broke my other crook, even Bands, to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Hili ia naʻaku tuʻu ua ʻa ʻeku tokotoko ʻe taha ʻaia ko Nonoʻo, koeʻuhi ke u maumauʻi ʻae fakakāinga ʻa Siuta, mo ʻIsileli.”
15 And Jehovah said to me: Take to thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova kiate au, “Toʻo kiate koe ʻae nāunau ʻoe tauhi vale.
16 For lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land Who shall not care for those that are perishing, Nor seek that which is gone astray, Nor heal that which is wounded, Nor support that which cannot go; But he shall eat the flesh of the fat, And consume it even to the hoofs.
He vakai, Te u fakatupu ha tauhi ʻi he fonua, ʻe ʻikai te ne ʻaʻahi kiate kinautolu ʻoku motuhi, pea ʻe ʻikai te ne kumi ʻaia ʻoku kei mui, pe te ne fakamoʻui ʻaia kuo lavea, pea ʻe ʻikai te ne fafanga ʻaia ʻoku taʻefaʻaʻalu: ka te ne kai ʻae kakano ʻo ia ʻoku sino, mo ne haehae ke iikiiki ʻa honau ngeʻesi vaʻe.
17 Woe to the foolish shepherd that leaveth the flock! The sword is upon his arm, and upon his right eye; His arm shall surely be withered, And his right eye shall surely be darkened!
Malaʻia ki he tauhi taʻeʻaonga, ʻaia ʻoku siʻaki ʻene fanga manu! ʻE tō ʻae heletā ki hono nima, pea mo hono mata toʻomataʻu: ʻe mate ʻaupito ʻa hono nima, pea ʻe fakapoʻuli ʻaupito ʻa hono mata toʻomataʻu.”

< Zechariah 11 >