Zechariah 11
1 [You people of] [APO] Lebanon [should] open your gates, [because you will not be able to stop] fire from burning your cedar [trees]!
Ouvre tes portes, Liban, et que le feu dévore tes cèdres!
2 Your cypress/pine [trees] [APO] should [also] wail because the cedar [trees] have been cut down. Those glorious/great trees have been destroyed. The oak trees in the Bashan [region] should also wail, because the other trees in the forest have been cut down.
Lamente-toi, cyprès, car le cèdre est tombé, les arbres magnifiques ont été ravagés! Lamentez-vous, chênes de Basan, car la forêt impénétrable est abattue!
3 And listen to the shepherds crying because the fertile pastures have been ruined. Listen to the lions roar; they roar because the delightful forest [where they live] near the Jordan [River] has been ruined.
On entend la lamentation des bergers, parce que leur gloire est ruinée; on entend le rugissement des lionceaux, car ce qui faisait l’orgueil du Jourdain a été ruiné.
4 This is what Yahweh my God said [to me]: “[I want you to] become a shepherd for a flock [of sheep that are about] to be slaughtered.
Ainsi parle Yahweh, mon Dieu: « Sois pasteur du troupeau de carnage
5 The people who are going to buy the sheep will kill the sheep, and they will not be punished. Those who are selling the sheep say, ‘[I] praise Yahweh, [because] I will become rich!’ Even the shepherds do not feel sorry for the sheep.
que leurs acheteurs tuent impunément, et dont les vendeurs disent: Béni soit Yahweh! je m’enrichis, — et que leurs bergers n’épargnent point.
6 And similarly, I no longer feel sorry for the people of this country. I am going to allow many of them [HYP] to be captured by other people or by their king. Those who capture them will ruin this country, and I will not rescue any [of the people].”
Car je n’épargnerai plus les habitants du pays, — oracle de Yahweh; voici que moi-même je livrerai les hommes aux mains les uns des autres et aux mains de leur roi; ils dévasteront le pays, et je ne délivrerai pas de leur main. »
7 So I became the shepherd of a flock [of sheep that were about] to be slaughtered [for their meat to be sold] to the dealers. [I took good care of the sheep, even the ones that were the weakest sheep. Then] I took two [shepherds’] /walking sticks). I named the one [staff] ‘Kindness’ and the other [staff] ‘Union’. And I took good care of the sheep.
Alors je me fis pasteur du troupeau de carnage, et aussi des plus misérables du troupeau. Je pris deux houlettes; je nommai l’une Grâce, et je nommai l’autre Lien, et je fis paître le troupeau.
8 But the three shepherds [who had been working with me] detested me, and I became impatient with them. Within one month I (dismissed/got rid of) those shepherds.
Je retranchai les trois pasteurs en un seul mois. Et je perdis patience avec les brebis, et elles aussi étaient lasses de moi.
9 So I said [to the dealers], “I will no [longer] be the shepherd. I will allow the ones that are dying to die. I will allow the ones that are getting lost to get lost. And I will not prevent those that remain from destroying each other.”
Et je dis: « Je ne vous paîtrai plus; que celle qui meurt, meure; que celle qui disparaît, disparaisse, et que celles qui restent se dévorent les unes les autres! »
10 Then I took the staff that I had named ‘Kindness’ and I broke it. [That showed that Yahweh] was annulling/canceling the agreement that he had made with all the people-groups.
Je pris ma houlette Grâce et je la brisai, pour rompre mon alliance que j’avais faite avec tous les peuples.
11 So that agreement was ended immediately. And the men who bought and sold sheep who were watching me knew [by seeing what I was doing] that I was giving them a message from Yahweh.
Elle fut brisée en ce jour-là, et ainsi les plus misérables du troupeau, qui faisaient cas de moi, connurent que telle était la parole de Yahweh.
12 I told them, “If you think it is what you should do, pay me [for taking care of the sheep]. If you do not think that is what you should do, do not pay me.” So they paid me [only] 30 pieces of silver.
Et je leur dis: « Si vous le trouvez bon, donnez-moi mon salaire; sinon, n’en faites rien. » Et ils pesèrent mon salaire, trente sicles d’argent.
13 Then Yahweh said to me, “[That is a ridiculously small amount of money that they have paid you]! [So] throw it to the man who makes clay pots!” So I took the silver to the temple of Yahweh, and I threw it in the chest where the offerings/money is kept.
Et Yahweh me dit: « Jette-le au potier, ce prix magnifique auquel j’ai été estimé par eux! » Et je pris les trente sicles d’argent et je les jetai dans la maison de Yahweh, au potier.
14 Then I broke my second staff, [the one that I named] ‘Union’. That [indicated that] Judah and Israel would no longer be united.
Je brisai ensuite ma seconde houlette Lien, pour rompre la fraternité entre Juda et Israël.
15 Then Yahweh said to me, “Take again the things that a foolish shepherd uses,
Yahweh me dit: « Prends maintenant l’attirail d’un nouveau pasteur.
16 because I am going to appoint a new king for the people, [one who will not take care of my people. He will be like a foolish shepherd]: [MET] He will not take care of those who are dying, those who are very young, those who have been injured, or those who do not have enough food. Instead, he will [treat them very cruelly, like a shepherd who would] [MET] kill and eat the best sheep and tear off their hoofs.
Car voici que moi-même je vais susciter sur le pays un berger qui n’aura pas souci des brebis qui se perdent, qui ne cherchera pas ce qui est dispersé, qui ne guérira pas celle qui est blessée; il ne nourrira pas celle qui est saine, il mangera la chair de celle qui est grasse et fendra leur sabot.
17 But terrible things will happen to that foolish/useless king who abandons the people [MET] over whom he rules. [His enemies] will strike his arm and his right eye with their swords. [The result will be that] he will have no strength in his arm, and his right eye will become completely blind.”
Malheur au pasteur de néant qui délaisse le troupeau! Que le glaive soit sur son bras et sur son œil droit! Que son bras se dessèche, et que son œil droit s’éteigne! »
