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]!
Άνοιξον, Λίβανε, τας θύρας σου και ας καταφάγη πυρ τας κέδρους σου.
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.
Ολόλυξον, ελάτη, διότι έπεσεν κέδρος· διότι οι μεγιστάνες ηφανίσθησαν· ολολύξατε, δρυς της Βασάν, διότι το δάσος το απρόσιτον κατεκόπη.
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.
Φωνή ακούεται ποιμένων θρηνούντων, διότι η δόξα αυτών ηφανίσθη· φωνή βρυχωμένων σκύμνων, διότι το φρύαγμα του Ιορδάνου εταπεινώθη.
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.
Ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός μου· Ποίμαινε το ποίμνιον της σφαγής,
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.
το οποίον οι αγοράσαντες αυτό σφάζουσιν ατιμωρήτως· οι δε πωλούντες αυτό λέγουσιν, Ευλογητός ο Κύριος, διότι επλούτησα, και αυτοί οι ποιμένες αυτού δεν φείδονται αυτού.
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].”
Διά τούτο δεν θέλω φεισθή πλέον των κατοίκων του τόπου, λέγει Κύριος, αλλ' ιδού, εγώ θέλω παραδώσει τους ανθρώπους έκαστον εις την χείρα του πλησίον αυτού και εις την χείρα του βασιλέως αυτού, και θέλουσι κατακόψει την γην και δεν θέλω ελευθερώσει αυτούς εκ της χειρός αυτών.
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.
Και εποίμανα το ποίμνιον της σφαγής, το όντως τεταλαιπωρημένον ποίμνιον. Και έλαβον εις εμαυτόν δύο ράβδους, την μίαν εκάλεσα Κάλλος και την άλλην εκάλεσα Δεσμούς, και εποίμανα το ποίμνιον.
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.
Και εξωλόθρευσα τρεις ποιμένας εν ενί μηνί· και η ψυχή μου εβαρύνθη αυτούς και η ψυχή δε αυτών απεστράφη εμέ.
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.”
Τότε είπα, Δεν θέλω σας ποιμαίνει· το αποθνήσκον ας αποθνήσκη και το απολωλός ας απόλλυται και τα εναπολειπόμενα ας τρώγωσιν έκαστον την σάρκα του πλησίον αυτού.
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.
Και έλαβον την ράβδον μου, το Κάλλος, και κατέκοψα αυτήν, διά να ακυρώσω την διαθήκην μου, την οποίαν έκαμον προς πάντας τους λαούς τούτους,
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.
και ηκυρώθη εν τη ημέρα εκείνη· και ούτω το ποίμνιον το τεταλαιπωρημένον, το οποίον απέβλεπεν εις εμέ, εγνώρισεν ότι ούτος ήτο ο λόγος του Κυρίου.
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.
Και είπα προς αυτούς, Εάν σας φαίνηται καλόν, δότε μοι τον μισθόν μου· ει δε μη, αρνήθητε αυτόν. Και έστησαν τον μισθόν μου τριάκοντα αργύρια.
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.
Και είπε Κύριος προς εμέ, Ρίψον αυτά εις τον κεραμέα, την έντιμον τιμήν, με την οποίαν ετιμήθην υπ' αυτών. Και έλαβον τα τριάκοντα αργύρια και έρριψα αυτά εν τω οίκω του Κυρίου εις τον κεραμέα.
14 Then I broke my second staff, [the one that I named] ‘Union’. That [indicated that] Judah and Israel would no longer be united.
Και κατέκοψα την άλλην μου ράβδον, τους Δεσμούς, διά να ακυρώσω την αδελφότητα μεταξύ Ιούδα και Ισραήλ.
15 Then Yahweh said to me, “Take again the things that a foolish shepherd uses,
Και είπε Κύριος προς εμέ, Λάβε εις σεαυτόν έτι τα εργαλεία ποιμένος ασυνέτου.
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.
Διότι ιδού, εγώ θέλω αναστήσει ποιμένα επί την γην, όστις δεν θέλει επισκέπτεσθαι τα απολωλότα, δεν θέλει ζητεί το διεσκορπισμένον και δεν θέλει ιατρεύει το συντετριμμένον ουδέ θέλει ποιμαίνει το υγιές· αλλά θέλει τρώγει την σάρκα του παχέος και κατακόπτει τους όνυχας αυτών.
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.”
Ουαί εις τον μάταιον ποιμένα, τον εγκαταλείποντα το ποίμνιον· ρομφαία θέλει ελθεί επί τον βραχίονα αυτού και επί τον δεξιόν οφθαλμόν αυτού· ο βραχίων αυτού θέλει ολοτελώς ξηρανθή και ο δεξιός οφθαλμός αυτού ολοκλήρως αμαυρωθή.
