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]!
Apri, Libano, le tue porte, e il fuoco divori i tuoi cedri.
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.
Urla, cipresso, perché il cedro è caduto, gli splendidi alberi sono distrutti. Urlate, querce di Basàn, perché la foresta impenetrabile è abbattuta!
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.
Si ode il lamento dei pastori, perché la loro gloria è distrutta! Si ode il ruggito dei leoncelli, perché è devastata la magnificenza del Giordano!
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.
Così parla il Signore mio Dio: «Pasci quelle pecore da macello
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.
che i compratori sgozzano impunemente, e i venditori dicono: Sia benedetto il Signore, mi sono arricchito, e i pastori non se ne curano affatto.
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].”
Neppur io perdonerò agli abitanti del paese. Oracolo del Signore. Ecco, io abbandonerò gli uomini l'uno in balìa dell'altro, in balìa del loro re, perché devastino il paese - non mi curerò di liberarli dalle loro mani».
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.
Io dunque mi misi a pascolare le pecore da macello da parte dei mercanti di pecore. Presi due bastoni: uno lo chiamai Benevolenza e l'altro Unione e condussi al pascolo le pecore.
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.
Nel volgere d'un sol mese eliminai tre pastori. Ma io mi irritai contro di esse, perché anch'esse si erano tediate di me.
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.”
Perciò io dissi: «Non sarò più il vostro pastore. Chi vuol morire, muoia; chi vuol perire, perisca; quelle che rimangono si divorino pure fra di loro!».
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.
Presi il bastone chiamato Benevolenza e lo spezzai: ruppi così l'alleanza da me stabilita con tutti i popoli.
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.
Lo ruppi in quel medesimo giorno; i mercanti di pecore che mi osservavano, riconobbero che quello era l'ordine del Signore.
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.
Poi dissi loro: «Se vi pare giusto, datemi la mia paga; se no, lasciate stare». Essi allora pesarono trenta sicli d'argento come mia paga.
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.
Ma il Signore mi disse: «Getta nel tesoro questa bella somma, con cui sono stato da loro valutato!». Io presi i trenta sicli d'argento e li gettai nel tesoro della casa del Signore.
14 Then I broke my second staff, [the one that I named] ‘Union’. That [indicated that] Judah and Israel would no longer be united.
Poi feci a pezzi il secondo bastone chiamato Unione per rompere così la fratellanza fra Giuda e Israele.
15 Then Yahweh said to me, “Take again the things that a foolish shepherd uses,
Quindi il Signore mi disse: «Prenditi gli attrezzi di un pastore insensato,
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.
poiché ecco, io susciterò nel paese un pastore, che non avrà cura di quelle che si perdono, non cercherà le disperse, non curerà le malate, non nutrirà le affamate; mangerà invece le carni delle più grasse e strapperà loro perfino le unghie.
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.”
Guai al pastore stolto che abbandona il gregge! Una spada sta sopra il suo braccio e sul suo occhio destro. Tutto il suo braccio si inaridisca e tutto il suo occhio destro resti accecato».
