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, o Libano, le tue porte, e il fuoco consumerà 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.
Urlate, abeti; perciocchè i cedri son caduti, e gli [alberi] nobili sono stati guasti; urlate, querce di Basan; perciocchè la selva chiusa è stata 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.
[Vi è] un grido d'urlo de' pastori, perciocchè la lor gloria è stata guasta; [vi è] un grido di ruggito de' leoncelli, perciocchè l'altezza del Giordano è stata guasta.
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 ha detto il Signore Iddio mio: Pastura le pecore esposte ad uccisione;
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.
i cui comperatori le uccidono, e non ne son tenuti colpevoli; ed i cui venditori dicono: Benedetto [sia] il Signore; io son pure arricchito; ed i cui pastori non le risparmiano punto.
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].”
Perciocchè io non risparmierò più gli abitanti del paese, dice il Signore; anzi ecco, io farò cader gli uomini nelle mani l'un dell'altro, e nelle mani del loro re; ed essi metteranno il paese in conquasso, ed io non [li] riscoterò dalle lor 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 adunque pasturai le pecore esposte ad uccisione, [che son] veramente le più povere della greggia; e mi presi due verghe; all'una posi nome: Piacevolezza, e all'altra posi nome: Vincoli; e pasturai la greggia.
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.
Ed io sterminai tre pastori in un mese; ma l'anima mia si accorò per essi, ed anche l'anima loro mi ebbe a sdegno.
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.”
Ed io dissi: Io non vi pasturerò [più]; quella che muore muoia, quella che perisce perisca, e quelle che rimangono mangino la carne l'una dell'altra.
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.
Ed io presi la mia verga, [detta] Piacevolezza, e la spezzai; annullando il mio patto, che io avea fatto 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.
E quello fu annullato in quel giorno, e i poveri d'infra la greggia che mi osservavano conobbero che ciò [era] parola 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.
Ed io dissi loro: Se così vi piace, datemi il mio premio; se no, rimanetevene. Ed essi mi pesarono trenta [sicli] d'argento per lo mio premio.
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.
E il Signore mi disse: Gettali via, [perchè sien dati] ad un vasellaio; [quest'è] il prezzo onorevole, nel quale io sono stato da loro apprezzato. Io presi adunque i trenta [sicli] d'argento, e li gettai nella Casa del Signore, [per esser dati] ad un vasellaio.
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 ruppi la mia seconda verga, [detta] Vincoli, rompendo la fratellanza fra Giuda ed Israele.
15 Then Yahweh said to me, “Take again the things that a foolish shepherd uses,
E il Signore mi disse: Prenditi ancora gli arnesi d'un pazzo pastore.
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.
Perciocchè, ecco, io farò sorgere nel paese un pastore, il qual non avrà cura delle [pecore] che periranno; egli non cercherà le disperse, e non risanerà le fiaccate, e non sostenterà quelle che stanno ancora in piè; anzi mangerà la carne delle grasse, e schianterà loro 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.”
Guia al pastore da nulla, che abbandona la greggia; la spada soprasta al suo braccio, ed al suo occhio destro; il suo braccio si seccherà del tutto, ed il suo occhio destro sarà del tutto oscurato.
