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]!
Lat upp portarne dine, Libanon, so elden kann øyda cedertrei dine!
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.
Jamra deg, du cypressa, for cederen er fallen, dei herlege trei avøydde! Jamra dykk, de Basan-eiker: for tjukkaste skogen er sokken!
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.
Høyr, kor hyrdingarne jamrar; for di deira herlegdom er lagd i øyde! Høyr, kor dei unge løvorne burar; for Jordans prydnad er herja!
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.
So sagde Herren min Gud: Røkta slagtesauerne!
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.
For dei som kjøper deim, slagtar deim utan å bøta for det, og dei som sel deim segjer: «Lova vere Herren! Eg vert då rik!» Og hyrdingarne deira sparer deim ikkje.
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].”
For no vil eg ikkje meir spara folket i landet, segjer Herren; men eg vil lata menneski falla i henderne på kvarandre og i henderne på kongen sin, og dei skal øyda landet, og eg vil ikkje fria frå deira vald.
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.
So tok eg til å røkta slagtesauerne, ja, dei ringaste av sauerne, og eg tok meg tvo stavar, den eine kalla eg Godvilje, og den andre kalla eg Sameining. Eg gjætte då sauerne,
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.
og eg gjorde dei tri hyrdingarne til inkjes på ein månad. Då leiddest eg ved deim, og dei stygdest og ved meg,
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.”
og so sagde eg: «Eg vil ikkje lenger vera hyrdingen dykkar. Lat dei døy som vil døy, og lat det øydast som vil øydast, og dei som vert att, fær eta kvarandre upp!»
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.
So tok eg staven min Godvilje og braut honom sund til å løysa upp pakti som eg hadde gjort med alle folki.
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.
Og ho vart gjord til inkjes same dagen, og då fekk dei sanna dei arme sauerne som ansa på meg, at det var Herrens ord.
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.
Dinæst sagde eg til deim: «Um de so synest, so gjev meg løni mi, og synest de ikkje det er verdt, so lat det vera!» Då vog dei upp tretti sylvdalar til løn åt meg.
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.
Då sagde Herren til meg: Sleng honom burt til pottemakaren, den herlege prisen som dei hev verdsett meg til! Og eg tok dei tretti sylvdalarne og kasta deim inn i Herrens hus, burt til pottemakaren.
14 Then I broke my second staff, [the one that I named] ‘Union’. That [indicated that] Judah and Israel would no longer be united.
So braut eg sund den andre staven min, Sameining, til å løysa upp brorskapen millom Juda og Israel.
15 Then Yahweh said to me, “Take again the things that a foolish shepherd uses,
Og Herren sagde til meg: Tak deg no atter hyrdingreidskap, som ein skarvehyrding.
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.
For sjå, eg let ein hyrding risa upp i landet, ein som ikkje bryr seg um dei burtkomne, ikkje leitar etter dei villfarne, ikkje heilar dei brotne og ikkje syter for dei friske; men kjøtet av dei feite et han, og klauverne deira riv han av.
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.”
Usæl den skarvehyrdingen som svik sauerne! Sverd yver armen hans og yver høgre auga hans! Visna, ja, visna skal armen hans, og høgre auga hans verta blindt.
