Zechariah 11
1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
Fungua milango yako, ee Lebanoni, ili moto uteketeze mielezi yako!
2 Howl, fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are laid waste: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
Omboleza, enyi miti ya misonobari, kwani mierezi imeanguka! Kilichokuwa cha fahari kimeteketezwa! Ombolezeni, enyi mialoni ya Bashani, kwani msitu wenye nguvu umeshushwa.
3 [There is] a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is laid waste.
Wachungaji wanapiga yowe, kwa kuwa utukufu wao umeharibiwa! Sauti ya mungurumo wa wana simba, kwa kuwa kiburi cha Mto Yordani kimeharibiwa!
4 Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
Hivi ndivyo asemavyo Yahwe Mungu wangu, “Lichungeni kundi la kondoo lililotiyari kuchinjwa!
5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed [be] the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
(Wanaowanunua wanawachinja bila kuhadhibiwa, nao wawauzao husema, 'Atukuzwe Yahwe! Nimetajirika! Kwa maana wachungaji wafanyao kazi kwa wenye kondoo hawawahurumii.)
6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver [them].
Kwa maana hiyo sitawahurumia tena wenyeji wa nchi! - hivi ndivyo asemavyo Yahwe. Tazama! Mimi mwenyewe nipo tiyari kumwelekeza kila mtu katika mkono wa jirani yake na katika mkono wa mfalme wake, nao wataiharibu nchi na hakuna hata mmoja wao nitakayemwokoa kutoka katika mkono wao.”
7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, [even] you, O poor of the flock. And I took to me two staffs; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
Hivyo nikawa mchungaji wa kondoo walioamriwa kuchinjwa, kwa wanaowashughulikia kondoo. Nilichukua fimbo mbili; fimbo moja nikaiita “Neema” na nyingine nikaiita “Umoja.” Kwa njia hii niliwachunga kondoo.
8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
Ndani ya mwezi mmoja niliwaangamiza wachungaji watatu, kwa maana sikuwavumilia tena, wao pia walinichukia.
9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat, every one the flesh of another.
Ndipo nilipowaambia wamiliki, “Sitafanya kazi kama mchungaji wenu tena. Wakondoo wafao - na wafe; kondoo wanaoangamizwa - na waangamizwe. Na kondoo wasaliao kila mmoja ale nyama ya jirani yake.”
10 And I took my staff, [even] Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
Hivyo nikaichukua fimbo yangu “Neema” na nikaivunja kuvunja agano nililokuwa nimelifanya na kabila zangu zote.
11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it [was] the word of the LORD.
Katika siku hiyo agano lilivunjwa, na wale wanaoshughulika na kondoo na waliokuwa wakiniangalia walifahamu kwamba Yahwe amesema.
12 And I said to them, If ye think good, give [me] my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty [pieces] of silver.
Nikawaambia, “Ikiwa itawapendeza, nilipeni ujira wangu. Kama sivyo, msifanye hivyo.” Hivyo wakapima ujira wangu - vipande thelathini vya fedha.
13 And the LORD said to me, Cast it to the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty [pieces] of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
Kisha Yahwe akaniambia, “Weka fedha katika hazina, thamani nzuri zaidi ambayo walikupa!” Hivyo nikachukua vipande thelathini vya fedha na kuviweka katika hazina ndani ya nyumbani Yahwe.
14 Then I cut asunder my other staff, [even] Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Kisha nikavunja fimbo yangu ya pili, “Umoja,” kuvunja undugu kati ya Yuda na Israeli.
15 And the LORD said to me, Take to thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
Yahwe akaniambia, “Tena, chukua chombo cha mchungaji mpumbavu kwa ajili yako mwenyewe,
16 For lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, [who] shall not visit those that are cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
kwa maana tazama, niko tiyari kumweka mahali mchungaji katika nchi. Hataangalia kondoo wanaoangamia. Hatatafuta kondoo wapoteao, wala kuwaponya kondoo wachechemeao. Hatawalisha kondoo wenye afya, lakini atakula nyama ya kondoo walionona naye atapasua kwato zao.
17 Woe to the idle shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword [shall be] upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be wholly dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
Ole kwa wachungaji wasiofaa wanaoliacha kundi la kondoo! Upanga na uje dhidi ya mkono wake na jicho lake la kulia! Mkono wake na ukauke na jicho lake la kulia lipofuke!
