Zekaria 11
1 “O Lebanon, ʋu wò agbowo da ɖi siaa be dzo nabi wò sedatiwo!
Open your gates, Lebanon, and let fire consume your cedars.
2 Mifa avi, O logotiwo elabena sedati mu dze anyi, ati gãwo tsrɔ̃! Mi ati sesẽ siwo le Basan, mifa avi, elabena wolã avetsuawo ƒu anyi!
Howl, you fir tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the magnificent have been devastated. Howl, you oaks of Bashan, because the secure forest passage has been cut down.
3 Miɖo to alẽkplɔlawo ƒe avifafa, elabena woƒe lãnyiƒe damawo tsrɔ̃. Miɖo to dzatawo ƒe xɔxlɔ̃, elabena Yɔdan ƒe ave damawo tsrɔ̃!”
The voice of the howling of the shepherds: for their magnificence has been devastated. The voice of the roaring of the lions: because the arrogance of the Jordan has been devastated.
4 Yehowa, nye Mawu la gblɔ nam be, “Yi nàwɔ dɔ abe alẽkplɔla ene, eye nàkplɔ alẽ siwo woɖo ɖi na wuwu.
Thus says the Lord my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter,
5 Wo ƒlelawo wua wo yakatsyɔ, eye ame aɖeke mehea to na wo o. Ame siwo dzra wo la hã gblɔ be, ‘Mikafu Yehowa elabena mezu kesinɔtɔ!’ Woƒe kplɔlawo ŋutɔ gɔ̃ hã mekpɔa wo ta o,
which those who possessed them cut down, and they did not feel sorrow, and they sold them, saying: “Blessed be the Lord; we have become wealthy. Even their shepherds did not spare them.”
6 elabena nyemagakpɔ nublanui na anyigbadzinɔlawo o.” Yehowae gblɔe. “Malé ame sia ame ade asi na ehavi kple eƒe fia. Woate anyigba la ɖe to, eye nyemaɖe wo tso woƒe asi me o.”
And so, I will no longer spare the inhabitants upon the earth, says the Lord. Behold, I will deliver men, each one into the hand of his neighbor and into the hand of his king. And they will cut down the land, and I will not rescue it from their hand.
7 Ale nye ŋutɔ mekplɔ alẽha si woɖo ɖi na wuwu, vevietɔ wo dometɔ siwo wote ɖe anyi. Metsɔ atizɔti eve, meyɔ ɖeka be Dɔmefafa, evelia be Ɖekawɔwɔ, eye mekpɔ alẽha la ta.
And I will pasture the flock of the slaughter, because of this, O poor of the flock. And I took to myself two staffs: the one I called Handsome, and the other I called Rope, and I pastured the flock.
8 Le ɣleti ɖeka me la, meɖe alẽkplɔla etɔ̃ katã ɖa. Alẽha la lé fum, eye woƒe nu ti kɔ nam.
And I cut down three shepherds in one month. And my soul became contracted concerning them, just as their soul also varied concerning me.
9 Megblɔ be, “Nyemaganye miaƒe kplɔla o. Ame siwo le kukum la neku, eye ame siwo le tsɔtsrɔ̃m la netsrɔ̃. Ame siwo susɔ la nelé wo nɔewo ɖu.”
And I said: I will not pasture you. Whatever dies, let it die. And whatever is cut down, let it be cut down. And let the rest of them devour, each one the flesh of his neighbor.
10 Ale metsɔ nye atikplɔ si meyɔ be Dɔmefafa la, meŋee, eye metu nu si mebla kple dukɔwo.
And I took my staff, which was called Handsome, and I tore it apart, so as to invalidate my pact, which I had struck with all of the people.
11 Metu nubabla la gbe ma gbe, eye ame siwo nu ti kɔ na le alẽhawo me, esi wole kpɔyem la, nyae be enye Yehowa ƒe nya.
And it became invalid in that day. And so they understood, just like the poor of the flock who stay close to me, that this is the word of the Lord.
12 Megblɔ na wo be, “Ne edze mia ŋu la, ekema mixe nye fe nam, gake ne medze mia ŋu o la, mitsɔe.” Ale woxe klosaloga blaetɔ̃ nam.
And I said to them: If it is good in your eyes, bring me my wages. And if not, remain still. And they weighed for my wages thirty silver coins.
13 Yehowa gblɔ nam be, “Tsɔe ƒu gbe ɖe zemela ŋu.” Eyae nye home gã si wosusu be mexɔ! Ale metsɔ klosaloga blaetɔ̃ la ƒu gbe ɖe Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ ƒe nudzraɖoƒe.
And the Lord said to me: Cast it towards the statuary, the handsome price at which I have been valued by them. And I took the thirty silver coins, and I cast them into the house of the Lord, towards the statuary.
14 Azɔ meŋe nye atikplɔ evelia si meyɔ be Ɖekawɔwɔ la, ale meŋe ɖekawɔwɔ si le Yuda kple Israel dome.
And I cut short my second staff, which was called Rope, so that I might dissolve the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15 Yehowa gblɔ nam be, “Tsɔ alẽkplɔla tsibome ƒe lãkplɔnu,
And the Lord said to me: Still they are to you the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
16 elabena mele alẽkplɔla aɖe ɖo ge ɖe anyigba la nu si makpɔ alẽ bubuwo ta alo adi alẽviwo alo abla abi na esiwo xɔ abi alo adi nuɖuɖu na esiwo le sesĩe la o, ke boŋ aɖu alẽ nyuitɔwo ƒe lã, eye wòavuvu woƒe afɔkliwo.
For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit what is forsaken, nor seek what is scattered, nor heal what is broken, nor nourish what remains standing, and he will consume the flesh of the fatted ones and break their hoofs.
17 “Baba na alẽkplɔla ɖigbɔ̃ la, ame si gblẽ alẽha la ɖi! Yi nelã eƒe abɔ, eye wòaho eƒe ɖusimeŋku! Eƒe abɔ nedzo ɖo agu, eye eƒe ɖusimeŋku nagbã keŋkeŋ!”
O shepherd and idol, abandoning the flock, with a sword upon his arm and over his right eye: his arm will be withered by drought, and his right eye will be obscured by darkness.
