Zekaria 11
1 “O Lebanon, ʋu wò agbowo da ɖi siaa be dzo nabi wò sedatiwo!
Open thy gates, O Libanus, and let fire devour thy 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, thou fir tree, for the cedar is fallen, for the mighty are laid waste: howl, ye oaks of Basan, because the fenced forest is 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, because their glory is laid waste: the voice of the roaring of the lions, because the pride of the Jordan is spoiled.
4 Yehowa, nye Mawu la gblɔ nam be, “Yi nàwɔ dɔ abe alẽkplɔla ene, eye nàkplɔ alẽ siwo woɖo ɖi na wuwu.
Thus saith 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 they that possessed, slew, and repented not, and they sold them, saying: Blessed be the Lord, we are become rich: and their shepherds spared them not.
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 I will no more spare the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: behold I will deliver the men, every one into his neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall destroy the land, and I will not deliver it out of 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 feed the hock of slaughter for this, O ye poor of the dock. And I took unto me two rods, one I called Beauty, and the other I called a Cord, and I fed 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 off three shepherds in one month, and my soul was straitened in their regard: for their soul also varied in my regard.
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 feed you: that which dieth, let it die: and that which is cut off, let it be cut off: and let the rest devour every one the flesh of his neighbour.
10 Ale metsɔ nye atikplɔ si meyɔ be Dɔmefafa la, meŋee, eye metu nu si mebla kple dukɔwo.
And I took my rod that was called Beauty, and I cut it asunder to make void my covenant, which I had made with all 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 was made void in that day: and so the poor of the flock that keep for me, understood that it 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 be good in your eyes, bring hither my wages: and if not, be quiet. And they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
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 to the statuary, a handsome price, that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and I cast them into the house of the Lord to 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 off my second rod that was called a Cord, that I might break the brotherhood between Juda and Israel.
15 Yehowa gblɔ nam be, “Tsɔ alẽkplɔla tsibome ƒe lãkplɔnu,
And the Lord said to me: Take to thee yet the instruments 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 shall not visit what is forsaken, nor seek what is scattered, nor heal what is broken, nor nourish that which standeth, and he shall eat the flesh of the fat 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, that forsaketh the flock: the sword upon his arm and upon his right eye: his arm shall quite wither away, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
