Zacharie 11
1 Ouvrez vos portes, Liban, pour que le feu dévore vos cèdres.
[You people of] [APO] Lebanon [should] open your gates, [because you will not be able to stop] fire from burning your cedar [trees]!
2 Gémis, cyprès, car le cèdre est tombé, parce que les majestueux sont détruits. Gémissez, chênes de Bashan, car la forêt forte est tombée.
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.
3 La voix des pleurs des bergers! Car leur gloire est détruite - une voix qui ressemble au rugissement de jeunes lions! Car la fierté du Jourdain est ruinée.
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.
4 Yahvé, mon Dieu, dit: « Paisez le troupeau de la boucherie.
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.
5 Leurs acheteurs les égorgent et restent impunis. Ceux qui les vendent disent: « Béni soit Yahvé, car je suis riche », et leurs propres bergers n'ont pas pitié d'eux.
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.
6 Car je n'aurai plus pitié des habitants du pays, dit l'Éternel, mais voici que je livrerai chacun de ces hommes entre les mains de son prochain et entre les mains de son roi. Ils frapperont le pays, et de leur main je ne les délivrerai pas. »
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].”
7 J'ai donc nourri le troupeau à abattre, surtout les opprimés du troupeau. Je pris pour moi deux bâtons. J'appelai l'un « faveur » et l'autre « union », et je fis paître le troupeau.
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.
8 J'exterminai les trois bergers en un mois, car mon âme était lasse d'eux, et leur âme aussi me haïssait.
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.
9 Alors je dis: « Je ne vous ferai pas paître. Ce qui meurt, qu'il meure; et ce qui doit être retranché, qu'il soit retranché; et que ceux qui restent mangent la chair les uns des autres. »
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.”
10 Je pris mon bâton Favor et je le taillai en pièces, afin de rompre l'alliance que j'avais conclue avec tous les peuples.
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.
11 Elle fut rompue ce jour-là, et les pauvres du troupeau qui m'écoutaient surent que c'était la parole de Yahvé.
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.
12 Je leur dis: « Si vous le jugez bon, donnez-moi mon salaire; sinon, gardez-le. » Ils pesèrent donc pour mon salaire trente pièces d'argent.
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.
13 L'Éternel me dit: « Jette-les au potier, c'est le beau prix auquel ils m'ont estimé. » J'ai pris les trente pièces d'argent et je les ai jetées au potier dans la maison de l'Éternel.
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.
14 Puis j'ai coupé mon autre bâton, l'Union, afin de rompre la fraternité entre Juda et Israël.
Then I broke my second staff, [the one that I named] ‘Union’. That [indicated that] Judah and Israel would no longer be united.
15 L'Éternel me dit: « Prends encore pour toi l'équipement d'un berger insensé.
Then Yahweh said to me, “Take again the things that a foolish shepherd uses,
16 Car voici que je vais susciter dans le pays un berger qui ne visitera pas ceux qui sont retranchés, ne cherchera pas ceux qui sont dispersés, ne guérira pas ceux qui sont brisés et ne nourrira pas ceux qui sont sains; mais il mangera la viande des brebis grasses et mettra leurs sabots en pièces.
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.
17 Malheur au berger sans valeur qui abandonne le troupeau! L'épée frappera son bras et son œil droit. Son bras sera complètement desséché, et son œil droit sera complètement aveuglé! ».
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.”
