Zacharie 11
1 Liban, ouvre tes portes, et que le feu dévore tes 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 Que le pin gémisse, parce que le cèdre est tombé, parce que les plus grands sont détruits; chênes de Basan, gémissez, parce que la forêt épaisse est abattue.
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 Que la voix des pasteurs en larmes se fasse entendre, parce que leur grandeur s'est changée en détresse; et que les lions rugissent, parce que le Jourdain souffre en son orgueil.
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 Voici ce que dit le Seigneur tout-puissant: Paissez les brebis du sacrifice.
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 possesseurs les égorgeaient sans regret, tandis que ceux qui en avaient vendu disaient: Béni soit le Seigneur, nous voilà riches; et leurs bergers ne souffraient aucunement pour elles.
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 C'est pourquoi Je n'épargnerai aucun des habitants de la terre, dit le Seigneur; et voilà que Je livrerai chacun de ces hommes aux peuples voisins et aux mains de leurs rois; et ceux-ci désoleront la terre, et Je ne la délivrerai point de leurs mains.
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 Et Je ferai paître dans le pays de Chanaan les brebis du sacrifice, et Je prendrai pour Moi deux houlettes, l'une que J'ai nommée la Beauté, l'autre que J'ai nommée le Cordeau; et Je ferai paître les brebis.
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 Et Je ferai périr trois pasteurs en un mois, et Mon âme s'appesantira sur eux; car leurs âmes ont rugi contre Moi.
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 Et J'ai dit: Je ne serai plus votre pasteur; que ce qui est mort soit mort, que ce qui est tombé soit tombé, et que les survivants dévorent les chairs 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 Et Je prendrai Ma belle houlette, et Je la rejetterai pour briser Mon alliance, l'alliance que J'avais faite en faveur de 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 Et ce jour-là elle sera rompue, et les Chananéens connaîtront les brebis que Je garde; car telle est la parole du Seigneur.
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 Et Je leur dirai: S'il vous semble bon, donnez-Moi un salaire; sinon; refusez-le-Moi. Et ils ont pesé pour Mon salaire trente sicles 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 Et le Seigneur me dit: Jette-les dans le creuset, et Je verrai si l'argent a été éprouvé de la même manière que J'ai été éprouvé pour l'amour d'eux. Et je pris les trente sicles d'argent, et je les jetai au creuset, dans le temple du Seigneur.
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 Et Je rejetai la seconde houlette, le Cordeau, pour briser les liens 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 Et le Seigneur me dit: Prends encore pour toi le bagage d'un pasteur, d'un pasteur insensé.
Then Yahweh said to me, “Take again the things that a foolish shepherd uses,
16 Car voilà que Je susciterai un pasteur contre la terre; et il ne visitera pas ce qui périt; et il ne cherchera pas ce qui est égaré; et il ne guérira pas ce qui est blessé; et il ne gardera pas même ce qui est entier; et il mangera les chairs des bêtes d'élite, et il disloquera les jointures des os.
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 pasteur des idoles, à celui qui délaisse les brebis! Le glaive est levé sur son bras et sur son œil droit; son bras sera desséché, et son œil droit ne verra plus.
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.”
