Zacharie 11

1 Ouvre tes portes, ô Liban, et qu’un 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 Hurle, sapin, parce qu’un cèdre est tombé, parce que des grands ont été abattus; hurlez, chêne de Basan, parce que la forêt fortifiée a été coupée.

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 Le bruit du hurlement des pasteurs retentit, parce que leur magnificence a été ruinée; le bruit du rugissement des lions se fait entendre, parce que l’orgueil du Jourdain a été détruit.

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 mon Dieu: Pais les troupeaux de tuerie,

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 Que ceux qui les possédaient tuaient sans pitié, et ils les vendaient, disant: Béni le Seigneur! nous sommes devenus riches; et leurs pasteurs ne les épargnaient pas.

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 Et moi je n’épargnerai pas à l’avenir des habitants de la terre, dit le Seigneur: voici que moi je livrerai les hommes, chacun à la main de son prochain et à la main de son roi; et ils ravageront la terre, et je ne les délivrerai pas de leur main.

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 paîtrai le troupeau de tuerie, ô pauvres du troupeau. Et je pris pour moi deux houlettes; j’appelai l’une Beauté, et j’appelai l’autre Cordelette, 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 Et j’ai retranché trois pasteurs en un seul mois; mon âme s’est resserrée à leur égard, parce que leur âme a varié pour 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 vous paîtrai pas; que ce qui meurt meure, que ce qui est retranché soit retranché; que les autres dévorent chacun la chair de son prochain.

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 pris la houlette qui s’appelait Beauté, et je la brisai, pour rendre vaine mon alliance que j’ai faite 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 Et cette alliance fut rendue vaine en ce jour-là, et les pauvres du troupeau qui me gardent fidélité ont reconnu que c’était 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 dis: Si cela est bon à vos yeux, apportez-moi ma récompense; et sinon, demeurez en repos. Et ils pesèrent ma récompense, 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 Et le Seigneur me dit: Jette au statuaire ce prix magnifique auquel j’ai été évalué par eux. Et je pris les trente pièces d’argent, et je les jetai dans la maison du Seigneur au statuaire.

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 brisai ma seconde houlette qui s’appelait Cordelette, afin de détruire 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 Et le Seigneur me dit: Prends encore les instruments d’un pasteur insensé.

Then Yahweh said to me, “Take again the things that a foolish shepherd uses,

16 Parce que voici que moi, je susciterai sur la terre un pasteur qui ne visitera pas la brebis abandonnée, ne recherchera pas l’égarée, et ne guérira pas la blessée, et ne nourrira pas celle qui se tient ferme sur ses pieds, mais mangera les chairs des grasses, et brisera leurs sabots.

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 Ô pasteur et idole, qui abandonne le troupeau; un glaive tombera sur son bras et sur son œil droit; son bras sera entièrement desséché; et son œil droit sera tout couvert de ténèbres.

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.”