Zakariás 11

1 Nyisd meg, Libánon, kapuidat, hogy tűz emésszen czédrusaid közt!

[You people of] [APO] Lebanon [should] open your gates, [because you will not be able to stop] fire from burning your cedar [trees]!

2 Jajgass, cziprusfa, hogy ledőlt a czédrus, mivel hatalmasok pusztíttattak el; jajgassatok, ti Básán terebinthusai, hogy ledőlt a hatalmas erdő!

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 Hallik jajgatása a pásztoroknak, hogy elpusztíttatott a pompájuk; hallik ordítása a fiatal oroszlánoknak, hogy elpusztíttatott a Jordán büszkesége!

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 Így szól az Örökkévaló, az én Istenem: Legeltesd az öldöklésre való juhokat,

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 melyeknek vevői öldöklik őket s nem esnek bűnbe, eladójuk pedig mondja: áldott legyen az Örökkévaló, meggazdagodom; pásztoruk pedig nem könyörül rajtuk.

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 Mert nem könyörülök többé az ország lakóin, úgymond az Örökkévaló; sőt íme én juttatom az embereket, kit-kit felebarátjának a kezébe és királyának a kezébe: összetörik az országot és nem mentem meg a kezükből.

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 Legeltettem tehát az öldöklésre való juhokat, valóban a juhoknak legszegényebbjeit; és vettem magamhoz két botot: az egyiket neveztem kedvességnek, a másikat pedig egybekötésnek; és legeltettem a juhokat.

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 És megsemmisítettem a három pásztort egy hónapban; és rájuk unt a lelkem s az ő lelkök is megutált engem.

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 Mondtam tehát: nem legeltetlek titeket; a mi meghal, haljon meg, s a mi elpusztul, pusztuljon el, a megmaradottak pedig emésszék fel egyik a másikának a húsát.

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 Erre vettem botomat: a kedvességet, és szétvágtam azt, hogy fölbontsam szövetségemet, melyet kötöttem mind a népekkel.

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 Így bontatott föl ama napon, és megtudták ekképpen a juhok legszegényebbjei, amelyek vártak reám, hogy az Örökkévaló igéje az.

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 És szóltam hozzájok: Ha jónak tetszik szemeitekben, adjátok meg a béremet, ha pedig nem, hagyjátok abban. És lemérték béremet: harmincz ezüstöt

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 És szólt hozzám az Örökkévaló: Dobd be a kincstárba azt a pompás drágaságot, mellyel drága voltam náluk. Vettem tehát a harmincz ezüstöt és bedobtam azt az Örökkévaló házában a kincstárba.

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 Erre szétvágtam a második botomat: az egybekötést, hogy fölbontsam a testvériséget Jehúda és Izraél között.

Then I broke my second staff, [the one that I named] ‘Union’. That [indicated that] Judah and Israel would no longer be united.

15 És szólt hozzám az Örökkévaló: Még végy magadnak oktalan pásztornak való szerszámot.

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

16 Mert íme én támasztok egy pásztort az országban: az elpusztulókkal nem fog gondolni, a fiatalt nem fogja keresni, a megsérültet nem fogja gyógyítgatni, a talpon állót nem fogja táplálni, a kövérnek húsát megeszi, patáikat is széttépi.

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 Oh ez a semmirekellő pásztor, ki a juhokat elhagyja – kardot a karjára, meg a jobbik szemére; karja száradva száradjon el, jobb, szeme pedig vakulva, vakuljon meg!

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.”