Zakariás 11
1 Nyisd meg kapuidat, oh Libánon, hogy tűz emészszen 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 te cziprus, mert esik a czédrus, leomlott, a mi legjava! Jajgassatok ti Básán tölgyei, mert pusztul a rengeteg 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 Hangzik a pásztorok jajja, mert elpusztult az ő büszkeségök! Hangzik az oroszlán ordítása, mert elpusztult a Jordán kevélysége!
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 Ezt mondja az Úr, az én Istenem: Legeltesd a leölésre szánt 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 A melyeket leölnek az ő tulajdonosaik, a nélkül, hogy bűnnek tartanák, eladóik pedig ezt mondják: Áldott az Úr, mert meggazdagodtam! és pásztoraik sem kimélik őket.
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 Bizony nem kimélem többé e föld lakosait, ezt mondja az Úr; sőt ímé odaadok minden embert a felebarátja kezébe és az ő királya kezébe, és megrontják e földet, és nem szabadítom ki kezökből!
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 Legeltetém hát a leölésre szánt juhokat, azaz a megnyomorgatott juhokat, és választék magamnak két pálczát, az egyiket nevezém szépségnek, a másikat nevezém egyességnek; így legeltetém 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 három pásztort vertem el egy hónap alatt, mert elkeseredék a lelkem miattok, és az ő lelkök is megútála 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 És mondám: Nem őrizlek én titeket, haljon meg a halálra való és vágattassék ki a kivágni való, a megmaradottak pedig egyék meg egymásnak 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 És vevém egyik pálczámat, a szépséget, és eltörém azt, hogy felbontsam az én szövetségemet, a melyet az összes népekkel kötöttem.
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 És felbomla az azon a napon, és így tudták meg az elsanyargatott juhok, a kik ragaszkodnak vala hozzám, hogy az Úr dolga ez.
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 mondám nékik: Ha jónak tetszik néktek, adjátok meg az én béremet; ha pedig nem: hagyjátok abba! És harmincz ezüst pénzt fizettek béremül.
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 monda az Úr nékem: Vesd a fazekas elé! Nagy jutalom, a melyre becsültek engem. Vevém azért a harmincz ezüst pénzt, és vetém azt az Úrnak házába, a fazekas elé.
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 Majd eltörém a másik pálczámat is, az egyességet, hogy felbontsam a testvérséget Júda között és Izráel 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 mondá az Úr nékem: Most már szerezz magadnak bolond pásztornak való szerszámot.
Then Yahweh said to me, “Take again the things that a foolish shepherd uses,
16 Mert ímé, én pásztort állítok e földre, a ki az elveszetteket meg nem keresi, a gyöngével nem törődik, a megtépettet meg nem gyógyítja, a jó karban levőt nem táplálja, a kövérinek húsát megeszi, és körmeiket széttördeli.
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 Jaj a mihaszna pásztornak, a ki elhagyja a juhokat! Fegyver a karjára és jobb szemére. Karja szárazra száradjon és jobb szeme sötétre sötétedjék.
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.”
