撒迦利亚书 11
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
无用的牧人被弃
11 黎巴嫩哪！敞开你的门户，
好让火吞灭你的香柏树。
2 松树啊！哀号吧，因为香柏树已经倒下，
雄壮的树木都毁坏了；
巴珊的橡树啊！哀号吧，
因为茂密的树林被砍下来了。
3 听牧人们哀号的声音，
因为他们荣美的草场毁坏了；
听少壮狮子吼叫的声音，
因为约旦河边的丛林毁坏了。
4 耶和华我的 神这样说：“你要牧养这将被宰杀的羊群。 5 那些买了牠们的宰杀牠们，也不算为有罪；那些卖牠们的说：‘耶和华是应当称颂的，因我成了富足的人。’牠们的牧人并不怜恤牠们。 6 因此我必不再怜恤这地的居民（这是耶和华的宣告）。看哪！我把他们各人交在他的邻舍和君王的手中。他们必摧毁这地，我必不救这地的居民脱离他们的手。”
两根杖的比喻
7 于是，我牧养这将被宰杀的羊群，就是羊群中最困苦的；我取了两根杖，一根我称为“恩宠”，另一根称为“联合”。这样我就牧养了羊群。 8 在一个月之内我除灭了三个牧人。我的心厌烦他们，他们的心也讨厌我。 9 我就说：“我不再牧养你们了；那将要死的，让他死吧！那将要被除灭的，让他被除灭吧；那些余剩的，让他们彼此吞食对方的肉吧！”
10 然后，我拿起我那根称为“恩宠”的杖，把它折断，表示要废除我与万民所立的约； 11 那约就在当日废除了。这样，那些仰望我的困苦羊群，就知道这是耶和华的话。 12 我对他们说：“你们若看为美，就给我工资；不然，就算了。”于是，他们称了三十块银子作我的工资。
13 那时，耶和华对我说：“你要把银子丢给陶匠。”那银子就是他们认为我应得的高价。我就拿了那三十块银子，在耶和华的殿里丢给陶匠了。
14 我又折断那称为“联合”的另一根杖，表示要废除犹大和以色列之间的手足之情。
拋弃羊群的牧人有祸了
15 耶和华又对我说：“你去取愚昧牧人的装备来。 16 因为我要在这地兴起一个牧人；那些快要丧亡的他不看顾，失散的他不寻找，受伤的他不医治，强壮的他不喂养，他却要吃肥羊的肉，撕掉牠们的蹄子。
17 “那丢弃羊群的无用牧人有祸了！
愿刀剑落在他的膀臂和他的右眼上；
愿他的膀臂全然枯槁，
愿他的右眼完全失明！”
Zechariah 11
Expanded Bible
11 Lebanon, open your ·gates [doors]
so fire may ·burn [consume; devour] your cedar trees.
2 ·Cry [Wail], pine trees, because the cedar has fallen,
because the ·tall [majestic; glorious] trees are ruined.
·Cry [Wail], oaks in Bashan,
because the ·mighty [thick; dense] forest has been cut down [C trees probably symbolize wicked rulers].
3 Listen to the shepherds ·crying [wailing]
because their ·rich pastures [or glory; magnificence] are destroyed.
Listen to the lions roaring
because the ·lovely land [lush thicket] of the Jordan River is ruined.
The Two Shepherds
4 This is what the Lord my God says: “·Feed [Shepherd] the flock that are ·about to be killed [set aside for slaughter]. 5 Their buyers ·kill [slaughter] them and ·are not punished [are not held liable; or feel no remorse]. Those who sell them say, ‘·Praise [Blessed be] the Lord, I am rich.’ Even the shepherds don’t ·feel sorry for [have compassion on; or spare] their sheep. 6 I don’t ·feel sorry [have compassion] anymore for the ·people [inhabitants] of this country,” says the Lord. “I will let everyone ·be under the power [L fall into the hand] of his neighbor and king. They will ·bring trouble to [devastate] the country, and I will not save anyone from ·them [L their hand].”
7 So I ·fed [shepherded] the flock ·about to be killed [marked for slaughter], particularly the ·weakest [oppressed] ones. Then I took two ·sticks [staffs]; I called one ·Pleasant [or Favor] and the other Union, and I ·fed [shepherded] the flock. 8 In one month I got rid of three shepherds. The flock ·did not pay attention to [or detested; loathed] me, and I ·got impatient [grew weary] with them. 9 I said, “I will no longer ·take care of you like a shepherd [shepherd you]. Let those that are dying die, and let those that are ·to be destroyed be destroyed [perishing perish]. Let those that are left eat ·each other [L the flesh of his neighbor].”
10 Then I broke the ·stick [staff] named ·Pleasant [or Favor] to ·break [revoke] the ·agreement [covenant; treaty] God made with all the ·nations [peoples]. 11 That day it was ·broken [revoked]. The ·weak [oppressed] ones in the flock who were watching me knew this ·message was from [L was the word of] the Lord.
12 Then I said, “If ·you want [it seems right to you; L it is good in your eyes] to pay me, pay me. If not, ·then don’t [keep it].” So they ·paid [weighed out to] me thirty pieces of silver [Ex. 21:32; Matt. 26:15].
13 The Lord said to me, “Throw the money to the potter.” ·That is how little they thought I was worth […this magnificent price at which they valued me”; C sarcastic, since the sum was about the cost of a slave]. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the ·Temple [L house] of the Lord [Matt. 27:9, 10].
14 Then I broke the second ·stick [staff], named Union, to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15 Then the Lord said to me, “·Get the things used by a foolish shepherd again, 16 because [L look; T behold] I am going to ·get [raise up] a new shepherd for the country. He will not care for the ·dying sheep [lost; perishing], or look for the young ones, or heal the injured ones, or feed the healthy. But he will ·eat [devour the flesh of] the ·best [fat] sheep and tear off their hoofs.
17 “·How terrible it will be for [L Woe to] the ·useless [worthless] shepherd
who abandoned the flock.
A sword will strike his arm and his right eye.
His arm will ·lose all its strength [wither away],
and his right eye will go blind.”
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