13 “到那天,必为大卫家和耶路撒冷的居民开一个泉源,洗净他们的罪恶和污秽。

“到那天,我必铲除地上偶像的名号,使它们被人遗忘;我必除去地上的假先知和污秽的灵。这是万军之耶和华说的。 若有人再说预言,他的亲生父母必对他说,‘你不得活命,因为你奉耶和华的名说谎。’他说预言的时候,他的亲生父母必把他刺死。 到那天,先知必因自己所讲的异象而羞愧,不再穿着毛皮衣欺骗人。 他必说,‘我不是先知,我是农夫,我从小便以种田为生。’ 若有人问他,‘你胸口上的伤是怎么回事?[a]’他必回答说,‘是在我朋友家弄伤的。’”

牧人被杀

万军之耶和华说:

“刀剑啊,醒来吧,
要攻击我的牧人和同伴,
要击打牧人,羊群将四散,
我必出手攻击小羊。
地上三分之二的人必遭铲除、毁灭,
只剩下三分之一的人存活。
这是耶和华说的。
我必使这三分之一的人受到火一般的考验;
我必像熬炼银子一样熬炼他们,
像试炼金子一样试炼他们。
他们必呼求我的名,
我必回应他们。
我必说,‘这是我的子民。’
他们必说,‘耶和华是我们的上帝。’”

Footnotes

  1. 13:6 异教的先知有用利器自割或自刺的习惯。

偶像和假先知必被滅絕

13 “到那日,必有一個泉源,為大衛家和耶路撒冷的居民開放,洗除他們的罪惡和不潔。

“到那日(這是萬軍之耶和華的宣告),我必從這地除掉偶像的名號,它們不再被人記念;我也必從這地除去假先知和污穢的靈。 如果有人再說預言,他的親生父母必對他說:‘你不該活著,因為你奉耶和華的名說謊。’他說預言的時候,他的親生父母必把他刺死。

“到那日,假先知說預言的時候,每一個都必因自己所論的異象而羞愧;他們必不再穿獸毛衣服欺騙人。 那時他必說:‘我不是先知,只是耕地的人;因為我自幼以來,就被賣為奴。’ 如果有人問他:‘怎麼在你胸口上(“胸口上”原文作“兩手之間”)有這些傷痕呢?’他就必回答:‘這些是在愛我的人家裡所受的傷。’

擊打牧人的預言

“刀劍哪,醒來吧!攻擊我的牧人,我的同伴,

(這是萬軍之耶和華的宣告。)

要擊打牧人,羊群就分散;

我也要轉過手來,攻擊小羊。

全地的人必有三分之二被除滅,

只有三分之一存留下來。

(這是耶和華的宣告。)

我必使這三分之一經火試煉。

我要煉淨他們,像煉淨銀子一樣;

我要試煉他們,像試煉金子一樣。

他們必呼求我的名,我必應允他們。

我要說:‘他們是我的子民。’

他們也要說:‘耶和華是我們的 神。’”

Cleansing From Sin

13 “On that day a fountain(A) will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse(B) them from sin and impurity.

“On that day, I will banish the names of the idols(C) from the land, and they will be remembered no more,”(D) declares the Lord Almighty. “I will remove both the prophets(E) and the spirit of impurity from the land. And if anyone still prophesies, their father and mother, to whom they were born, will say to them, ‘You must die, because you have told lies(F) in the Lord’s name.’ Then their own parents will stab the one who prophesies.(G)

“On that day every prophet will be ashamed(H) of their prophetic vision. They will not put on a prophet’s garment(I) of hair(J) in order to deceive.(K) Each will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth.[a](L) If someone asks, ‘What are these wounds on your body[b]?’ they will answer, ‘The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.’

The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered

“Awake, sword,(M) against my shepherd,(N)
    against the man who is close to me!”
    declares the Lord Almighty.
“Strike the shepherd,
    and the sheep will be scattered,(O)
    and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
In the whole land,” declares the Lord,
    “two-thirds will be struck down and perish;
    yet one-third will be left in it.(P)
This third I will put into the fire;(Q)
    I will refine them like silver(R)
    and test them like gold.(S)
They will call(T) on my name(U)
    and I will answer(V) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’(W)
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.(X)’”

Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 13:5 Or farmer; a man sold me in my youth
  2. Zechariah 13:6 Or wounds between your hands