التطهير من الخطيئة

13 «فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَتَفَجَّرُ يَنْبُوعٌ لِيُطَهِّرَ ذُرِّيَّةَ دَاوُدَ وَسُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنْ إِثْمِهِمْ وَنَجَاسَتِهِمْ. وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَسْتَأْصِلُ أَسْمَاءَ الأَصْنَامِ مِنَ الأَرْضِ فَلا يَعُودُ لَهَا ذِكْرٌ، وَأُلاشِي الأَنْبِيَاءَ الْكَذَبَةَ وَالرُّوحَ النَّجِسَ مِنَ الأَرْضِ. وَإِنْ تَنَبَّأَ أَحَدٌ فِيمَا بَعْدُ، يَطْعَنُهُ أَبُوهُ وَأُمُّهُ اللَّذَانِ أَنْجَبَاهُ قَائِلَيْنِ: لابُدَّ أَنْ تَمُوتَ لأَنَّكَ نَطَقْتَ بِالزُّورِ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ. فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَعْتَرِي الْخِزْيُ كُلَّ نَبِيٍّ كَاذِبٍ يَتَنَبَّأُ مِنْ رُؤْيَاهُ، وَلا يَرْتَدِي مُسُوحَ الشَّعْرِ لِيَكْذِبَ. إِنَّمَا يَقُولُ: أَنَا لَسْتُ نَبِيًّا. أَنَا رَجُلٌ فَلّاحٌ أَحْرُثُ الأَرْضَ مُنْذُ صِبَايَ. وَعِنْدَمَا يَسْأَلُهُ أَحَدٌ: مَا هَذِهِ الْجُرُوحُ فِي يَدَيْكَ؟ يُجِيبُهُ: هِيَ الَّتِي جُرِحْتُ بِها فِي بَيْتِ أَحِبَّائِي».

ضرب الراعي وتبددت الخراف

وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: «اسْتَيْقِظْ أَيُّهَا السَّيْفُ وَهَاجِمْ رَاعِيَّ وَرَجُلَ رِفْقَتِي. اضْرِبِ الرَّاعِي فَتَتَبَدَّدَ الْخِرَافُ. وَلَكِنِّي أَرُدُّ يَدِي عَنِ الصِّغَارِ (أَيِ الْقِلَّةِ الْمُؤْمِنَةِ). يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ فَيَفْنَى ثُلْثَا شَعْبِ أَرْضِي وَيَبْقَى ثُلْثُهُمْ حَيًّا فَقَطْ. فَأُجِيزُ هَذَا الثُّلْثَ فِي النَّارِ لأُنَقِّيَهُ تَنْقِيَةَ الْفِضَّةِ، وَأَمْحَصَهُ كَمَا يُمْحَصُ الذَّهَبُ. هُوَ يَدْعُو بِاسْمِي وَأَنَا أَسْتَجِيبُهُ. أَنَا أَقُولُ: هُوَ شَعْبِي، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: الرَّبُّ هُوَ إِلَهِي».

13 In quel giorno vi sarà per la casa di Davide e per gli abitanti di Gerusalemme una sorgente zampillante per lavare il peccato e l'impurità. In quel giorno - dice il Signore degli eserciti - io estirperò dal paese i nomi degli idoli, né più saranno ricordati: anche i profeti e lo spirito immondo farò sparire dal paese. Se qualcuno oserà ancora fare il profeta, il padre e la madre che l'hanno generato, gli diranno: «Tu morirai, perché proferisci menzogne nel nome del Signore», e il padre e la madre che l'hanno generato lo trafiggeranno perché fa il profeta. In quel giorno ogni profeta si vergognerà della visione che avrà annunziata, né indosserà più il mantello di pelo per raccontare bugie. Ma ognuno dirà: «Non sono un profeta: sono un lavoratore della terra, ad essa mi sono dedicato fin dalla mia giovinezza». E se gli si dirà: «Perché quelle piaghe in mezzo alle tue mani?», egli risponderà: «Queste le ho ricevute in casa dei miei amici».

Personificazione della spada: il nuovo popolo

Insorgi, spada, contro il mio pastore,
contro colui che è mio compagno.
Oracolo del Signore degli eserciti.
Percuoti il pastore e sia disperso il gregge,
allora volgerò la mano sopra i deboli.
In tutto il paese,
- oracolo del Signore -
due terzi saranno sterminati e periranno;
un terzo sarà conservato.
Farò passare questo terzo per il fuoco
e lo purificherò come si purifica l'argento;
lo proverò come si prova l'oro.
Invocherà il mio nome e io l'ascolterò;
dirò: «Questo è il mio popolo».
Esso dirà: «Il Signore è il mio Dio».

13 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:

But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

Idolatry Cut Off

13 “In that (A)day (B)a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for (C)uncleanness.

“It shall be in that day,” says the Lord of hosts, “that I will (D)cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered. I will also cause (E)the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart from the land. It shall come to pass that if anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother who begot him will say to him, ‘You shall (F)not live, because you have spoken lies in the name of the Lord.’ And his father and mother who begot him (G)shall thrust him through when he prophesies.

“And it shall be in that day that (H)every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not wear (I)a robe of coarse hair to deceive. (J)But he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a farmer; for a man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.’ And one will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your [a]arms?’ Then he will answer, ‘Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.’

The Shepherd Savior

“Awake, O sword, against (K)My Shepherd,
Against the Man (L)who is My Companion,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
(M)“Strike the Shepherd,
And the sheep will be scattered;
Then I will turn My hand against (N)the little ones.
And it shall come to pass in all the land,”
Says the Lord,
That (O)two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die,
(P)But one-third shall be left in it:
I will bring the one-third (Q)through the fire,
Will (R)refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
(S)They will call on My name,
And I will answer them.
(T)I will say, ‘This is My people’;
And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”

Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 13:6 Or hands