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。

13 En ce jour-là, jaillira une source pour purifier de leurs péchés et de leurs impuretés, la famille de David et les habitants de Jérusalem.

Le jugement des adorateurs d’idoles

Et il arrivera en ce jour-là, déclare l’Eternel, le Seigneur des armées célestes, que j’extirperai du pays jusqu’au nom des idoles : et l’on ne s’en souviendra plus. J’ôterai aussi du pays les faux prophètes et les dispositions impures. Si quelqu’un prophétise encore, alors son propre père et sa mère elle-même, eux qui l’ont engendré, lui déclareront : « Tu ne resteras pas en vie. Car tu dis des mensonges au nom de l’Eternel. » Et son père et sa mère, eux qui l’ont engendré, transperceront leur fils pendant qu’il prophétisera[a]. Et il arrivera en ce jour-là, que tous les faux prophètes seront remplis de honte alors qu’ils prophétiseront, à cause des révélations qu’ils auront apportées. Ils ne porteront plus de manteau de poil[b] pour tromper. Chacun protestera : « Je ne suis pas prophète, moi, je cultive la terre et l’on a loué mes services[c] depuis le temps de ma jeunesse. » Et quand on lui dira : « Que sont donc ces blessures que l’on voit sur ton corps ? » alors il répondra : « C’est la trace des coups reçus dans la maison de mes amis[d]. »

L’alliance renouvelée

Epée, réveille-toi ╵contre mon berger, le chef de mon peuple,
contre mon compagnon[e],
demande l’Eternel, ╵le Seigneur des armées célestes.
Va, frappe le berger :
que les brebis soient dispersées !
Je porterai la main ╵sur les petits.
Alors dans le pays entier,
l’Eternel le déclare,
les deux tiers des humains ╵seront exterminés, ╵ils périront,
seul un tiers survivra.
Et je ferai passer ╵ce tiers-là par le feu,
oui, je l’épurerai
ainsi qu’on épure l’argent.
Et je l’éprouverai
comme on éprouve l’or.
Ce tiers m’invoquera
et je l’exaucerai.
Je dirai : « C’est mon peuple. »
Lui, il confessera : ╵« L’Eternel est mon Dieu[f]. »

Footnotes

  1. 13.3 Voir Dt 13.6-9.
  2. 13.4 Signe distinctif de certains prophètes (1 R 19.13, 19 ; 2 R 1.8).
  3. 13.5 l’on a loué mes services. Autre traduction : je possède la terre.
  4. 13.6 Autre traduction : mes amants. Les faux prophètes se faisaient parfois des incisions pour attirer l’attention de leur divinité sur eux (voir 1 R 18.28). Les faux prophètes auront eux-mêmes honte et n’oseront plus se donner pour prophètes.
  5. 13.7 Cité en Mt 26.31 ; Mc 14.27.
  6. 13.9 Voir Ex 6.7 ; 19.5-6 ; 20.1 ; Dt 29.12.

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.

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

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