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Zechariah 11
New Catholic Bible
Zechariah 11
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 11
1 Open your doors, O Lebanon,
so that the fire may devour your cedars.
2 Wail, you cypress trees,
for the cedars have fallen,
the majestic trees have been ravaged.
Wail, you oaks of Bashan,
for the impenetrable forest has been felled.
3 Listen to the wailing of the shepherds,
for their majesty has been destroyed.
Listen to the roar of the lions,
for the dense thickets of the Jordan have been ravaged.
The New Shepherd of Israel
The Two Shepherds.[a] 4 Thus says the Lord, my God: Be a shepherd to the flock destined for slaughter. 5 Those who buy them kill them and go unpunished, while those who sell them say, “Blessed be the Lord, for I have become rich.” Even their own shepherds feel no pity for them.
6 I will no longer have any pity for the inhabitants of the earth, says the Lord. Rather, I will deliver each one of them into the power of his neighbor or into the clutches of the king. They will devastate the earth, and I will not deliver anyone from their hands.
7 And so I became a shepherd of the flock that was destined to be slaughtered by the sheep dealers. I took two staffs, one of which I named Favor and the other one of which I named Unity, and I pastured the sheep myself. 8 In a single month I got rid of the three shepherds. However, I soon lost patience with the flock, and they detested me.
9 Finally I said. “I will not be your shepherd any longer. What is to die, let it die. What is to be destroyed, let it be destroyed. Those who are left can devour one another.”
10 Then I took my staff “Favor” and snapped it in two, thereby annulling the covenant I had made with all the peoples. 11 Therefore, it was annulled on that day, and the dealers who were watching me realized that this was the word of the Lord. 12 I said to them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; if not, then forget about it.” Then they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.
13 However, the Lord said to me, “Throw it into the treasury—the princely sum at which they valued my efforts.” Therefore, I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the treasury of the house of the Lord. 14 Then I broke my second staff, “Unity,” in half, annulling the ties of brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15 The Lord thereupon said to me: Take once again the equipment of a worthless shepherd. 16 For I am now going to raise up a shepherd in the land who will have no concern for those who are perishing, nor go off in search of the strays, nor heal the injured, nor nourish those who survive, but who will eat the meat of the fat animals, tearing off even their hoofs.
17 Woe to the worthless shepherd
who abandons his flock.
May the sword fall upon his arm
and upon his right eye.
Let his arm be completely withered
and his right eye be totally blinded.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 11:4 The separation of the Samaritans became final around 328 B.C., and foreign invasions will occur from the fourth to the second century. At the end, an editor has added a curse against a wicked leader. Matthew 27:9-10 quite rightly applies to Jesus what is said (Zec 11:12-13) about the derisive wage of thirty pieces of silver: the one who came to save humankind was repaid with hatred and betrayal.
Zechariah 11
New International Version
Zechariah 11
New International Version
11 Open your doors, Lebanon,(A)
so that fire(B) may devour your cedars!
2 Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen;
the stately trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks(C) of Bashan;
the dense forest(D) has been cut down!(E)
3 Listen to the wail of the shepherds;
their rich pastures are destroyed!
Listen to the roar of the lions;(F)
the lush thicket of the Jordan is ruined!(G)
Two Shepherds
4 This is what the Lord my God says: “Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.(H) 5 Their buyers slaughter them and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, ‘Praise the Lord, I am rich!’ Their own shepherds do not spare them.(I) 6 For I will no longer have pity on the people of the land,” declares the Lord. “I will give everyone into the hands of their neighbors(J) and their king. They will devastate the land, and I will not rescue anyone from their hands.”(K)
7 So I shepherded the flock marked for slaughter,(L) particularly the oppressed of the flock. Then I took two staffs and called one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock. 8 In one month I got rid of the three shepherds.
The flock detested(M) me, and I grew weary of them 9 and said, “I will not be your shepherd. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish.(N) Let those who are left eat(O) one another’s flesh.”
10 Then I took my staff called Favor(P) and broke it, revoking(Q) the covenant I had made with all the nations. 11 It was revoked on that day, and so the oppressed of the flock who were watching me knew it was the word of the Lord.
12 I told them, “If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.” So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.(R)
13 And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver(S) and threw them to the potter at the house of the Lord.(T)
14 Then I broke my second staff called Union, breaking the family bond between Judah and Israel.
15 Then the Lord said to me, “Take again the equipment of a foolish shepherd. 16 For I am going to raise up a shepherd over the land who will not care for the lost, or seek the young, or heal the injured, or feed the healthy, but will eat the meat of the choice sheep, tearing off their hooves.
Zaharia 11
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
Zaharia 11
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
Cei doi păstori
11 „Deschide-ţi porţile, Libanule,
ca să-ţi mănânce focul cedrii!
2 Vaită-te, chiparosule, căci cedrul a căzut,
cei falnici au fost distruşi!
Văitaţi-vă, stejari din Başan,
căci pădurea cea deasă a fost doborâtă!
3 Se aude vaietul păstorilor,
căci le-a fost distrusă gloria[a]!
Se aude răgetul puilor de lei,
căci a fost distrusă mândria[b] Iordanului.“
4 Aşa vorbeşte Domnul, Dumnezeul meu: „Păstoreşte oile care sunt pentru tăiere! 5 Cei ce le cumpără, le taie şi nu se simt vinovaţi, iar cei ce le vând, zic: «Binecuvântat să fie Domnul, căci ne-am îmbogăţit!» Nici chiar păstorii lor nu le cruţă! 6 Căci nu-i voi mai cruţa pe locuitorii ţării, zice Domnul, ci iată, îl voi da pe fiecare om pe mâna semenului său şi pe mâna regelui său! Ei vor devasta ţara, iar Eu n-o voi izbăvi din mâna lor.“
7 Am început să păstoresc oile care erau pentru tăiere, da, pe cele mai nenorocite oi din turmă. Am luat două toiege – pe unul l-am numit „Bunăvoinţă[c]“, iar pe celălalt l-am numit „Unire“ – şi am păstorit turma. 8 Într-o lună m-am descotorosit de cei trei păstori.
Sufletul meu nu i-a[d] mai răbdat, iar sufletul lor se scârbise şi el de mine! 9 Am zis: „Nu vă voi mai păstori! Cea care este pe moarte să moară, cea care este pentru tăiere să fie tăiată, iar cele ce vor rămâne, să se mănânce unele pe altele!“
10 Apoi mi-am luat toiagul numit „Bunăvoinţă“ şi l-am rupt, ca să rup astfel legământul pe care l-am încheiat cu toate popoarele. 11 A fost rupt în ziua aceea, iar oile cele nenorocite din turmă, care au luat seama la mine, au ştiut că acesta era Cuvântul Domnului.
12 Atunci le-am zis: „Dacă găsiţi cu cale, daţi-mi plata, dacă nu, nu mi-o daţi!“ Mi-au cântărit ca plată treizeci de arginţi[e].
13 Dar Domnul mi-a zis: „Aruncă olarului[f] preţul aceasta «scump»[g] la care am fost apreciat de către ei!“ Am luat cei treizeci de arginţi şi i-am aruncat olarului[h], în Casa Domnului.
14 Apoi am rupt şi cel de-al doilea toiag, numit „Unire“ , ca să rup astfel frăţia dintre Iuda şi Israel. 15 Domnul mi-a zis: „Ia din nou uneltele păstorului nebun! 16 Căci iată, voi ridica în ţară un păstor căruia nu-i va păsa de oile care pier; pe cea tânără n-o va căuta, pe cea rănită n-o va vindeca şi pe cea sănătoasă n-o va hrăni, ci va mânca carnea celor grase şi le va smulge copitele.
17 Vai de păstorul de nimic,
care îşi părăseşte turma!
Să cadă sabia peste braţul lui
şi pe ochiul lui cel drept!
Să i se usuce braţul în întregime
şi să-i orbească de tot ochiul drept!“
Footnotes
- Zaharia 11:3 Cu referire la întinsele păşuni
- Zaharia 11:3 Cu referire la hăţişurile de pe malul Iordanului
- Zaharia 11:7 Sau: Plăcere; şi în v. 10
- Zaharia 11:8 Cel mai probabil cu referire la turmă, la popor
- Zaharia 11:12 Preţul unui sclav, printre israeliţi (vezi Ex. 21:32); un preţ derizoriu
- Zaharia 11:13 TM; Siriacă: în trezorerie
- Zaharia 11:13 Domnul este ironic aici
- Zaharia 11:13 TM; Siriacă: în trezorerie
Zechariah 11
King James Version
Zechariah 11
King James Version
11 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
3 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
4 Thus saith the Lord my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.
7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.
10 And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the Lord.
12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
13 And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.
14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15 And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
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