Zechariah 11
1 [You people of] [APO] Lebanon [should] open your gates, [because you will not be able to stop] fire from burning your cedar [trees]!
Tue deine Tür auf, Libanon, daß das Feuer deine Zedern verzehre!
2 Your cypress/pine [trees] [APO] should [also] wail because the cedar [trees] have been cut down. Those glorious/great trees have been destroyed. The oak trees in the Bashan [region] should also wail, because the other trees in the forest have been cut down.
Heulet, ihr Tannen; denn die Zedern sind gefallen, und das herrliche Gebäu ist verstöret. Heulet, ihr Eichen Basans; denn der feste Wald ist umgehauen.
3 And listen to the shepherds crying because the fertile pastures have been ruined. Listen to the lions roar; they roar because the delightful forest [where they live] near the Jordan [River] has been ruined.
Man höret die Hirten heulen, denn ihr herrlich Gebäu ist verstöret; man höret die jungen Löwen brüllen, denn die Pracht des Jordans ist verstöret.
4 This is what Yahweh my God said [to me]: “[I want you to] become a shepherd for a flock [of sheep that are about] to be slaughtered.
So spricht der HERR, mein Gott: Hüte der Schlachtschafe!
5 The people who are going to buy the sheep will kill the sheep, and they will not be punished. Those who are selling the sheep say, ‘[I] praise Yahweh, [because] I will become rich!’ Even the shepherds do not feel sorry for the sheep.
Denn ihre HERREN schlachten sie und halten's für keine Sünde, verkaufen sie und sprechen: Gelobet sei der HERR, ich bin nun reich; und ihre Hirten schonen ihrer nicht.
6 And similarly, I no longer feel sorry for the people of this country. I am going to allow many of them [HYP] to be captured by other people or by their king. Those who capture them will ruin this country, and I will not rescue any [of the people].”
Darum will ich auch nicht mehr schonen der Einwohner im Lande, spricht der HERR. Und siehe, ich will die Leute lassen einen jeglichen in der Hand des andern und in der Hand seines Königs, daß sie das Land zerschlagen, und will sie nicht erretten von ihrer Hand.
7 So I became the shepherd of a flock [of sheep that were about] to be slaughtered [for their meat to be sold] to the dealers. [I took good care of the sheep, even the ones that were the weakest sheep. Then] I took two [shepherds’] /walking sticks). I named the one [staff] ‘Kindness’ and the other [staff] ‘Union’. And I took good care of the sheep.
Und ich hütete der Schlachtschafe um der elenden Schafe willen und nahm zu mir zween Stäbe: einen hieß ich Sanft, den andern hieß ich Weh; und hütete der Schafe.
8 But the three shepherds [who had been working with me] detested me, and I became impatient with them. Within one month I (dismissed/got rid of) those shepherds.
Und ich vertilgete drei Hirten in einem Monden; denn ich mochte ihrer nicht, so wollten sie mein auch nicht.
9 So I said [to the dealers], “I will no [longer] be the shepherd. I will allow the ones that are dying to die. I will allow the ones that are getting lost to get lost. And I will not prevent those that remain from destroying each other.”
Und ich sprach: Ich will euer nicht hüten. Was da stirbt, das sterbe; was verschmachtet, das verschmachte; und die Übrigen fresse ein jegliches des andern Fleisch!
10 Then I took the staff that I had named ‘Kindness’ and I broke it. [That showed that Yahweh] was annulling/canceling the agreement that he had made with all the people-groups.
Und ich nahm meinen Stab Sanft und zerbrach ihn, daß ich aufhübe meinen Bund, den ich mit allen Völkern gemacht hatte.
11 So that agreement was ended immediately. And the men who bought and sold sheep who were watching me knew [by seeing what I was doing] that I was giving them a message from Yahweh.
Und er ward aufgehoben des Tages. Und die elenden Schafe, die auf mich hielten, merkten dabei, daß es des HERRN Wort wäre.
12 I told them, “If you think it is what you should do, pay me [for taking care of the sheep]. If you do not think that is what you should do, do not pay me.” So they paid me [only] 30 pieces of silver.
Und ich sprach zu ihnen: Gefällt es euch, so bringet her, wieviel ich gelte; wo nicht, so laßt es anstehen. Und sie wogen dar, wieviel ich galt: dreißig Silberlinge.
13 Then Yahweh said to me, “[That is a ridiculously small amount of money that they have paid you]! [So] throw it to the man who makes clay pots!” So I took the silver to the temple of Yahweh, and I threw it in the chest where the offerings/money is kept.
Und der HERR sprach zu mir: Wirf's hin, daß es dem Töpfer gegeben werde! Ei, eine treffliche Summa, der ich wert geachtet bin von ihnen! Und ich nahm die dreißig Silberlinge und warf sie ins Haus des HERRN, daß dem Töpfer gegeben würde.
14 Then I broke my second staff, [the one that I named] ‘Union’. That [indicated that] Judah and Israel would no longer be united.
Und ich zerbrach meinen andern Stab Weh, daß ich aufhübe die Brüderschaft zwischen Juda und Israel.
15 Then Yahweh said to me, “Take again the things that a foolish shepherd uses,
Und der HERR sprach zu mir: Nimm abermal zu dir Geräte eines törichten Hirten.
16 because I am going to appoint a new king for the people, [one who will not take care of my people. He will be like a foolish shepherd]: [MET] He will not take care of those who are dying, those who are very young, those who have been injured, or those who do not have enough food. Instead, he will [treat them very cruelly, like a shepherd who would] [MET] kill and eat the best sheep and tear off their hoofs.
Denn siehe, ich werde Hirten im Lande aufwecken, die das Verschmachtete nicht besuchen und das Zerschlagene nicht suchen und das Zerbrochene nicht heilen und das Gesunde nicht versorgen werden; aber das Fleisch der Fetten werden sie fressen und ihre Klauen zerreißen.
17 But terrible things will happen to that foolish/useless king who abandons the people [MET] over whom he rules. [His enemies] will strike his arm and his right eye with their swords. [The result will be that] he will have no strength in his arm, and his right eye will become completely blind.”
O Götzenhirten, die die Herde lassen! Das Schwert komme auf ihren Arm und auf ihr rechtes Auge! Ihr Arm müsse verdorren und ihr rechtes Auge dunkel werden!
