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]!
Avaa ovesi, Libanon! Tuli on kuluttava sinun setrisi.
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.
Valittakoon kypressi, sillä setri on kaatunut, hävitetyt ovat nuo mahtavat. Valittakaa, te Baasanin tammet, sillä sankka metsä on sortunut.
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.
Kuule paimenten valitusta, kun on hävitetty nuo heidän mahtavansa. Kuule nuorten leijonain ärjyntää, kun on hävitetty Jordanin rantatiheikkö.
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.
Näin sanoi Herra, minun Jumalani:
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.
"Kaitse teuraslampaita, joita niiden ostajat teurastavat tuntematta syynalaisuutta, ja joista niiden myyjät sanovat: 'Kiitetty olkoon Herra, minä olen rikastunut', ja joita niiden paimenet eivät sääli.
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].”
Sillä minä en enää sääli maan asukkaita, sanoo Herra. Katso, minä annan ihmisten joutua toistensa käsiin ja kuninkaansa käsiin, ja he hävittävät maan, enkä minä pelasta ketään heidän käsistänsä."
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.
Niin minä siis kaitsin teuraslampaita, lampaista kurjimpia. Ja minä otin itselleni kaksi sauvaa; minä nimitin toisen "Suloudeksi", toisen minä nimitin "Yhteydeksi", ja niin minä kaitsin lampaita.
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.
Ja minä hävitin kolme paimenta yhtenä kuukautena, mutta minä kävin kärsimättömäksi lampaille, ja hekin kyllästyivät minuun.
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.”
Niin minä sanoin: "Minä en tahdo enää teitä kaita. Kuolkoon, joka kuolee; hävitköön, joka häviää; ja jäljellejäävät syökööt kukin toisensa lihaa."
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.
Ja minä otin sauvani Sulouden ja katkaisin sen purkaakseni liittoni, jonka olin tehnyt kaikkien kansojen kanssa.
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.
Ja sinä päivänä se purkautui, ja niin lampaista kurjimmat, jotka ottivat minusta vaarin, tulivat tietämään, että se oli Herran sana.
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.
Sitten minä sanoin heille: "Jos teille hyväksi näkyy, niin antakaa minulle palkkani; jollei, niin olkaa antamatta". Niin he punnitsivat minun palkakseni kolmekymmentä hopearahaa.
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.
Ja Herra sanoi minulle: "Viskaa se savenvalajalle, tuo kallis hinta, jonka arvoiseksi he ovat minut arvioineet". Niin minä otin ne kolmekymmentä hopearahaa ja viskasin ne Herran huoneeseen savenvalajalle.
14 Then I broke my second staff, [the one that I named] ‘Union’. That [indicated that] Judah and Israel would no longer be united.
Sitten minä katkaisin toisen sauvani, Yhteyden, purkaakseni veljeyden Juudan ja Israelin väliltä.
15 Then Yahweh said to me, “Take again the things that a foolish shepherd uses,
Sitten Herra sanoi minulle: "Ota vielä itsellesi hullun paimenen kapineet.
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.
Sillä katso, minä olen herättävä maahan paimenen: hukkaantuneista hän ei pidä huolta, hajaantunutta hän ei etsi, ruhjoutunutta hän ei paranna, pystyssäpysyvää hän ei tue; mutta hän syö lihavien lihaa ja halkaisee niiden sorkat.
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.”
Voi hullua paimenta, joka lampaat hylkää! Käyköön miekka hänen käsivarteensa ja oikeaan silmäänsä. Hänen käsivartensa kuivettukoon, ja hänen oikea silmänsä soetkoon."
