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]!

Bukalah pintu-pintumu, hai Libanon, supaya api dapat memakan pohon-pohon arasmu.

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.

Merataplah, hai pohon sanobar, sebab sudah rebah pohon aras dan sudah dirusakkan pohon-pohon yang hebat! Merataplah, hai pohon-pohon tarbantin Basan, sebab telah rata hutan yang lebat itu!

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.

Dengar, para gembala meratap! Sebab kemegahan mereka sudah dirusakkan. Dengar, singa-singa mengaum! Sebab sudah dirusakkan kebanggaan sungai Yordan.

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.

Beginilah firman TUHAN Allahku kepadaku: "Gembalakanlah domba-domba sembelihan itu!

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.

Orang-orang yang membelinya menyembelihnya dengan tidak merasa bersalah dan orang-orang yang menjualnya berkata: Terpujilah TUHAN! Aku telah menjadi kaya! Dan orang-orang yang menggembalakannya tidak mengasihaninya.

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].”

Sebab Aku tidak lagi akan mengasihani penduduk bumi, demikianlah firman TUHAN, melainkan sesungguhnya, Aku akan menyerahkan manusia masing-masing ke dalam tangan gembalanya dan ke dalam tangan rajanya; mereka ini akan menghancurkan bumi dan Aku tidak akan melepaskan seorangpun dari tangan mereka."

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.

Maka aku menggembalakan domba-domba sembelihan itu untuk pedagang-pedagang domba. Aku mengambil dua tongkat: yang satu kusebutkan "Kemurahan" dan yang lain kusebutkan "Ikatan"; lalu aku menggembalakan domba-domba itu.

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.

Dalam satu bulan aku melenyapkan ketiga gembala itu. Kemudian aku tidak dapat menahan hati lagi terhadap domba-domba itu, dan merekapun merasa muak terhadap aku.

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.”

Lalu aku berkata: "Aku tidak mau lagi menggembalakan kamu; yang hendak mati, biarlah mati; yang hendak lenyap, biarlah lenyap, dan yang masih tinggal itu, biarlah masing-masing memakan daging temannya!"

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.

Aku mengambil tongkatku "Kemurahan", lalu mematahkannya untuk membatalkan perjanjian yang telah kuikat dengan segala bangsa.

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.

Jadi dibatalkanlah perjanjian pada hari itu, maka tahulah pedagang-pedagang domba yang sedang mengamat-amati aku, bahwa itu adalah firman TUHAN.

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.

Lalu aku berkata kepada mereka: "Jika itu kamu anggap baik, berikanlah upahku, dan jika tidak, biarkanlah!" Maka mereka membayar upahku dengan menimbang tiga puluh uang perak.

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.

Tetapi berfirmanlah TUHAN kepadaku: "Serahkanlah itu kepada penuang logam!" --nilai tinggi yang ditaksir mereka bagiku. Lalu aku mengambil ketiga puluh uang perak itu dan menyerahkannya kepada penuang logam di rumah TUHAN.

14 Then I broke my second staff, [the one that I named] ‘Union’. That [indicated that] Judah and Israel would no longer be united.

Kemudian aku mematahkan tongkat yang kedua, yaitu "Ikatan", untuk meniadakan persaudaraan antara Yehuda dan Israel.

15 Then Yahweh said to me, “Take again the things that a foolish shepherd uses,

Sesudah itu berfirmanlah TUHAN kepadaku: "Ambillah sekali lagi perkakas seorang gembala yang pandir!

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.

Sebab sesungguhnya, Aku akan membangkitkan di negeri ini seorang gembala yang tidak mengindahkan yang lenyap, yang tidak mencari yang hilang, yang tidak menyembuhkan yang luka, yang tidak memelihara yang sehat, melainkan memakan daging dari yang gemuk dan mencabut kuku mereka.

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.”

Celakalah gembala-Ku yang pandir, yang meninggalkan domba-domba! Biarlah pedang menimpa lengannya dan menimpa mata kanannya! Biarlah lengannya kering sekering-keringnya, dan mata kanannya menjadi pudar sepudar-pudarnya!"