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Zechariah
1Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.2Howl, 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.3There 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.4Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;5Whose 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.6For 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 .7And 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.8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.9Then 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.10And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.11And 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.12And 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.13And 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.14Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.15And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.16For, 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.17Woe 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.
1اِفْتَحْ أَبْوَابَكَ يَا لُبْنَانُ فَتَأْكُلَ النَّارُ أَرْزَكَ.2وَلْوِلْ يَا سَرْوُ لأَنَّ الأَرْزَ سَقَطَ، لأَنَّ الأَعِزَّاءَ قَدْ خَرِبُوا. وَلْوِلْ يَا بَلُّوطَ بَاشَانَ، لأَنَّ الْوَعْرَ الْمَنِيعَ قَدْ هَبَطَ.3صَوْتُ وَلْوَلَةِ الرُّعَاةِ، لأَنَّ فَخْرَهُمْ خَرِبَ. صَوْتُ زَمْجَرَةِ الأَشْبَالِ، لأَنَّ كِبْرِيَاءَ الأُرْدُنِّ خَرِبَتْ.4هَكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهِي، ارْعَ غَنَمَ الذَّبْحِ5الَّذِينَ يَذْبَحُهُمْ مَالِكُوهُمْ وَلاَ يَأْثَمُونَ، وَبَائِعُوهُمْ يَقُولُونَ، مُبَارَكٌ الرَّبُّ. قَدِ اسْتَغْنَيْتُ. وَرُعَاتُهُمْ لاَ يُشْفِقُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ.6لأَنِّي لاَ أُشْفِقُ بَعْدُ عَلَى سُكَّانِ الأَرْضِ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، بَلْ هَئَنَذَا مُسَلِّمٌ الإِنْسَانَ كُلَّ رَجُلٍ لِيَدِ قَرِيبِهِ وَلِيَدِ مَلِكِهِ، فَيَضْرِبُونَ الأَرْضَ وَلاَ أُنْقِذُ مِنْ يَدِهِمْ.7فَرَعَيْتُ غَنَمَ الذَّبْحِ. لَكِنَّهُمْ أَذَلُّ الْغَنَمِ. وَأَخَذْتُ لِنَفْسِي عَصَوَيْنِ، فَسَمَّيْتُ الْوَاحِدَةَ نِعْمَةَ وَسَمَّيْتُ الأُخْرَى حِبَالاً وَرَعَيْتُ الْغَنَمَ.8وَأَبَدْتُ الرُّعَاةَ الثَّلاَثَةَ فِي شَهْرٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَضَاقَتْ نَفْسِي بِهِمْ، وَكَرِهَتْنِي أَيْضاً نَفْسُهُمْ.9فَقُلْتُ، لاَ أَرْعَاكُمْ. مَنْ يَمُتْ فَلْيَمُتْ، وَمَنْ يُبَدْ فَلْيُبَدْ. وَالْبَقِيَّةُ فَلْيَأْكُلْ بَعْضُهَا لَحْمَ بَعْضٍ..10فَأَخَذْتُ عَصَايَ نِعْمَةَ وَقَصَفْتُهَا لأَنْقُضَ عَهْدِي الَّذِي قَطَعْتُهُ مَعَ كُلِّ الأَسْبَاطِ.11فَنُقِضَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ. وَهَكَذَا عَلِمَ أَذَلُّ الْغَنَمِ الْمُنْتَظِرُونَ لِي أَنَّهَا كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ.12فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ، إِنْ حَسُنَ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ فَأَعْطُونِي أُجْرَتِي وَإِلاَّ فَامْتَنِعُوا. فَوَزَنُوا أُجْرَتِي ثَلاَثِينَ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ.13فَقَالَ لِي الرَّبُّ، أَلْقِهَا إِلَى الْفَخَّارِيِّ، الثَّمَنَ الْكَرِيمَ الَّذِي ثَمَّنُونِي بِهِ. فَأَخَذْتُ الثَّلاَثِينَ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ وَأَلْقَيْتُهَا إِلَى الْفَخَّارِيِّ فِي بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ.14ثُمَّ قَصَفْتُ عَصَايَ الأُخْرَى حِبَالاً لأَنْقُضَ الإِخَاءَ بَيْنَ يَهُوذَا وَإِسْرَائِيلَ.15فَقَالَ لِي الرَّبُّ، خُذْ لِنَفْسِكَ بَعْدُ أَدَوَاتِ رَاعٍ أَحْمَقَ،16لأَنِّي هَئَنَذَا مُقِيمٌ رَاعِياً فِي الأَرْضِ لاَ يَفْتَقِدُ الْمُنْقَطِعِينَ، وَلاَ يَطْلُبُ الْمُنْسَاقَ، وَلاَ يَجْبُرُ الْمُنْكَسِرَ، وَلاَ يُرَبِّي الْقَائِمَ. وَلَكِنْ يَأْكُلُ لَحْمَ السِّمَانِ وَيَنْزِعُ أَظْلاَفَهَا.17وَيْلٌ لِلرَّاعِي الْبَاطِلِ التَّارِكِ الْغَنَمِ. اَلسَّيْفُ عَلَى ذِرَاعِهِ وَعَلَى عَيْنِهِ الْيُمْنَى. ذِرَاعُهُ تَيْبَسُ يَبْساً وَعَيْنُهُ الْيُمْنَى تَكِلُّ كُلُولاً.