Zekaria 11 – NEN & NIV

Kiswahili Contemporary Version (Neno: Bibilia Takatifu)

Zekaria 11:1-17

111:1 Eze 31:3; 2Nya 36:19; Zek 12:6Fungua milango yako, ee Lebanoni,

ili moto uteketeze mierezi yako!

211:2 Isa 2:13; 32:19; 10:34Piga yowe, ee mti wa msunobari,

kwa kuwa mwerezi umeanguka;

miti ya fahari imeharibiwa!

Piga yowe, enyi mialoni ya Bashani,

msitu mnene umefyekwa!

311:3 Isa 5:29; Yer 2:15; 50:44; Eze 19:9Sikiliza yowe la wachungaji;

malisho yao manono yameangamizwa!

Sikia ngurumo za simba;

kichaka kilichostawi sana

cha Yordani kimeharibiwa!

Wachungaji Wawili Wa Kondoo

411:4 Yer 25:34Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana Mungu wangu: “Lilishe kundi lililokusudiwa kuchinjwa. 511:5 Yer 50:7; Eze 34:2-3; Kum 29:19; Yer 2:3; Hos 12:8; Yn 16:2; 1Tim 6:9; 2Pet 2:3Wanunuzi wake huwachinja na kuondoka pasipo kuadhibiwa. Wale wanaowauza husema, ‘Bwana asifiwe, mimi ni tajiri!’ Wachungaji wao wenyewe hawawahurumii. 611:6 Zek 14:13; Isa 9:19-21; Yer 13:14; Mao 2:21; 5:8; Mik 5:8; 7:2-6Kwa kuwa sitawahurumia tena watu wa nchi,” asema Bwana. “Nitawakabidhi kila mtu mkononi mwa jirani yake na mfalme wake. Wataitenda jeuri nchi, nami sitawaokoa kutoka mikononi mwao.”

711:7 Yer 25:34; Sef 3:12; Mt 11:5Kwa hiyo nikalilisha kundi lililotiwa alama kwa kuchinjwa, hasa kundi lililoonewa sana. Kisha nikachukua fimbo mbili, moja nikaiita Fadhili na nyingine Umoja, nami nikalilisha kundi. 811:8 Eze 14:5; Hos 5:7Katika mwezi mmoja nikawaondoa wachungaji watatu.

Kundi la kondoo likanichukia, nami nikachoshwa nao, 911:9 Yer 43:11; 15:2; Isa 9:20nikasema, “Sitakuwa mchungaji wenu. Waache wanaokufa wafe na wanaoangamia waangamie. Wale waliobakia kila mmoja na ale nyama ya mwenzake.”

1011:10 Za 89:39; Yer 14:21Kisha nikachukua fimbo yangu inayoitwa Fadhili nikaivunja, kutangua Agano nililofanya na mataifa yote. 11Likatanguka siku hiyo, kwa hiyo wale waliodhurika katika kundi, waliokuwa wakiniangalia wakajua kuwa hilo lilikuwa neno la Bwana.

1211:12 Mwa 23:16; Mt 26:15; Kut 21:32Nikawaambia, “Mkiona kuwa ni vyema, nipeni ujira wangu, la sivyo, basi msinipe.” Kwa hiyo wakanilipa vipande thelathini vya fedha.

1311:13 Kut 21:32; Mt 27:9-10; Mdo 1:18-19Naye Bwana akaniambia, “Mtupie mfinyanzi,” hiyo bei nzuri waliyonithaminia! Kwa hiyo nikachukua hivyo vipande thelathini vya fedha na kumtupia huyo mfinyanzi katika nyumba ya Bwana.

14Kisha nikaivunja fimbo yangu ya pili iitwayo Umoja, kuvunja undugu kati ya Yuda na Israeli!

15Kisha Bwana akaniambia, “Vitwae tena vifaa vya mchungaji mpumbavu. 16Kwa maana ninakwenda kumwinua mchungaji juu ya nchi ambaye hatamjali aliyepotea, wala kuwatafuta wale wachanga au kuwaponya waliojeruhiwa, wala kuwalisha wenye afya, lakini atakula nyama ya kondoo wanono na kuzirarua kwato zao.

1711:17 Yer 23:1; Eze 30:21-22; Isa 13:1; Yn 10:12; Mik 3:6“Ole wa mchungaji asiyefaa,

anayeliacha kundi!

Upanga na uupige mkono wake na jicho lake la kuume!

Mkono wake na unyauke kabisa,

jicho lake la kuume lipofuke kabisa!”

New International Version

Zechariah 11:1-17

1Open your doors, Lebanon,

so that fire may devour your cedars!

2Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen;

the stately trees are ruined!

Wail, oaks of Bashan;

the dense forest has been cut down!

3Listen to the wail of the shepherds;

their rich pastures are destroyed!

Listen to the roar of the lions;

the lush thicket of the Jordan is ruined!

Two Shepherds

4This is what the Lord my God says: “Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter. 5Their buyers slaughter them and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, ‘Praise the Lord, I am rich!’ Their own shepherds do not spare them. 6For 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 and their king. They will devastate the land, and I will not rescue anyone from their hands.”

7So I shepherded the flock marked for slaughter, particularly the oppressed of the flock. Then I took two staffs and called one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock. 8In one month I got rid of the three shepherds.

The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them 9and said, “I will not be your shepherd. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish. Let those who are left eat one another’s flesh.”

10Then I took my staff called Favor and broke it, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations. 11It was revoked on that day, and so the oppressed of the flock who were watching me knew it was the word of the Lord.

12I told them, “If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.” So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.

13And 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 and threw them to the potter at the house of the Lord.

14Then I broke my second staff called Union, breaking the family bond between Judah and Israel.

15Then the Lord said to me, “Take again the equipment of a foolish shepherd. 16For 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.

17“Woe to the worthless shepherd,

who deserts the flock!

May the sword strike his arm and his right eye!

May his arm be completely withered,

his right eye totally blinded!”