Zechariah 13 – NIV & CCBT

New International Version

Zechariah 13:1-9

Cleansing From Sin

1“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.

2“On that day, I will banish the names of the idols from the land, and they will be remembered no more,” declares the Lord Almighty. “I will remove both the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land. 3And if anyone still prophesies, their father and mother, to whom they were born, will say to them, ‘You must die, because you have told lies in the Lord’s name.’ Then their own parents will stab the one who prophesies.

4“On that day every prophet will be ashamed of their prophetic vision. They will not put on a prophet’s garment of hair in order to deceive. 5Each will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth.13:5 Or farmer; a man sold me in my youth6If someone asks, ‘What are these wounds on your body13:6 Or wounds between your hands?’ they will answer, ‘The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.’

The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered

7“Awake, sword, against my shepherd,

against the man who is close to me!”

declares the Lord Almighty.

“Strike the shepherd,

and the sheep will be scattered,

and I will turn my hand against the little ones.

8In the whole land,” declares the Lord,

“two-thirds will be struck down and perish;

yet one-third will be left in it.

9This third I will put into the fire;

I will refine them like silver

and test them like gold.

They will call on my name

and I will answer them;

I will say, ‘They are my people,’

and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)

撒迦利亞書 13:1-9

1「到那天,必為大衛家和耶路撒冷的居民開一個泉源,洗淨他們的罪惡和污穢。

2「到那天,我必剷除地上偶像的名號,使它們被人遺忘;我必除去地上的假先知和污穢的靈。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。 3若有人再說預言,他的親生父母必對他說,『你不得活命,因為你奉耶和華的名說謊。』他說預言的時候,他的親生父母必把他刺死。 4到那天,先知必因自己所講的異象而羞愧,不再穿著毛皮衣欺騙人。 5他必說,『我不是先知,我是農夫,我從小便以種田為生。』 6若有人問他,『你胸口上的傷是怎麼回事?13·6 異教的先知有用利器自割或自刺的習慣。』他必回答說,『是在我朋友家弄傷的。』」

牧人被殺

7萬軍之耶和華說:

「刀劍啊,醒來吧,

要攻擊我的牧人和同伴,

要擊打牧人,羊群將四散,

我必出手攻擊小羊。

8地上三分之二的人必遭剷除、毀滅,

只剩下三分之一的人存活。

這是耶和華說的。

9我必使這三分之一的人受到火一般的考驗;

我必像熬煉銀子一樣熬煉他們,

像試煉金子一樣試煉他們。

他們必呼求我的名,

我必回應他們。

我必說,『這是我的子民。』

他們必說,『耶和華是我們的上帝。』」