| א פְּתַח לְבָנוֹן, דְּלָתֶיךָ; וְתֹאכַל אֵשׁ, בַּאֲרָזֶיךָ. | 1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. |
| ב הֵילֵל בְּרוֹשׁ כִּי-נָפַל אֶרֶז, אֲשֶׁר אַדִּרִים שֻׁדָּדוּ; הֵילִילוּ אַלּוֹנֵי בָשָׁן, כִּי יָרַד יַעַר הבצור הַבָּצִיר. | 2 Wail, O cypress-tree, for the cedar is fallen; because the glorious ones are spoiled; wail, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest is come down. |
| ג קוֹל יִלְלַת הָרֹעִים, כִּי שֻׁדְּדָה אַדַּרְתָּם; קוֹל שַׁאֲגַת כְּפִירִים, כִּי שֻׁדַּד גְּאוֹן הַיַּרְדֵּן. {פ} | 3 Hark! the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is spoiled; Hark! the roaring of young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are spoiled. {P} |
| ד כֹּה אָמַר, יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי: רְעֵה, אֶת-צֹאן הַהֲרֵגָה. | 4 Thus said the LORD my God: 'Feed the flock of slaughter; |
| ה אֲשֶׁר קֹנֵיהֶן יַהַרְגֻן, וְלֹא יֶאְשָׁמוּ, וּמֹכְרֵיהֶן יֹאמַר, בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה וַאעְשִׁר; וְרֹעֵיהֶם, לֹא יַחְמוֹל עֲלֵיהֶן. | 5 whose buyers 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. |
| ו כִּי לֹא אֶחְמוֹל עוֹד, עַל-יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ--נְאֻם-יְהוָה; וְהִנֵּה אָנֹכִי מַמְצִיא אֶת-הָאָדָם, אִישׁ בְּיַד-רֵעֵהוּ וּבְיַד מַלְכּוֹ, וְכִתְּתוּ אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, וְלֹא אַצִּיל מִיָּדָם. | 6 For 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.' |
| ז וָאֶרְעֶה אֶת-צֹאן הַהֲרֵגָה, לָכֵן עֲנִיֵּי הַצֹּאן; וָאֶקַּח-לִי שְׁנֵי מַקְלוֹת, לְאַחַד קָרָאתִי נֹעַם וּלְאַחַד קָרָאתִי חֹבְלִים, וָאֶרְעֶה, אֶת-הַצֹּאן. | 7 So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Graciousness, and the other I called Binders; and I fed the flock. |
| ח וָאַכְחִד אֶת-שְׁלֹשֶׁת הָרֹעִים, בְּיֶרַח אֶחָד; וַתִּקְצַר נַפְשִׁי בָּהֶם, וְגַם-נַפְשָׁם בָּחֲלָה בִי. | 8 And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; 'for My soul became impatient of them, and their soul also loathed Me.' |
| ט וָאֹמַר, לֹא אֶרְעֶה אֶתְכֶם; הַמֵּתָה תָמוּת, וְהַנִּכְחֶדֶת תִּכָּחֵד, וְהַנִּשְׁאָרוֹת, תֹּאכַלְנָה אִשָּׁה אֶת-בְּשַׂר רְעוּתָהּ. | 9 Then said I: 'I will not feed you; that which dieth, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let them that are left eat every one the flesh of another.' |
| י וָאֶקַּח אֶת-מַקְלִי אֶת-נֹעַם, וָאֶגְדַּע אֹתוֹ--לְהָפֵיר, אֶת-בְּרִיתִי, אֲשֶׁר כָּרַתִּי, אֶת-כָּל-הָעַמִּים. | 10 And I took my staff Graciousness, and cut it asunder, 'that I might break My covenant which I had made with all the peoples.' |
| יא וַתֻּפַר, בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא; וַיֵּדְעוּ כֵן עֲנִיֵּי הַצֹּאן, הַשֹּׁמְרִים אֹתִי, כִּי דְבַר-יְהוָה, הוּא. {ס} | 11 And it was broken in that day; and the poor of the flock that gave heed unto me knew of a truth that it was the word of the LORD. {S} |
| יב וָאֹמַר אֲלֵיהֶם, אִם-טוֹב בְּעֵינֵיכֶם הָבוּ שְׂכָרִי--וְאִם-לֹא חֲדָלוּ; וַיִּשְׁקְלוּ אֶת-שְׂכָרִי, שְׁלֹשִׁים כָּסֶף. | 12 And I said unto them: 'If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear.' So they weighed for my hire thirty pieces of silver. |
| יג וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלַי, הַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ אֶל-הַיּוֹצֵר, אֶדֶר הַיְקָר, אֲשֶׁר יָקַרְתִּי מֵעֲלֵיהֶם; וָאֶקְחָה שְׁלֹשִׁים הַכֶּסֶף, וָאַשְׁלִיךְ אֹתוֹ בֵּית יְהוָה אֶל-הַיּוֹצֵר. | 13 And the LORD said unto me: 'Cast it into the treasury, the goodly price that I was prized at of them.' And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them into the treasury, in the house of the LORD. |
| יד וָאֶגְדַּע אֶת-מַקְלִי הַשֵּׁנִי, אֵת הַחֹבְלִים--לְהָפֵר, אֶת-הָאַחֲוָה, בֵּין יְהוּדָה, וּבֵין יִשְׂרָאֵל. {פ} | 14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Binders, that the brotherhood between Judah and Israel might be broken. {P} |
| טו וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה, אֵלָי: עוֹד קַח-לְךָ, כְּלִי רֹעֶה אֱוִלִי. | 15 And the LORD said unto me: 'Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. |
| טז כִּי הִנֵּה-אָנֹכִי מֵקִים רֹעֶה בָּאָרֶץ, הַנִּכְחָדוֹת לֹא-יִפְקֹד הַנַּעַר לֹא-יְבַקֵּשׁ, וְהַנִּשְׁבֶּרֶת, לֹא יְרַפֵּא; הַנִּצָּבָה, לֹא יְכַלְכֵּל, וּבְשַׂר הַבְּרִיאָה יֹאכַל, וּפַרְסֵיהֶן יְפָרֵק. | 16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not think of those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are young, nor heal that which is broken; neither will he feed that which standeth still, but he will eat the flesh of the fat, and will break their hoofs in pieces.' |
| יז הוֹי רֹעִי הָאֱלִיל עֹזְבִי הַצֹּאן, חֶרֶב עַל-זְרוֹעוֹ וְעַל-עֵין יְמִינוֹ; זְרֹעוֹ יָבוֹשׁ תִּיבָשׁ, וְעֵין יְמִינוֹ כָּהֹה תִכְהֶה. {פ} | 17 Woe to the worthless 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. {P} |