The Fall of the Tyrants
1 Open your doors, Lebanon,
so that fire can burn down your cedar trees!
2 Weep and wail, cypress trees—
the cedars have fallen;
those glorious trees have been destroyed!
Weep and wail, oaks of Bashan—
the dense forest has been cut down!
3 The rulers cry out in grief;
their glory is gone!
Listen to the roaring of the lions;
their forest home along the Jordan is destroyed!
The Two Shepherds
4 The Lord my God said to me, “Act the part of the shepherd of a flock of sheep that are going to be butchered. 5 Their owners kill them and go unpunished. They sell the meat and say, ‘Praise the Lord! We are rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no pity on them.”
( 6 The Lord said, “I will no longer pity anyone on earth. I myself will put all the people in the power of their rulers. These rulers will devastate the earth, and I will not save it from their power.”)
7 Those who bought and sold the sheep hired me, and I became the shepherd of the sheep that were going to be butchered. I took two sticks: one I called “Favor” and the other “Unity.” And I took care of the flock. 8 I lost patience with three other shepherds, who hated me, and I got rid of them all in a single month. 9 Then I said to the flock, “I will not be your shepherd any longer. Let those die who are to die. Let those be destroyed who are to be destroyed. Those who are left will destroy one another.” 10 Then I took the stick called “Favor” and broke it, to cancel the covenant which the Lord had made with all the nations. 11 So the covenant was canceled on that day. Those who bought and sold the sheep were watching me, and they knew that the Lord was speaking through what I did. 12 I said to them, “If you are willing, give me my wages. But if not, keep them.” So they paid me thirty pieces of silver as my wages.
13 The Lord said to me, “Put them in the Temple treasury.” So I took the thirty pieces of silver—the magnificent sum they thought I was worth—and put them in the Temple treasury. 14 Then I broke the second stick, the one called “Unity,” and the unity of Judah and Israel was shattered.
15 Then the Lord said to me, “Once again act the part of a shepherd, this time a worthless one. 16 I have put a shepherd in charge of my flock, but he does not help the sheep that are threatened by destruction; nor does he look for the lost, or heal those that are hurt, or feed the healthy. Instead, he eats the meat of the fattest sheep and tears off their hoofs. 17 That worthless shepherd is doomed! He has abandoned his flock. War will totally destroy his power. His arm will wither, and his right eye will go blind.”
Gani un avis
1 Lebanon, atdari savas durvis,
lai uguns rij tavus ciedrus!
2 Kauciet, cipreses,
jo ciedri nu nogāzti,
dižkoki nu pagalam!
Kauciet, Bāšānas ozoli,
jo nogāzts kuplais mežs!
3 Ganus dzird kaucam,
jo viņu lepnums pagalam,
rēc lauvas,
jo Jardānas biezokņi nopostīti!
4 Tā saka Kungs, mans Dievs: “Gani tu kaujamās avis! 5 Pircēji tās nokaus – nekāda grēka tur nebūs, un pārdevējs sacīs: slavēts Kungs, ka es tagad bagāts! – pašu gani jau arī tās netaupa! 6 Tās zemes iemītnieku man vairs nebūs žēl, saka Kungs, es likšu, lai tie ļaudis krīt viens otra rokās un sava ķēniņa rokās, tad tie sagraus visu zemi, bet es tos vairs neglābšu no viņiem pašiem!” 7 Tad es pats ganīju kaujamās avis – tās izkāmējušās! – un ņēmu divas nūjas, vienu nosaucu par Vēlību, bet otru par Vienprātību, tā es ganīju avis. 8 Vienā mēnesī es patriecu trīs ganus, man tie bija apnikuši, un arī es tiem riebos! 9 Tad es teicu: “Es vairs jūs neganīšu – kas sprāgst, lai nosprāgst, kas zūd, lai pazūd, bet, kas paliek, lai aprij viens otra miesas!”
10 Es ņēmu Vēlības nūju un salauzu to, lauzu savu derību, ko biju noslēdzis ar visām tautām! 11 Todien tā tika lauzta, un izkāmējušās avis, kas mani vēroja, zināja, ka tas bijis Kunga vārds! 12 Un es tiem teicu: “Ja jums šķiet, ka vajag, tad dodiet man algu, bet, ja ne, tad nedodiet!” – un tie iesvēra man kā algu trīsdesmit šekeļus sudraba. 13 Un Kungs man teica: met savu atalgojumu dārgumu krātuvē! – tad es ņēmu trīsdesmit šekeļus sudraba un iemetu Kunga nama dārgumu krātuvē. 14 Un tad es salauzu otru nūju – Vienprātību, lai lauztu Jūdas un Israēla brālību!
15 Tad Kungs man teica: “Ņem vēlreiz savus niekkalbja gana rīkus! 16 Jo, redzi, es iecelšu tajā zemē ganu, kam zudusī nerūp, kas noklīdušo nemeklē, sasirgušo neārstē un veselo neēdina, bet treknajai gaļu aprij līdz nagiem!
17 Vai! manam niekkalbim ganam,
kas avis pamet!
Ar zobenu nost viņa labo roku
un labo aci tam ārā!
Kaltin tam nokaltīs labā roka,
aklum akla tam labā acs!”
