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.”
1 Atver, ak, Libanona, savus vārtus, lai uguns aprij tavus ciedrus! 2 Vaimanājiet, cipreses, ka ciedri ir nogāzti un paši diženākie koki ir nopostīti! Vaimanājiet, Basanas ozoli, ka nogāzts ir biezais mežs! 3 Klau, kā vaimanā gani, jo viņu krāšņās ganības ir pagalam! Klau, kā rūc lauvas, jo izpostīts ir arī Jordānas biezokņu skaistums! 4 Tā sacīja man Tas Kungs, mans Dievs: "Gani kaujamās avis! 5 Jo viņu īpašnieki nokauj viņas, neuzskatīdami to ne par kādu grēku, pārdod un saka: slavēts lai ir Tas Kungs, es tagad esmu bagāts! - Un paši gani arī viņas netaupa. 6 Tāpēc Es arī nesaudzēšu zemes iedzīvotājus, saka Tas Kungs, un redzi, Es nodošu ļaudis katru atsevišķi otra rokā un sava ķēniņa rokā; lai tad viņi arī sagrauj zemi, un Es neglābšu nevienu no viņu pašu rokām." 7 Un tā es ganīju kaujamās avis, visvairāk nožēlojamās avju starpā, un iegādājos sev divas ganu kūjas: vienu es nosaucu par Laipnību un otru par Vienprātību. - Un tā es ganīju avis. 8 Vienā mēnesī es atlaidu trīs ganus, tie man bija apnikuši, un arī viņi negribēja vairs mani. 9 Tālāk es teicu: "Es jūs ilgāk vairs neganīšu; kas mirst, lai mirst, kam draud iznīcība, lai iznīkst; un pārējās, kas paliek, lai aprij cita citu!" 10 Es tad paņēmu savu kūju Laipnību un to salauzu, lai uzteiktu savu derību, ko es biju noslēdzis ar visām tautām. 11 Tā nu derība arī tika tanī dienā lauzta; tās nabaga avis, kas mani ievēroja, atzina, ka tāds ir bijis Tā Kunga vārds. 12 Un, kad es viņiem teicu: ja jums labpatīk, tad dodiet man atlīdzību, ja nē, tad lai paliek! - tad viņi izmaksāja man, cik es biju nopelnījis, nosvērdami man trīsdesmit sudraba gabalus. 13 Un Tas Kungs man sacīja: "Nomet šo slaveno algu, par kuras cienīgu viņi Mani atzinuši, podniekam!" Es paņēmu trīsdesmit sudraba gabalus un iemetu tos Tā Kunga namā podniekam. 14 Tad es salauzu savu otru gana kūju Vienprātību par zīmi tam, ka es sarauju brālību starp Jūdu un Israēlu. 15 Un Tas Kungs teica man: "Ņem vēlreiz savās rokās ģeķīgā gana rīkus! 16 Jo redzi, Es likšu darboties zemē ganam, kas par bojā ejošo nerūpējas, noklīdušo nemeklē un salauzto nedziedē, kā arī veselo neapgādā, turpretī treknās avs gaļu apēd ar baudu un nomauc pat viņas nagus. 17 Lai bēdas tam nederīgajam ganam, kas atstāj savu ganāmpulku! Lai zobens skar viņa roku un viņa labo aci! Viņa roka lai kaltin sakalst, un viņa labā acs lai pavisam izdziest!"
