1 ا فتَحْ أبوابَكَ يا لُبنانُ كَي تَأْكُلَ النّارُ أشْجارَ الأرْزِ.

Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

2 ن ُحْ يا شَجَرَ السَّرْوِ، لِأنَّ الأرْزَ سَقَطَ، لِأنَّ الأشْجارَ العَظِيمَةَ خَرُبَتْ. نُوحِي يا أشْجارَ بَلُّوطِ باشانَ، لِأنَّ الغابَةَ الكَثِيفَةِ سَقَطَتْ.

Wail, O fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen, because the goodly ones are destroyed: wail, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest is come down.

3 ا سمَعُوا صَوْتِ نُواحِ الرُّعاةِ، لِأنَّ مَجدَهُمْ قَدْ خَرُبَ. اسمَعُوا زَمجَرَةَ الأُسُودِ، لِأنَّ غابَةَ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ قَدْ خَرُبَتْ.

A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! for their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! for the pride of the Jordan is laid waste.

4 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ إلَهِي: «ارْعَ القَطِيعَ المُعَيَّنَ لِلذَّبْحِ.

Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;

5 ا لَّذِينَ يَشتَرُونَهُمْ يَذْبَحُونَهُمْ وَلا يُعاقَبُونَ. وَالَّذِينَ يَبِيعُونَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: ‹صِرْتُ غَنِيّاً! لِذا، ليكُن الله مُبارَكاً› وَرُعاتُهُمْ لا يَشْعُرُونَ بِأيَّةِ شَفَقَةٍ نَحوَهُمْ.

whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.

6 ل ِذَلِكَ لَنْ أعُودَ أرحَمَ ساكِنِي يَهُوذا،» يَقُولُ اللهُ. «سَأضَعُ كُلَّ واحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ تَحتَ سُلْطانِ جارِهِ وَمَلِكِهِ. سَيُخَرِّبُونَ الأرْضَ وَلَنْ أُنقِذَ أحَداً مِنْ يَدِهِمْ وَسُلْطانِهِمْ.»

For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah; but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor'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.

7 و َلِذا رَعَيتُ الغَنَمَ الَّذِي يُرَبَّى بِقَصْدِ الذَّبْحِ. ثُمَّ أخَذْتُ لِنَفسِي عَصَوَينِ. دَعَوْتُ إحداهُما «نِعْمَةً،» وَدَعَوْتُ الأُخرَى «وِحْدَةً،» وَرَعَيْتُ الغَنَمَ بِالعَصَوَيْنِ.

So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

8 ت َخَلَّصْتُ مِنْ ثَلاثَةِ رُعاةٍ فِي شَهْرٍ واحِدٍ، إذْ فَرَغَ صَبْرِي عَلَيهِمْ، وَهُمْ أيضاً أبغَضُونِي.

And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.

9 و َقُلْتُ: «لَنْ أرعاكُمْ ثانِيَةً. فَلْيَمُتِ المُحتَضِرُ، وَلْيَهلَكِ الهالِكُ، وَلْيَأْكُلِ الباقُونَ بَعضَهُمْ لَحمَ بَعْضٍ.»

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.

10 و َأخَذْتُ عَصايَ المُسَمّاةَ «نِعْمَةً» وَكَسَرْتُها لِأُظْهِرَ أنِّي أكسِرُ عَهْدِي الَّذِي عَمِلْتُهُ مَعَ كُلِّ الشُّعُوبِ.

And I took my staff Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.

11 ف َانكَسَرَ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ. وَعَرَفَ تُجّارُ الغَنَمِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يُراقِبُونَنِي أنَّ هَذِهِ كانَتْ نُبُوَّةً مِنَ اللهِ.

And it was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that gave heed unto me knew that it was the word of Jehovah.

12 و َقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: «إنْ حَسُنَ الأمْرُ فِي عُيُونِكُمْ فَادفَعُوا لِي أُجرَتِي. لَكِنْ إنْ لَمْ يَحسُنِ الأمْرُ فِي عُيُونِكُمْ فَلا تَدفَعُوا لِي.» فَدَفَعُوا إلَيَّ ثَلاثِينَ مِثْقالاً مِنَ الفِضَّةِ كَأجرٍ لِي.

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.

13 و َقالَ لِيَ اللهُ أنْ أُلقيَ فِي خَزِينَةِ الهَيكَلِ ذَلِكَ المَبلَغَ العَظِيمَ الَّذِي كافَأُونِي بِه! فَألقَيتُ الثَّلاثِينَ مِثْقالاً مِنَ الفِضَّةِ إلَى الخَزِينَةِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ.

And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter, the goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them unto the potter, in the house of Jehovah.

14 ث ُمَّ قَطَعْتُ عَصايَ الثّانِيَةَ المُسَمّاةَ ‹وِحدَةً› مُبطِلاً عَلاقَةَ الأُخُوَّةِ بَينَ يَهُوذا وَإسْرائِيلَ.»

Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

15 و َقالَ اللهُ لِي: «خُذْ ثانِيَةً أدَواتِ راعٍ لا يَسْتَخدِمُها سِوَى راعٍ أحْمَقَ،

And Jehovah said unto me, Take unto thee yet again the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

16 ل ِأنِّي سَأُعَيِّنُ فِي الأرْضِ راعِياً لا يَهْتَمُّ بِالخَرُوفِ التّائِهِ، وَلا يَبْحَثُ عَنِ الرَّضِيعِ. لا يُضَمِّدُ الجَرِيحَ، وَلا يَسْنِدُ الخِرافَ الضَّعِيفَةَ. يَأْكُلُ لَحْمَ الخِرافِ السَّمِينَةِ، فَلا يُبقِي سِوَى حَوافِرِها.»

For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.

17 ي ا راعِيَّ الأحْمَقُ الَّذِي يَترُكُ القَطِيعَ! لِيَضْرِبْ سَيفٌ ذِراعَهُ وَعَينَهُ اليُمْنَى! لِيَذبُلْ ذِراعُهُ الأيمَنُ تَماماً، وَلتَعْمَ عَينُهُ اليُمْنَى تَماماً!

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.