11 — Zaccaria

1Open thy gates, O Libanus, and let fire devour thy cedars.Apri o Libano, le tue porte, e il fuoco si divori i tuoi cedri.OPEN thy gates ô Libanus, and let fyre deuoure thy ceders.Aperi, Libane, portas tuas, / et comedat ignis cedros tuas. 2Howl, thou fir tree, for the cedar is fallen, for the mighty are laid waste: howl, ye oaks of Basan, because the fenced forest is cut down.Gettate urla, o abeti, perchè i cedri sono caduti, perchè le altissime piante sono state atterrate: gettate urla o quercie di Basan, perché la forte selva è stata recisa.Howle thou firre tree, because the ceder is fallen, because the magnifical are wasted: howle ye okes of Basan, because the fensed forrest is cut downe.Ulula, abies, quia cecidit cedrus, / quoniam magnifici vastati sunt: / ululate, quercus Basan, / quoniam succisus est saltus munitus. 3The voice of the howling of the shepherds, because their glory is laid waste: the voice of the roaring of the lions, because the pride of the Jordan is spoiled.Rimbombano le strida dei pastori, perchè la loro grandezza è distrutta: rimbombano i ruggiti de' lioni, perchè la superbia del Giordano è devastata.The voice of the howling of pastours, because their magnificence is wasted: the voice of the roaring of lions, because the pride of Iordan is wasted.Vox ululatus pastorum, / quia vastata est magnificentia eorum: / vox rugitus leonum, / quoniam vastata est superbia Jordanis. 4Thus saith the Lord my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter,Queste cose dice il Signore Dio mio: Pasci queste pecore da macello.Thus sayth our Lord my God: Feede thou the cattel of slaughter,Hæc dicit Dominus Deus meus: Pasce pecora occisionis, 5Which they that possessed, slew, and repented not, and they sold them, saying: Blessed be the Lord, we are become rich: and their shepherds spared them not.Le quali coloro, che le guidavano, le mettevano a morte senza averne pietà e le vendevano, dicendo: Benedetto il Signore, noi ci siamo arricchiti. E que' loro pastori non ne avevano compassione.which they that possessed, slew, and were not sorie, and they sold them, saying: Blessed be our Lord, we are become rich: and their pastours spared them not.quæ qui possederant occidebant, et non dolebant, et vendebant ea, dicentes: Benedictus Dominus ! divites facti sumus: et pastores eorum non parcebant eis. 6And I will no more spare the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: behold I will deliver the men, every one into his neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall destroy the land, and I will not deliver it out of their hand.Or io non perdonerò ornai più agli abitanti di questa terra, dice il Signore: ecco che io abbandonerò questi uomini in potere l'uno dell'altro, e in potere del loro re, e sarà desolato il loro paese, ed io non li trarrò dalle mani di coloro.And I wil spare no more vpon the inhabitants of the earth, sayth our Lord: behold I wil deliuer men, euerie one in his neighbours hand, and in the hand of his king: and they shal cut the land in peeces, and I wil not deliuer it out of their hand.Et ego non parcam ultra super habitantes terram, dicit Dominus: ecce ego tradam homines, unumquemque in manu proximi sui, et in manu regis sui: et concident terram, et non eruam de manu eorum.

7And I will feed the flock of slaughter for this, O ye poor of the flock. And I took unto me two rods, one I called Beauty, and the other I called a Cord, and I fed the flock.E per questo io, o poveri del gregge, pascerò queste pecore da macello. Ed io mi presi due verghe, l'una delle quali chiamai la Speciosa, l'altra la chiamai la Funicella: e pascolai la greggia.And I wil feede the cattel of slaughter for this, ô ye poore of the flocke: and I tooke vnto me two roddes, one I called Beautie, and the other I called c Corde: and I fed the flocke.Et pascam pecus occisionis propter hoc, o pauperes gregis ! et assumpsi mihi duas virgas: unam vocavi Decorem, et alteram vocavi Funiculum: et pavi gregem. 8And I cut off three shepherds in one month, and my soul was straitened in their regard: for their soul also varied in my regard.E recisi tre pastori in un mese, e si restrinse riguardo ad essi l'anima mia, perchè anche l'anima loro variò riguardo a me.And I cut of three pastours in one moneth, and my soule shrunke together at them: for their soule also varied on me.Et succidi tres pastores in mense uno, et contracta est anima mea in eis, siquidem et anima eorum variavit in me. 9And I said: I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die: and that which is cut off, let it be cut off: and let the rest devour every one the flesh of his neighbour.E io dissi: Io non sarò vostro pastore: quello, che muore, si muoia: quel, che è sbranato, sia sbranato; e quelli, che restano, si divorino ciascheduno la carne del loro vicino.And I sayd: I wil not feede you: that which dieth, let it dye: and that which is cut of, be it cut of: and let the rest deuoure euerie one his neighbours flesh.Et dixi: Non pascam vos: quod moritur, moriatur, et quod succiditur, succidatur: et reliqui devorent unusquisque carnem proximi sui. 10And I took my rod that was called Beauty, and I cut it asunder to make void my covenant, which I had made with all people.E presi la mia verga chiamata la Speciosa, e la ruppi, per rompere il patto fermato da me con tutti i popoli.& I tooke my rod that was called beautie, and I cut it of to make voyd my couenant, which I made with al peoples.Et tuli virgam meam quæ vocabatur Decus, et abscidi eam, ut irritum facerem fœdus meum quod percussi cum omnibus populis. 11And it was made void in that day: and so the poor of the flock that keep for me, understood that it is the word of the Lord.E fu rotto in quel giorno, e i poveri del gregge, che mi ascoltano, han conosciuto, che questa è parola del Signore.And it was made voyd in that day: and so the poore of the slocke that keepe for me, vnderstood, that it is the word of the LordEt in irritum deductum est in die illa: et cognoverunt sic pauperes gregis, qui custodiunt mihi, quia verbum Domini est.

12And I said to them: If it be good in your eyes, bring hither my wages: and if not, be quiet. And they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.Ma io dissi a coloro: Se vi par giusto, datemi la mia mercede; e se no, non ne fate altro. Ed ei mi pesarono per mia mercede trenta monete d'argento.And I sayd to them: If it be good in your eyes, bring hither my hyre: and if not, be quiet. And they weighed my hyre thirtie peeces of siluer.Et dixi ad eos: Si bonum est in oculis vestris, afferte mercedem meam: et si non, quiescite. Et appenderunt mercedem meam triginta argenteos. 13And the Lord said to me: Cast it to the statuary, a handsome price, that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and I cast them into the house of the Lord to the statuary.E il Signore mi disse: Getta a quello statuario questa bella somma, a cui mi han prezzolato. Ed io presi le trenta monete d'argento, e le gettai nella casa del Signore, perchè si dessero allo statuario.And our Lord sayd to me, cast it forth to the statuarie, a goodlie price, that I was priced at by them. And I tooke the thirtie peeces of siluer: & I threw them into the house of our Lord to the statuarie.Et dixit Dominus ad me: Projice illud ad statuarium, decorum pretium quo appretiatus sum ab eis. Et tuli triginta argenteos, et projeci illos in domum Domini, ad statuarium. 14And I cut off my second rod that was called a Cord, that I might break the brotherhood between Juda and Israel.E ruppi l'altra mia verga chiamata la Funicella, affin di rompere la fratellanza tra Giuda, e Israele.And I cut of my second rod, that was called Corde, that I might dissolue the brotherhood betwen Iuda and Israel.Et præcidi virgam meam secundam, quæ appellabatur Funiculus, ut dissolverem germanitatem inter Judam et Israël. 15And the Lord said to me: Take to thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.E il Signore disse a me: Prenditi ancora i segnali di un pastore insensato.And our Lord sayd to me: As yet take to thee the vessels of a foolish pastour.Et dixit Dominus ad me: Adhuc sunt tibi vasa pastoris stulti. 16For behold I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who shall not visit what is forsaken, nor seek what is scattered, nor heal what is broken, nor nourish that which standeth, and he shall eat the flesh of the fat ones, and break their hoofs.Perocché io già farò uscir fuora sulla terra un pastore, che non visiterà le pecore abbandonate, non cercherà le disperse, non sanerà le ammalate, e a quelle, che stanno in piedi, non darà nutrimento, e si mangerà delle grasse la carne, e romperà ad esse gli stinchi.Because loe I wil rayse vp a pastour in the land, which shal not visite thinges forsaken, the thing dispersed he shal not seeke, and the broken he shal not heale, & that which standeth he shal not nourish, and he shal eate the flesh of the fat ones, and their hoofes he shal dissolue.Quia ecce ego suscitabo pastorem in terra, qui derelicta non visitabit, dispersum non quæret, et contritum non sanabit, et id quod stat non enutriet, et carnes pinguium comedet, et ungulas eorum dissolvet.

17O shepherd, and idol, that forsaketh the flock: the sword upon his arm and upon his right eye: his arm shall quite wither away, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.O pastore, ed o idolo, che lasci il gregge in abbandono! La spada lo colpirà nel braccio, e nel suo destro occhio: il suo braccio inaridirà, e si seccherà, e il suo destro occhio ottenebratosi si oscurerà.O pastour, and idol, leauing the flocke: the sword vpon his arme, & vpon his right eye: his arme shal be dried with withering, and his right eye waxing darke shal be obscured.O pastor, et idolum derelinquens gregem: gladius super brachium ejus, et super oculum dextrum ejus: brachium ejus ariditate siccabitur, et oculus dexter ejus tenebrescens obscurabitur.