9:1 Massa[♦] d'var YHWH,11:4 Koh amar YHWH Elohai: "Feed the flock of slaughter. 5 Their buyers slaughter them, and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, 'Barukh YHWH, for I am rich;' and their own ro'im don't pity them. 6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of ha-aretz," n'um YHWH; "v'hinneh, I will deliver ha-adam, (every) ish into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his melekh. They will strike ha-aretz, and out of their hand I will not deliver them."
b'eretz Chadrach, v'Dammeseq will be its resting place;
ki la-YHWH is the eye of adam
and of all the tribes of Yisra'el;
2 v'gam Chamat, which borders on it;
Tzor v'Tzidon, for she has chokhmah me'od.
3 Tzor built herself a stronghold,
and heaped up kesef like the dust,
and fine gold like the mire of the streets.
4 Hinneh, Adonai will dispossess her,
and he will strike her power ba-yam;
and she will be devoured ba-esh.
9:5 Ashqelon will see it, and fear;
`Aza also, and will writhe in agony;
v`Eqron, for her expectation will be disappointed;
and melekh `Aza will perish,
v'Ashqelon will not be inhabited.
6 A bastard will dwell b'Ashdod,
and I will cut off the pride of P'lishtim.
7 I will take away his blood out of his mouth,
and his abominations from between his teeth;
and he also will be a remnant for our Elohim;
and he will be as a chieftain b'Y'hudah,
v`Ekron k'Y'vusi.
8 I will encamp around my bayit against the army,
that no one pass through or return;
and no oppressor will pass through them any more:
for now I have seen with my eyes.
9 Gili me'od, bat Tziyyon!
Shout, bat Y'rushalaim!
Hinneh, your Melekh comes to you!
He is tzaddik, and having salvation;
lowly, and riding `al-chamor,
v`al ayir, ben-atonot.
10 I will cut off the chariot me-Efrayim,
and the horse m'Y'rushalaim;
and the battle bow will be cut off;
and he will speak shalom la-goyim:
and his dominion will be mi-yam ad-yam,
u'mi-nahar to the ends of the eretz.
11 As for you also,
because of the blood of your b'rit,
I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is ein mayim.
12 Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of ha-tikvah!
Gam ha-yom I declare that I will restore double to you.
13 For indeed I bend Y'hudah as a bow for me.
I have filled the bow with Efrayim;
and I will stir up your banim, Tziyyon,
against your banim, Yavan,
and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
14 V'YHWH will be seen over them;
and his arrow will go forth ka-barak;
v'Adonai YHWH will blow ha-shofar,
and will go with whirlwinds (of the) teiman.
15 YHWH Ts'va'ot will defend them;
and they will destroy and overcome with sling stones;
and they will drink, and roar as through yayin;
and they will be filled like bowls,
like the corners of the mizbeach.
16 YHWH Eloheihem will save them ba-yom ha-hu as the flock of his people;
for they are like the jewels of a crown,
lifted on high over his adamah.
17 For how great is his goodness,
and how great is his beauty!
Grain will make the young men flourish,
v'tirosh the virgins.
PEREQ י
CHAPTER 10
10:1 Ask me-YHWH rain in the spring time,
YHWH who makes storm clouds,
and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants ba-sadeh.
2 For ha-t'rafim have spoken vanity,
and the diviners have seen a lie;
and they have told false dreams.
They comfort in vain.
Therefore they go their way like sheep.
They are oppressed, ki-ein ro'eh.
10:3 My anger is kindled `al-ha-ro'im,
and I will punish the male goats;
For YHWH Ts'va'ot has visited his flock, beit Y'hudah,
and will make them as his majestic horse in the battle.
4 From him will come the pinnah,
from him the nail,
from him the battle bow,
from him every ruler together.
5 They shall be as gibborim,
treading down muddy streets in the battle;
and they shall fight, because YHWH is with them;
and the riders on horses will be confounded.
10:6 "I will strengthen beit Y'hudah,
and I will save Yosef,
and I will bring them back;
for I have mercy on them;
and they will be as though I had not cast them off:
ki ani YHWH Eloheihem, and I will hear them.
7 Efrayim will be like a gibbor,
and their heart will rejoice as through yayin;
yes, their banim will see it, and rejoice.
Their heart will be glad ba-YHWH.
10:8 I will signal for them, and gather them;
for I have redeemed them;
and they will increase as they have increased.
9 I will sow them ba`amim;
and they will remember me in far countries;
and they will live with their banim, and will return.
10 I will bring them again me-eretz Mitzrayim,
u'me-Ashshur;
v'el eretz Gil`ad u'L'vanon;
and there won't be room enough for them.
11 He will pass through ha-yam of affliction,
and will strike the waves ba-yam,
and all the depths of y'or [the Nile] will dry up;
and the pride of Ashshur will be brought down,
and the scepter of Mitzrayim will depart.
12 I will strengthen them ba-YHWH;
and they will walk up and down in his name," n'um YHWH.
PEREQ יא
CHAPTER 11
11:1 Open your doors, L'vanon,
that esh may devour your cedars.
2 Wail, cypress tree, for the cedar has fallen,
because the stately ones are destroyed.
Wail, you oaks of Bashan,
for the strong forest has come down.
3 A voice of the wailing of ha-ro'im!
For their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions!
For the pride of ha-Yarden is ruined.
17 Hoy to the worthless ro`i who leaves the flock!
The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye.
His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!"
7 "Awake, sword, against my ro`eh,
and against the man who is close to me," n'um YHWH Ts'va'ot.
"Strike ha-ro`eh, and the sheep will be scattered;
and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8 V'hayah v'khol ha-aretz," n'um YHWH,
"two parts in it will be cut off and die;
but the third will be left in it.
9 I will bring the third part ba-esh,
and will refine them as kesef is refined,
and will test them like ha-zahav is tested.
They will call on my name, and I will hear them.
I will say, '`Ami hu;'
and they will say, 'YHWH Elohai.' "