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Zechariah 13

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1 ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἔσται πᾶς τόπος διανοιγόμενος ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Δαυιδ

1 When that day comes, clansmen of David and citizens of Jerusalem shall have a fountain flowing openly, of guilt to rid them, and of defilement.

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In die illa erit fons patens domui David et habitantibus Jerusalem,
in ablutionem peccatoris et menstruatæ.

2 καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ λέγει κύριος ἐξολεθρεύσω τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν εἰδώλων ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς καὶ οὐκέτι ἔσται αὐτῶν μνεία καὶ τοὺς ψευδοπροφήτας καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἀκάθαρτον ἐξαρῶ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς 3 καὶ ἔσται ἐὰν προφητεύσῃ ἄνθρωπος ἔτι καὶ ἐρεῖ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ οἱ γεννήσαντες αὐτόν οὐ ζήσῃ ὅτι ψευδῆ ἐλάλησας ἐ{P'} ὀνόματι κυρίου καὶ συμποδιοῦσιν αὐτὸν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ οἱ γεννήσαντες αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ προφητεύειν αὐτόν

2 A time shall come, says the Lord of hosts, when I will efface the memory of the false gods; the very names of them shall be forgotten; banish, too, the false prophets, and the unclean spirit they echo. 3 Dares one of them prophesy again, all men will turn against him, even the parents that begot him; Still at thy lying, and in the Lord’s name? Thou shalt die for it! And with a javelin’s thrust father and mother will take the life they gave.

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Et erit in die illa, dicit Dominus exercituum:
disperdam nomina idolorum de terra,
et non memorabuntur ultra:
et pseudoprophetas, et spiritum immundum auferam de terra. 3
Et erit: cum prophetaverit quispiam ultra,
dicent ei pater ejus et mater ejus, qui genuerunt eum:
Non vives, quia mendacium locutus es in nomine Domini:
et configent eum pater ejus et mater ejus, genitores ejus,
cum prophetaverit.

4 καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ καταισχυνθήσονται οἱ προφῆται ἕκαστος ἐκ τῆς ὁράσεως αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ προφητεύειν αὐτόν καὶ ἐνδύσονται δέρριν τριχίνην ἀν{Q'} ὧν ἐψεύσαντο 5 καὶ ἐρεῖ οὔκ εἰμι προφήτης ἐγώ διότι ἄνθρωπος ἐργαζόμενος τὴν γῆν ἐγώ εἰμι ὅτι ἄνθρωπος ἐγέννησέν με ἐκ νεότητός μου

4 When that day comes, never a prophet but shall rue the false vision he trusted in. Deceitful garb of sackcloth each one shall throw aside; 5 No prophet am I, but a simple peasant, that grew up to follow Adam’s trade![1]

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Et erit: in die illa confundentur prophetæ,
unusquisque ex visione sua cum prophetaverit:
nec operientur pallio saccino, ut mentiantur: 5
sed dicet: Non sum propheta:
homo agricola ego sum,
quoniam Adam exemplum meum ab adolescentia mea.

6 καὶ ἐρῶ πρὸς αὐτόν τί αἱ πληγαὶ αὗται ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν χειρῶν σου καὶ ἐρεῖ ἃς ἐπλήγην ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τῷ ἀγαπητῷ μου

6 Ask they, What wounds be these in thy clasped hands?[2] Thus wounded was I, he shall answer, in the house of my friends.[3]

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Et dicetur ei: Quid sunt plagæ istæ in medio manuum tuarum?
Et dicet: His plagatus sum in domo eorum qui diligebant me.

7 ῥομφαία ἐξεγέρθητι ἐπὶ τοὺς ποιμένας μου καὶ ἐ{P'} ἄνδρα πολίτην μου λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ πατάξατε τοὺς ποιμένας καὶ ἐκσπάσατε τὰ πρόβατα καὶ ἐπάξω τὴν χεῖρά μου ἐπὶ τοὺς ποιμένας 8 καὶ ἔσται ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ λέγει κύριος τὰ δύο μέρη ἐξολεθρευθήσεται καὶ ἐκλείψει τὸ δὲ τρίτον ὑπολειφθήσεται ἐν αὐτῇ 9 καὶ διάξω τὸ τρίτον διὰ πυρὸς καὶ πυρώσω αὐτούς ὡς πυροῦται τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ δοκιμῶ αὐτούς ὡς δοκιμάζεται τὸ χρυσίον αὐτὸς ἐπικαλέσεται τὸ ὄνομά μου κἀγὼ ἐπακούσομαι αὐτῷ καὶ ἐρῶ λαός μου οὗτός ἐστιν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐρεῖ κύριος ὁ θεός μου

7 Up, sword, and attack this shepherd of mine, neighbour of mine, says the Lord of hosts.[4]

Smite shepherd, and his flock shall scatter; so upon the common folk my vengeance shall fall. 8 All over this land, the Lord says, two thirds of them are forfeit to destruction, only a third shall be left to dwell there; 9 and this third part, through fire I will lead them; purged they shall be as silver is purged, tried as gold is tried. Theirs on my name to call, their plea mine to grant; My own people, so I greet them, and they answer, The Lord is my own God.

7 Framea, suscitare super pastorem meum, et super virum cohærentem mihi, dicit Dominus exercituum: percute pastorem, et dispergentur oves: et convertam manum meam ad parvulos. 8 Et erunt in omni terra, dicit Dominus: partes duæ in ea dispergentur, et deficient: et tertia pars relinquetur in ea. 9 Et ducam tertiam partem per ignem, et uram eos sicut uritur argentum, et probabo eos sicut probatur aurum. Ipse vocabit nomen meum, et ego exaudiam eum. Dicam: Populus meus es: et ipse dicet: Dominus Deus meus.

[1] The meaning of the second half of this verse is quite uncertain.

[2] Literally, ‘between thy hands’, a difficult phrase most inadequately interpreted by some moderns as meaning ‘on thy back’. If the sacred author had meant ‘between thy arms’, he would surely have said so, as in IV Kg. 9.24.

[3] Literally, ‘my lovers’; elsewhere in the Old Testament this word always refers to false gods, as the ‘lovers’ with whom Israel committed adultery. If the false prophet is referred to, it is not easy to see what injuries he had sustained, why any question was asked about them, what answer was expected, or what was meant by the answer given.

[4] ‘Neighbour’; the word is not likely to be what the prophet wrote. Elsewhere it is only a legal term meaning ‘a second party’. The second half of the verse may be a continuation of the first; but if so the direction ‘Smite!’ cannot be addressed to the sword, which would require a feminine, not a masculine formation of the verb.

Knox Translation Copyright © 2013 Westminster Diocese
Nihil Obstat. Father Anton Cowan, Censor.
Imprimatur. +Most Rev. Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. 8th January 2012.
Re-typeset and published in 2012 by Baronius Press Ltd