Zechariah 11
1 [You people of] [APO] Lebanon [should] open your gates, [because you will not be able to stop] fire from burning your cedar [trees]!
Abre, ó Libano, as tuas portas para que o fogo consuma os cedros.
2 Your cypress/pine [trees] [APO] should [also] wail because the cedar [trees] have been cut down. Those glorious/great trees have been destroyed. The oak trees in the Bashan [region] should also wail, because the other trees in the forest have been cut down.
Uivae, ó faias, porque os teus cedros cairam, porque estas excellentes arvores são destruidas; uivae, ó carvalhos de Basan, porque o bosque forte é derribado.
3 And listen to the shepherds crying because the fertile pastures have been ruined. Listen to the lions roar; they roar because the delightful forest [where they live] near the Jordan [River] has been ruined.
Voz de uivo dos pastores se ouviu, porque a sua gloria é destruida: voz de bramido dos filhos de leões, porque foi destruida a soberba do Jordão.
4 This is what Yahweh my God said [to me]: “[I want you to] become a shepherd for a flock [of sheep that are about] to be slaughtered.
Assim diz o Senhor meu Deus: Apascenta as ovelhas da matança,
5 The people who are going to buy the sheep will kill the sheep, and they will not be punished. Those who are selling the sheep say, ‘[I] praise Yahweh, [because] I will become rich!’ Even the shepherds do not feel sorry for the sheep.
Cujos possuidores as matam, e não se teem por culpados; e cujos vendedores dizem: Louvado seja o Senhor, porque hei enriquecido, e os seus pastores não teem piedade d'ellas.
6 And similarly, I no longer feel sorry for the people of this country. I am going to allow many of them [HYP] to be captured by other people or by their king. Those who capture them will ruin this country, and I will not rescue any [of the people].”
Certamente não terei piedade mais dos moradores d'esta terra, diz o Senhor, mas, eis que entregarei os homens cada um na mão do seu companheiro e na mão do seu rei, e esmiuçarão a terra, e eu não os livrarei da sua mão.
7 So I became the shepherd of a flock [of sheep that were about] to be slaughtered [for their meat to be sold] to the dealers. [I took good care of the sheep, even the ones that were the weakest sheep. Then] I took two [shepherds’] /walking sticks). I named the one [staff] ‘Kindness’ and the other [staff] ‘Union’. And I took good care of the sheep.
E eu apascentei as ovelhas da matança, porquanto são ovelhas coitadas; e tomei para mim duas varas, a uma das quaes chamei Suavidade, e á outra chamei Conjuntadores, e apascentei as ovelhas.
8 But the three shepherds [who had been working with me] detested me, and I became impatient with them. Within one month I (dismissed/got rid of) those shepherds.
E destrui os teus pastores n'um mesmo mez, porque se angustiou d'elles a minha alma, e tambem a sua alma teve fastio de mim.
9 So I said [to the dealers], “I will no [longer] be the shepherd. I will allow the ones that are dying to die. I will allow the ones that are getting lost to get lost. And I will not prevent those that remain from destroying each other.”
E eu disse: Não vos apascentarei mais: o que morrer morra, e o que fôr destruido seja, e as que restarem comam cada uma a carne da sua companheira.
10 Then I took the staff that I had named ‘Kindness’ and I broke it. [That showed that Yahweh] was annulling/canceling the agreement that he had made with all the people-groups.
E tomei a minha vara Suavidade, e a quebrei, para desfazer o meu concerto, que tinha estabelecido com todos estes povos.
11 So that agreement was ended immediately. And the men who bought and sold sheep who were watching me knew [by seeing what I was doing] that I was giving them a message from Yahweh.
E foi desfeito n'aquelle dia, e conheceram assim os pobres do rebanho que me aguardavam que isto era palavra do Senhor.
12 I told them, “If you think it is what you should do, pay me [for taking care of the sheep]. If you do not think that is what you should do, do not pay me.” So they paid me [only] 30 pieces of silver.
Porque eu lhes tinha dito: Se parece bem aos vossos olhos, dae-me a minha soldada, e, se não, deixae-vos d'isso. E pesaram a minha soldada, trinta moedas de prata.
13 Then Yahweh said to me, “[That is a ridiculously small amount of money that they have paid you]! [So] throw it to the man who makes clay pots!” So I took the silver to the temple of Yahweh, and I threw it in the chest where the offerings/money is kept.
O Senhor pois me disse: Arroja-a ao oleiro, bello preço em que fui apreçado por elles. E tomei as trinta moedas de prata, e as arrojei, na casa do Senhor, ao oleiro.
14 Then I broke my second staff, [the one that I named] ‘Union’. That [indicated that] Judah and Israel would no longer be united.
Então quebrei a minha segunda vara Conjuntadores, para romper a irmandade entre Judah e Israel.
15 Then Yahweh said to me, “Take again the things that a foolish shepherd uses,
E o Senhor me disse: Toma ainda para ti o instrumento de um pastor insensato.
16 because I am going to appoint a new king for the people, [one who will not take care of my people. He will be like a foolish shepherd]: [MET] He will not take care of those who are dying, those who are very young, those who have been injured, or those who do not have enough food. Instead, he will [treat them very cruelly, like a shepherd who would] [MET] kill and eat the best sheep and tear off their hoofs.
Porque, eis que levantarei um pastor na terra, que não visitará as perdidas, não buscará a desgarrada, e não sarará a quebrada, nem apascentará a sã; mas comerá a carne da gorda, e lhe despedaçará as unhas.
17 But terrible things will happen to that foolish/useless king who abandons the people [MET] over whom he rules. [His enemies] will strike his arm and his right eye with their swords. [The result will be that] he will have no strength in his arm, and his right eye will become completely blind.”
Ai do pastor de nada, que abandona o rebanho; a espada cairá sobre o seu braço e sobre o seu olho direito; o seu braço sem falta se seccará, e o seu olho direito sem falta se escurecerá.
