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, oh Líbano, tus puertas, y devore el fuego tus 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.
¡Aúlla, oh abeto, porque ha caído el cedro, porque han sido derribados los (árboles) magníficos! ¡Aullad, encinas de Basán, porque destruido ha sido el bosque inaccesible!
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.
Se oyen los lamentos de los pastores, por la ruina de lo que era su gloria; retumban los rugidos de los leoncillos, porque ha sido destruida la gloria del Jordán.
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.
Así dice Yahvé, mi Dios: “Apacienta las ovejas del matadero;
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.
cuyos compradores las matan impunemente, y cuyos vendedores dicen: «¡Bendito sea Yahvé, pues me he hecho rico!» y los pastores no les tienen compasión.
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].”
Así tampoco Yo me apiadaré de los habitantes de esta tierra, dice Yahvé. He aquí que entregaré a los hombres, los unos en manos de otros y en poder de su rey; ellos desolarán la tierra, y Yo no (los) libraré de su mano.
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.
Apacenté las ovejas del matadero, porque eran las ovejas más pobres; y tomé dos cayados; al uno le llamé Gracia, y al otro Unión; y apacenté el rebaño.
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.
Y di muerte a tres pastores en un mes. Entonces perdí la paciencia con las ovejas, y también ellas estaban cansadas de mí.
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.”
Y dije: “No os apacentaré más; la que debe morir, que muera; la que debe perderse, que se pierda. Y las restantes, que se coman unas a otras.”
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.
Y tomé mi cayado Gracia, y lo rompí, para anular mi alianza que había hecho con todos los pueblos.
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.
Y quedó anulado en aquel día; y así aquellos más pobres del rebaño que hacían caso de mí, conocieron que era palabra de Yahvé.
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.
Y les dije: “Si os parece justo, pagad mi salario; y si no, dejadlo.” Y ellos pesaron mi salario; treinta (monedas) de plata.
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.
Entonces Yahvé me dijo: “¡Tira al alfarero ese lindo precio en que me estimaron!” Tomé las treinta (monedas) de plata, y las tiré al alfarero en la Casa de Yahvé.
14 Then I broke my second staff, [the one that I named] ‘Union’. That [indicated that] Judah and Israel would no longer be united.
Luego rompí el otro cayado, Unión, para romper la hermandad entre Judá e Israel.
15 Then Yahweh said to me, “Take again the things that a foolish shepherd uses,
Y Yahvé me dijo: “Toma también el pertrecho de un 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.
Pues he aquí que suscitaré en la tierra un pastor que no cuidará de las (ovejas) que se pierden, que no buscará las descarriadas; ni curará las heridas, ni alimentará a las que están sanas; sino que comerá la carne de las gordas y les romperá las pezuñas.
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.”
¡Ay del pastor inútil, que abandona el rebaño! ¡Espada sobre su brazo, y sobre su ojo derecho! ¡Que se seque completamente su brazo y oscurézcase del todo su ojo derecho!”
