Zacarías 11

1 Abre tus puertas, Líbano, para que el fuego devore tus cedros.

Open your doors, Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars.

2 Lamenta, ciprés, porque el cedro ha caído, porque las majestuosas son destruidas. Aullad, robles de Basán, porque el bosque fuerte ha bajado.

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 ¡La voz del lamento de los pastores! Porque su gloria está destruida: ¡una voz de rugido de leones jóvenes! Porque el orgullo del Jordán está arruinado.

A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! For their glory is destroyed—a voice of the roaring of young lions! For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.

4 El Señor, mi Dios, dice: “Apacienta el rebaño de la matanza.

The LORD my God says: “Feed the flock of slaughter.

5 Sus compradores los sacrifican y quedan impunes. Los que los venden dicen: ‘Bendito sea Yahvé, porque soy rico’; y sus propios pastores no se apiadan de ellos.

Their buyers slaughter them and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich;’ and their own shepherds don’t pity them.

6 Porque ya no me apiadaré de los habitantes de la tierra — dice Yahvé —, sino que entregaré a cada uno de los hombres en manos de su vecino y en manos de su rey. Golpearán la tierra, y de su mano no los libraré”.

For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land,” says the LORD; “but, behold, I will deliver every one of the men into his neighbour’s hand and into the hand of his king. They will strike the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.”

7 Así que alimenté al rebaño que iba a ser sacrificado, especialmente a los oprimidos del rebaño. Tomé para mí dos bastones. Al uno lo llamé “Favor” y al otro lo llamé “Unión”, y alimenté al rebaño.

So I fed the flock to be slaughtered, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called “Favour” and the other I called “Union”, and I fed the flock.

8 En un mes eliminé a los tres pastores, porque mi alma estaba cansada de ellos, y su alma también me aborrecía.

I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.

9 Entonces dije: “No los alimentaré. Lo que muera, que muera; y lo que deba ser cortado, que sea cortado; y que los que queden se coman la carne unos a otros”.

Then I said, “I will not feed you. That which dies, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let those who are left eat each other’s flesh.”

10 Tomé mi bastón de mando y lo corté, para romper mi pacto que había hecho con todos los pueblos.

I took my staff Favour and cut it apart, that I might break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.

11 Aquel día se rompió, y así los pobres del rebaño que me escuchaban supieron que era palabra de Yahvé.

It was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was the LORD’s word.

12 Les dije: “Si les parece mejor, denme mi salario; y si no, guárdenlo”. Así que pesaron por mi salario treinta piezas de plata.

I said to them, “If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them.” So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.

13 El Señor me dijo: “Tíralo al alfarero: el buen precio en que me valoraron”. Tomé las treinta piezas de plata y las arrojé al alfarero en la casa de Yahvé.

The LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter—the handsome price that I was valued at by them!” I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the LORD’s house.

14 Luego corté mi otro bastón, Unión, para romper la hermandad entre Judá e Israel.

Then I cut apart my other staff, Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

15 El Señor me dijo: “Vuelve a tomar para ti el equipo de un pastor insensato.

The LORD said to me, “Take for yourself yet again the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

16 Porque he aquí que yo suscitaré en la tierra un pastor que no visitará a los desheredados, ni buscará a los dispersos, ni curará a los rotos, ni alimentará a los sanos; sino que comerá la carne de las ovejas gordas, y les desgarrará las pezuñas.

For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the meat of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.

17 ¡Ay del pastor inútil que abandona el rebaño! La espada golpeará su brazo y su ojo derecho. Su brazo se marchitará por completo, y su ojo derecho quedará totalmente ciego”.

Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will strike his arm and his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!”