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]!
Buksan mo ang iyong mga pintuan Lebanon, upang tupukin ng apoy ang iyong mga sedar!
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.
Managhoy kayong mga puno ng sipres, sapagkat nabuwal na ang mga puno ng sedar! Ang dating karangyaan ay ganap nang nawasak. Managhoy kayo, mga ensina ng Bashan, sapagkat bumagsak na ang matatag na kagubatan.
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.
Humahagulgol ang mga pastol sapagkat nawasak na ang kanilang kaluwalhatian. Ang tinig ng batang leon ay umaatungal sapagkat ganap nang nawasak ang ipinagmamalaki ng Ilog Jordan!
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.
Ito ang sinabi ni Yahweh na aking Diyos: “Katulad ng isang pastol na nagbabantay sa mga kawan na nakatalaga para katayin.
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.
(Ang sinumang bumili at kumatay sa mga ito ay hindi maparurusahan, at sasabihin ng mga nagbenta sa mga ito 'Purihin si Yahweh! Ako ay naging mayaman! Sapagka't walang awa sa kanila ang mga pastol na nagtatrabaho para sa kawan ng may ari.)
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].”
Sapagkat hindi na ako maaawa sa mga naninirahan sa lupain!” —Ito ang pahayag ni Yahweh” Tingnan mo! Ako mismo ang magpapasakamay ng bawat tao sa mga kamay ng kaniyang kapwa at sa mga kamay ng kaniyang hari. Wawasakin nila ang lupain. Hindi ko sasagipin ang Juda mula sa kanilang kamay.”
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.
Kaya ako ang naging pastol ng mga kawan na itinalaga upang katayin, para sa mga nagbebenta ng tupa. Kumuha ako ng dalawang tungkod; ang isang tungkod ay tinawag kong “Kagandahang loob” at ang isa ay tinawag kong “Pagkakaisa.” Sa ganitong paraan ko ipapastol ang mga kawan.
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.
Pinatay ko ang tatlong pastol sa loob ng isang buwan, at napagod na ako sa mga may-ari ng tupa, sapagkat kinasuklaman din nila ako.
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.”
At sinabi ko sa mga may-ari, “Hindi na ako makapagtatagal na magtatrabaho sa inyo bilang isang pastol. Ang mga tupang namamatay hayaan silang mamatay; ang mga tupang napapahamak hayaan silang mapahamak. Hayaan ang mga naiwang tupa na kakainin ang laman ng kanilang kapwa.”
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.
Kaya kinuha ko ang aking tungkod ng “Kagandahang loob” at binali ito upang baliin ang kasunduan na aking ginawa sa lahat ng aking mga tribu.
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.
Sa araw na iyon ang kasunduan ay nabali, at nalaman ng mga nagtitinda ng tupa at ng mga nanonood sa akin na si Yahweh ang nagsasabi.
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.
Sinabi ko sa kanila na “Kung sa palagay ninyong makakabuti sa inyo, bayaran ninyo ang aking sahod. Ngunit kung hindi, huwag ninyong gawin ito.”Kaya tinimbang nila ang aking sahod, tatlumpung piraso ng pilak.
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.
Pagkatapos sinabi ni Yahweh sa akin, “ilagay mo ang pilak sa kabang-yaman, ang pinakamahusay na halaga na halagang ibinigay nila sa iyo!” Kaya kinuha ko ang tatlumpung piraso ng pilak at inilagay ko sa kabang-yaman sa tahanan ni Yahweh.
14 Then I broke my second staff, [the one that I named] ‘Union’. That [indicated that] Judah and Israel would no longer be united.
Pagkatapos binali ko ang aking pangalawang tungkod ng “Pagkakaisa,” upang baliin ang pagkakapatiran sa pagitan ng Juda at Israel.
15 Then Yahweh said to me, “Take again the things that a foolish shepherd uses,
Sinabi sa akin ni Yahweh, “Muli, kunin mo ang mga kagamitan ng isang hangal na pastol para sa iyong sarili.
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.
Sapagkat tingnan mo, magtatalaga ako ng isang pastol sa lupain, hindi niya pangangalagaan ang mga napapahamak na tupa. Hindi niya hahanapin ang nawawalang tupa o gagamutin man ang mga pilay na tupa. Hindi niya pakakainin ang malusog na tupa, ngunit kakainin niya ang laman ng mga pinatabang tupa at tinatanggal ang kanilang mga kuko.
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.”
Aba sa mga walang kabuluhang pastol na pinapabayaan ang kawan! Dumating nawa ang espada laban sa kaniyang braso at sa kaniyang kanang mata. Matutuyo nawa ang kaniyang braso at mabubulag nawa ang kaniyang kanang mata!”
