Zechariah 13
1 At that time [it will be as though] [MET] there will be a fountain from which water flows continually to cleanse the descendants [MTY] of [King] David and [all] the [other] people in Jerusalem from the guilt of the sins that they have committed, [especially] from becoming unacceptable to me [by worshiping idols].
En aquel día se abrirá una fuente para la casa de David y para los habitantes de Jerusalén, a fin de (lavar) el pecado y la inmundicia.
2 The Commander of the armies of angels says, “At that time, I will prevent [people from even mentioning] the names of the idols in their country, and no one will remember them any more. I will also expel from the land all the people who falsely claim that they are prophets [DOU].
En aquel día, dice Yahvé de los ejércitos, exterminaré de la tierra los nombres de los ídolos, y no quedará más memoria de ellos; y extirparé de la tierra también a los profetas y al espíritu inmundo.
3 If someone continues to prophesy [falsely], his parents must say to him, ‘You have told lies saying that Yahweh [MTY] gave those messages to you, so you must be executed.’ [So] if someone prophesies [like that], his own father and mother must stab him [and kill him].
Cuando alguno en adelante se ponga a profetizar, le dirán su padre y su madre que le engendraron: «No vivirás porque has hablado mentira en el Nombre de Yahvé». Y su padre y su madre que le engendraron, le traspasarán mientras esté profetizando.
4 At that time, the false prophets will be ashamed [that they claimed to have received messages from me in] their visions and prophesies [that they told to people]. They will no [longer] deceive people by wearing the clothes [that prophets usually wear], clothes made of [animals’] hair.
Cuando en aquel día profeticen los profetas, se avergonzarán cada cual de su visión, y no vestirán más el manto de pelo para mentir.
5 [So] each of them will say, ‘I am not [really] a prophet; I am a farmer, and I have been a farmer on my land ever since I was a boy!’
Un tal dirá: «Yo no soy profeta, soy labrador de la tierra; porque un hombre me compró ya en mi juventud».
6 But someone, [seeing the wounds on one of those prophet’s bodies, will suspect that he injured himself during rituals to worship idols, and he] will ask ‘Why are those wounds on your body?’ And he [will lie, saying] ‘I was injured [when I was] at my friend’s house.’”
Y cuando le preguntaren: «¿Qué son esas heridas en tus manos?», contestará: «Me hicieron estas heridas en la casa de mis amigos».
7 The Commander of the armies of angels says, “[My] sword [APO] must strike [the one who is like] [MET] my shepherd, the man who is (my companion/very (close/dear) to me). When the shepherd is killed, [those who are like] [MET] his sheep will scatter. [And those who are like] [MET] my little sheep will [also] be attacked [IDM].”
¡Despierta, espada, contra mi Pastor, y contra el Varón de mi compañía, dice Yahvé de los ejércitos: ¡Hiere al Pastor! y se dispersarán las ovejas, y extenderé mi mano contra los párvulos.
8 Yahweh [also] says, “Two-thirds [of the people in Judah] will die [DOU]. [Only] one-third [of the people in Judah] will remain alive.
Y sucederá que en toda la tierra, dice Yahvé, serán exterminados los dos tercios, perecerán y quedará en ella solo un tercio,
9 And I will test the ones that remain alive [by causing them to experience great difficulties, to find out if they will continue to worship me]. I will purify them like [MET] a man purifies gold or silver by putting it into a [very hot] fire. [Then] my people will call to me [MTY] [for help], and I will answer them. I will say [to them], ‘You are my people,’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is our God.’”
Y este tercio lo meteré en el fuego, lo purificaré como se purifica la plata, y lo probaré como se prueba el oro. Invocará mi Nombre y Yo lo escucharé; Yo diré: «Pueblo mío es». Y él dirá: «Yahvé es mi Dios».
