Zacarias 11
1 Abre, ó Libano, as tuas portas para que o fogo consuma os cedros.
Let your doors be open, O Lebanon, so that fire may be burning among your cedars.
2 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.
Give a cry of grief, O fir-tree, for the fall of the cedar, because the great ones have been made low: give cries of grief, O you oaks of Bashan, for the strong trees of the wood have come down.
3 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.
The sound of the crying of the keepers of the flock! for their glory is made waste: the sound of the loud crying of the young lions! for the pride of Jordan is made waste.
4 Assim diz o Senhor meu Deus: Apascenta as ovelhas da matança,
This is what the Lord my God has said: Take care of the flock of death;
5 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.
Whose owners put them to death and have no sense of sin; and those who get a price for them say, May the Lord be praised for I have much wealth: and the keepers of the flock have no pity for them.
6 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.
For I will have no more pity for the people of the land, says the Lord; but I will give up everyone into his neighbour's hand and into the hand of his king: and they will make the land waste, and I will not keep them safe from their hands.
7 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.
So I took care of the flock of death, for those who made profit out of the flock; and I took for myself two rods, naming one Beautiful, and the other Bands; and I took care of the flock.
8 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.
And in one month I put an end to the three keepers of the flock; for my soul was tired of them, and their souls were disgusted with me.
9 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.
And I said, I will not take care of you: If death comes to any, let death be its fate; if any is cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest take one another's flesh for food.
10 E tomei a minha vara Suavidade, e a quebrei, para desfazer o meu concerto, que tinha estabelecido com todos estes povos.
And I took my rod Beautiful, cutting it in two, so that the Lord's agreement, which he had made with all the peoples, might be broken.
11 E foi desfeito n'aquelle dia, e conheceram assim os pobres do rebanho que me aguardavam que isto era palavra do Senhor.
And it was broken on that day: and the sheep-traders, who were watching me, were certain that it was the word of the Lord.
12 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.
And I said to them, If it seems good to you, give me my payment; and if not, do not give it. So they gave me my payment by weight, thirty shekels of silver.
13 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.
And the Lord said to me, Put it into the store-house, the price at which I was valued by them. And I took the thirty shekels of silver and put them into the store-house in the house of the Lord.
14 Então quebrei a minha segunda vara Conjuntadores, para romper a irmandade entre Judah e Israel.
Then I took my other rod, the one named Bands, cutting it in two, so that the relation of brothers between Judah and Israel might be broken.
15 E o Senhor me disse: Toma ainda para ti o instrumento de um pastor insensato.
And the Lord said to me, Take again the instruments of a foolish keeper of sheep.
16 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.
For see, I will put a sheep-keeper over the land, who will have no care for that which is cut off, and will not go in search of the wanderers, or make well what is broken, and he will not give food to that which is ill, but he will take for his food the flesh of the fat, and let their feet be broken.
17 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.
A curse on the foolish keeper who goes away from the flock! the sword will be on his arm and on his right eye: his arm will become quite dry and his eye will be made completely dark.
