Zacarias 11
1 Abra suas portas, Líbano, que o fogo possa devorar seus cedros.
[You people of] [APO] Lebanon [should] open your gates, [because you will not be able to stop] fire from burning your cedar [trees]!
2 Lamento, cipreste, pois o cedro caiu, porque os estaduais são destruídos. Lamento, seus carvalhos de Bashan, para a floresta forte desabou.
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.
3 Uma voz do lamento dos pastores! Pois sua glória é destruída - uma voz do rugido dos leões jovens! Pois o orgulho do Jordão está arruinado.
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.
4 Yahweh meu Deus diz: “Alimente o rebanho de abate”.
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.
5 Seus compradores os abatem e ficam impunes. Aqueles que os vendem dizem: “Bendito seja Javé, pois sou rico;” e seus próprios pastores não têm piedade deles.
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.
6 Pois não terei mais piedade dos habitantes da terra”, diz Javé; “mas, eis que entregarei cada um dos homens na mão do seu próximo e na mão do seu rei”. Eles atacarão a terra, e de suas mãos não os entregarei”.
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].”
7 Assim eu alimentei o rebanho a ser abatido, especialmente os oprimidos do rebanho. Levei para mim dois funcionários. Um eu chamei de “Favor” e o outro de “União”, e alimentei o rebanho.
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.
8 Eu cortei os três pastores em um mês; pois minha alma estava cansada deles, e sua alma também me odiava.
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.
9 Então eu disse: “Não vou alimentá-los”. O que morre, que morra; e o que deve ser cortado, que seja cortado; e que os que restam comam a carne uns dos outros”.
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.”
10 Peguei o favor do meu pessoal e o cortei, para que eu pudesse quebrar meu pacto que tinha feito com todos os povos.
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.
11 Foi quebrado naquele dia; e assim os pobres do rebanho que me ouviam sabiam que era a palavra de Javé.
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.
12 Eu lhes disse: “Se vocês acharem melhor, me dêem meu salário; e se não, fiquem com eles”. Então eles pesaram por meu salário trinta moedas de prata.
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.
13 Yahweh me disse: “Jogue-o ao oleiro - o preço bonito pelo qual eu era valorizado por eles”. Peguei as trinta moedas de prata e as joguei no oleiro na casa de Yahweh.
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.
14 Depois cortei meu outro pessoal, o Union, para poder quebrar a irmandade entre Judah e Israel.
Then I broke my second staff, [the one that I named] ‘Union’. That [indicated that] Judah and Israel would no longer be united.
15 Yahweh me disse: “Leve para si mais uma vez o equipamento de um pastor tolo”.
Then Yahweh said to me, “Take again the things that a foolish shepherd uses,
16 Pois eis que eu levantarei um pastor na terra que não visitará aqueles que estão cortados, nem procurará os que estão dispersos, nem curará o que está quebrado, nem alimentará o que está sadio; mas comerá a carne das ovelhas gordas, e lhes despedaçará os cascos.
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.
17 Ai do pastor inútil que abandona o rebanho! A espada golpeará seu braço e seu olho direito. Seu braço estará completamente murcho, e seu olho direito estará totalmente cego”!
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.”
