Zacarías 11

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

Open your doors, O Libanus, and let the fire 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.

Let the pine howl, because the cedar has fallen; for the mighty men have been greatly afflicted: howl, you oaks of the land of Basan; for the thickly planted forest has been torn 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.

[There is] a voice of the shepherds mourning; for their greatness is brought low: a voice of roaring lions; for the pride of Jordan is brought down.

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

Thus says the Lord Almighty, Feed the sheep of the 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.

which their possessors have slain, and have not repented: and they that sold them said, Blessed be the Lord; for we have become rich: and their shepherds have suffered no sorrow for 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”.

Therefore I will no longer have mercy upon the inhabitants of the land, says the Lord: but, behold, I will deliver up the men every one into the hand of his neighbor, and into the hand of his king; and they shall destroy the land, and I will not rescue out of their hand.

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.

And I will tend the flock of slaughter in the land of Chanaan: and I will take for myself two rods; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Line; and I will tend the flock.

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

And I will cut off three shepherds in one month; and my soul shall grieve over them, for their souls cried out against 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”.

And I said, I will not tend you: that which dies, let it die; and that which falls off, let it fall off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of his neighbor.

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

And I will take my beautiful staff, and cast it away, that I may break my covenant which I made with all the people.

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

And it shall be broken in that day; and the Chananites, the sheep that are kept for me, shall know that it is the word of the Lord.

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

And I will say to them, If it be good in your eyes, give [me] my price, or refuse it. And they weighed for my price 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.

And the Lord said to me, Drop them into the furnace, and I will see if it is good [metal], as I was proved for their sakes. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them into the furnace in the house of the Lord.

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

And I cast away [my] second rod, [even] Line, that I might break the possession between Juda and Israel.

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

And the Lord said to me, Take yet to you shepherd's implements belonging to an unskillful 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 against the land: he shall not visit that which is perishing, and he shall not seek that which is scattered, and he shall not heal that which is bruised, nor guide that which is whole: but he shall devour the flesh of the choice [ones], and shall dislocate the joints [of their necks].

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”.

Alas for the vain shepherds that have forsaken the sheep! the sword [shall be] upon the arms of such a one, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be completely withered, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.