Zacarías 11

1 Que se abran tus puertas, oh Líbano, para que arda fuego entre tus 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 Da un grito de dolor, oh abeto, por la caída del cedro, porque los grandes han sido abatidos; llora de dolor, oh robles de Basán, porque los fuertes árboles del bosque han sido derribados.

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 ¡El sonido del llanto de los pastores del rebaño! porque su gloria se desperdicia; ¡el sonido del fuerte llanto de los leoncillos! porque el orgullo de Jordania está destruida.

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 Esto es lo que el Señor mi Dios ha dicho: Cuida el rebaño destinadas al matadero;

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 Cuyos dueños las mataron y no tienen sentido de pecado; y los que obtienen un precio por ellos dicen: Que el Señor sea alabado porque tengo mucha riqueza, y los pastores del rebaño no tienen piedad de ellos.

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 Porque no tendré más piedad por la gente de la tierra, dice el Señor; pero entregaré a todos en la mano de su prójimo y en la mano de su rey; y harán que la tierra se desperdicie, y no los mantendré a salvo de sus manos.

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 Así que cuidé del rebaño destinados a la muerte, a los afligidos del rebaño; y tomé para mí dos cayados, nombrando uno Gracia y el otro, Lazos; y me hice cargo del rebaño.

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 Y en un mes puse fin a los tres pastores del rebaño; porque mi alma estaba cansada de ellos, y sus almas me aborrecían.

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 Y dije: No los cuidaré: La que ha de morir, que muera; si alguna se perdiera que se pierda; y que el resto tome la carne del otro como alimento.

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 Y tomé mi cayado Gracia, quebrando en dos, para que se rompiera el acuerdo del Señor, que había hecho con todos los pueblos.

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 Y se rompió ese día él Pacto; y los comerciantes de ovejas, que me observaban, estaban seguros de que era la palabra del Señor.

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 Y les dije: Si les parece bien, denme mi paga; y si no, déjenlo. Entonces, pesaron por mi salario, treinta siclos de plata.

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 Y el Señor me dijo: Ponlo en el alfolí, el precio al que me valoraron. Y tomé los treinta siclos de plata y los puse en el tesoro de la casa del Señor.

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 Entonces tomé mi otra vara, la que se llama lazos, y la quebré en dos, para que la relación de hermanos entre Judá e Israel se rompiera.

Then I broke my second staff, [the one that I named] ‘Union’. That [indicated that] Judah and Israel would no longer be united.

15 Y el Señor me dijo: Toma de nuevo los instrumentos de un insensato poseedor de ovejas.

Then Yahweh said to me, “Take again the things that a foolish shepherd uses,

16 Porque he aquí, pondré un pastor de ovejas sobre la tierra, que no se preocupará por las que perecen, y no irá en busca de los extraviadas, ni vendará a la que está herida, y no sustentará a la fuerte, sino que tomará por su comida la carne de la gordura, y les partirá los pezuñas.

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 ¡Ay sobre el necio pastor que se aleja del rebaño! la espada caiga sobre su brazo y en su ojo derecho; su brazo se volverá bastante seco y su ojo se oscurecerá por completo.

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.”