Zechariah 11
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
11 Open your doors, O Lebanon,
so that fire may devour your cedars!
2 Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
for the glorious trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
for the thick forest has been felled!
3 Listen, the wail of the shepherds,
for their glory is despoiled!
Listen, the roar of the lions,
for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed!
Two Kinds of Shepherds
4 Thus said the Lord my God: Be a shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter. 5 Those who buy them kill them and go unpunished; and those who sell them say, “Blessed be the Lord, for I have become rich”; and their own shepherds have no pity on them. 6 For I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of the earth, says the Lord. I will cause them, every one, to fall each into the hand of a neighbor, and each into the hand of the king; and they shall devastate the earth, and I will deliver no one from their hand.
7 So, on behalf of the sheep merchants, I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter. I took two staffs; one I named Favor, the other I named Unity, and I tended the sheep. 8 In one month I disposed of the three shepherds, for I had become impatient with them, and they also detested me. 9 So I said, “I will not be your shepherd. What is to die, let it die; what is to be destroyed, let it be destroyed; and let those that are left devour the flesh of one another!” 10 I took my staff Favor and broke it, annulling the covenant that I had made with all the peoples. 11 So it was annulled on that day, and the sheep merchants, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord. 12 I then said to them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out as my wages thirty shekels of silver. 13 Then the Lord said to me, “Throw it into the treasury”[a]—this lordly price at which I was valued by them. So I took the thirty shekels of silver and threw them into the treasury[b] in the house of the Lord. 14 Then I broke my second staff Unity, annulling the family ties between Judah and Israel.
15 Then the Lord said to me: Take once more the implements of a worthless shepherd. 16 For I am now raising up in the land a shepherd who does not care for the perishing, or seek the wandering,[c] or heal the maimed, or nourish the healthy,[d] but devours the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off even their hoofs.
17 Oh, my worthless shepherd,
who deserts the flock!
May the sword strike his arm
and his right eye!
Let his arm be completely withered,
his right eye utterly blinded!
Footnotes
- Zechariah 11:13 Syr: Heb it to the potter
- Zechariah 11:13 Syr: Heb it to the potter
- Zechariah 11:16 Syr Compare Gk Vg: Heb the youth
- Zechariah 11:16 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Zechariah 11
King James Version
11 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
3 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
4 Thus saith the Lord my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.
7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.
10 And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the Lord.
12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
13 And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.
14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15 And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
Zacarías 11
La Biblia de las Américas
11 Abre tus puertas, Líbano(A),
y consuma el fuego tus cedros(B).
2 Gime, ciprés[a], porque ha caído el cedro,
porque los árboles majestuosos han sido derribados;
gemid, encinas de Basán,
porque ha caído el bosque impenetrable[b].
3 Voz de gemido de pastores,
porque su esplendor está arruinado(C);
voz del rugido de leoncillos,
porque derribada está la gloria[c] del Jordán(D).
El buen pastor y el falso
4 Así dice el Señor mi Dios: Apacienta las ovejas destinadas para la matanza(E). 5 Los que las compran las matan y salen impunes[d], y el que las vende dice(F): «¡Bendito sea el Señor, porque me he enriquecido(G)!»; y ni sus propios pastores se compadecen de ellas(H). 6 Pues yo no me compadeceré más de los habitantes de esta[e] tierra —declara el Señor— sino que he aquí, haré que los hombres caigan[f] cada uno en manos de otro(I) y en manos de su rey; y ellos herirán la tierra(J) y yo no los libraré de sus manos(K). 7 Apacenté, pues, las ovejas destinadas para la matanza(L), esto es, los afligidos del rebaño[g](M). Y tomé para mí dos cayados(N): a uno lo llamé Gracia[h](O) y al otro lo llamé Unión[i]; y apacenté las ovejas(P). 8 Y destruí a los tres pastores en un mes(Q), pues mi alma se impacientó con ellos y su alma también se cansó de mí[j]. 9 Entonces dije: No os apacentaré más. La que ha de morir, que muera[k]; y la que ha de ser destruida, que sea destruida[l]; y las que queden, cómanse[m] la carne unas a otras(R). 10 Y tomé mi cayado Gracia[n](S) y lo quebré para romper el pacto que yo había hecho con todos los pueblos(T). 11 Y fue roto aquel día; así los afligidos del rebaño[o] que me observaban, conocieron que era la palabra del Señor(U). 12 Y les dije: Si os parece bien, dadme mi paga; y si no, dejadla[p]. Y pesaron como mi salario(V) treinta piezas de plata(W). 13 Entonces el Señor me dijo: Arrójalo al alfarero (ese magnífico precio con que me valoraron). Tomé pues, las treinta piezas de plata y las arrojé al alfarero en la casa del Señor(X). 14 Y quebré mi segundo cayado, Unión[q](Y), para romper la hermandad entre Judá e Israel(Z).
15 Y el Señor me dijo: Toma otra vez los aperos de un pastor insensato[r](AA). 16 Porque he aquí, yo voy a levantar en la tierra un pastor que no se preocupará de la que perece(AB), ni buscará a la descarriada, ni curará a la herida, ni sustentará a la fuerte, sino que comerá la carne de la cebada(AC) y arrancará sus pezuñas.
17 ¡Ay del pastor inútil
que abandona el rebaño(AD)!
¡Caiga la espada(AE) sobre su brazo(AF)
y sobre su ojo derecho!
Su brazo se secará por completo,
y su ojo derecho totalmente se oscurecerá.
Footnotes
- Zacarías 11:2 O, junípero
- Zacarías 11:2 Otra posible lectura es, de la vendimia
- Zacarías 11:3 O, selva
- Zacarías 11:5 Lit., no se les tiene por culpables
- Zacarías 11:6 Lit., la
- Zacarías 11:6 Lit., se hallen
- Zacarías 11:7 Otra posible lectura es, para los mercaderes de ovejas
- Zacarías 11:7 O, Delicia
- Zacarías 11:7 O, Cuerdas
- Zacarías 11:8 O, me aborreció
- Zacarías 11:9 O, morirá
- Zacarías 11:9 O, será destruida
- Zacarías 11:9 O, comerán
- Zacarías 11:10 O, Delicia
- Zacarías 11:11 Otra posible lectura es, los mercaderes de ovejas
- Zacarías 11:12 Lit., desistid
- Zacarías 11:14 O, Cuerdas
- Zacarías 11:15 O, inútil
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