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Zechariah 11
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
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
Zacarías 11
La Biblia de las Américas
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
Zechariah 11
New International Version
Zechariah 11
New International Version
11 Open your doors, Lebanon,(A)
so that fire(B) may devour your cedars!
2 Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen;
the stately trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks(C) of Bashan;
the dense forest(D) has been cut down!(E)
3 Listen to the wail of the shepherds;
their rich pastures are destroyed!
Listen to the roar of the lions;(F)
the lush thicket of the Jordan is ruined!(G)
Two Shepherds
4 This is what the Lord my God says: “Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.(H) 5 Their buyers slaughter them and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, ‘Praise the Lord, I am rich!’ Their own shepherds do not spare them.(I) 6 For I will no longer have pity on the people of the land,” declares the Lord. “I will give everyone into the hands of their neighbors(J) and their king. They will devastate the land, and I will not rescue anyone from their hands.”(K)
7 So I shepherded the flock marked for slaughter,(L) particularly the oppressed of the flock. Then I took two staffs and called one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock. 8 In one month I got rid of the three shepherds.
The flock detested(M) me, and I grew weary of them 9 and said, “I will not be your shepherd. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish.(N) Let those who are left eat(O) one another’s flesh.”
10 Then I took my staff called Favor(P) and broke it, revoking(Q) the covenant I had made with all the nations. 11 It was revoked on that day, and so the oppressed of the flock who were watching me knew it was the word of the Lord.
12 I told them, “If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.” So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.(R)
13 And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver(S) and threw them to the potter at the house of the Lord.(T)
14 Then I broke my second staff called Union, breaking the family bond between Judah and Israel.
15 Then the Lord said to me, “Take again the equipment of a foolish shepherd. 16 For I am going to raise up a shepherd over the land who will not care for the lost, or seek the young, or heal the injured, or feed the healthy, but will eat the meat of the choice sheep, tearing off their hooves.
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