1 O pen your doors, O Lebanon, so that fire may destroy your cedars!

Abre tus puertas, Líbano, Y consuma el fuego tus cedros.

2 C ry in sorrow, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen. The beautiful trees have been destroyed. Cry in sorrow, O oaks of Bashan, for the many trees have fallen.

Gime, ciprés, porque ha caído el cedro, Porque los árboles majestuosos han sido derribados. Giman, encinas de Basán, Porque ha caído el bosque impenetrable.

3 L isten to the cry of the shepherds, for their great land is laid waste. Listen to the sound of the young lions, for the trees along the valley of the Jordan River lay waste. The Two Shepherds

Voz de gemido de pastores, Porque su esplendor está arruinado; Voz del rugido de leoncillos, Porque derribada está la gloria del Jordán. El Buen Pastor y el Falso

4 T he Lord my God said, “Take care of the flock that is to be killed.

Así dice el Señor mi Dios: “Apacienta las ovejas destinadas para la matanza.

5 T hose who buy them kill them and are not punished. And those who sell them say, ‘Thanks and honor be to the Lord, for I have become rich!’ Their own shepherds have no pity on them.

Los que las compran las matan y salen sin ser castigados, y el que las vende dice: ‘¡Bendito sea el Señor, porque me he enriquecido!’; y ni sus propios pastores se compadecen de ellas.

6 F or I will no longer have pity on the people who live in this land,” says the Lord. “I will give everyone over to the power of his neighbor and his king. They will bring trouble to the land, and I will not save them from their power.”

“Pues Yo no Me compadeceré más de los habitantes de esta tierra,” declara el Señor, “sino que haré que los hombres caigan cada uno en manos de otro y en manos de su rey; y ellos herirán la tierra y Yo no los libraré de sus manos.”

7 S o I took care of the flock that was to be killed, and those of the flock who suffered. I took two walking sticks. One I called Favor, and the other I called Agreement. I took care of the flock.

Apacenté, pues, las ovejas destinadas para la matanza, esto es, los afligidos del rebaño. Y tomé para mí dos cayados: a uno lo llamé Gracia y al otro lo llamé Unión; y apacenté las ovejas.

8 I destroyed the three shepherds in one month. I was angry with them, and they hated me.

Destruí a los tres pastores en un mes, pues mi alma se impacientó con ellos y su alma también se cansó de mí.

9 T hen I said, “I will not take care of you. Let those die who are to die. And what is to be destroyed, let it be destroyed. Let those who are left eat each other’s flesh.”

Entonces dije: “No los apacentaré más. La que ha de morir, que muera; y la que ha de ser destruida, que sea destruida; y las que queden, cómanse la carne unas a otras.”

10 A nd I took my walking stick Favor and cut it in pieces, to break the agreement I had made with all the people.

Tomé mi cayado Gracia y lo quebré para romper el pacto que yo había hecho con todos los pueblos.

11 S o it was broken on that day. And those of the flock who suffered and were watching me knew that it was the Word of the Lord.

En aquel mismo día fue roto el pacto; así los afligidos del rebaño que me observaban, conocieron que era la palabra del Señor.

12 I said to them, “If you think it is right, give me my pay. But if not, keep it.” So they weighed out thirty pieces of silver as my pay.

Y les dije: “Si les parece bien, den me mi paga; y si no, déjenla.” Y pesaron como mi salario treinta monedas de plata.

13 T hen the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the one who makes pots—the great price they thought I was worth.” So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the pot maker in the house of the Lord.

Entonces el Señor me dijo: “Arrójalo al alfarero ( ese magnífico precio con que me valoraron).” Tomé pues, las treinta monedas de plata y las arrojé al alfarero en la casa del Señor.

14 T hen I cut my second walking stick, Agreement, in pieces, to break the agreement between Judah and Israel.

Y quebré mi segundo cayado, Unión, para romper la hermandad entre Judá e Israel.

15 T hen the Lord said to me, “Take again the tools of a foolish shepherd.

Y el Señor me dijo: “Toma otra vez los aperos de un pastor insensato.

16 F or I am going to have a shepherd rule over the land who will not care for the dying. He will not look for those who were sent everywhere or heal the hurt, or feed those who are well. But he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their feet.

Porque Yo voy a levantar en la tierra un pastor que no se preocupará de la que perece, ni buscará a la descarriada, ni curará a la herida, ni sustentará a la fuerte, sino que comerá la carne de la engordada y arrancará sus pezuñas.

17 I t is bad for the shepherd who has no worth and who leaves the flock! A sword will destroy his arm and his right eye! His arm will be all dried up, and his right eye will be blind.”

¡Ay del pastor inútil Que abandona el rebaño! ¡ Caiga la espada sobre su brazo Y sobre su ojo derecho! Su brazo se secará por completo, Y su ojo derecho totalmente se oscurecerá.”