1 A bra as suas portas, ó Líbano, para que o fogo devore os seus cedros.

Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars!

2 A gonize, ó pinheiro, porque o cedro caiu e as majestosas árvores foram devastadas. Agonizem, carvalhos de Basã, pois a floresta densa está sendo derrubada.

Wail, O fir tree and cypress, for the cedar has fallen, because the glorious and lofty trees are laid waste! Wail, O you oaks of Bashan, for the thick and inaccessible forest has in flames been felled!

3 O uçam o gemido dos pastores; os seus formosos pastos foram devastados. Ouçam o rugido dos leões; pois a rica floresta do Jordão foi destruída. Dois Pastores

A voice of the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory, the broad pasturage, is laid waste! A voice of the roaring of young lions, for the pride of the Jordan is ruined!

4 A ssim diz o Senhor, o meu Deus: “Pastoreie o rebanho destinado à matança,

Thus says the Lord my God: Shepherd the flock for slaughter,

5 p orque os seus compradores o matam e ninguém os castiga. Aqueles que o vendem dizem: ‘Bendito seja o Senhor, estou rico!’ Nem os próprios pastores poupam o rebanho.

Whose buyers or possessors slay them and hold themselves not guilty; and they who sell them say, Blessed be the Lord, for I have become rich! And their own shepherds neither pity nor spare them.

6 P or isso, não pouparei mais os habitantes desta terra”, diz o Senhor. “Entregarei cada um ao seu próximo e ao seu rei. Eles acabarão com a terra e eu não livrarei ninguém das suas mãos”.

For I will no more pity or spare the inhabitants of the land, says the Lord; but behold, I will deliver every man into his neighbor’s hand and into the hand of his king. And shall lay waste the land, and I will not deliver out of the hand.

7 E u me tornei pastor do rebanho destinado à matança, os oprimidos do rebanho. Então peguei duas varas e chamei a uma Favor e a outra União, e com elas pastoreei o rebanho.

So I shepherded the flock of slaughter, truly the most miserable of sheep. And I took two staffs, the one I called Beauty or Grace and the other I called Bands or Union; and I fed and shepherded the flock.

8 E m um só mês eu me livrei dos três pastores. Porque eu me cansei deles e o rebanho me detestava.

And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, for I was weary and impatient with them, and they also loathed me.

9 E ntão eu disse: Não serei o pastor de vocês. Morram as que estão morrendo, pereçam as que estão perecendo. E as que sobrarem comam a carne umas das outras.

So I said, I will not be your shepherd. What is to die, let it die, and what is to be destroyed, let it be destroyed; and let the survivors devour one another’s flesh.

10 E ntão peguei a vara chamada Favor e a quebrei, cancelando a aliança que tinha feito com todas as nações.

And I took my staff, Beauty or Grace, and broke it in pieces to show that I was annulling the covenant or agreement which I had made with all the peoples.

11 F oi cancelada naquele dia, e assim os aflitos do rebanho que estavam me olhando entenderam que essa palavra era do Senhor.

So the covenant was annulled on that day, and thus the most wretched of the flock and the traffickers in the sheep who were watching me knew (recognized and understood) that it was truly the word of the Lord.

12 E u lhes disse: Se acharem melhor assim, paguem-me; se não, não me paguem. Então eles me pagaram trinta moedas de prata.

And I said to them, If it seems just and right to you, give me my wages; but if not, withhold them. So they weighed out for my price thirty pieces of silver.

13 E o Senhor me disse: “Lance isto ao oleiro”, o ótimo preço pelo qual me avaliaram! Por isso tomei as trinta moedas de prata e as atirei no templo do Senhor, para o oleiro.

And the Lord said to me, Cast it to the potter —the munificently sum at which I am priced by them! And I took the thirty pieces of silver and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.

14 D epois disso, quebrei minha segunda vara, chamada União, rompendo a relação de irmãos entre Judá e Israel.

Then I broke into pieces my other staff, Bands or Union, indicating that I was annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

15 E ntão o Senhor me disse: “Pegue novamente os utensílios de um pastor insensato.

And the Lord said to me, Take up once more the implements of a worthless and wicked shepherd.

16 P orque levantarei nesta terra um pastor que não se preocupará com as ovelhas perdidas, nem procurará a que está solta, nem curará as machucadas, nem alimentará as sadias, mas comerá a carne das ovelhas mais gordas, arrancando as suas patas.

For behold, I will raise up a false shepherd in the land; the lost and perishing he will not miss or visit, the young and scattered he will not go to seek, the wounded and broken he will not heal, nor will he feed those that are sound and strong; but he will eat the flesh of the fat ones and break off their hoofs.

17 “ Ai do pastor imprestável, que abandona o rebanho! Que a espada fira o seu braço e fure o seu olho direito! Que o seu braço seque completamente, e fique totalmente cego o seu olho direito!”

Woe to the worthless and foolish shepherd who deserts the flock! The sword shall smite his arm and his right eye; his arm shall be utterly withered and his right eye utterly blinded.