حِزْقِيال 34

١ 1 وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

The word of YHWH came to me, saying,

٢ 2 «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، تَنَبَّأْ عَلَى رُعَاةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ لَهُمُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: وَيْلٌ لِرُعَاةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا مُنْهَمِكِينَ فِي رِعَايَةِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ. أَلَيْسَ مِنْ شَأْنِ الرُّعَاةِ رِعَايَةُ الْغَنَمِ؟

"Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and tell them, even to the shepherds, 'Thus says YHWH: "Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves. Shouldn't the shepherds feed the sheep?

٣ 3 إِنَّمَا أَنْتُمْ تَأْكُلُونَ الشَّحْمَ، وَتَرْتَدُونَ الصُّوفَ، وَتَذْبَحُونَ الْخَرُوفَ السَّمِينَ، وَلا تَرْعَوْنَ الْغَنَمَ.

You eat the fat, and you clothe yourself with the wool, you kill the fatlings; but you do not feed the sheep.

٤ 4 فَالْمَرِيضُ لَمْ تُقَوُّوهُ، وَالْمَجْرُوحُ لَمْ تَعْصِبُوهُ، وَالْمَكْسُورُ لَمْ تَجْبُرُوهُ، وَالْمَطْرُودُ لَمْ تَسَتَرْجِعُوهُ، وَالضَّالُّ لَمْ تَبْحَثُوا عَنْهُ، بَلْ تَسَلَّطْتُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ بِقَسْوَةٍ وَعُنْفٍ.

You haven't strengthened the diseased, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought back that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor you have ruled over them.

٥ 5 فَتَشَتَّتَتِ الرَّعِيَّةُ وَأَضْحَتْ بِلا رَاعٍ، وَصَارَتْ قُوتاً لِجَمِيعِ وُحُوشِ الْبَرِّيَّةِ.

They were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the animals of the field.

٦ 6 ضَلَّتْ غَنَمِي بَيْنَ الْجِبَالِ وَفَوْقَ كُلِّ أَكَمَةٍ مُرْتَفِعَةٍ. تَبَدَّدَتْ غَنَمِي فِي الْعَرَاءِ وَلَمْ يُوْجَدْ مَنْ يَنْشُدُهَا أَوْ يَلْتَمِسُهَا.

My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill: yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth; and there was none who searched or sought."'

٧ 7 لِذَلِكَ اسْمَعُوا أَيُّهَا الرُّعَاةُ كَلامَ الرَّبِّ:

"'"Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of YHWH:

٨ 8 حَيٌّ أَنَا يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ، لأَنَّ غَنَمِي بَاتَتْ غَنِيمَةً وَصَارَتْ قُوتاً لِكُلِّ وَحْشِ الْبَرِّيَّةِ، إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ هُنَاكَ رَاعٍ وَلا سَأَلَ رُعَاتِي عَنْ غَنَمِي، بَلِ انْهَمَكُوا فِي رِعَايَةِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَأَهْمَلُوا غَنَمِي،

'As I live,' says YHWH, 'surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the animals of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and didn't feed my sheep';

٩ 9 لِذَلِكَ، اسْمَعُوا أَيُّهَا الرُّعَاةُ كَلامَ الرَّبِّ:

therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of YHWH:

١٠ 10 هَا أَنَا أَنْقَلِبُ عَلَى الرُّعَاةِ وَأُطَالِبُهُمْ بِغَنَمِي، وَأَعْزِلُهُمْ عَنْ رِعَايَتِهَا، فَلا يَرْعَوْنَ حَتَّى أَنْفُسَهُمْ بَعْدُ. وَأُنْقِذُ غَنَمِي مِنْ أَفْوَاهِهِم فَلا تَكُونُ لَهُمْ مَأْكَلاً.

Thus says YHWH: 'Look, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.'"

١١ 11 لأَنَّ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أَبْحَثُ عَنْ غَنَمِي وَأَفْتَقِدُهَا.

"'For thus says YHWH: "Look, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.

١٢ 12 وَكَمَا يَتَفَقَّدُ الرَّاعِي قَطِيعَهُ فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي يَكُونُ فِيهِ بَيْنَ غَنَمِهِ الْمُشَتَّتَةِ، هَكَذَا أَتَفَقَّدُ قَطِيعِي وَأُخَلِّصُهُ مِنْ كُلِّ الأَمَاكِنِ الَّتِي تَفَرَّقَ إِلَيْهَا فِي يَوْمٍ غَائِمٍ كَئِيبٍ.

As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

١٣ 13 وَأُخْرِجُهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الشُّعُوبِ وَأَجْمَعُهُ مِنَ الْبُلْدَانِ، وَأَرُدُّهُ إِلَى أَرْضِهِ، حَيْثُ أَرْعَاهُ عَلَى جِبَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَفِي الأَوْدِيَةِ وَفِي جَمِيعِ أَمَاكِنِ الأَرْضِ الآهِلَةِ.

I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

١٤ 14 وَأَرْعَاهُ فِي مُرُوجٍ خَصِيبَةٍ، وَتَكُونُ جِبَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الشَّاهِقَةُ مَرَاعِيَ رَائِعَةً يُرْبِضُونَ فِي مَرَاحِهَا الطَّيِّبِ، وَيَرْعَوْنَ فِي مَرَاعٍ خَصِيبَةٍ عَلَى جِبَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

I will feed them with good pasture; and on the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed on the mountains of Israel.

١٥ 15 أَنَا أَرْعَى غَنَمِي وَأُرْبِضُهَا يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ،

I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down," says YHWH.

١٦ 16 وَأَطْلُبُ الضَّالَّ وَأَسْتَرْجِعُ الْمَطْرُودَ وَأَجْبُرُ الْكَسِيرَ وَأَعْصِبُ الْجَرِيحَ وَأَسْتَأْصِلُ السَّمِينَ وَالْقَوِيَّ، وَأَرْعَاهَا بِعَدْلٍ.

"I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice."

١٧ 17 أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ يَا غَنَمِي فَهَا أَنَا أَقْضِي بَيْنَ شَاةٍ وَشَاةٍ، وَبَيْنَ كِبَاشٍ وَتُيُوسٍ.

"'As for you, O my flock, thus says YHWH: "Look, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the male goats.

١٨ 18 أَتَحْسُبُونَ أَنَّهُ أَمْرٌ تَافِهٌ أَنْ تَرْعَوْا فِي الْمَرْعَى الْخَصِيبِ وَتَدُوسُوا بِأَرْجُلِكُمْ بَقِيَّةَ الْمَرَاعِي؟ وَأَنْ تَشْرَبُوا مِنَ الْمِيَاهِ الصَّافِيَةِ وَتُعَكِّرُوا بَقِيَّتَهَا بِأَقْدَامِكُمْ؟

Does it seem a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? And to have drunk of the clear waters, but you must foul the residue with your feet?

١٩ 19 فَيَتَحَتَّمَ عَلَى غَنَمِي أَنْ تَرْعَى مَا دَاسَتْهُ أَقْدَامُكُمْ وَتَشْرَبَ مَا كَدَّرَتْهُ أَرْجُلُكُمْ.

As for my sheep, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet."

٢٠ 20 لِذَلِكَ هَا أَنَا أَقْضِي بَيْنَ الشَّاةِ السَّمِينَةِ وَالشَّاةِ الْهَزِيلَةِ،

"'Therefore thus says YHWH to them: "Look, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

٢١ 21 لأَنَّكُمْ دَفَعْتُمْ بِالْجَنْبِ وَالْكَتِفِ الشَّاةَ الْمَرِيضَةَ وَنَطَحْتُمُوهَا بِقُرُونِكُمْ حَتَّى شَتَّتُّمُوهَا إِلَى خَارِجٍ.

Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad;

٢٢ 22 وَلَكِنِّي أُنْقِذُ غَنَمِي فَلا تَكُونُ مِنْ بَعْدُ غَنِيمَةً، وَأَقْضِي بَيْنَ شَاةٍ وَشَاةٍ،

therefore I will save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.

٢٣ 23 وَأَنْصِبُ عَلَيْهَا رَاعِياً وَاحِداً عَبْدِي دَاوُدَ يَرْعَاهَا بِنَفْسِهِ وَيَكُونُ لَهَا رَاعِياً أَمِيناً.

I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

٢٤ 24 وَأَنَا الرَّبُّ أَكُونُ لَهُمْ إِلَهاً، وَعَبْدِي دَاُودُ يَكُونُ لَهُمْ رَئِيساً. أَنَا الرَّبُّ تَكَلَّمْتُ.

I, YHWH, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them;" I, YHWH, have spoken it.

٢٥ 25 وَأُبْرِمُ مَعَهُمْ مِيثَاقَ سَلامٍ، وَأَقْضِي عَلَى الْوُحُوشِ الضَّارِيَةِ فِي الأَرْضِ فَيُقِيمُونَ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ آمِنِينَ، وَيَنَامُونَ فِي الْغَابَاتِ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ.

"'I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

٢٦ 26 وَأَجْعَلُهُمْ مَعَ مَا يُحِيطُ بِأَكَمَتِي بَرَكَةً، وَأَسْكُبُ عَلَيْهِمِ الْمَطَرَ فِي أَوَانِهِ، فَتَكُونُ أَمْطَارَ بَرَكَةٍ.

I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.

٢٧ 27 وَتُثْمِرُ شَجَرَةُ الْحَقْلِ، وَتُنْتِجُ الأَرْضُ غَلَّتَهَا، وَيَكُونُونَ آمِنِينَ فِي دِيَارِهِمْ، وَيُدْرِكُونَ عِنْدَمَا أُحَطِّمُ نِيرَهُمْ وَأُنْقِذُهُمْ مِنْ قَبْضَةِ مُسْتَعْبِدِيهِمْ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ.

The tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am YHWH, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those who made slaves of them.

٢٨ 28 فَلا يَكُونُونَ بَعْدُ غَنِيمَةً لِلأُمَمِ، وَلا يَفْتَرِسُهُمْ وَحْشُ الأَرْضِ، بَلْ يَسْكُنُونَ آمِنِينَ لَا يُفْزِعُهُمْ أَحَدٌ.

They shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the animals of the earth devour them; but they shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.

٢٩ 29 وَأُقِيمُ لَهُمْ مَغْرَساً ذَائِعَ الصِّيتِ، فَلا يَكُونُونَ بَعْدُ ضَحَايَا مَجَاعَةٍ فِي الأَرْضِ، وَلا يَتَحَمَّلُونَ بَعْدُ مَشَقَّةَ تَعْيِيرِ الأُمَمِ،

I will raise up to them a plantation for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with famine in the land, neither bear the shame of the nations any more.

٣٠ 30 فَيُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُهُمْ مَعَهُمْ، وَأَنَّهُمْ شَعْبِي بَيْتُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ.

They shall know that I, YHWH, their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people," says YHWH.

٣١ 31 وَأَنْتُمْ يَا قَطِيعِي غَنَمَ مَرْعَايَ، أَنْتُمْ بَشَرٌ وَأَنَا إِلَهُكُمْ يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ».

"You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God," says YHWH.'"