エゼキエル書 34
1 主の言葉がわたしに臨んだ、
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
2 「人の子よ、イスラエルの牧者たちに向かって預言せよ。預言して彼ら牧者に言え、主なる神はこう言われる、わざわいなるかな、自分自身を養うイスラエルの牧者。牧者は群れを養うべき者ではないか。
'Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, even to the shepherds: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe unto the shepherds of Israel that have fed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the sheep?
3 ところが、あなたがたは脂肪を食べ、毛織物をまとい、肥えたものをほふるが、群れを養わない。
Ye did eat the fat, and ye clothed you with the wool, ye killed the fatlings; but ye fed not the sheep.
4 あなたがたは弱った者を強くせず、病んでいる者をいやさず、傷ついた者をつつまず、迷い出た者を引き返らせず、うせた者を尋ねず、彼らを手荒く、きびしく治めている。
The weak have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force have ye ruled over them and with rigour.
5 彼らは牧者がないために散り、野のもろもろの獣のえじきになる。
So were they scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.
6 わが羊は散らされている。彼らはもろもろの山と、もろもろの高き丘にさまよい、わが羊は地の全面に散らされているが、これを捜す者もなく、尋ねる者もない。
My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill, yea, upon all the face of the earth were My sheep scattered, and there was none that did search or seek.
7 それゆえ、牧者よ、主の言葉を聞け。
Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
8 主なる神は言われる、わたしは生きている。わが羊はかすめられ、わが羊は野のもろもろの獣のえじきとなっているが、その牧者はいない。わが牧者はわが羊を尋ねない。牧者は自身を養うが、わが羊を養わない。
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely forasmuch as My sheep became a prey, and My sheep became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did My shepherds search for My sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not My sheep;
9 それゆえ牧者らよ、主の言葉を聞け。
therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
10 主なる神はこう言われる、見よ、わたしは牧者らの敵となり、わたしの羊を彼らの手に求め、彼らにわたしの群れを養うことをやめさせ、再び牧者自身を養わせない。またわが羊を彼らの口から救って、彼らの食物にさせない。
Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, 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.
11 主なる神はこう言われる、見よ、わたしは、わたしみずからわが羊を尋ねて、これを捜し出す。
For thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, here am I, and I will search for My sheep, and seek them out.
12 牧者がその羊の散り去った時、その羊の群れを捜し出すように、わたしはわが羊を捜し出し、雲と暗やみの日に散った、すべての所からこれを救う。
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are separated, so will I seek out My sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the day of clouds and thick darkness.
13 わたしは彼らをもろもろの民の中から導き出し、もろもろの国から集めて、彼らの国に携え入れ、イスラエルの山の上、泉のほとり、また国のうちの人の住むすべての所でこれを養う。
And 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 upon the mountains of Israel, by the streams, and in all the habitable places of the country.
14 わたしは良き牧場で彼らを養う。その牧場はイスラエルの高い山にあり、その所で彼らは良い羊のおりに伏し、イスラエルの山々の上で肥えた牧場で草を食う。
I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be; there shall they lie down in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
15 わたしはみずからわが羊を飼い、これを伏させると主なる神は言われる。
I will feed My sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
16 わたしは、うせたものを尋ね、迷い出たものを引き返し、傷ついたものを包み、弱ったものを強くし、肥えたものと強いものとは、これを監督する。わたしは公平をもって彼らを養う。
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; and the fat and the strong I will destroy, I will feed them in justice.
17 主なる神はこう言われる、あなたがた、わが群れよ、見よ、わたしは羊と羊との間、雄羊と雄やぎとの間をさばく。
And as for you, O My flock, thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, even the rams and the he-goats.
18 あなたがたは良き牧場で草を食い、その草の残りを足で踏み、また澄んだ水を飲み、その残りを足で濁すが、これは、あまりのことではないか。
Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have fed upon the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the settled waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
19 わが羊はあなたがたが、足で踏んだものを食い、あなたがたの足で濁したものを、飲まなければならないのか。
And as for My sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
20 それゆえ、主なる神はこう彼らに言われる、見よ、わたしは肥えた羊と、やせた羊との間をさばく。
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and the lean cattle.
21 あなたがたは、わきと肩とをもって押し、角をもって、すべて弱い者を突き、ついに彼らを外に追い散らした。
Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the weak with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
22 それゆえ、わたしはわが群れを助けて、再びかすめさせず、羊と羊との間をさばく。
therefore will I save My flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
23 わたしは彼らの上にひとりの牧者を立てる。すなわちわがしもべダビデである。彼は彼らを養う。彼は彼らを養い、彼らの牧者となる。
And 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.
24 主なるわたしは彼らの神となり、わがしもべダビデは彼らのうちにあって君となる。主なるわたしはこれを言う。
And I the LORD will be their God, and My servant David prince among them; I the LORD have spoken.
25 わたしは彼らと平和の契約を結び、国の内から野獣を追い払う。彼らは心を安んじて荒野に住み、森の中に眠る。
And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
26 わたしは彼らおよびわが山の周囲の所々を祝福し、季節にしたがって雨を降らす。これは祝福の雨となる。
And I will make them and the places round about My hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
27 野の木は実を結び、地は産物を出す。彼らは心を安んじてその国におり、わたしが彼らのくびきの棒を砕き、彼らを奴隷とした者の手から救い出す時、彼らはわたしが主であることを悟る。
And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield her produce, and they shall be safe in their land; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those that made bondmen of them.
28 彼らは重ねて、もろもろの国民にかすめられることなく、地の獣も彼らを食うことはない。彼らは心を安んじて住み、彼らを恐れさせる者はない。
And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the beast of the earth devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
29 わたしは彼らのために、良い栽培所を与える。彼らは重ねて、国のききんに滅びることなく重ねて諸国民のはずかしめを受けることはない。
And I will raise up unto them a plantation for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the nations any more.
30 彼らはその神、主なるわたしが彼らと共におり、彼らイスラエルの家が、わが民であることを悟ると、主なる神は言われる。
And they shall know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people, saith the Lord GOD.
31 あなたがたはわが羊、わが牧場の羊である。わたしはあなたがたの神であると、主なる神は言われる」。
And ye My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.'
