Ezekiel 34

وَكَانَ إِلَيَّ كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً:

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

«يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، تَنَبَّأْ عَلَى رُعَاةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، تَنَبَّأْ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: هكَذَا قَالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ لِلرُّعَاةِ: وَيْلٌ لِرُعَاةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَرْعَوْنَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ. أَلاَ يَرْعَى الرُّعَاةُ الْغَنَمَ؟

Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

تَأْكُلُونَ الشَّحْمَ، وَتَلْبَسُونَ الصُّوفَ وَتَذْبَحُونَ السَّمِينَ، وَلاَ تَرْعَوْنَ الْغَنَمَ.

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.

الْمَرِيضُ لَمْ تُقَوُّوهُ، وَالْمَجْرُوحُ لَمْ تَعْصِبُوهُ، وَالْمَكْسُورُ لَمْ تَجْبُرُوهُ، وَالْمَطْرُودُ لَمْ تَسْتَرِدُّوهُ، وَالضَّالُّ لَمْ تَطْلُبُوهُ، بَلْ بِشِدَّةٍ وَبِعُنْفٍ تَسَلَّطْتُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ.

The diseased 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 again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

فَتَشَتَّتَتْ بِلاَ رَاعٍ وَصَارَتْ مَأْكَلاً لِجَمِيعِ وُحُوشِ الْحَقْلِ، وَتَشَتَّتَتْ.

And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

ضَلَّتْ غَنَمِي فِي كُلِّ الْجِبَالِ، وَعَلَى كُلِّ تَلّ عَال، وَعَلَى كُلِّ وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ. تَشَتَّتَتْ غَنَمِي وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَنْ يَسْأَلُ أَوْ يُفَتِّشُ.

My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.

«فَلِذلِكَ أَيُّهَا الرُّعَاةُ اسْمَعُوا كَلاَمَ الرَّبِّ:

Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

حَيٌّ أَنَا، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ، مِنْ حَيْثُ إِنَّ غَنَمِي صَارَتْ غَنِيمَةً وَ صَارَتْ غَنَمِي مَأْكَلاً لِكُلِّ وَحْشِ الْحَقْلِ، إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ رَاعٍ وَلاَ سَأَلَ رُعَاتِي عَنْ غَنَمِي، وَرَعَى الرُّعَاةُ أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَرْعَوْا غَنَمِي،

As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;

فَلِذلِكَ أَيُّهَا الرُّعَاةُ اسْمَعُوا كَلاَمَ الرَّبِّ:

Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

هكَذَا قَالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: هأَنَذَا عَلَى الرُّعَاةِ وَأَطْلُبُ غَنَمِي مِنْ يَدِهِمْ، وَأَكُفُّهُمْ عَنْ رَعْيِ الْغَنَمِ، وَلاَ يَرْعَى الرُّعَاةُ أَنْفُسَهُمْ بَعْدُ، فَأُخَلِّصُ غَنَمِي مِنْ أَفْوَاهِهِمْ فَلاَ تَكُونُ لَهُمْ مَأْكَلاً.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

لأَنَّهُ هكَذَا قَالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: هأَنَذَا أَسْأَلُ عَنْ غَنَمِي وَأَفْتَقِدُهَا.

For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.

كَمَا يَفْتَقِدُ الرَّاعِي قَطِيعَهُ يَوْمَ يَكُونُ فِي وَسْطِ غَنَمِهِ الْمُشَتَّتَةِ، هكَذَا أَفْتَقِدُ غَنَمِي وَأُخَلِّصُهَا مِنْ جَمِيعِ الأَمَاكِنِ الَّتِي تَشَتَّتَتْ إِلَيْهَا فِي يَوْمِ الْغَيْمِ وَالضَّبَابِ.

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

وَأُخْرِجُهَا مِنَ الشُّعُوبِ وَأَجْمَعُهَا مِنَ الأَرَاضِي، وَآتِي بِهَا إِلَى أَرْضِهَا وَأَرْعَاهَا عَلَى جِبَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَفِي الأَوْدِيَةِ وَفِي جَمِيعِ مَسَاكِنِ الأَرْضِ.

And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

أَرْعَاهَا فِي مَرْعًى جَيِّدٍ، وَيَكُونُ مَرَاحُهَا عَلَى جِبَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْعَالِيَةِ. هُنَالِكَ تَرْبُضُ فِي مَرَاحٍ حَسَنٍ، وَفِي مَرْعًى دَسِمٍ يَرْعَوْنَ عَلَى جِبَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

أَنَا أَرْعَى غَنَمِي وَأُرْبِضُهَا، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ.

I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.

وَأَطْلُبُ الضَّالَّ، وَأَسْتَرِدُّ الْمَطْرُودَ، وَأَجْبِرُ الْكَسِيرَ، وَأَعْصِبُ الْجَرِيحَ، وَأُبِيدُ السَّمِينَ وَالْقَوِيَّ، وَأَرْعَاهَا بِعَدْل.

I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

وَأَنْتُمْ يَا غَنَمِي، فَهكَذَا قَالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: هأَنَذَا أَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ شَاةٍ وَشَاةٍ، بَيْنَ كِبَاشٍ وَتُيُوسٍ.

And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.

أَهُوَ صَغِيرٌ عِنْدَكُمْ أَنْ تَرْعَوْا الْمَرْعَى الْجَيِّدَ، وَبَقِيَّةُ مَرَاعِيكُمْ تَدُوسُونَهَا بِأَرْجُلِكُمْ، وَأَنْ تَشْرَبُوا مِنَ الْمِيَاهِ الْعَمِيقَةِ، وَالْبَقِيَّةُ تُكَدِّرُونَهَا بِأَقْدَامِكُمْ؟

Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

وَغَنَمِي تَرْعَى مِنْ دَوْسِ أَقْدَامِكُمْ، وَتَشْرَبُ مِنْ كَدَرِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ!

And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

« لِذلِكَ هكَذَا قَالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ لَهُمْ: هأَنَذَا أَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ الشَّاةِ السَّمِينَةِ وَالشَّاةِ الْمَهْزُولَةِ.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.

لأَنَّكُمْ بَهَزْتُمْ بِالْجَنْبِ وَالْكَتِفِ، وَنَطَحْتُمُ الْمَرِيضَةَ بِقُرُونِكُمْ حَتَّى شَتَّتْتُمُوهَا إِلَى خَارِجٍ.

Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;

فَأُخَلِّصُ غَنَمِي فَلاَ تَكُونُ مِنْ بَعْدُ غَنِيمَةً، وَأَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ شَاةٍ وَشَاةٍ.

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

وَأُقِيمُ عَلَيْهَا رَاعِيًا وَاحِدًا فَيَرْعَاهَا عَبْدِي دَاوُدُ، هُوَ يَرْعَاهَا وَهُوَ يَكُونُ لَهَا رَاعِيًا.

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.

وَأَنَا الرَّبُّ أَكُونُ لَهُمْ إِلهًا، وَعَبْدِي دَاوُدُ رَئِيسًا فِي وَسْطِهِمْ. أَنَا الرَّبُّ تَكَلَّمْتُ.

And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

وَأَقْطَعُ مَعَهُمْ عَهْدَ سَلاَمٍ، وَأَنْزِعُ الْوُحُوشَ الرَّدِيئَةَ مِنَ الأَرْضِ، فَيَسْكُنُونَ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ وَيَنَامُونَ فِي الْوُعُورِ.

And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

وَأَجْعَلُهُمْ وَمَا حَوْلَ أَكَمَتِي بَرَكَةً، وَأُنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِمِ الْمَطَرَ فِي وَقْتِهِ فَتَكُونُ أَمْطَارَ بَرَكَةٍ.

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

وَتُعْطِي شَجَرَةُ الْحَقْلِ ثَمَرَتَهَا، وَتُعْطِي الأَرْضُ غَلَّتَهَا، وَيَكُونُونَ آمِنِينَ فِي أَرْضِهِمْ، وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ عِنْدَ تَكْسِيرِي رُبُطَ نِيرِهِمْ، وَإِذَا أَنْقَذْتُهُمْ مِنْ يَدِ الَّذِينَ اسْتَعْبَدُوهُمْ.

And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.

فَلاَ يَكُونُونَ بَعْدُ غَنِيمَةً لِلأُمَمِ، وَلاَ يَأْكُلُهُمْ وَحْشُ الأَرْضِ، بَلْ يَسْكُنُونَ آمِنِينَ وَلاَ مُخِيفٌ.

And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.

وَأُقِيمُ لَهُمْ غَرْسًا لِصِيتٍ فَلاَ يَكُونُونَ بَعْدُ مَفْنِيِّي الْجُوعِ فِي الأَرْضِ، وَلاَ يَحْمِلُونَ بَعْدُ تَعْيِيرَ الأُمَمِ.

And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.

فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلهُهُمْ مَعَهُمْ، وَهُمْ شَعْبِي بَيْتُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ.

Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.

وَأَنْتُمْ يَا غَنَمِي، غَنَمُ مَرْعَايَ، أُنَاسٌ أَنْتُمْ. أَنَا إِلهُكُمْ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ».

And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.