Prophetia Ezechielis, 34

1. Et factum est verbum Do mini ad me dicens:

1. The word of the LORD came to me:

2. “Fili ho minis, propheta de pastoribus Israel, propheta et dices pastoribus: Haec dicit Dominus Deus: Vae pastoribus Israel, qui pascebant semetipsos! Nonne greges pascuntur a pastoribus?

2. "Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord GOD: Ho, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep?

3. Lac comedebatis et lana operiebamini et, quod crassum erat, occidebatis, gregem autem non pascebatis;

3. You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fatlings; but you do not feed the sheep.

4. quod infirmum fuit, non consolidastis et, quod aegrotum, non sanastis; quod fractum est, non alligastis et, quod eiectum est, non reduxistis et, quod perierat, non quaesistis et super forte imperabatis cum violentia.

4. The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the crippled you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them.

5. Et dispersae sunt oves meae, eo quod non esset pastor; et factae sunt in devorationem omnium bestiarum agri et dispersae sunt.

5. So they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food for all the wild beasts.

6. Erraverunt greges mei in cunctis montibus et in universo colle excelso, et super omnem faciem terrae dispersi sunt greges mei; et non erat qui requireret, non erat qui requireret.

6. My sheep were scattered, they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill; my sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, with none to search or seek for them.

7. Propterea, pastores, audite verbum Domini:

7. "Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

8. Vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus, pro eo quod factus est grex meus in rapinam et oves meae in devorationem omnium bestiarum agri, eo quod non esset pastor, neque enim quaesierunt pastores mei gregem meum, sed pascebant pastores semetipsos et gregem meum non pascebant,

8. As I live, says the Lord GOD, because my sheep have become a prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild beasts, since there was no shepherd; and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep;

9. propterea, pastores, audite verbum Domini.

9. therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

10. Haec dicit Dominus Deus: Ecce ego ipse super pastores requiram gregem meum de manu eorum et cessare eos faciam, ut ultra non pascant gregem nec pascant amplius pastores semetipsos; et liberabo gregem meum de ore eorum, et non erit ultra eis in escam.

10. Thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and put a stop to their feeding the sheep; no longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.

11. Quia haec dicit Dominus Deus: Ecce ego ipse requiram oves meas et visitabo eas.

11. "For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.

12. Sicut visitat pastor gregem suum in die, quando fuerit in medio ovium suarum dissipatarum, sic visitabo oves meas et liberabo eas de omnibus locis, in quibus dispersae fuerant in die nubis et caliginis.

12. As a shepherd seeks out his flock when some of his sheep have been scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness.

13. Et educam eas de populis et congregabo eas de terris et inducam eas in terram suam et pascam eas in montibus Israel, in rivis et in cunctis sedibus terrae.

13. 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 on the mountains of Israel, by the fountains, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

14. In pascuis uberrimis pascam eas, et in montibus excelsis Israel erunt pascua earum; ibi requiescent in herbis virentibus et in pascuis pinguibus pascentur super montes Israel.

14. I will feed them with good pasture, and upon the mountain heights of Israel shall be their pasture; there they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on fat pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel.

15. Ego pascam oves meas et ego eas accubare faciam, dicit Dominus Deus.

15. I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will make them lie down, says the Lord GOD.

16. Quod perierat, requiram et, quod eiectum erat, reducam et, quod confractum fuerat, alligabo et, quod infirmum erat, consolidabo et, quod pingue et forte, custodiam et pascam illas in iudicio.

16. I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the crippled, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will watch over; I will feed them in justice.

17. Vos autem, grex meus, haec dicit Dominus Deus: Ecce ego iudico inter pecus et pecus, inter arietes et hircos.

17. "As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, rams and he-goats.

18. Nonne satis vobis erat pascuam bonam depasci? Insuper et reliquias pascuarum vestrarum conculcastis pedibus vestris et, cum purissimam aquam biberetis, reliquam pedibus vestris turbabatis;

18. Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture; and to drink of clear water, that you must foul the rest with your feet?

19. et oves meae his, quae conculcata pedibus vestris fuerant, pascebantur et, quae pedes vestri turbaverant, haec bibebant.

19. And must my sheep eat what you have trodden with your feet, and drink what you have fouled with your feet?

20. Propterea haec dicit Dominus Deus ad eos: Ecce ego ipse iudico inter pecus pingue et macilentum;

20. "Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD to them: Behold, I, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

21. pro eo quod lateribus et umeris impingebatis et cornibus vestris ventilabatis omnia infirma pecora, donec dispergerentur foras,

21. Because you push with side and shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad,

22. salvabo gregem meum, et non erit ultra in rapinam, et iudicabo inter pecus et pecus.

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

23. Et suscitabo super eas pastorem unum, qui pascat eas, servum meum David; ipse pascet eas et ipse erit eis in pastorem.

23. And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.

24. Ego autem Dominus ero eis in Deum, et servus meus David princeps in medio eorum. Ego Dominus locutus sum.

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

25. Et faciam cum eis pactum pacis et cessare faciam bestias pessimas de terra, et habitabunt in deserto securi et dormient in saltibus;

25. "I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild beasts from the land, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

26. et ponam eos et, quae sunt in circuitu collis mei, benedictionem et deducam imbrem in tempore suo: pluviae benedictionis erunt.

26. And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing.

27. Et dabit lignum agri fructum suum, et terra dabit germen suum, et erunt in terra sua absque timore et scient quia ego Dominus, cum contrivero vectes iugi eorum et eruero eos de manu imperantium sibi.

27. And the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I break the bars of their yoke, and deliver them from the hand of those who enslaved them.

28. Et non erunt ultra in rapinam gentibus, neque bestiae terrae devorabunt eos, sed habitabunt confidenter absque ullo terrore.

28. They shall no more be a prey to the nations, nor shall the beasts of the land devour them; they shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.

29. Et suscitabo eis germen nominatum, et non erunt ultra imminuti fame in terra neque portabunt ultra opprobrium gentium;

29. And I will provide for them prosperous plantations so that they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land, and no longer suffer the reproach of the nations.

30. et scient quia ego Dominus Deus eorum cum eis, et ipsi populus meus domus Israel, ait Dominus Deus.

30. And they shall know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord GOD.

31. Vos autem grex meus, grex pascuae meae vos, et ego Dominus Deus vester”, dicit Dominus Deus.

31. And you are my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, says the Lord GOD."