Ezekiel 34

vayehi devar-Adonai elay lemor

The word of GOD came to me:

ben-adam hinnave al-ro'e yisra'el hinnave ve'amarta alehem laro'im koh-amar adonay Elohim hoy ro'e-yisra'el asher hayu ro'im otam halo hatson yiru haro'im

O mortal, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and say to them: To the shepherds: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: Ah, you shepherds of Israel, who have been tending yourselves! Is it not the flock that the shepherds ought to tend?

et-hakhelev tokhelu ve'et-hatsemer tilbashu habberi'ah tizbakhu hatson lo tiru

You partake of the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, and you slaughter the fatlings; but you do not tend the flock.

et-hannakhlot lo khizzaqtem ve'et-hakholah lo-rippetem velannishberet lo khavashtem ve'et-hanniddakhat lo hashevotem ve'et-ha'ovedet lo viqqashtem uvekhozqah reditem otam uvefarekh

You have not sustained the weak, healed the sick, or bandaged the injured; you have not brought back the strayed, or looked for the lost; but you have driven them with harsh rigor,

vattefutsenah mibbeli ro'eh vattihyenah le'okhlah lekhol-khayyat hassadeh vattefutsenah

and they have been scattered for want of anyone to tend them; scattered, they have become prey for every wild beast.

yishgu tsoni bekhol-heharim ve'al kol-givah ramah ve'al kol-pene ha'arets nafotsu tsoni ve'en doresh ve'en mevaqqesh

My sheep stray through all the mountains and over every lofty hill; My flock is scattered all over the face of the earth, with none to take thought of them and none to seek them.

lakhen ro'im shimu et-devar Adonai

Hear then, O shepherds, the word of GOD!

khay-ani ne'um adonay Elohim im-lo ya'an heyot-tsoni lavaz vattihyenah tsoni le'okhlah lekhol-khayyat hassadeh me'en ro'eh velo-dareshu ro'ay et-tsoni vayyiru haro'im otam ve'et-tsoni lo ra'u

As I live—declares the Sovereign GOD: Because My flock has been a spoil—My flock has been a prey for all the wild beasts, for want of anyone to tend them since My shepherds have not taken thought of My flock, for the shepherds tended themselves instead of tending the flock—

lakhen haro'im shimu devar-Adonai

hear indeed, O shepherds, the word of GOD:

koh-amar adonay Elohim hinni el-haro'im vedarashti et-tsoni miyyadam vehishbattim mere'ot tson velo-yiru od haro'im otam vehitsalti tsoni mippihem velo-tihyena lahem le'okhlah

Thus said the Sovereign GOD: I am going to deal with the shepherds! I will demand a reckoning of them for My flock, and I will dismiss them from tending the flock. The shepherds shall not tend themselves anymore; for I will rescue My flock from their mouths, and it shall not be their prey.

ki koh amar adonay Elohim hinni-ani vedarashti et-tsoni uviqqartim

For thus said the Sovereign GOD: Here am I! I am going to take thought for My flock and I will seek them out.

kevaqqarat ro'eh edro beyom-heyoto vetokh-tsono nifrashot ken avaqqer et-tsoni vehitsalti ethem mikkol-hammeqomot asher nafotsu sham beyom anan va'arafel

As shepherds seek out their flock when some [animals] in their flock have gotten separated, so I will seek out My flock, I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of cloud and gloom.

vehotsetim min-ha'ammim veqibbatstim min-ha'aratsot vahavi'otim el-admatam ure'itim el-hare yisra'el ba'afiqim uvekhol mosheve ha'arets

I will take them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them to their own land, and will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses and in all the settled portions of the land.

bemireh-ttov ereh otam uvehare merom-yisra'el yihyeh nevehem sham tirbatsnah benaveh tov umireh shamen tirenah el-hare yisra'el

I will feed them in good grazing land, and the lofty hills of Israel shall be their pasture. There, in the hills of Israel, they shall lie down in a good pasture and shall feed on rich grazing land.

ani ereh tsoni va'ani arbitsem ne'um adonay Elohim

I Myself will graze My flock, and I Myself will let them lie down—declares the Sovereign GOD.

et-ha'ovedet avaqqesh ve'et-hanniddakhat ashiv velannishberet ekhevosh ve'et-hakholah akhazzeq ve'et-hashemenah ve'et-hakhazaqah ashmid erennah vemishpat

I will look for the lost, and I will bring back the strayed; I will bandage the injured, and I will sustain the weak; and the fat and healthy ones I will destroy. I will tend them rightly.

ve'attenah tsoni koh amar adonay Elohim hinni shofet ben-seh laseh la'elim vela'attudim

And as for you, My flock, thus said the Sovereign GOD: I am going to judge between one animal and another. To the rams and the bucks:

hame'at mikkem hammireh hattov tiru veyeter mirekhem tirmesu beraglekhem umishqa-mayim tishtu ve'et hannotarim beraglekhem tirposun

Is it not enough for you to graze on choice grazing ground, but you must also trample with your feet what is left from your grazing? And is it not enough for you to drink clear water, but you must also muddy with your feet what is left?

vetsoni mirmas raglekhem tirenah umirpas raglekhem tishtenah

And must My flock graze on what your feet have trampled and drink what your feet have muddied?

lakhen koh amar adonay Elohim alehem hinni-ani veshafatti ben-seh viryah uven seh razah

Assuredly, thus said the Sovereign GOD to them: Here am I, I am going to decide between the stout animals and the lean.

ya'an betsad uvekhatef tehdofu uveqarnekhem tenaggekhu kol-hannakhlot ad asher hafitsotem otanah el-hakhutsah

Because you pushed with flank and shoulder against the feeble ones and butted them with your horns until you scattered them abroad,

vehoshati letsoni velo-tihyenah od lavaz veshafatti ben seh laseh

I will rescue My flock and they shall no longer be a spoil. I will decide between one animal and another.

vahaqimoti alehem ro'eh ekhad vera'ah ethen et avdi david hu yireh otam vehu-yihyeh lahen lero'eh

Then I will appoint a single shepherd over them to tend them—My servant David. He shall tend them, he shall be a shepherd to them.

va'ani Adonai ehyeh lahem lelohim ve'avdi david nasi vetokham ani Adonai dibbarti

I the ETERNAL One will be their God, and My servant David shall be a ruler among them—I, GOD, have spoken.

vekharatti lahem berit shalom vehishbatti khayyah-ra'ah min-ha'arets veyashevu vammidbar lavetakh veyashenu bayye'arim

And I will grant them a covenant of friendship. I will banish vicious beasts from their land, and they shall live secure in the wasteland, they shall even sleep in the woodland.

venatatti otam usevivot givati berakhah vehoradti haggeshem be'itto gishme verakhah yihyu

I will make these and the environs of My hill a blessing: I will send down the rain in its season, rains that bring blessing.

venatan ets hassadeh et-piryo veha'arets titten yevulah vehayu al-admatam lavetakh veyade'u ki-ani Adonai beshivri et-motot ullam vehitsaltim miyyad ha'ovedim bahem

The trees of the field shall yield their fruit and the land shall yield its produce. [My people] shall continue secure on its own soil. They shall know that I am GOD when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from those who enslave them.

velo-yihyu od baz laggoyim vekhayyat ha'arets lo tokhelem veyashevu lavetakh ve'en makharid

They shall no longer be a spoil for the nations, and the beasts of the earth shall not devour them; they shall dwell secure and untroubled.

vahaqimoti lahem matta leshem velo-yihyu od asufe ra'av ba'arets velo-yisu od kelimmat haggoyim

I shall establish for them a planting of renown; they shall no more be carried off by famine, and they shall not have to bear again the taunts of the nations.

veyade'u ki ani Adonai elohehem ittam vehemmah ammi bet yisra'el ne'um adonay Elohim

They shall know that I the ETERNAL their God am with them and they, the House of Israel, are My people—declares the Sovereign GOD.

ve'atten tsoni tson mariti adam attem ani elohekhem ne'um adonay Elohim

For you—My flock, the flock that I tend—are human; and I am your God—declares the Sovereign GOD.