1 T hen the word of the Lord came to me saying,

وَأتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

2 “ Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to those shepherds, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flock?

«يا إنْسانُ، تَنَبَّأْ عَلَى رُعاةِ إسْرائِيلَ. تَنَبَّأْ وَقُلْ للِرُّعاةِ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: وَيلٌ لِرُعاةِ إسْرائِيلَ الَّذيِنَ يَرْعَوْنَ أنفُسَهُمْ. ألا يَنْبَغِي أنْ يَرْعَى الرُّعاةُ الغَنَمَ؟

3 Y ou eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat sheep without feeding the flock.

تَأكُلُونَ الدَّسَمَ وَتَلبَسُونَ الصُّوفَ وَتَذبَحُونَ المُسَمَّنَ، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ لا تَرْعَوْنَ الغَنَمَ.

4 T hose who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you sought for the lost; but with force and with severity you have dominated them.

لَمْ تُقَوُّوا الضَّعِيفَ، وَلَمْ تُداوُا المَرِيضَ، وَلَمْ تُضَمِّدُوا الجَريحَ، وَلَمْ تَستَرِدُّوا الضّالَ، وَلَمْ تَبحَثُوا عَنِ الضّائِعِ، بَلْ تَسَلَّطْتُمْ عَلَيها بِقُوَّةٍ وَعُنفٍ.

5 T hey were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became food for every beast of the field and were scattered.

فَتَشَتَّتْ لِأنَّها بِلا راعٍ، وَصارَتْ فَرِيسَةً لِكُلِّ حَيَوانٍ بَرِّيٍّ فِي السُّهُولِ.

6 M y flock wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill; My flock was scattered over all the surface of the earth, and there was no one to search or seek for them.”’”

تَشَتَّتَتْ غَنَمِي وَتاهَتْ عَلَى كُلِّ جَبَلٍ وَعَلَى كُلِّ تَلَّةٍ مُرتَفِعَةٍ. تَشَتَّتَتْ عَلَى كُلِّ وَجهِ الأرْضِ، وَلَمْ يَبحَثْ عَنها أحَدٌ.»

7 T herefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:

«‹لِذَلِكَ، استَمِعُوا إلَى رِسالَةِ اللهِ أيُّها الرُّعاةُ.

8 “ As I live,” declares the Lord God, “surely because My flock has become a prey, My flock has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock;

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: صارَتْ غَنَمِي فَريسَةً وَطَعاماً لِلحَيَواناتِ البَرِّيَّةِ. فَهِيَ بِلا راعٍ، وَرُعاتِي لَمْ يَبحَثُوا عَنْها. أطَعَمُوا أنفَسَهُمْ وَلَمْ يُطعِمُوا غَنَمي. لِهَذا أُقسِمُ بِذاتِي إنِّي سَأُعاقِبُهُمْ.»

9 t herefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:

«وَاستَمِعُوا إلَى رِسالَةِ اللهِ أيُّها الرُّعاةُ:

10 ‘ Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand My sheep from them and make them cease from feeding sheep. So the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore, but I will deliver My flock from their mouth, so that they will not be food for them.”’” The Restoration of Israel

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: سَأُقاوِمُ الرُّعاةَ، وَسَأطلُبُ غَنَمِي مِنهُمْ! سَأعزِلُهُمْ عَنْ رِعايَةِ غَنَمِي، فَلا يَعُودُونَ رُعاةً فِيما بَعْدُ. وَسَأُنقِذُ غَنَمِي مِنْ أفواهِهِمْ، فَلا تَعُودَ طَعاماً لَهُمْ.»

11 F or thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out.

فَهَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «سَأبحَثُ عَنْ غَنَمِي بِنَفسِي وَأجِدُها.

12 A s a shepherd cares for his herd in the day when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will care for My sheep and will deliver them from all the places to which they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day.

كَما يَطلُبُ الرّاعِي قَطِيعَهُ وَهُوَ يَمْشِي وَسَطَ الأغنامِ المُنتَشِرَةِ، هَكَذا سَأتَفَحَّصُهُمْ، وَسَأُنقِذُهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ الأماكِنِ الَّتِي تَشَتَّتُوا فِيها فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ المُظلِمِ الغائِمِ.

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

سَأُعِيدُهُمْ مِنْ وَسَطِ الشُّعُوبِ الأُخرَى، وَسَأجمَعُهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ الأراضِي وَأُعِيدُهُمْ إلَى أرْضِهِمْ. ثُمَّ سَأرعاهُمْ عَلَى جِبالِ إسْرائِيلَ، وَفِي كُلِّ وِديانِها وَجَمِيعِ المَناطِقِ السَّكَنِيَّةِ فِي الأرْضِ.

14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down on good grazing ground and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

سَأرعاهُمْ فِي مَراعِيَ خَصبَةٍ، وَسَتَمتَدُّ مَراعِيهُمْ حَتَّى أعلَى جِبالِ إسْرائِيلَ. فَيَرتاحُونَ فِي الحُقُولِ الخَصبَةِ، وَيأكُلُونَ فِي المَراعِي الغَنِيَّةِ فَوقَ جِبالِ إسْرائِيلَ.

15 I will feed My flock and I will lead them to rest,” declares the Lord God.

سَأرعاهُمْ أنا بِنَفسِي وَأُرِيحُهُمْ.» يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

16 “ I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with judgment.

«سَأبحَثُ عَنِ الضّائِعِ وَالضّالِ، وَسَأُعِيدُ التّائِهَ، وَأعصِبُ المَكسُورَ وَالمَجرُوحَ، وَأُقَوٍّيَ المَرِيضَ، وَسَأحرُسُ المُسَمَّنَ. سَأرعاهُمْ بِعَدلٍ وَإنصافٍ.»

17 “ As for you, My flock, thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the male goats.

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «وَأنتُمْ يا غَنَمِي، سَأحكُمُ بَينَ كُلِّ واحِدٍ فِيكُمْ، بَينَ الكِباشِ وَالتُّيُوسِ.

18 I s it too slight a thing for you that you should feed in the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? Or that you should drink of the clear waters, that you must foul the rest with your feet?

ألا يَكفِيكُمْ أنَّكُمْ تَرعُونَ فِي المَرعَى الجَيِّدِ؟ فَلِماذا تَدُوسُونَ باقِي مَراعِيَّ بِأرجُلِكُمْ؟ تَشرَبُونَ الماءَ، فلِماذا تُعَكِّرُونَ الماءَ بَعدَما تَشرَبُونَ؟

19 A s for My flock, they must eat what you tread down with your feet and drink what you foul with your feet!’”

رَعَى غَنَمِي الأرْضَ الَّتِي دُستُمُوها بِأرجُلِكُمْ، وَيَشرَبُونَ مِنْ بِرْكَةِ الماءِ الَّتِي عَكَّرتُمُوها بِأقدامِكُمْ.»

20 T herefore, thus says the Lord God to them, “Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

لِهَذا، هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «أنا نَفسِي سَأقضِي بَينَ الخِرافِ السَّمِينَةِ وَالخِرافِ النَّحِيلَةِ.

21 B ecause you push with side and with shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns until you have scattered them abroad,

فَأنتُمْ تَضرِبُونَ بِالجَنبِ وَالكَتِفِ الخِرافَ الضَّعِيفَةَ، وَتَنطَحُونَ الضِّعافَ بِقرُونِكُمْ حَتَّى شَتَّتُّمُوها فِي كُلِّ اتِّجاهٍ.

22 t herefore, I will deliver My flock, and they will no longer be a prey; and I will judge between one sheep and another.

وَلَكِنِّي سَأُنقِذُ غَنَمِي، فَلَنْ تَعُودَ غَنِيمَةً أوْ فَرِيسَةً فِيما بَعْدُ، وَسَأقضِي بَينَ الخِرافِ.

23 “ Then I will set over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them; he will feed them himself and be their shepherd.

وَسَأُعَيِّنُ لَها راعياً واحِداً مِنْ نَسلِ عَبدِي داوُدَ فَيَرعاها.

24 A nd I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David will be prince among them; I the Lord have spoken.

وَسَأكُونُ أنا اللهَ إلَهاً لَها، وَيَكُونُ قَائِدُها مِنْ نَسلِ عَبدِي دَاودَ. أنا اللهَ تَكَلَّمْتُ.»

25 “ I will make a covenant of peace with them and eliminate harmful beasts from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

«ثُمَّ سَأقطَعُ عَهدَ سَلامٍ مَعَ شَعبِي، وَسَأُزِيلُ الحَيَواناتِ الشَّرِسَةَ مِنَ الأرْضِ، لِيسكُنُوا فِي البَرِّيَّةِ بِأمانٍ، وَيَنامُوا فِي الغاباتِ بِسَلامٍ.

26 I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. And I will cause showers to come down in their season; they will be showers of blessing.

وَسَأجعَلُ شَعبِي بَرَكَةً حَولَ جَبَلِي، وَسَأُرسِلُ الأمطارَ فِي أوقاتِها. سَتَكُونُ الأمطارُ بَرَكَةً لا لَعنَةً.

27 A lso the tree of the field will yield its fruit and the earth will yield its increase, and they will be secure on their land. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and have delivered them from the hand of those who enslaved them.

حِينَئِذٍ، تُثمِرُ أشجارُ الحَقلِ، وَتُعطِي الأرْضُ غَلَّتَها. حِينَئِذٍ، يَعِيشُونَ عَلَى أرْضِهِمْ بِأمانٍ وَبِلا خَوفٍ. وَيَعَلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ ، حِينَ أُكَسِّرُ النِّيرَ عنهُمْ وَأُخَلِّصُهُمْ مِنَ الَّذِينَ استَعبَدُوهُمْ.

28 T hey will no longer be a prey to the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not devour them; but they will live securely, and no one will make them afraid.

لَنْ يَعُودُوا فَرِيسَةً وَلا غَنِيمَةً لِلأُمَمِ، وَلَنْ تَفتَرِسَهُمُ الحَيَواناتُ البَرِّيَّةُ. سَيَسْكُنُونَ بِأمانٍ، وَلنْ يُخِيفَهُمْ شَيءٌ.

29 I will establish for them a renowned planting place, and they will not again be victims of famine in the land, and they will not endure the insults of the nations anymore.

وَسَأُقِيمُ لَهُمْ أرْضاً خَصبَةً، فَلا يَجُوعُونَ. وَلَنْ يَسمَعُوا تَعيِيراتِ الأُمَمِ فِيما بَعدُ.

30 T hen they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,” declares the Lord God.

حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَعرِفُونَ أنِّي أنا إلَهَهُمْ مَعَهُمْ، وَبِأنَّهُمْ إسْرائِيلُ شَعبِي.» يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

31 “ As for you, My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, you are men, and I am your God,” declares the Lord God.

«وَأنتُمْ غَنَمِي فِي مَرعايَ، أنتُمْ شَعبِي، وَأنا إلَهُكُمْ.» يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.