Ézéchiel 34
La Bible du Semeur
La résurrection d’Israël
34 L’Eternel m’adressa la parole en ces termes :
2 Fils d’homme, prophétise au sujet des bergers d’Israël, prophétise et dis à ces bergers : « Voici ce que déclare le Seigneur, l’Eternel : Malheur aux bergers d’Israël qui ne s’occupent que d’eux-mêmes. N’est-ce pas le troupeau que les bergers doivent faire paître ? 3 Vous vous êtes nourris de sa graisse et habillés de sa laine, vous avez abattu les bêtes grasses, mais vous ne faites pas paître le troupeau. 4 Vous n’avez pas aidé les brebis chétives à retrouver des forces. Vous n’avez pas soigné celle qui était malade, vous n’avez pas bandé celle qui était blessée, vous n’avez pas ramené celle qui s’était égarée, vous n’avez pas cherché celle qui était perdue ; non, vous leur avez imposé votre autorité par la violence et la tyrannie. 5 Mes brebis se sont dispersées, faute de berger, et elles sont devenues la proie de toutes les bêtes sauvages. 6 Mes brebis se sont égarées sur toutes les montagnes et sur toutes les collines élevées. Elles ont été dispersées sur toute l’étendue du pays, sans que personne en prenne soin ou aille à leur recherche.
7 C’est pourquoi, bergers, écoutez la parole de l’Eternel : 8 Aussi vrai que je suis vivant, le Seigneur, l’Eternel, le déclare, parce que mes brebis ont été abandonnées au pillage, qu’elles sont devenues la proie de toutes les bêtes sauvages, faute de berger, et parce que mes bergers n’ont pas pris soin d’elles, mais qu’ils se sont occupés d’eux-mêmes au lieu de faire paître le troupeau, 9 à cause de cela, bergers, écoutez la parole de l’Eternel :
10 Voici ce que le Seigneur, l’Eternel, déclare : Je vais m’en prendre à ces bergers, je leur redemanderai mes brebis, et je leur enlèverai la responsabilité du troupeau. Ainsi, ils cesseront de se repaître eux-mêmes. Je délivrerai mon troupeau de leur bouche, et les brebis ne leur serviront plus de nourriture.
Dieu fera paître ses brebis
11 Voici ce que déclare le Seigneur, l’Eternel : Je vais moi-même venir m’occuper de mon troupeau et en prendre soin. 12 Comme un berger va à la recherche de son troupeau le jour où il le trouve dispersé, ainsi j’irai à la recherche de mes brebis et je les arracherai de tous les lieux où elles ont été dispersées en un jour de brouillard et de ténèbres. 13 Je les ferai sortir de chez les peuples et je les rassemblerai des divers pays, je les ramènerai dans leur propre pays pour les faire paître sur les montagnes d’Israël, près des cours d’eau et dans tous les lieux habités du pays. 14 Je les ferai paître dans de bons pâturages, et elles auront leur lieu de séjour sur les hautes montagnes d’Israël ; elles reposeront dans une belle prairie et elles se nourriront dans de gras pâturages sur les montagnes d’Israël.
15 C’est moi qui ferai paître mon troupeau et c’est moi qui le ferai reposer, le Seigneur, l’Eternel, le déclare. 16 Je chercherai la brebis qui sera perdue, je ramènerai celle qui se sera égarée, je panserai celle qui est blessée, et je fortifierai celle qui est malade. Mais je détruirai celle qui est grasse et forte : je les ferai paître avec équité.
17 Et vous, mon troupeau, voici ce que le Seigneur, l’Eternel, déclare : Je prononcerai mon jugement entre brebis et brebis, et entre béliers et boucs. 18 Ne vous suffisait-il pas de paître dans un bon pâturage ? Fallait-il encore que vous fouliez sous vos pattes ce qui restait à brouter ? Ne pouviez-vous pas vous contenter de boire une eau limpide ? Fallait-il troubler de vos pattes ce qui en restait ? 19 Mon troupeau en est réduit à brouter l’herbe que vous avez piétinée et à boire l’eau que vous avez troublée.
20 C’est pourquoi, voici ce que le Seigneur, l’Eternel, vous déclare : je vais moi-même prononcer mon jugement entre brebis grasses et brebis maigres. 21 Vous avez bousculé du flanc et de l’épaule toutes les brebis faibles ! Vous les avez frappées de vos cornes jusqu’à ce que vous les ayez dispersées au dehors ! 22 C’est pourquoi je viendrai au secours de mon troupeau et il ne sera plus livré au pillage, je prononcerai mon jugement entre brebis et brebis.
Le royaume de paix
23 J’établirai à leur tête un seul berger qui les fera paître : mon serviteur David ; il prendra soin d’elles et sera leur berger[a]. 24 Et moi, l’Eternel, je serai leur Dieu, et mon serviteur David sera prince au milieu d’elles. Moi, l’Eternel, j’ai parlé.
25 Je conclurai avec elles une alliance qui leur garantira la paix. Je débarrasserai le pays des bêtes féroces, de sorte que mes brebis pourront habiter en toute sécurité dans les steppes et dormir dans les forêts. 26 Je les comblerai de bénédictions dans les environs de ma colline. Je ferai tomber la pluie en son temps, ce seront des pluies qui vous apporteront la bénédiction. 27 Les arbres dans les champs donneront leurs fruits et la terre produira ses récoltes ; les brebis vivront en toute sécurité dans leur propre pays, et elles reconnaîtront que je suis l’Eternel, quand j’aurai brisé les barres de leur joug et que je les aurai délivrées de ceux qui les asservissent. 28 Elles ne seront plus pillées par les autres peuples, et les bêtes sauvages ne les dévoreront plus, elles vivront en toute sécurité sans être inquiétées par personne.
29 Je leur susciterai une plantation renommée. Personne ne succombera plus à la faim dans leur pays et les membres de mon peuple n’auront plus à subir les insultes des autres peuples. 30 Et ils reconnaîtront que moi, l’Eternel, leur Dieu, je suis avec eux et qu’eux, les gens de la communauté d’Israël, ils sont mon peuple ; le Seigneur, l’Eternel, le déclare. 31 Vous, mes brebis, vous qui faites partie du troupeau de mon pâturage, vous êtes des humains et moi, je suis votre Dieu, le Seigneur, l’Eternel, le déclare. »
Ezekiel 34
King James Version
34 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 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?
3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
4 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.
5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
6 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.
7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;
8 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;
9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;
10 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.
11 For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
12 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.
13 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.
14 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.
15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God.
16 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.
17 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.
18 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?
19 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.
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord God unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
23 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 And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it.
25 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.
26 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.
27 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.
28 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.
29 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.
30 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.
31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.
Ezekiel 34
New International Version
The Lord Will Be Israel’s Shepherd
34 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to you shepherds of Israel who only take care of yourselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock?(A) 3 You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock.(B) 4 You have not strengthened the weak or healed(C) the sick or bound up(D) the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.(E) 5 So they were scattered because there was no shepherd,(F) and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals.(G) 6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill.(H) They were scattered(I) over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.(J)
7 “‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 8 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered(K) and has become food for all the wild animals,(L) and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock,(M) 9 therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 10 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against(N) the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue(O) my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.(P)
11 “‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep(Q) and look after them. 12 As a shepherd(R) looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.(S) 13 I will bring them out from the nations and gather(T) them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land.(U) I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land.(V) 14 I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel(W) will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture(X) on the mountains of Israel.(Y) 15 I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down,(Z) declares the Sovereign Lord.(AA) 16 I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up(AB) the injured and strengthen the weak,(AC) but the sleek and the strong I will destroy.(AD) I will shepherd the flock with justice.(AE)
17 “‘As for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will judge between one sheep and another, and between rams and goats.(AF) 18 Is it not enough(AG) for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet?(AH) Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? 19 Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?
20 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.(AI) 21 Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns(AJ) until you have driven them away, 22 I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another.(AK) 23 I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend(AL) them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.(AM) 24 I the Lord will be their God,(AN) and my servant David(AO) will be prince among them.(AP) I the Lord have spoken.(AQ)
25 “‘I will make a covenant(AR) of peace(AS) with them and rid the land of savage beasts(AT) so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety.(AU) 26 I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.[a](AV) I will send down showers in season;(AW) there will be showers of blessing.(AX) 27 The trees will yield their fruit(AY) and the ground will yield its crops;(AZ) the people will be secure(BA) in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke(BB) and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them.(BC) 28 They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety,(BD) and no one will make them afraid.(BE) 29 I will provide for them a land renowned(BF) for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine(BG) in the land or bear the scorn(BH) of the nations.(BI) 30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign Lord.(BJ) 31 You are my sheep,(BK) the sheep of my pasture,(BL) and I am your God, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 34:26 Or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be named in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be seen as blessed
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