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Los pastores y el Pastor: pasado y futuro

34 El Señor me dirigió la palabra:

— Hijo de hombre, profetiza contra los pastores de Israel; profetiza y diles: Esto dice el Señor Dios: ¡Ay de los pastores de Israel, que se apacientan a sí mismos! ¿No es función de los pastores apacentar el rebaño? Han bebido la leche de las ovejas, se han vestido con su lana y han sacrificado a las más gordas: no han apacentado el rebaño. No han robustecido a las ovejas débiles, no han curado a las enfermas, no han vendado a las heridas, no han recuperado a las descarriadas, no han buscado a las perdidas, sino que las han dominado con dureza y violencia. Han andado dispersas, sin pastor, convertidas en presa de todas las fieras del campo. Mi rebaño anda errante por todos los montes y colinas, disperso por todo el país, sin que nadie se preocupe por él ni lo busque.

Por eso, escuchen, pastores, la palabra del Señor. Lo juro por mí mismo —oráculo del Señor Dios—: Ustedes han abandonado a mi rebaño a merced del pillaje, hasta convertirlo, por falta de pasto, en presa de todas las fieras del campo; no se han preocupado de mi rebaño y se han apacentado a ustedes mismos, en lugar de apacentar a mi rebaño; pues escuchen ahora, pastores, la palabra del Señor. 10 Esto dice el Señor Dios: Aquí estoy, enfrentado a los pastores. Voy a exigir que me devuelvan mi rebaño, voy a poner fin a su oficio de pastores; ya no volverán a apacentarse a sí mismos; arrancaré a mis ovejas de sus fauces para que ya no les sirvan de alimento. 11 Esto dice el Señor Dios: Yo mismo buscaré a mi rebaño y velaré por él. 12 Del mismo modo que el pastor vela por sus ovejas cuando andan dispersas, así velaré yo por mis ovejas y las sacaré de todos los lugares por donde se habían dispersado en días de densa niebla. 13 Las sacaré de los pueblos y las reuniré de los países; las traeré a su tierra y las pastorearé por los montes de Israel, por las cañadas y por todas las zonas habitadas del país. 14 Las apacentaré en pastos deliciosos, y su majada estará en las altas cumbres de Israel. Reposarán en majada deleitosa y pacerán en tiernos pastos por los montes de Israel. 15 Yo mismo reuniré a mis ovejas y las pastorearé —oráculo del Señor Dios—. 16 Buscaré a las ovejas perdidas y haré volver a las descarriadas; vendaré a las heridas y robusteceré a las débiles. Por lo que respecta a las robustas, las apacentaré como se debe.

17 En cuanto a ustedes, ovejas mías, esto dice el Señor Dios: Aquí estoy, dispuesto a juzgar entre ovejas y ovejas, entre carneros y machos cabríos. 18 ¿Les parece poco el delicioso pasto en el que pastan, que encima pisotean el resto de sus pastos? ¿Les parece poco el caudal de agua en el que abrevan, que encima enturbian con sus pies el agua restante? 19 Mis ovejas tienen que pastar lo que ustedes han pisoteado y tienen que beber el agua que sus pies han enturbiado. 20 Por eso, así dice el Señor Dios: Yo mismo juzgaré entre ovejas gordas y ovejas flacas. 21 Puesto que han embestido con el costado y el lomo, y han acorneado a todas las ovejas débiles hasta dispersarlas y expulsarlas, 22 voy a poner a salvo a mi rebaño, para que no vuelva a ser presa de nadie, y voy a juzgar entre ovejas y ovejas. 23 Pondré a su servicio un pastor que las apaciente: a mi siervo David. Él se encargará de apacentarlas y de ser su pastor. 24 Yo, el Señor, seré su Dios; y David será su príncipe. Yo, el Señor, he hablado. 25 Haré con ellos una alianza de paz y expulsaré para siempre del país a las fieras salvajes. Habitarán tranquilamente en la estepa y dormirán en los bosques. 26 Los asentaré en torno a mi colina y haré que la lluvia llegue a su tiempo: será una lluvia de bendición. 27 Los árboles del campo darán su fruto y la tierra producirá su cosecha; así estarán tranquilamente en su tierra. Y reconocerán que yo soy el Señor cuando rompa las ataduras de su yugo y los libere de quienes los mantienen esclavizados. 28 Ya no servirán de botín a otras naciones ni los devorarán las bestias salvajes: vivirán tranquilos sin que nadie los atemorice. 29 Les proporcionaré prósperas plantaciones, de modo que ya nadie muera de hambre en el país, ni las naciones vuelvan a ultrajarlos. 30 Y reconocerán que yo soy el Señor, su Dios, y que ellos, los israelitas, son mi pueblo —oráculo del Señor Dios—. 31 Ustedes son mi rebaño, las ovejas que apaciento, y yo soy su Dios. —Oráculo del Señor Dios—.

以色列的牧人

34 耶和华对我说: “人子啊,你要这样向以色列的牧人发预言,‘主耶和华说,以色列的牧人啊,你们有祸了!你们只顾喂养自己,牧人岂不应该照顾羊群吗? 但你们只顾吃羊的脂肪,穿羊毛衣,宰杀肥羊,却不照顾羊群。 你们没有养壮瘦弱的,没有医治生病的,没有包扎受伤的,没有领回走散的,没有寻找迷失的。你们反以暴力来管辖他们。 因为没有牧人,羊群便流离失散,成了野兽的食物。 我的羊在群山和高岗上游荡,分散在各地,没有人寻找他们。

“‘所以,你们这些牧人啊,要听耶和华的话。 主耶和华说,我凭我的永恒起誓,我必惩罚你们。因为我的羊没有牧人,以致沦为所有野兽的食物。我的牧人不去寻找我的羊,他们只喂养自己,不喂养我的羊。 你们这些牧人啊,要听耶和华的话。 10 主耶和华说,我要攻击这些牧人,从他们手中讨回我的羊,不再让他们牧放羊群,使他们无法再喂养自己。我要从他们口中夺回我的羊,不再让羊成为他们的食物。

11 “‘主耶和华说,看啊,我要亲自寻找我的羊,找到他们。 12 牧人怎样寻找他四散的羊,我也照样寻找我的羊,他们在密云幽暗的日子失散到各地,我要把他们从那里救回来。 13 我要把他们从各国各族中领出来,带他们回到自己的故土,我要在以色列的山岭上、溪水旁和境内的草场上牧养他们。 14 我要在佳美的草场上牧养他们,以色列的山岭必成为他们的草场。他们要在佳美的草场上安卧,在以色列山岭的肥美草场上吃草。 15 主耶和华说,“我要亲自喂养我的羊,让他们得到安歇。 16 我要寻找迷失的,领回分散的,包扎受伤的,医治患病的,但我要消灭肥壮的。我要凭公义牧养他们。”

17 “‘我的羊群啊!至于你们,主耶和华这样说,我要在你们中间施行审判,在公绵羊和公山羊之间进行审判。 18 你们肥壮的羊在茂盛的草场上吃还不够吗?你们非要用蹄子践踏吃剩的草吗?你们喝清水还不够吗?你们非要用蹄子搅浑剩下的水吗? 19 我其余的羊只得吃你们践踏的草,喝你们搅浑的水。

20 “‘所以主耶和华对他们说,看啊,我要亲自在肥羊和瘦羊之间施行审判。 21 你们肥羊用胁和肩拱,用角抵瘦弱的,使他们四散。 22 因此我要拯救我的羊,使他们不再成为猎物,我要在羊与羊之间施行审判。 23 我要立我的仆人大卫做他们的牧人,他将牧养他们,做他们的牧人。 24 我耶和华要做他们的上帝,我的仆人大卫要在他们当中做王,这是耶和华说的。

25 “‘我要跟他们立平安的约,除去地上的恶兽,让他们在旷野安居,在丛林安睡。 26 我要赐福他们,也要赐福我圣山的周围,我要按季节降雨给他们,使恩福如雨降下。 27 田间的树木必结果子,土地必长出庄稼,他们要在故乡安居。我要折断他们所负的轭,从奴役他们的人手中把他们拯救出来,他们便知道我是耶和华。 28 他们必不再成为列国的猎物,也不会被地上的野兽吞吃。他们必安居乐业,不再受人惊吓。 29 我要把沃土赐给他们,使他们不再受饥荒之苦,也不再受各国的侮辱。 30 这样,以色列人就知道我耶和华——他们的上帝与他们同在,他们是我的子民,这是主耶和华说的。 31 你们是我草场上的羊,你们是我的子民,我是你们的上帝。这是主耶和华说的。’”

The Shepherds and God’s Flock

34 The word of the Lord came to me: ‘Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and say to them, “This is what the Lord God says to the shepherds: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who have been feeding themselves!(A) Shouldn’t the shepherds feed their flock? You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened animals, but you do not tend the flock.(B) You have not strengthened the weak, healed the ill, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost.(C) Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty. They were scattered for lack of a shepherd;(D) they became food for all the wild animals(E) when they were scattered. My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill.(F) My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and there was no one searching or seeking for them.

‘ “Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord. As I live – this is the declaration of the Lord God – because my flock, lacking a shepherd, has become prey and food for every wild animal, and because my shepherds do not search for my flock, and because the shepherds feed themselves rather than my flock, therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord!

10 ‘ “This is what the Lord God says: Look, I am against the shepherds.(G) I will demand my flock from them[a] and prevent them from shepherding the flock. The shepherds will no longer feed themselves, for I will rescue my flock from their mouths so that they will not be food for them.

11 ‘ “For this is what the Lord God says: See, I myself will search for my flock and look for them. 12 As a shepherd looks for his sheep on the day he is among his scattered flock, so I will look for my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered(H) on a day of clouds and total darkness. 13 I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them to their own soil. I will shepherd them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the land. 14 I will tend them in good pasture, and their grazing place will be on Israel’s lofty mountains. There they will lie down in a good grazing place; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15 I will tend my flock and let them lie down.(I) This is the declaration of the Lord God. 16 I will seek the lost,(J) bring back the strays, bandage the injured,(K) and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy[b] the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice.

17 ‘ “As for you, my flock, the Lord God says this: Look, I am going to judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and goats.(L) 18 Isn’t it enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Or isn’t it enough that you drink the clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? 19 Yet my flock has to feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied.

20 ‘ “Therefore, this is what the Lord God says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21 Since you have pushed with flank and shoulder and butted all the weak ones with your horns until you scattered them all over, 22 I will save my flock. They will no longer be prey, and I will judge between one sheep and another. 23 I will establish over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will shepherd them. He will tend them himself and will be their shepherd.(M) 24 I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David(N) will be a prince among them. I, the Lord, have spoken.

25 ‘ “I will make a covenant of peace(O) with them and eliminate dangerous creatures(P) from the land, so that they may live securely(Q) in the wilderness and sleep in the forest. 26 I will make them and the area around my hill(R) a blessing: I will send down showers in their season;(S) they will be showers of blessing. 27 The trees of the field will yield their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; my flock will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the Lord when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the power of those who enslave them.(T) 28 They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the wild creatures of the earth will not consume them. They will live securely, and no one will frighten them. 29 I will establish for them a place renowned for its agriculture,[c] and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land. They will no longer endure the insults of the nations.(U) 30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people.(V) This is the declaration of the Lord God. 31 You are my flock, the human flock of my pasture, and I am your God. This is the declaration of the Lord God.” ’(W)

Footnotes

  1. 34:10 Lit their hand
  2. 34:16 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Vg read watch over
  3. 34:29 LXX, Syr read a plant of peace

The Lord Will Be Israel’s Shepherd

34 The word of the Lord came to me: “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) You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock.(B) 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) So they were scattered because there was no shepherd,(F) and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals.(G) 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)

“‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 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) 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

  1. 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