Ezequiel 34

1 La palabra de Yahvé vino a mí, diciendo:

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 “Hijo de hombre, profetiza contra los pastores de Israel. Profetiza y diles a los pastores: El Señor Yahvé dice: “¡Ay de los pastores de Israel que se apacientan a sí mismos! ¿No deberían los pastores alimentar a las ovejas?

Son of man, be a prophet against the keepers of the flock of Israel, and say to them, O keepers of the sheep! this is the word of the Lord: A curse is on the keepers of the flock of Israel who take the food for themselves! is it not right for the keepers to give the food to the sheep?

3 Tú te comes la grasa. Te vistes con la lana. Matas a los gordos, pero no alimentas a las ovejas.

You take the milk and are clothed with the wool, you put the fat beasts to death, but you give the sheep no food.

4 No has fortalecido al enfermo. No has curado lo que estaba enfermo. No has atado lo que estaba roto. No has hecho volver a lo que fue expulsado. No has buscado lo que estaba perdido, sino que has gobernado sobre ellos con fuerza y con rigor.

You have not made the diseased ones strong or made well that which was ill; you have not put bands on the broken or got back that which had been sent away or made search for the wandering ones; and the strong you have been ruling cruelly.

5 Fueron dispersados, porque no había pastor. Se convirtieron en alimento de todos los animales del campo, y se dispersaron.

And they were wandering in every direction because there was no keeper: and they became food for all the beasts of the field.

6 Mis ovejas vagaban por todos los montes y por todas las colinas altas. Sí, mis ovejas estaban dispersas por toda la superficie de la tierra. No había nadie que las buscara ni las buscara”.

And my sheep went out of the way, wandering through all the mountains and on every high hill: my sheep went here and there over all the face of the earth; and no one was troubled about them or went in search of them.

7 “‘Por lo tanto, pastores, escuchen la palabra de Yahvé:

For this cause, O keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord:

8 “Vivo yo”, dice el Señor Yahvé, “ciertamente porque mis ovejas se convirtieron en presa, y mis ovejas se convirtieron en comida para todos los animales del campo, porque no había pastor, y mis pastores no buscaron a mis ovejas, sino que los pastores se alimentaron a sí mismos, y no alimentaron a mis ovejas,

By my life, says the Lord, truly, because my sheep have been taken away, and my sheep became food for all the beasts of the field, because there was no keeper, and my keepers did not go in search of the sheep, but the keepers took food for themselves and gave my sheep no food;

9 por lo tanto, pastores, escuchen la palabra de Yahvé.”

For this reason, O you keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord;

10 El Señor Yahvé dice: “He aquí que yo estoy contra los pastores. Requeriré mis ovejas de su mano, y haré que dejen de apacentarlas. Los pastores no se alimentarán más. Libraré a mis ovejas de su boca, para que no sean alimento para ellos”.

This is what the Lord has said: See I am against the keepers of the flock, and I will make search and see what they have done with my sheep, and will let them be keepers of my sheep no longer; and the keepers will no longer get food for themselves; I will take my sheep out of their mouths so that they may not be food for them.

11 “‘Porque el Señor Yahvé dice: “He aquí que yo mismo, yo mismo, buscaré a mis ovejas, y las buscaré.

For this is what the Lord has said: Truly, I, even I, will go searching and looking for my sheep.

12 Como un pastor busca su rebaño el día que está entre sus ovejas dispersas, así yo buscaré mis ovejas. Las libraré de todos los lugares donde se han dispersado en el día nublado y oscuro.

As the keeper goes looking for his flock when he is among his wandering sheep, so I will go looking for my sheep, and will get them safely out of all the places where they have been sent wandering in the day of clouds and black night.

13 Las sacaré de los pueblos, las reuniré de las tierras y las llevaré a su propia tierra. Los alimentaré en los montes de Israel, junto a los cursos de agua y en todos los lugares habitados del país.

And I will take them out from among the peoples, and get them together from the countries, and will take them into their land; and I will give them food on the mountains of Israel by the water-streams and wherever men are living in the country.

14 Los alimentaré con buenos pastos, y su redil estará en los montes de la altura de Israel. Allí se acostarán en un buen redil. Se alimentarán con ricos pastos en los montes de Israel.

I will give them good grass-land for their food, and their safe place will be the mountains of the high place of Israel: there they will take their rest in a good place, and on fat grass-land they will take their food on the mountains of Israel.

15 Yo mismo seré el pastor de mis ovejas, y haré que se acuesten”, dice el Señor Yahvé.

I myself will give food to my flock, and I will give them rest, says the Lord.

16 “Buscaré a la que se perdió, haré volver a la que fue expulsada, vendaré a la que estaba rota y fortaleceré a la que estaba enferma; pero destruiré a la gorda y a la fuerte. Los alimentaré con justicia”.

I will go in search of that which had gone wandering from the way, and will get back that which had been sent in flight, and will put bands on that which was broken, and give strength to that which was ill: but the fat and the strong I will give up to destruction; I will give them for their food the punishment which is theirs by right.

17 “En cuanto a ustedes, oh rebaño mío, el Señor Yahvé dice: ‘He aquí que yo juzgo entre oveja y oveja, los carneros y los machos cabríos.

And as for you, O my flock, says the Lord, truly, I will be judge between sheep and sheep, the he-sheep and the he-goats.

18 ¿Os parece poca cosa haber comido el buen pasto, pero debéis pisar con vuestros pies el residuo de vuestro pasto? Y haber bebido de las aguas claras, pero debéis ensuciar el residuo con vuestros pies?

Does it seem a small thing to you to have taken your food on good grass-land while the rest of your grass-land is stamped down under your feet? and that after drinking from clear waters you make the rest of the waters dirty with your feet?

19 En cuanto a mis ovejas, comen lo que has pisado con tus pies, y beben lo que has ensuciado con tus pies.

And as for my sheep, their food is the grass which has been stamped on by your feet, and their drink the water which has been made dirty by your feet.

20 “Por eso el Señor Yahvé les dice: ‘He aquí que yo, yo mismo, juzgaré entre la oveja gorda y la oveja flaca.

For this reason the Lord has said to them, Truly, I, even I, will be judge between the fat sheep and the thin sheep.

21 Porque empujáis con el costado y con el hombro, y empujáis a todas las enfermas con vuestros cuernos, hasta dispersarlas,

Because you have been pushing with side and leg, pushing the diseased with your horns till they were sent away in every direction;

22 por eso salvaré a mi rebaño, y ya no será una presa. Yo juzgaré entre oveja y oveja.

I will make my flock safe, and they will no longer be taken away, and I will be judge between sheep and sheep.

23 Pondré un solo pastor sobre ellas, y él las apacentará, mi siervo David. Él las apacentará y será su pastor.

And I will put over them one keeper, and he will give them food, even my servant David; he will give them food and be their keeper.

24 Yo, Yahvé, seré su Dios, y mi siervo David príncipe entre ellos. Yo, Yahvé, lo he dicho.

And I the Lord will be their God and my servant David their ruler; I the Lord have said it.

25 “‘Haré con ellos un pacto de paz, y haré que los animales malignos cesen de la tierra. Habitarán con seguridad en el desierto y dormirán en los bosques.

And I will make with them an agreement of peace, and will put an end to evil beasts through all the land: and they will be living safely in the waste land, sleeping in the woods.

26 Haré que ellos y los lugares alrededor de mi colina sean una bendición. Haré que la lluvia caiga en su tiempo. Habrá lluvias de bendición.

And I will give the rain at the right time, and I will make the shower come down at the right time; there will be showers of blessing.

27 El árbol del campo dará su fruto, y la tierra dará su cosecha, y estarán seguros en su tierra. Entonces sabrán que yo soy Yahvé, cuando haya roto las barras de su yugo y los haya librado de la mano de quienes los esclavizaron.

And the tree of the field will give its fruit and the earth will give its increase, and they will be safe in their land; and they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I have had their yoke broken and have given them salvation from the hands of those who made them servants.

28 Ya no serán presa de las naciones, ni los animales de la tierra los devorarán, sino que habitarán con seguridad, y nadie los atemorizará.

And their goods will no longer be taken by the nations, and they will not again be food for the beasts of the earth; but they will be living safely and no one will be a cause of fear to them.

29 Les levantaré una plantación de renombre, y ya no serán consumidos por el hambre en la tierra, ni soportarán más la vergüenza de las naciones.

And I will give them planting-places of peace, and they will no longer be wasted from need of food or put to shame by the nations.

30 Sabrán que yo, Yahvé, su Dios, estoy con ellos, y que ellos, la casa de Israel, son mi pueblo, dice el Señor Yahvé.

And they will be certain that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, the children of Israel, are my people, says the Lord.

31 Vosotros, mis ovejas, las ovejas de mi prado, sois hombres, y yo soy vuestro Dios’, dice el Señor Yahvé”.

And you are my sheep, the sheep of my grass-lands, and I am your God, says the Lord.