Kniha proroka Ezechiela

Biblia - Sväté písmo

(CPDV - Anglický - Catholic PD)

Ez 21, 1-32

1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 2 “Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and pour in drops toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the soil of Israel. 3 And you shall say to the land of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, and I will cast my sword from its sheath, and I will slay the just and the impious among you. 4 But in as much as I have slain among you the just and the impious, for this reason my sword will go forth from its sheath against all flesh, from the south even to the north. 5 So may all flesh know that I, the Lord, have led my sword out of its sheath irrevocably. 6 And as for you, son of man, groan in the breaking of your back, and groan in bitterness before them. 7 And when they will say to you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you shall say: ‘On behalf of the report, For it is approaching. And every heart will waste away, and every hand will be broken, and every spirit will be weakened, and water will flow across every knee.’ Behold, it is approaching and it will happen, says the Lord God.” 8 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 9 “Son of man, prophesy, and you shall say: Thus says the Lord God: Speak: The sword! The sword has been sharpened and polished! 10 It has been sharpened, so that it may cut down victims! It has been polished, so that it may shine! You are disturbing the scepter of my son. You have cut down every tree. 11 And I have sent it to be made smooth, so that it may be handled. This sword has been sharpened, and it has been polished, so that it may be in the hand of the one who kills. 12 Cry out and wail, O son of man! For this has been done among my people, this is among all the leaders of Israel, who have fled. They have been handed over to the sword, with my people. Therefore, slap your thigh, 13 for it has been tested. And this one, when he will have overthrown the scepter, will not be, says the Lord God. 14 You therefore, O son of man, prophesy, and strike hand against hand, and let the sword be doubled, and let the sword of the slain be tripled. This is the sword of the great slaughter, which causes them to be utterly stupefied, 15 and to waste away in heart, and which multiplies ruin. At all their gates, I have presented the consternation of the sword, which has been sharpened and polished so as to shine, which has been dressed for the slaughter. 16 Be sharpened! Go to the right or to the left, whichever way is the desire of your face. 17 And then I will clap hand against hand, and I will fulfill my indignation. I, the Lord, have spoken.” 18 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 19 “And as for you, son of man, set for yourself two ways, so that the sword of the king of Babylon may approach. Both shall go forth from one land. And with a hand, he will grasp and cast lots; he will cast at the head of the way of the community. 20 You shall appoint a way, so that the sword may approach to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, or to Judah, into Jerusalem, greatly fortified. 21 For the king of Babylon stood at the fork, at the head of the two ways, seeking divination, shuffling arrows; he inquired of idols, and he consulted entrails. 22 To his right was set the divination over Jerusalem, to place battering rams so as to open a mouth for the slaughter, to lift up the voice of wailing, to place battering rams opposite the gates, to cast up a rampart, to build fortifications. 23 And he shall be, in their eyes, like someone consulting an oracle in vain, or imitating the leisure of Sabbaths. But he will call to mind iniquities, so that it will be captured. 24 Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Because you have been remembered in your iniquities, and you have revealed your betrayals, and your sins have appeared within all your plans, because, I say, you have been remembered, you will be captured by a hand. 25 But as for you, O impious leader of Israel, whose day has arrived that was predetermined at the time of iniquity: 26 Thus says the Lord God: Take away the diadem, remove the crown. Is this not what has exalted the lowly one, and brought low the sublime one? 27 Iniquity, iniquity, iniquity I will make it. And this was not done until the one arrived to whom judgment belongs, and I will hand it over to him. 28 And as for you, son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus says the Lord God to the sons of Ammon, and to their disgrace, and you shall say: O sword, O sword, unsheathe yourself so as to slay; polish yourself so as to kill and to shine, 29 while they look upon you in vain, and they divine lies, so that you may be given over to the necks of the wounded impious, whose day has arrived that was predetermined at the time of iniquity. 30 Be returned to your sheath! I will judge you in the place where you were created, in the land of your nativity. 31 And I will pour out upon you my indignation. In the fire of my fury, I will fan you, and I will give you over to the hands of cruel men, who have devised destruction. 32 You will be food for the fire; your blood will be in the midst of the land; you will be delivered to oblivion. For I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Verš 15

and to waste away in heart, and which multiplies ruin. At all their gates, I have presented the consternation of the sword, which has been sharpened and polished so as to shine, which has been dressed for the slaughter.

Ez 21:28 - And as for you, son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus says the Lord God to the sons of Ammon, and to their disgrace, and you shall say: O sword, O sword, unsheathe yourself so as to slay; polish yourself so as to kill and to shine,

Verš 12

Cry out and wail, O son of man! For this has been done among my people, this is among all the leaders of Israel, who have fled. They have been handed over to the sword, with my people. Therefore, slap your thigh,

Ez 7:27 - The king will mourn, and the prince will be clothed with grief, and the hands of the people of the earth will be greatly disturbed. I will act toward them in accord with their own way, and I will judge them in accord with their own judgments. And they shall know that I am the Lord.”

Ez 6:11 - Thus says the Lord God: “Strike with your hand, and stomp with your foot, and say: ‘Alas, to all the abominations of the evils of the house of Israel!’ For they will fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.

Verš 13

for it has been tested. And this one, when he will have overthrown the scepter, will not be, says the Lord God.

Iz 1:5 - For what reason shall I continue to strike you, as you increase transgressions? The entire head is feeble, and the entire heart is grieving.

Jer 6:28 - All these leaders who are turning away and walking deceitfully, they are brass and iron; they have all been corrupted.

Verš 22

To his right was set the divination over Jerusalem, to place battering rams so as to open a mouth for the slaughter, to lift up the voice of wailing, to place battering rams opposite the gates, to cast up a rampart, to build fortifications.

Ez 4:2 - And you shall set up a blockade against it, and you shall build fortifications, and you shall put together a rampart, and you shall encamp opposite it, and you shall place battering rams around it.

Ez 17:17 - And not with a great army, nor with many people will Pharaoh undertake a battle against him, when he will cast up ramparts and build defenses, in order to put to death many souls.

Verš 7

And when they will say to you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you shall say: ‘On behalf of the report, For it is approaching. And every heart will waste away, and every hand will be broken, and every spirit will be weakened, and water will flow across every knee.’ Behold, it is approaching and it will happen, says the Lord God.”

Jer 49:23 - Against Damascus. “Hamath has been confounded, with Arpad. For they have heard a most grievous report. They have been stirred up like the sea. Because of anxiousness, they were not able to rest.

Jer 6:24 - ‘We have heard of their fame. Our hands have become weakened. Tribulation has overtaken us, like the pains of a woman giving birth.’

Ez 7:17 - All hands will be weakened, and all knees will flow with water.

Ez 4:17 - So then, when bread and water fail, each one may fall against his brother. And they shall waste away in their iniquities.”

Ez 7:17 - All hands will be weakened, and all knees will flow with water.

Ez 21,1-5 - Tieto verše sú vo Vulg ešte 20,45–49. V číslovaní veršov je teda v hl. 21 rozdiel medzi hebrejskou osnovou a Vulg; 21,6–37 hebr. = 21,1–32 Vulg.

Ez 21,2 - I keď Palestína bola od Tel Abibu na západ a nie na juh, prístup do nej bol len od severu a pohromy prichádzali na ňu tiež od severu.

Ez 21,3-5 - Lesný požiar zvýrazňuje spustošenie Júdska a Jeruzalema; porov. Iz 9,17; 10,17 n. Jer 21,14. Stromy v miazge (tak doslovne hebr.) označili dobrých, stromy suché zasa zlých ľudí. Preto hovorí osnova o tvárach, ktoré zhoria. Zajatci nechápali hneď význam alegórie, preto sa pýtajú proroka, či nehovorí hádanky. Odpoveďou je nasledujúce, už jasné podobenstvo o Pánovom meči.

Ez 21,7 - Zajatci museli chápať, že Pánov meč je babylonské vojsko.

Ez 21,15 - Druhú polovicu verša sme preložili po oprave. Ani v dnešnom hebr. texte, ani v starých prekladoch nemajú zmysel.

Ez 21,17 - K výrazu "udierať si stehno" pozri pozn. k Jer 31,19.

Ez 21,18 - Babylonci už teraz opovrhujú žezlom júdskeho kráľa.

Ez 21,26 - Nabuchodonozor veštbami chce rozhodnúť, ktoré z dvoch miest má napadnúť. Veštili mu až trojakým spôsobom: do osudia dali najprv dva šípy, jeden s menom Jeruzalema, druhý s menom Raby. Osudie so šípmi potriasli a jeden z nich vytiahli. Vytiahli šíp s menom Jeruzalema (verš 27). Potom sa vypytujú domácich bôžikov, zvaných teráfim, ktorých menšie sošky nosievali so sebou. Konečne veštia z pečene obetného zvieraťa.

Ez 21,27 - O útočných baranoch pozri 4,2.

Ez 21,28 - Nabuchodonozor pripomenie im hriech, ktorého sa dopustili, keď zrušili prísahu vernosti, ktorú mu dali.

Ez 21,30 - Júdsky kráľ musí opustiť kráľovskú slávu, už nie sú staré časy, keď tú slávu ešte mal. Z Júdskeho kráľovstva urobí Boh trosky a ani ho nevzkriesi viac, kým nepríde ten, ktorý má na kráľovskú hodnosť právo. Až jemu, Mesiášovi, dá Boh zasa kráľovské žezlo (porov. 17,22 n., Gn 49,10; 2 Sam 7,12 n.; Iz 9,6; 11,1 n.).

Ez 21,34 - Meč je už na krku zločinných Amončanov, hoci ich veštci ubezpečovali falošnými priaznivými veštbami.

Ez 21,35 - Výzva: "Späť do pošvy!" nepatrí "Pánovmu meču", ale Amončanom, ktorí by sa zbytočne pokúšali o obranu proti Babyloncom. Nech sa utiahnu do svojich miest; no ani tam nebudú v bezpečí, i tam ich dostihne Boží súd.