Kniha proroka Ezechiela

Biblia - Sväté písmo

(CPDV - Anglický - Catholic PD)

Ez 37, 1-28

1 The hand of the Lord was set upon me, and he led me away in the Spirit of the Lord, and he released me in the midst of a plain which was full of bones. 2 And he led me around, through them, on every side. Now they were very many upon the face of the plain, and they were exceedingly dry. 3 And he said to me, “Son of man, do you think that these bones will live?” And I said, “O Lord God, you know.” 4 And he said to me, “Prophesy about these bones. And you shall say to them: Dry bones, listen to the word of the Lord! 5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will send spirit into you, and you shall live. 6 And I will set sinews upon you, and I will cause flesh to grow over you, and I will extend skin over you. And I will give you spirit, and you shall live. And you shall know that I am the Lord.” 7 And I prophesied, just as he had instructed me. But a noise occurred, as I was prophesying, and behold: a commotion. And the bones joined together, each one at its joint. 8 And I saw, and behold: sinews and flesh rose up over them; and skin was extended over them. But they had no spirit within them. 9 And he said to me: “Prophesy to the spirit! Prophesy, O son of man, and you shall say to the spirit: Thus says the Lord God: Approach, O spirit, from the four winds, and blow across these ones who were slain, and revive them.” 10 And I prophesied, just as he had instructed me. And spirit entered into them, and they lived. And they stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army. 11 And he said to me: “Son of man: All these bones are the house of Israel. They say: ‘Our bones are dried out, and our hope has perished, and we have been cut off.’ 12 Because of this, prophesy, and you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will open your tombs, and I will lead you away from your sepulchers, O my people. And I will lead you into the land of Israel. 13 And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have opened your sepulchers, and when I will have led you away from your tombs, O my people. 14 And I will place my Spirit 489 within you, and you shall live. And I will cause you to rest upon your own soil. And you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken and acted, says the Lord God.” 15 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 16 “And as for you, son of man, take up a piece of wood for yourself, and write upon it: ‘For Judah, and for the sons of Israel, his companions.’ And take up another piece of wood, and write upon it: ‘For Joseph, the wood of Ephraim, and for the entire house of Israel, and for his companions.’ 17 And join these, one to the other, for yourself, as one piece of wood. And they will be united in your hand. 18 Then, when the sons of your people will speak to you, saying: ‘Will you not tell us what you intend by this?’ 19 you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take up the wood of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, which are joined to him, and I will put them together with the wood of Judah, and I will make them one piece of wood. And they will be one in his hand. 20 Then the pieces of wood, on which you have written, will be in your hand, before their eyes. 21 And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take up the sons of Israel, from the midst of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them together on every side, and I will lead them onto their own soil. 22 And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will be ruler over all. And they will no longer be two nations, nor will they be divided any more into two kingdoms. 23 And they will no longer be defiled by their idols, and by their abominations, and by all their iniquities. And I will save them, out of all the settlements in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them. And they will be my people, and I will be their God. 24 And my servant David shall be the king over them, and they shall have one shepherd. They shall walk in my judgments, and they shall keep my commandments, and they shall do them. 25 And they shall live upon the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your fathers lived. And they shall live upon it, they and their sons, and the sons of their sons, even for all time. And David, my servant, shall be their leader, in perpetuity. 26 And I will strike a covenant of peace with them. This will be an everlasting covenant for them. And I will establish them, and multiply them. And I will set my sanctuary in their midst, unceasingly. 27 And my tabernacle shall be among them. And I will be their God, and they will be my people. 28 And the Gentiles shall know that I am the Lord, the Sanctifier of Israel, when my sanctuary will be in their midst, forever.”

Verš 24

And my servant David shall be the king over them, and they shall have one shepherd. They shall walk in my judgments, and they shall keep my commandments, and they shall do them.

Iz 40:11 - He will pasture his flock like a shepherd. He will gather together the lambs with his arm, and he will lift them up to his bosom, and he himself will carry the very young.

Jer 30:9 - Instead, they will serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

Ez 34:23 - And I will raise up over them ONE SHEPHERD, who will feed them, my servant David. He himself will feed them, and he will be their shepherd.

Verš 26

And I will strike a covenant of peace with them. This will be an everlasting covenant for them. And I will establish them, and multiply them. And I will set my sanctuary in their midst, unceasingly.

Ž 89:3 - And, lest man be turned aside in humiliation, you have said: Be converted, O sons of men.

Ez 34:25 - And I will make a covenant of peace with them. And I will cause the very harmful beasts to cease from the land. And those who are living in the desert will sleep securely in the forests.

2Kor 6:16 - And what consensus does the temple of God have with idols? For you are the temple of the living God, just as God says: “I will dwell with them, and I will walk among them. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Verš 27

And my tabernacle shall be among them. And I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Ez 11:20 - So may they may walk in my precepts, and observe my judgments, and accomplish them. And so may they be my people, and I will be their God.

Ez 24:11 - Also, place it empty on burning coals, so that it may be heated, and its brass may melt. And let the filth of it be melted in its midst, and let its rust be consumed.

Verš 22

And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will be ruler over all. And they will no longer be two nations, nor will they be divided any more into two kingdoms.

Jn 10:16 - And I have other sheep that are not of this fold, and I must lead them. They shall hear my voice, and there shall be one sheepfold and one shepherd.

Ez 37,1 - Vo verši 11 sám Boh podáva výklad Ezechielovho videnia. Oživené kosti sú oživený izraelský národ, ktorý v zajatí už odumrel a sotva mal nádeje, že ešte niekedy bude národom. O zmŕtvychvstaní ľudských tiel tu prorok nehovorí. No toto videnie jednako mohlo ľudí pripravovať na túto vieru, a to tým viac, že vzkriesenia neboli Izraelitom neznáme; porov. 1 Kr 17,17 n.; 2 Kr 4,18 n.; 13,21 – V údolí, kam Boží duch zaviedol proroka (porov. 3,23), neboli v skutočnosti ľudské kosti, prorok ich videl len svojím duševným zrakom, v prorockom vytržení.

Ez 37,2 - Kosti boli zoschnuté, boli to teda kosti už dávno odumretých ľudí.

Ez 37,11 - Do pádu Jeruzalema, kým stál Pánov chrám, Izraeliti žili v nádeji, že ostanú národným celkom. Keď ich však rozhádzali v zajatí, odumrela im táto nádej, pokladali sa za stratených.

Ez 37,12 - Hrobmi sa tu rozumejú miesta, kde boli Izraeliti v zajatí.

Ez 37,15 - Jedným z požehnaní mesiášskych čias má byť, že sa zase spoja dve čiastky vyvoleného národa, ktorý od Roboamových čias bol rozdvojený. Toto zjednotenie proroci už pred Ezechielom viac ráz predpovedali: Am 9,11; Oz 2,2; 3,5; Iz 11,13; Mich 2,12. I toto proroctvo, ako všetky podobné, bolo podmienečné; ak Izrael bude verný a primkne sa k svojmu Mesiášovi. No Izrael to neurobil, preto nezostal vo svojej krajine, ani jeho chrám nemal večného trvania. Dokonale sa však splnilo toto proroctvo na novozákonnom vyvolenom národe, na Kristovej Cirkvi.

Ez 37,16 - Jedno z driev predstavovalo Júdske kráľovstvo, v ktorom vedúcim kmeňom bol kmeň Júdov. K nemu sa družili ešte dva malé izraelské kmene, Benjamín a Simeon. Týchto treba rozumieť pod spojencami Júdu. Druhé drevo predstavovalo zasa Severné kráľovstvo, v ktorom vedúcu úlohu hrali kmene Jozefových synov, Efraima a Manassesa. Všetky ostatné kmene patrili k Severnému kráľovstvu, boli teda spojencami Efraima. Kmeň Efraim bol najväčší v Severnej ríši; často sa preto celá táto ríša volá prosto Efraimom.

Ez 37,23 - Sídlami rozumej miesto, kde boli Izraeliti v zajatí a kde sa klaňali modlám. Ale azda lepšie by bolo so LXX: "od všetkých vzbúr".

Ez 37,24 - Kráľ, ktorého prorok volá Dávidom, bude Mesiáš; porov. pozn. k 34,23.

Ez 37,27 - O Pánovom stane nad vyvoleným ľudom pozri Iz 4,5–6.