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I^saa^laa^en Nyei Goux Ba'gi Yungh Mienh

¹Yie aengx duqv zipv Ziouv nyei waac gorngv, ²“Baamh mienh aah! Meih oix zuqc douc waac gorngv I^saa^laa^en nyei goux ba'gi yungh mienh. Oix zuqc douc waac gorngv ninh mbuo, se gorngv wuov deix mangc ba'gi yungh nyei mienh, mbuox ninh mbuo, ‘Ziouv Tin-Hungh hnangv naaiv gorngv, “I^saa^laa^en nyei goux ba'gi yungh mienh kungx goux ganh hnangv ziouc oix zuqc kouv aqv. Goux ba'gi yungh nyei mienh oix zuqc goux ba'gi yungh maiv zeiz? ³Meih mbuo nyanc orv-junc,⚓ zuqv yungh biei nyei lui, daix gauh junc jiex nyei ba'gi yungh nyanc, mv baac maiv goux ba'gi yungh. ⁴Mau wuov deix, meih mbuo maiv tengx henv. Butv baengc wuov deix, meih mbuo maiv zorc. Zuqc mun nyei, meih mbuo maiv beu. Dorngc jauv wuov deix, meih mbuo maiv dorh nzuonx. Dingx laaih wuov deix, meih mbuo maiv lorz. Daaux nzuonx meih mbuo gunv ninh mbuo, yaac qaqv zeix, zoux doqc ninh mbuo. ⁵Ninh mbuo faatv nzaanx nzengc weic zuqc maiv maaih goux ba'gi yungh mienh. Nzaanx mingh nyei ziangh hoc ninh mbuo benx yietc zungv hieh zoih nyanc nyei ga'naaiv.⚓ ⁶Yie nyei ba'gi yungh youh gan yietc zungv mbong caux norm-norm mbong-hlang mingh. Yie nyei ba'gi yungh nzaanx mingh yiem lungh ndiev nyei ndau-beih, yaac maiv maaih mienh zimh lorz.”
⁷“ ‘Weic naaiv meih mbuo goux ba'gi yungh nyei mienh oix zuqc muangx Ziouv nyei waac. ⁸Ziouv Tin-Hungh hnangv naaiv nor gorngv, “Yie ziangv jienv yie ganh nyei maengc laengz waac. Weic zuqc yie nyei ba'gi yungh maiv maaih mienh goux,⚓ yaac maiv maaih haaix dauh mingh zimh lorz ninh mbuo, yie nyei ba'gi yungh benx yietc zungv hieh zoih nyanc nyei ga'naaiv. Daaux nzuonx wuov deix goux ba'gi yungh nyei mienh kungx goux ganh hnangv, maiv goux yie nyei ba'gi yungh. ⁹Weic naaiv meih mbuo goux ba'gi yungh nyei mienh muangx Ziouv nyei waac maah! ¹⁰Ziouv Tin-Hungh hnangv naaiv gorngv, “Yie caux wuov deix goux ba'gi yungh nyei mienh daav win. Yie oix zorqv yie nyei ba'gi yungh yiem ninh mbuo nyei buoz-ndiev nzuonx, maiv bun ninh mbuo goux aqv. Hnangv naaic ninh mbuo maiv duqv aengx goux ninh mbuo ganh. Yie oix njoux yie nyei ba'gi yungh biaux ndutv ninh mbuo nyei nzuih, maiv bun zoux ninh mbuo nyei nyanc hopv aqv.”

Goux Ba'gi Yungh Nyei Kuv Mienh

¹¹“ ‘Ziouv Tin-Hungh hnangv naaiv gorngv, “Yie ganh oix zimh lorz, oix lorz buatc yie ganh nyei ba'gi yungh. ¹²Goux ba'gi yungh mienh hnangv haaix nor yiem ninh nyei ba'gi yungh nzaanx mingh nyei dorngx lorz ninh nyei ba'gi yungh, yie yaac oix hnangv wuov nor lorz yie nyei ba'gi yungh. Naaiv deix ba'gi yungh yiem mbuonx-jieqv hmuangx nyei hnoi zuqc nzaanx mingh nyei norm-norm dorngx, yie oix yiem wuov njoux ninh mbuo nzuonx daaih. ¹³Yie oix yiem maanc fingx maanc guoqv dorh ninh mbuo nzuonx daaih yiem ninh mbuo ganh nyei deic-bung. Yie oix goux ninh mbuo yiem I^saa^laa^en nyei mbong caux diuh diuh wuom-hlen caux mienh yiem njiec nyei yietc zungv dorngx. ¹⁴Yie oix bungx ninh mbuo yiem longx haic nyei miev-ciangv. Ninh mbuo nyei miev-ciangv yaac yiem I^saa^laa^en nyei mbong-hlang. Ninh mbuo haih bueix njiec miev longx nyei ciangv, se yiem I^saa^laa^en nyei mbong nyanc longx haic, kuv haic nyei miev. ¹⁵Yie ganh zoux yie nyei ba'gi yungh nyei goux ba'gi yungh mienh yaac bun ninh mbuo duqv bueix njiec.” Naaiv se Ziouv Tin-Hungh gorngv nyei waac. ¹⁶Dingx laaih wuov deix, yie oix mingh lorz. Dorngc jauv wuov deix, yie oix dorh nzuonx. Zuqc mun wuov deix, yie oix beu ndie. Mau wuov deix, yie oix tengx henv. Mv baac junc nyei, henv nyei, yie oix mietc.⚓ Yie oix longc baengh fim nyei jauv goux naaiv deix ba'gi yungh.
¹⁷“ ‘Ziouv Tin-Hungh gorngv, “Yie nyei ba'gi yungh guanh aah! Yie oix yiem ba'gi yungh mbu'ndongx siemv yietc dauh yietc dauh, yaac zorqv ba'gi yungh gouv caux yungh gouv bun nqoi. ¹⁸Meih mbuo yiem longx haic nyei miev-ciangv nyanc longx haic nyei miev corc maiv gaux fai? Meih mbuo corc longc deih caaiv zengc njiec nyei miev. Meih mbuo hopv wuom-nzang corc maiv gaux fai? Corc longc meih mbuo nyei deih qouv zengc njiec nyei wuom njoqc mingh. ¹⁹Yie nyei ba'gi yungh oix zuqc nyanc meih mbuo caaiv njiec nyei miev yaac hopv meih mbuo nyei deih qouv njoqc nyei wuom se horpc nyei fai?
²⁰“ ‘Weic naaiv Ziouv Tin-Hungh hnangv naaiv gorngv mbuox ninh mbuo, “Yie oix yiem ba'gi yungh junc caux ba'gi yungh jaic mbu'ndongx siemv, ²¹weic zuqc meih mbuo longc mba'dauh caux sin mbengx yietc zungv hei nyei, mau nyei wuov deix, yaac longc jorng zong taux meih mbuo bun ninh mbuo nzaanx mingh biei bung. ²²Weic naaiv yie oix njoux yie nyei ba'gi yungh. Yiem naaiv mingh ninh mbuo ziouc maiv zuqc zeix aqv.⚓ Yie yaac oix yiem ninh mbuo yietc dauh yietc dauh ba'gi yungh mbu'ndongx siemv ninh mbuo. ²³Yie oix orn yietc dauh goux ba'gi yungh nyei mienh, se yie nyei bou, Ndaawitv, goux ninh mbuo. Ninh oix goux ninh mbuo yaac benx ninh mbuo nyei goux ba'gi yungh mienh.⚓ ²⁴Yie, Ziouv, oix zoux ninh mbuo nyei Tin-Hungh. Yie nyei bou, Ndaawitv, yaac oix yiem ninh mbuo mbu'ndongx zoux gauh hlo jiex wuov dauh hungh diex.⚓⚓ Yie, Ziouv, gorngv liuz aqv.
²⁵“ ‘+“Yie oix caux ninh mbuo liepc ngaengc waac bun ninh mbuo baengh orn nyei yiem, yaac bun yiem deic-bung ciouv nyei hieh zoih zutc nzengc. Ninh mbuo ziouc haih baengh orn nyei yiem deic-bung-huaang yaac bueix wuov ndiangx-lomc. ²⁶Yie oix bun ninh mbuo caux weih gormx yie nyei mbong norm-norm dorngx benx ceix fuqv nyei dorngx. Yie oix ziux cun-ciou bun lungh duih mbiungc, benx ceix fuqv bun mienh nyei mbiungc. ²⁷Lomc-huaang nyei ndiangx oix cuotv biouv. Ndau-beih oix cuotv gaeng-zuangx. Ninh mbuo ziouc duqv baengh orn nyei yiem ninh mbuo nyei deic-bung. Yie wuotv ninh mbuo gaaz nyei ⟨ndiangx-gaaz⟩ nauv, njoux ninh mbuo biaux ndutv hoic ninh mbuo zoux nouh wuov deix nyei buoz-ndiev wuov zanc, ninh mbuo ziouc hiuv duqv yie se Ziouv. ²⁸Yiem naaiv mingh ninh mbuo maiv zuqc ganh guoqv mienh luv. Deic-bung nyei hieh zoih yaac maiv ngaatc ninh mbuo. Ninh mbuo duqv baengh orn nyei yiem ninh mbuo nyei deic-bung, maiv maaih haaix dauh zoux haeqv ninh mbuo. ²⁹Yie zorqv maaih mengh dauh, ndau-touv longx nyei lingh deic bun ninh mbuo. Yiem naaiv mingh ninh mbuo maiv zuqc ngorc hnaangx daic, yaac maiv zuqc ganh guoqv mienh mangc piex ninh mbuo. ³⁰Ninh mbuo ziouc hiuv duqv yie, Ziouv, ninh mbuo nyei Tin-Hungh, caux ninh mbuo yiem. Ninh mbuo se I^saa^laa^en nyei zeiv-fun, benx yie nyei baeqc fingx. Naaiv se Ziouv Tin-Hungh gorngv nyei waac. ³¹Meih mbuo zoux yie nyei ba'gi yungh, se yie nyei miev-ciangv nyei ba'gi yungh. Meih mbuo benx baamh mienh. Yie benx meih mbuo nyei Tin-Hungh. Naaiv se Ziouv Tin-Hungh gorngv nyei waac.”+’+”

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The Lord Will Be Israel’s Shepherd

¹The 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? ³You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock. ⁴You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally. ⁵So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals. ⁶My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.
⁷“ ‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: ⁸As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered and has become food for all the wild animals, and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock, ⁹therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: ¹⁰This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against 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 my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.
¹¹“ ‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. ¹²As a shepherd 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. ¹³I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land. ¹⁴I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. ¹⁵I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign Lord. ¹⁶I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice.
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. ¹⁸Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? ¹⁹Must 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. ²¹Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns until you have driven them away, ²²I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another. ²³I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd. ²⁴I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them. I the Lord have spoken.
²⁵“ ‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of savage beasts so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety. ²⁶I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.⚓ I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing. ²⁷The trees will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people 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 hands of those who enslaved them. ²⁸They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety, and no one will make them afraid. ²⁹I will provide for them a land renowned for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations. ³⁰Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign Lord. ³¹You are my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Sovereign Lord.’ ”