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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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Irresponsible Shepherds

¹And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God to the shepherds: ⚓“Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks? ³⚓You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you ⚓slaughter the fatlings, but you do not feed the flock. ⁴⚓The weak you have not strengthened, nor have you healed those who were sick, nor bound up the broken, nor brought back what was driven away, nor ⚓sought what was lost; but with ⚓force and cruelty you have ruled them. ⁵⚓So they were ⚓scattered because there was no shepherd; ⚓and they became food for all the beasts of the field when they were scattered. ⁶My sheep ⚓wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill; yes, My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and no one was seeking or searching for them.”
⁷‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: ⁸“As I live,” says the Lord God, “surely because My flock became a prey, and My flock ⚓became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did My shepherds search for My flock, ⚓but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock”— ⁹therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of the Lord! ¹⁰Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am⚓against the shepherds, and ⚓I will require My flock at their hand; I will cause them to cease feeding the sheep, and the shepherds shall ⚓feed themselves no more; for I will ⚓deliver My flock from their mouths, that they may no longer be food for them.”

God, the True Shepherd

¹¹‘For thus says the Lord God: “Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out. ¹²As a ⚓shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep, so will I seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on ⚓a cloudy and dark day. ¹³And ⚓I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land; I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the valleys and in all the inhabited places of the country. ¹⁴⚓I will feed them in good pasture, and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Israel. ⚓There they shall lie down in a good fold and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. ¹⁵I will feed My flock, and I will make them lie down,” says the Lord God. ¹⁶⚓“I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy ⚓the fat and the strong, and feed them ⚓in judgment.”
¹⁷‘And as for you, O My flock, thus says the Lord God: ⚓“Behold, I shall judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and goats. ¹⁸Is it too little for you to have eaten up the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture—and to have drunk of the clear waters, that you must foul the residue with your feet? ¹⁹And as for My flock, they eat what you have trampled with your feet, and they drink what you have fouled with your feet.”
²⁰‘Therefore thus says the Lord God to them: ⚓“Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat and the lean sheep. ²¹Because you have pushed with side and shoulder, butted all the weak ones with your horns, and scattered them abroad, ²²therefore I will save My flock, and they shall no longer be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep. ²³I will establish one ⚓shepherd over them, and he shall feed them—⚓My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd. ²⁴And ⚓I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David ⚓a prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken.
²⁵⚓“I will make a covenant of peace with them, and ⚓cause wild beasts to cease from the land; and they ⚓will dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. ²⁶I will make them and the places all around ⚓My hill ⚓a blessing; and I will ⚓cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be ⚓showers of blessing. ²⁷Then ⚓the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase. They shall be safe in their land; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have ⚓broken the bands of their yoke and delivered them from the hand of those who ⚓enslaved them. ²⁸And they shall no longer be a prey for the nations, nor shall beasts of the land devour them; but ⚓they shall dwell safely, and no one shall make them afraid. ²⁹I will raise up for them a ⚓garden of renown, and they shall ⚓no longer be consumed with hunger in the land, ⚓nor bear the shame of the Gentiles anymore. ³⁰Thus they shall know that ⚓I, the Lord their God, am with them, and they, the house of Israel, are⚓My people,” says the Lord God.’
³¹“You are My ⚓flock, the flock of My pasture; you are men, and I am your God,” says the Lord God.