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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.

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Nau Mbơh Lor Tâm Rdâng Đah Phung Rmăk Leo Israel

¹Yêhôva ma gâp: ²"Hơi kon bunuyh, mbơh lor hom nau tâm rdâng đah phung rmăk leo Israel; mbơh lor hom jêh ri lah ma khân păng, Pô aơ nau Yêhôva Brah Ndu lah: Rêh ni ngăn ma phung rmăk leo Israel, jêng bunuyh siăm êng khân may nơm! ³Mâu di hĕ phung rmăk biăp vay ăn phung biăp kon lay; ƀiălah khân may mâu ăn ôh biăp sa mpa! ⁴Khân may mâu ƀư ôh ma phung kon biăp kuet rôi ăn dơi jêng katang, mâu ŭch săm ăn bah phung ji, mâu ŭch put ôh phung sôt rmanh, khân may mâu ŭch njŭn sĭt ôh phung hiơt bri, khân may mâu ŭch joi ôh phung lĕ roh hiơt; ƀiălah khân may ƀư nau nchâp nđâl, khân may vay chiă uănh khân păng. ⁵Yorlah mâu geh nuyh rmăk ôh pôri khân păng roh yot. Tơlah khân păng lĕ hiơt jêh, khân păng nsong mblêng jêng mpa sa ma lĕ rngôch mpô mpa bri. ⁶Phung biăp gâp hăn mblêng hiơt ta kalơ lĕ rngôch nâm jêh ri ta kalơ yôk prêh; phung biăp gâp hiơt lam bri neh ntu, mâu geh ôh bunuyh mray, mâu lĕ geh bunuyh tĭng joi khân ôbăl.
⁷Yor ri, Hơi phung rmăk biăp, iăt hom nau Yêhôva ngơi: ⁸Tĭng nâm gâp gŭ rêh Yêhôva Brah Ndu lah, yorlah mâu geh ôh nuyh rmăk, dĭng phung biăp gâp hŏ jêng ndơ bu lĕ pit in jêh, jêh ri ndơ sa ma lĕ rngôch ntil mpô mpa bri, jêh ri yorlah phung rmăk biăp gâp ăt mâu lĕ ŭch joi biăp gâp, ƀiălah khân păng siăm êng khân păng nơm, jêh ri mâu ôh ŭch siăm phung biăp gâp. ⁹Yor nây, Hơi phung rmăk biăp, iăt hom nau Yêhôva ngơi: ¹⁰Pô aơ nau Yêhôva lah: Aơ, gâp tâm rdâng đah phung rmăk biăp nây; gâp dăn khân păng mplơ̆ sĭt ma gâp nơm biăp gâp, jêh ri khân păng mâu hôm dơi chiăp đŏng ôh biăp gâp; jêh ri ăt mâu dơi lĕ khân păng rong siăm êng khân păng nơm; ƀiălah gâp klĕ mphâk biăp gâp luh du tă bơh trôm mbung khân păng, gay ăn biăp mâu ư ôh ndơ sa ăn ma khân păng.
¹¹Yorlah Yêhôva lah pô aơ: Aơ, gâp, gâp nơm yơh mra tĭng joi biăp gâp, gâp mra joi păng ăn saơ ¹²Ntĭt nâm bu du huê rmăk biăp joi saơ phung biăp păng, tơlah geh ƀa ƀă phung biăp chah rai hiơt, tâm ban nây lĕ gâp mra joi biăp gâp; gâp mra tâm rklaih khân păng luh du bơh lĕ rngôch ntŭk khân păng hŏ hiơt roh jêh ta nar tŭk nkâm ngo klĕng. ¹³Gâp mra djôt leo khân păng luh du tă bơh ta nklang mpôl ƀon lan bri êng, gâp mra rgum khân păng sĭt tă tâm bri neh êng khân păng nơm. Gâp mra chiă uănh khân păng ta kalơ yôk Israel, êp tu dak, jêh ri lĕ rngôch ntŭk geh bunuyh gŭ tâm bri dak. ¹⁴Gâp mra chiăp khân păng tâm ndrêch gơ̆ nse, jêh ri ndrung n'gar khân păng mra ăn ta kalơ yôk Israel; ta nây khân păng mra gŭ rlu kuen tâm ntŭk ueh, jêh ri sa ta ntŭk ndrêch gơ̆ nse jêng ta kalơ yôk Israel. ¹⁵Nây jêng gâp nơm ro yơh jêng rmăk ma biăp gâp, jêh ri ăn khân păng rlu kuen, Yêhôva Brah Ndu lah. ¹⁶Gâp mra tĭng joi phung lĕ roh, gâp mra leo mplơ̆ phung bu mprơh, gâp mra put săm phung kuet rven jêh ri ƀư ma phung lĕ huăr dơi jêng katang, ƀiălah gâp mra ƀư rai lơi phung lay jêh ri phung dăng katang; gâp mra chiă uănh khân păng ma nau sŏng.
¹⁷Yêhôva lah: Bi ma may, hơi phung biăp gâp, aơ, gâp mra phat dôih ndrăng phung biăp, biăp nkuăng ma be nkuăng. ¹⁸Phung khân may sa gơ̆ tâm ndrêch gơ̆ ueh, kŏ tât khân may jot plên lơi gơ̆ ueh, hŏ nhêt jêh dak rsang sŏk jâng nchŭ lơi ăn rkhăl dak hôm e rmeh; mâm khân may mâu ŭch uănh nau nây jêng nau kan jê̆ lê̆ dơm hĕ? ¹⁹Bi phung biăp gâp mra sa gơ̆ khân may lĕ jot jêh ma jâng, jêh ri nhêt dak lĕ jâng khân may nchŭ rkhăl!
²⁰Yor nây, Yêhôva Brah Ndu lah: Aơ, gâp, gâp nơm yơh mra phat dôih ndrăng biăp lay jêh ri biăp rgay. ²¹Yorlah khân may mbeng ma pŭng vĕ jêh ri săng nglik, jêh ri gĕ ma nke lĕ rngôch biăp lĕ rôi, kŏ tât khân may ƀư chah rai khân păng pru pra lam ntŭk; ²²dĭng gâp mra tât rklaih phung biăp gâp, khân păng mâu mra ƀư ndơ sa ma bu đŏng ôh, jêh ri gâp mra phat dôih ndrăng phung biăp. ²³Gâp mra njêng du huê rmăk biăp chiă uănh khân păng, jêng Y-David, oh mon gâp. Nây jêng du huê bunuyh chiăp khân păng, păng mra ƀư bunuyh chiă uănh khân păng. ²⁴Gâp, Yêhôva, mra jêng Brah Ndu khân păng, bi Y-David, oh mon gâp, mra ƀư hađăch ta nklang khân păng; gâp, Yêhôva, hŏ ngơi nau nây.
²⁵Rnôk nây gâp mra ƀư đah khân păng du nau tâm rnglăp đăp mpăn. Gâp mra mprơh mpô mpa bri janh lơi ăn hôm tâm nklang bri dak, gay ăn ƀon lan gâp dơi gŭ mpăn tâm bri rdah jêh ri gŭ bêch tâm krŏng. ²⁶Gâp mra ƀư ăn khân păng jêh ri ntŭk jŭm yôk jêng nau ueh uĭn; gâp mra ăn dak mih tâm di yan, dak mih nây mra jêng nau ueh uĭn. ²⁷Tơm si nklang bri mra play âk, jêh ri neh mra chăt hon jêng ndơ. Khân păng mra gŭ mpăn tâm bri khân păng; jêh ri khân păng mra gĭt gâp jêng Yêhôva, tơlah gâp ƀư pă jêh mâng mbăk khân păng, jêh ri ăn khân păng jêng kon me tă bơh ti phung nhŭp khân păng ƀư jêng dĭk. ²⁸Khân păng mâu mra ƀư jêng ndơ mpôl bri mra sa kăp đŏng khân păng, khân păng mra gŭ mpăn, mâu geh ôh nuyh mra nkrit khân păng. ²⁹Gâp mra ăn ma khân păng n'gar play jêng ngăn, pôri khân păng mâu mra khĭt huăr ji ngot đŏng ôh tâm bri păng, jêh ri khân păng mâu mra dơn đŏng ôh nau mpôl băl êng ƀư bêk prêng. ³⁰Rnôk nây khân păng mra gĭt gâp, Yêhôva Brah Ndu khân păng, gŭ ndrel khân păng, jêh ri gĭt ngih Israel, khân păng jêng ƀon lan gâp, Yêhôva Brah Ndu lah. ³¹Khân may jêng biăp gâp, jêng phung biăp tâm ndrêch gơ̆ gâp; khân may jêng bunuyh, jêh ri gâp jêng Brah Ndu khân may, Yêhôva Brah Ndu lah."