1“Woe ⚓to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” says the Lord. 2Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel against the shepherds who feed My people: “You have scattered My flock, driven them away, and not attended to them. ⚓Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your doings,” says the Lord. 3“But ⚓I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all countries where I have driven them, and bring them back to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase. 4I will set up ⚓shepherds over them who will feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking,” says the Lord. 5“Behold, ⚓the days are coming,” says the Lord, “That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, ⚓And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. 6⚓In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel ⚓will dwell safely; Now ⚓this is His name by which He will be called:
7“Therefore, behold, ⚓the days are coming,” says the Lord, “that they shall no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,’ 8but, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the north country ⚓and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ And they shall dwell in their own ⚓land.”
False Prophets and Empty Oracles
9My heart within me is broken Because of the prophets; ⚓All my bones shake. I am like a drunken man, And like a man whom wine has overcome, Because of the Lord, And because of His holy words. 10For ⚓the land is full of adulterers; For ⚓because of a curse the land mourns. ⚓The pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up. Their course of life is evil, And their might is not right. 11“For ⚓both prophet and priest are profane; Yes, ⚓in My house I have found their wickedness,” says the Lord. 12“Therefore⚓ their way shall be to them Like slippery ways; In the darkness they shall be driven on And fall in them; For I ⚓will bring disaster on them, The year of their punishment,” says the Lord. 13“And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: ⚓They prophesied by Baal And ⚓caused My people Israel to err. 14Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: ⚓They commit adultery and walk in lies; They also ⚓strengthen the hands of evildoers, So that no one turns back from his wickedness. All of them are like ⚓Sodom to Me, And her inhabitants like Gomorrah. 15“Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets: ‘Behold, I will feed them with ⚓wormwood, And make them drink the water of gall; For from the prophets of Jerusalem Profaneness has gone out into all the land.’ ” 16Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you worthless; ⚓They speak a vision of their own heart, Not from the mouth of the Lord. 17They continually say to those who despise Me, ‘The Lord has said, ⚓“You shall have peace” ’; And to everyone who ⚓walks according to the dictates of his own heart, they say, ⚓‘No evil shall come upon you.’ ” 18For ⚓who has stood in the counsel of the Lord, And has perceived and heard His word? Who has marked His word and heard it? 19Behold, a ⚓whirlwind of the Lord has gone forth in fury— A violent whirlwind! It will fall violently on the head of the wicked. 20The ⚓anger of the Lord will not turn back Until He has executed and performed the thoughts of His heart. ⚓In the latter days you will understand it perfectly. 21“I⚓ have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. 22But if they had stood in My counsel, And had caused My people to hear My words, Then they would have ⚓turned them from their evil way And from the evil of their doings. 23“Am I a God near at hand,” says the Lord, “And not a God afar off? 24Can anyone ⚓hide himself in secret places, So I shall not see him?” says the Lord; ⚓“Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord. 25“I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’ 26How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed theyare prophets of the deceit of their own heart, 27who try to make My people forget My name by their dreams which everyone tells his neighbor, ⚓as their fathers forgot My name for Baal. 28“The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; And he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat?” says the Lord. 29“Is not My word like a ⚓fire?” says the Lord, “And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? 30“Therefore behold, ⚓I am against the prophets,” says the Lord, “who steal My words every one from his neighbor. 31Behold, I am⚓against the prophets,” says the Lord, “who use their tongues and say, ‘He says.’ 32Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” says the Lord, “and tell them, and cause My people to err by their ⚓lies and by ⚓their recklessness. Yet I did not send them or command them; therefore they shall not ⚓profit this people at all,” says the Lord. 33“So when these people or the prophet or the priest ask you, saying, ‘What is ⚓the oracle of the Lord?’ you shall then say to them, ‘What oracle?’ I will even forsake you,” says the Lord. 34“And asfor the prophet and the priest and the people who say, ‘The oracle of the Lord!’ I will even punish that man and his house. 35Thus every one of you shall say to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, ‘What has the Lord answered?’ and, ‘What has the Lord spoken?’ 36And the oracle of the Lord you shall mention no more. For every man’s word will be his oracle, for you have ⚓perverted the words of the living God, the Lord of hosts, our God. 37Thus you shall say to the prophet, ‘What has the Lord answered you?’ and, ‘What has the Lord spoken?’ 38But since you say, ‘The oracle of the Lord!’ therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Because you say this word, “The oracle of the Lord!” and I have sent to you, saying, “Do not say, ‘The oracle of the Lord!’ ” 39therefore behold, I, even I, ⚓will utterly forget you and forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and willcastyou out of My presence. 40And I will bring ⚓an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual ⚓shame, which shall not be forgotten.’ ”
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Phung Hôm E Plơ̆ Sĭt
1"Rêh ni ngăn ma phung rmăk biăp ƀư rai jêh ri pru pra lơi biăp tâm ndrêch gơ̆ gâp!" Yêhôva lah, 2Yor nây Yêhôva Brah Ndu phung Israel lah pô aơ nau geh ma phung rmăk biăp chiă uănh phung ƀon lan gâp: "Khân may pru pra jêh biăp gâp, jêh ri mprơh jêh khân ôbăl, jêh ri khân may mâu njrăng ma khân ôbăl ôh. Aơ, gâp mra tâm rmal khân may yor nau mhĭk khân may ƀư jêh." Yêhôva lah, 3Jêh ri gâp nơm mra rƀŭn biăp gâp hôm klen luh bơh lĕ rngôch bri gâp mprơh jêh khân ôbăl, jêh ri njŭn khân păng sĭt rlet ma ndrêch gơ̆ khân păng nơm, jêh ri khân păng mra geh tay kon sau jêh ri bĭk rơ̆. 4Gâp mra dơm phung rmăk biăp chiă uănh khân păng ăn ueh, jêh ri khân păng mâu mra klach đŏng ôh, mâu lĕ rdja nuih, mâu lĕ mra geh bunuyh roh." Yêhôva lah, 5"Aơ, nar mra tât," Yêhôva lah, tơlah gâp mra ăn hon ma Y-David du tơm N'gĭng Sŏng, Păng mra jêng hađăch chiă uănh ƀứ ma nau gĭt mĭn, Jêh ri mra ƀư ma nau sŏng jêh ri nau di tâm bri dak. 6Tâm rnôk păng phung Yuda mra geh nau tâm rklaih, jêh ri phung Israel mra gŭ đăp rmên. Aơ amoh bu mra ntơ ăn păng: Yêhôva nau sŏng srăng he. 7Yêhôva lah: "Yor nây, aơ, nar mra tât tơlah phung bunuyh mâu hôm mra lah đŏng ôh, 'Tĭng nâm Yêhôva gŭ rêh, Nơm njŭn jêh phung Israel du luh bơh bri Êjipt,' 8ƀiălah bu mra lah: Tĭng nâm Yêhôva gŭ rêh, Nơm njŭn jêh kon sau ngih Israel du luh bơh bri dor lơ jêh ri bơh lĕ rngôch bri păng mprơh jêh khân ôbăl, jêh ri khân păng mra gŭ tâm bri khân ôbăl nơm."
Nau Phong Ma Phung Kôranh Nơm Mbơh Lor Mƀruh
9Nau di ma phung kôranh nơm mbơh lor: Nuih n'hâm gâp lĕ chah rai jêh tâm trôm, lĕ rngôch nting gâp mpât n'gơ, gâp jêng nâm bu du huê bunuyh nhŭl ndrănh, nâm bu bunuyh rvah vi-rvâng yor ndrănh, yor tă Yêhôva jêh ri yor nau ngơi kloh ueh 10Yorlah bri dak bêng ma phung văng tĭr, yor geh nau rtăp rak, bri geh nau klâng ndrêjêh ri gơ̆ ndrêch tâm bri rdah lĕ kro da dê. Khân păng nchuăt tĭng trong ƀư nau mhĭk, jêh ri dŏng n'hâm suan khân păng ŭch ƀư nau mâu di ôh. 11"Nđâp phung kôranh nơm mbơh lor jêh ri kôranh ƀư brah mâu lĕ yơk ma Brah Ndu, nđâp tâm ngih gâp, gâp saơ jêh nau ƀai khân păng ƀư," Yêhôva lah. 12"Yor nây trong khân păng mra jêng mbĭr, bu mra mprơh khân păng ma nau ngo jêh ri khân păng mra chalôt ta nây. Yorlah gâp mra ăn tât nau mhĭk ma khân păng. Tâm năm gâp tâm rmal khân păng," Yêhôva lah. 13"Gâp saơ nau gâp mâu ŭch ôh tâm phung kôranh nơm mbơh lor bri Samari; khân păng mbơh lor ma amoh brah Baal jêh ri njŭn ƀon lan gâp Israel nkhah du. 14Ƀiălah gâp saơ du nau mhĭk ngăn tâm phung kôranh nơm mbơh lor ƀon Yêrusalem; khân păng văng tĭr jêh ri chuat tâm nau mƀruh, khân păng ƀư katang ti phung ƀư ƀai, pô nây lĕ mâu geh ôh nơm plơ̆ sĭt tă bơh nau ƀai khân păng; gâp kơp lĕ rngôch khân păng jêng jêh nâm bu ƀon Sôdôm; jêh ri phung ƀon lan khân păng nâm bu ƀon Gômôrơ." 15Yor nây pô aơ Yêhôva ma phung tahan lah di ma phung kôranh nơm mbơh lor: "Aơ, gâp mra siăm khân păng ma tơm si tăng, jêh ri ăn khân păng nhêt dak kăch, yorlah tă bơh phung kôranh nơm mbơh lor ƀon Yêrusalem nau mâu yơk ma Brah Ndu hăn jêh lam bri neh ntu." 16Pô aơ Yêhôva ma phung tahan lah: "Lơi ta iăt ôh nau phung kôranh nơm mbơh lor ngơi, phung mbơh ma khân may nau kâp gân dơm dam; khân păng ngơi nau tâm saơ tĭng nâm nau mĭn khân păng nơm, mâu geh tă trôm mbung Yêhôva ôh." 17Khân păng lah ƀaƀơ phung tâm rmot ma gâp, 'Yêhôva ngơi khân may mra geh nau đăp mpăn! Jêh ri khân păng lah ma ăp nơm Tĭng ndô̆ nau nuih n'hâm dăng khân păng nơm ŭch, 'Mâu ggeh nau mhĭk mra tât ma khân păng ôh.' 18Ƀiălah mbu nơm tâm phung khân păng mâp gĭt rbăng jêh nau Yêhôva kơl chră rŏ, gay sek uănh jêh ri tăng nau păng ngơi? Mâu lah mbu mâp rkêng tôr jêh ri gŭ iăt nau păng ngơi? 19Aơ, sial phŭt tă bơh Yêhôva! Nau păng nuih luh hăn jêh, nâm sial vănh blông katang, nau nây tât ndal ƀât lât ma bôk phung ƀai. 20Nau Yêhôva nuih mâu mra rŭch ôh tât păng ƀư jêh ri ăn tât nau păng mĭn ŭch ƀư tâm rnôk dăch lôch khân may gĭt rbăng ang rah vah nau nây. 21Gâp mâu mâp prơh hăn phung kôranh nơm mbơh lor nây ôh, ƀiălah ăt khân păng nchuăt hăn; gâp mâu mâp ngơi ma khân păng ôh, ăt khân păng mbơh lor. 22Ƀiălah tơlah khân păng gŭ jêh tâm nau gâp kơl chră, pôri khân păng mra mbơh nau gâp ngơi ma phung ƀon lan gâp, jêh ri ăn khân păng plơ̆ sĭt tă bơh trong tih khân păng, nđâp ma nau mhĭk khân păng ƀư tâm ban lĕ. 23"Mâu di hĕ gâp jêng Brah Ndu gŭ dăch," Yêhôva lah, 24Dơi lĕ du huê pôn păng nơm tâm ntŭk ndâp. Tât gâp mâu dơi saơ păng ôh? Yêhôva lah. "Mâu di hĕ gâp mbêng phung trôk nđâp neh ntu lĕ?" Yêhôva lah. 25"Gâp tăng jêh nau phung kôranh mbơh lor lah, phung mbơh lor nau mƀruh tâm amoh gâp, lah, 'Gâp mbơi jêh, gâp mbơi jêh!' 26Ndah jŏ mra geh nau mƀruh tâm nuih n'hâm phung kôranh nơm mbơh lor mƀruh, phung mbơh lor nau ndơm tĭng nâm nuih n'hâm khân păng nơm? 27Khân păng mĭn ŭch ăn phung ƀon lan gâp chuêl amoh gâp ma nau khân păng mbơi, nau nây khân păng mbơh ndrăng khân păng, nâm bu phung mbơ̆ khân păng chuêl amoh gâp gay kah gĭt ma brah Baal. 28Ăn kôranh nơm mbơh lor geh jêh du nau mbơi mpơl nau mbơi nây, ƀiălah ăn mbu nơm geh jêh nau gâp ngơi, ngơi hom nau gâp ma nau răp jăp. Moh khlay rahe tơlah ăn tâm ban ma ba?" Yêhôva lah, 29"Mâu di hĕ nau gâp ngơi jêng nâm bu ŭnh," Yêhôva lah, "jêh ri nâm bu me nôp ăn chah jê jê̆ glo lŭ? 30"Yor nây, aơ, gâp tâm rdâng đah phung kôranh nơm mbơh lor, phung ntŭng nau gâp ngơi ndrăng khân păng nơm." 31Yêhôva lah: "Aơ, gâp tâm rdâng đah phung kôranh nơm mbơh lor, phung dŏng mpiăt khân păng, "jêh ri lah: 'pô aơ Yêhôva ngơi.' 32Yêhôva lah: "Aơ, gâp tâm rdâng đah phung mbơh lor mbơi mƀruh jêh ri phung mbơh nau nây njŭn phung ƀon lan gâp hiơt bri ma nau khân păng mƀruh jêh ri ƀư blă blơ, ƀiălah gâp mâu prơh hăn jêh ri ăt mâu geh đă lĕ khân păng; pôri khân păng mâu geh nau kơl ôh ma phung ƀon lan aơ," Yêhôva lah. 33"Tơlah phung ƀon lan aơ, phung kôranh nơm mbơh lor, mâu lah du huê kôranh ƀư brah ôp may: 'may nau jâk Yêhôva ŭch lah?' ăn may lah ma khân păng, 'Moh nau jâk? Yêhôva lah: Gâp mra dun ma khân may. 34Bi ma kôranh nơm mbơh lor, kôranh ƀư brah, mâu lah du huê tâm phung ƀon lan lah: 'Pô aơ nau Yêhôva ăn jâk, 'gâp mra tâm rmal nơm nây ndrel ma phung tâm ngih vâl păng. 35Pô aơ khân may mra lah ma ăp nơm chiau meng păng jêh ri ăp nơm ma oh nâu păng, 'Mâm nau Yêhôva hŏ plơ̆ sĭt lah jêh?' Mâu lah "Mâm nau Yêhôva ngơi jêh?' 36Ƀiălah lơi ta khân may ngơi lah đŏng ôh, 'Nau Yêhôva ăn jâk, 'yorlah nau jâk jêng nau ăp nơm ngơi, jêh ri khân may nsŭk ăn ƀư tih ma nau Yêhôva, Yêhôva ma phung tahan, Yêhôva he ngơi. 37Pô aơ khân may mra lah ma kôranh nơm mbơh lor, 'Mâm nau Yêhôva hŏ plơ̆ lah jêh ma may?' mâu lah "Mâm nau Yêhôva lah jêh ma may?' mâu lah 'Mâm nau Yêhôva hŏ ngơi jêh?' 38Ƀiălah tơlah khân may lah, 'Nau Yêhôva ƀư jâk' pô aơ Yêhôva lah, 'yorlah khân may lah jêh nau ngơi aơ, "Nau Yêhôva ƀư jâk, "tơlah gâp prơh bu hãn ma khân may, lah: "Lơi ăn khân may lah ôh, 'Nau Yêhôva ƀư jâk.' 39Yor nây, aơ, nanê̆ gâp mra chuêl khân may jêh ri lơi khân may, jêh ri nđâp ƀon gâp hŏ ăn ma khân may jêh ri phung che khân may, ngai bơh măt gâp. 40Jêh ri gâp mra ăn nau tât ma khân may nau nduyh jêh ri nau prêng ƀaƀơ n'ho ro, bu mâu mra chuêl ôh.