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Yixalayees Cov Yug Yaj Cuav

¹Tus TSWV hais rau kuv hais tias, ²“Tub noobneej, koj cia li cem cov Yixalayees cov thawjcoj. Koj hais tus TSWV uas kav ib puas tsav yam tej lus rau lawv li no: Nej cov uas yog Yixalayees cov tub yug yaj raug puastsuaj lawm lauj! Nej tsuas nrhiav rau nej noj xwb, nej tsis pub thiab tsis tu pab yaj li. ³Nej haus yaj mis, hnav tej tsoos tsho uas muab plaub yaj ntos, thiab tua tej menyuam yaj uas rog rog noj. Tiamsis nej tsis pub thiab tsis tu kuv pab yaj li. ⁴Nej tsis tu tus yaj uas qaug zog, tsis kho tus uas muaj mob, tsis muab ntaub qhwv tus uas muaj qhov txhab, tsis coj tus uas yuam kev rov los thiab tsis mus nrhiav tus uas ploj lawm. Tiamsis nej quabyuam pab yaj thiab ua nruj ua tsiv rau lawv. ⁵Vim tsis muaj tus yug pab yaj, cov yaj thiaj tawg tas, thiab tej tsiaj qus thiaj muab cov yaj tom noj. ⁶Yog li ntawd, kuv pab yaj thiaj mus mus los los saum tej laj roob thiab saum tej roob siab. Lawv tawg mus nyob thoob ntiajteb los tsis muaj leejtwg nrhiav thiab coj lawv rov qab los.
⁷“Nej cov uas yog tub yug yaj, cia li mloog tus TSWV uas kav ib puas tsav yam tej lus uas hais rau nej li no: ⁸Kuv yog Vajtswv tus uas muaj sia nyob, nej cia li mloog kuv hais. Kuv pab yaj raug tej tsiaj qus tom, vim tsis muaj tus tub yug yaj. Kuv cov yug yaj tsis mus nrhiav kuv pab yaj, tiamsis lawv tsuas nrhiav rau lawv noj xwb, lawv tsis pub thiab tsis tu kuv pab yaj li. ⁹Cov yug yaj, nej cia li mloog kuv hais! ¹⁰Kuv yog tus TSWV uas kav ib puas tsav yam, kuv hais tias kuv yog nej tus yeebncuab. Kuv yuav txeeb kuv pab yaj ntawm nej mus tsis pub nej yug kuv pab yaj; kuv yuav tsis pub kom nej tau noj tau haus ntawm kuv pab yaj. Kuv yuav cawm kom kuv pab yaj dim tsis pub rau nej tua noj lawm.

Tus Tswv Yug Yaj uas Zoo

¹¹“Tus TSWV uas kav ib puas tsav yam hais tias kuv yuav mus nrhiav kuv cov yaj thiab tu lawv kom zoo ¹²ib yam li tus yug yaj mus nrhiav nws pab yaj uas tawg ua sab ua sua lawm, thiab coj lawv rov los tsev. Kuv yuav cawm lawv dim ntawm kev tsaus ntuj thiab kev txhawj ntshai. ¹³Kuv yuav coj lawv tawm hauv lwm haivneeg tej tebchaws los. Sau lawv los nyob ua ke thiab yuav coj lawv rov los nyob hauv lawv lub tebchaws. Kuv yuav coj lawv mus rau saum cov Yixalayees tej roob uas muaj dejcag thiab cia lawv noj tej zaub hauv lub tebchaws uas muaj neeg nyob. ¹⁴Kuv yuav cia lawv noj tej zaug mos, thiab saum cov Yixalayees tej roob yuav yog lawv tej tshav zaub; lawv yuav pw noj tej zaub mos uas nyob saum cov Yixalayees tej roob. ¹⁵Kuv yuav ua tus yug kuv pab yaj thiab nrhiav chaw rau lawv so. Kuv yog tus TSWV uas kav ib puas tsav yam hais li ntawd.
¹⁶“Kuv yuav mus nrhiav cov yaj uas ploj lawm thiab coj cov yuam kev rov los, muab ntaub qhwv cov uas muaj qhov txhab, kho cov uas muaj mob thiab pab cov uas qaug zog; tiamsis cov uas rog thiab muaj zog, kuv yuav muab ua kom puastsuaj mus, rau qhov kuv yog tus yug yaj uas ncaj ncees.
¹⁷“Tus TSWV uas kav ib puas tsav yam hais tias nej cov uas yog kuv pab yaj, kuv yuav txiav txim rau nej ib tug zuj zus, muab tus phem cais tawm ntawm tus zoo thiab cais cov yaj tawm ntawm cov tshis. ¹⁸Nej noj tej zaub uas zoo los tsis txaus nej siab, nej tseem muab kotaw tsuj tej zaub uas nej noj seem. Nej haus tej dej uas ntshiab los tsis txaus nej siab, nej tseem muab kotaw do tej dej uas nej haus seem kom nro thiab. ¹⁹Kuv cov yaj yuav noj tej zaub uas nej muab kotaw tsuj thiab haus tej dej uas nej muab kotaw do kom nro lawm xwb los?
²⁰“Yog li ntawd, kuv yog tus TSWV uas kav ib puas tsav yam, kuv hais rau nej tias kuv yuav txiav txim rau nej, tsis hais cov yaj rog thiab cov yaj yuag huv tibsi. ²¹Nej muab xubpwg thawb thiab muab kub nrau cov yaj uas qaug zog kom lawv tawg ri sua rau txhua qhov. ²²Tiamsis kuv yuav cawm kuv pab yaj kom dim ntawm txojkev puastsuaj. Kuv yuav txiav txim rau kuv pab yaj ib tug zuj zus, muab tus zoo cais tawm ntawm tus phem. ²³Kuv yuav tsa ib tug ua tus yug yaj, tus ntawd yog kuv tus tubtxib Daviv, nws yuav pub zaub rau lawv noj thiab ua lawv tus yug lawv. ²⁴Kuv yog tus TSWV, kuv yuav ua lawv tus Vajtswv thiab kuv tus tubtxib Daviv yuav ua lawv tus vajntxwv. Kuv yog tus TSWV uas hais li ntawd. ²⁵Kuv yuav coglus pub kev thajyeeb rau lawv thiab raws tej tsiaj qus tawm hauv lawv lub tebchaws mus; kuv pab yaj yuav nyob thiab pw hauv havzoov tso siab lug.
²⁶“Kuv yuav foom koob hmoov rau lawv thiab cia lawv nyob puagncig kuv lub roob uas dawbhuv. Kuv yuav tso nag los raws caij nyoog, tej nag ntawd yog koob hmoov uas kuv tso los. ²⁷Tej ntoo yuav tawg paj txi txiv, tej teb yuav zoo qoobloo, thiab txhua tus yuav tau nyob kaj siab lug hauv lawv lub tebchaws. Thaum kuv daws txoj saw hlaus uas khi kuv haivneeg thiab tso lawv dim ntawm cov neeg uas ntes lawv coj mus ua qhev, lawv thiaj yuav paub hais tias kuv yog tus TSWV. ²⁸Lwm haivneeg yuav tsis tuaj huab lawv thiab tej tsiaj qus yuav tsis tom lawv. Lawv yuav nyob kaj siab lug, tsis muaj leejtwg tuaj ua rau lawv ntshai lawm. ²⁹Kuv yuav muab lub tebchaws uas av zoo thiab av rog rau lawv thiab yuav tsis pub kom muaj kev tshaib nqhis nyob hauv lawv lub tebchaws. Lwm haivneeg yuav tsis txob thuam lawv ntxiv lawm. ³⁰Txhua tus yuav paub hais tias kuv yeej tsomkwm cov Yixalayees uas yog kuv haivneeg. Kuv yog tus TSWV uas kav ib puas tsav yam hais li ntawd.”
³¹“Nej yog kuv pab yaj, yog pab yaj uas kuv yug zoo; nej yog kuv cov neeg thiab kuv yog nej tus Vajtswv,” tus TSWV uas kav ib puas tsav yam hais li ntawd.

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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.