1 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and tell them, even the shepherds, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: "Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed the sheep? 3 You eat the fat. You clothe yourself with the wool. You kill the fatlings, but you don’t feed the sheep. 4 You haven’t strengthened the diseased. You haven’t healed that which was sick. You haven’t bound up that which was broken. You haven’t brought back that which was driven away. You haven’t sought that which was lost, but you have ruled over them with force and with rigor. 5 They were scattered, because there was no shepherd. They became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered. 6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill. Yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth. There was no one who searched or sought."
7 "‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear Yahweh’s word: 8 "As I live," says the Lord Yahweh, "surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the animals of the field, because there was no shepherd, and my shepherds didn’t search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and didn’t feed my sheep, 9 therefore, you shepherds, hear Yahweh’s word!" 10 The Lord Yahweh says: "Behold, I am against the shepherds. I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep. The shepherds won’t feed themselves any more. I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them."
11 "‘For the Lord Yahweh says: "Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out. 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so I will seek out my sheep. I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. 13 I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14 I will feed them with good pasture, and their fold will be on the mountains of the height of Israel. There they will lie down in a good fold. They will feed on rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15 I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down," says the Lord Yahweh. 16 "I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them in justice."’
17 "As for you, O my flock, the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the male goats. 18 Does it seem a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? And to have drunk of the clear waters, but must you foul the residue with your feet? 19 As for my sheep, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet.’
20 "Therefore the Lord Yahweh says to them: ‘Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21 Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad, 22 therefore I will save my flock, and they will no more be a prey. I will judge between sheep and sheep. 23 I will set up one shepherd over them, and he will feed them, even my servant David. He will feed them, and he will be their shepherd. 24 I, Yahweh, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them. I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
25 "‘I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land. They will dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. 26 I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing. I will cause the shower to come down in its season. There will be showers of blessing. 27 The tree of the field will yield its fruit, and the earth will yield its increase, and they will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those who made slaves of them. 28 They will no more be a prey to the nations, neither will the animals of the earth devour them; but they will dwell securely, and no one will make them afraid. 29 I will raise up to them a plantation for renown, and they will no more be consumed with famine in the land, and not bear the shame of the nations any more. 30 They will know that I, Yahweh, their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord Yahweh. 31 You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God,’ says the Lord Yahweh."
1 耶和华的话临到我说：
2 "人子啊！ 你要说预言攻击以色列众牧者； 你要对他们说预言： ‘主耶和华这样说： 以色列众牧者有祸了！ 他们只顾牧养自己。牧者岂不应当牧养羊群吗？
3 你们吃脂油、穿羊毛， 宰肥壮的羊， 却不牧养羊群。
4 瘦弱的， 你们没有养壮； 患病的， 你们没有医治； 受伤的， 你们没有包扎； 被赶散的， 你们没有领回； 迷失的， 你们没有寻找； 你们反而用强暴严严地管辖它们。
5 它们没有牧人， 就分散了， 作了田野一切走兽的食物。
6 我的羊在众山和各高冈上流离； 它们分散在全地上， 没有人去寻， 也没有人去找。
7 "‘因此， 你们这些作牧者的， 要听耶和华的话：
8 我指着我的永生起誓， 我的羊因没有牧人， 就成了猎物， 作了田野一切走兽的食物。我的众牧者不寻找我的羊； 他们只顾牧养自己， 却不牧养我的羊。这是主耶和华的宣告。
9 因此， 你们这些作牧者的， 要听耶和华的话。
10 主耶和华这样说： 看哪！ 我要与众牧者为敌； 我必向他们追讨我的羊， 使他们不再牧养羊群， 也不再牧养自己。我必救我的羊脱离他们的口， 不再作他们的食物。
11 "‘因为主耶和华这样说： 看哪！ 我必亲自寻觅我的羊， 把它们找出来。
12 牧人在他的羊群四散的时候， 怎样寻找他的羊， 我也必照样寻找我的羊。这些羊在密云幽暗的日子四散到各处， 我要把它们从那里救回来。
13 我必把它们从万族中领出来， 从列邦中聚集它们， 领它们归回故土。我必在以色列的群山上， 在众溪水旁， 在国内一切居住的地方， 牧养它们。
14 我必在美好的草场上牧养它们， 以色列的高山必作牧放它们的地方。在那里它们必躺卧在美好的牧场上， 它们必在以色列群山肥美的草场上吃草。
15 我必亲自牧养我的羊， 亲自使它们躺卧。这是主耶和华的宣告。
16 迷失的， 我必寻找； 被赶散的， 我必领回； 受伤的， 我必包扎； 患病的， 我必养壮； 肥壮的， 我却要除灭。我也必按着公正牧养它们。
17 "‘我的羊啊！ 论到你们， 主耶和华这样说： 我要在羊与羊之间， 在公绵羊与公山羊之间， 施行审判。
18 你们在美好的草场上吃草， 还不知足吗？剩下的草， 你们竟用脚践踏； 你们喝了清水， 剩下的你们竟用脚搅浊。
19 我的羊， 就只能吃你们用脚践踏过的， 喝你们用脚搅浊了的。
20 "‘因此， 主耶和华对它们这样说： 看哪！ 我必亲自在肥羊与瘦羊之间施行审判。
21 因为你们用腰用肩拥挤所有瘦弱的， 又用角抵触它们， 直到把它们驱散到外面，
22 所以我必拯救我的羊， 使它们不再作猎物。我要在羊与羊之间施行审判。
23 "‘我必立一个牧人， 就是我的仆人大卫， 看管它们， 牧养它们。他必牧养它们， 作它们的牧人。
24 我耶和华必作它们的 神， 我的仆人大卫要在它们中间作领袖。我耶和华已经说了。
25 "‘我必与它们立平安的约， 使恶兽从境内灭绝， 它们就可以在旷野安居， 在树林中躺卧。
26 我必使他们和我的山四围都蒙福； 我必按时降雨， 这就是赐福的雨。
27 田野的树木必结果子， 地也必有出产； 他们必在自己的土地上安居。我打断他们所负的轭， 救他们脱离奴役者的手的时候， 他们就知道我是耶和华。
28 他们必不再作列国的猎物， 地上的野兽也不再吞吃他们； 他们必安然居住， 没有人惊吓他们。
29 我必给他们兴起一个以种植闻名的地方， 使他们在境内不再被饥荒消灭， 也不再担当列国的羞辱。
30 那时， 他们就知道我耶和华他们的 神与他们同在， 并且知道他们以色列家是我的子民。这是主耶和华的宣告。
31 你们是我的羊， 是我草场上的羊； 我是你们的 神。这是耶和华的宣告。’"