以色列的牧人
1耶和華對我說： 2「人子啊，你要這樣向以色列的牧人發預言，『主耶和華說，以色列的牧人啊，你們有禍了！你們只顧餵養自己，牧人豈不應該照顧羊群嗎？ 3但你們只顧吃羊的脂肪，穿羊毛衣，宰殺肥羊，卻不照顧羊群。 4你們沒有養壯瘦弱的，沒有醫治生病的，沒有包紮受傷的，沒有領回走散的，沒有尋找迷失的。你們反以暴力來管轄他們。 5因為沒有牧人，羊群便流離失散，成了野獸的食物。 6我的羊在群山和高崗上遊蕩，分散在各地，沒有人尋找他們。
7「『所以，你們這些牧人啊，要聽耶和華的話。 8主耶和華說，我憑我的永恆起誓，我必懲罰你們。因為我的羊沒有牧人，以致淪為所有野獸的食物。我的牧人不去尋找我的羊，他們只餵養自己，不餵養我的羊。 9你們這些牧人啊，要聽耶和華的話。 10主耶和華說，我要攻擊這些牧人，從他們手中討回我的羊，不再讓他們牧放羊群，使他們無法再餵養自己。我要從他們口中奪回我的羊，不再讓羊成為他們的食物。
11「『主耶和華說，看啊，我要親自尋找我的羊，找到他們。 12牧人怎樣尋找他四散的羊，我也照樣尋找我的羊，他們在密雲幽暗的日子失散到各地，我要把他們從那裡救回來。 13我要把他們從各國各族中領出來，帶他們回到自己的故土，我要在以色列的山嶺上、溪水旁和境內的草場上牧養他們。 14我要在佳美的草場上牧養他們，以色列的山嶺必成為他們的草場。他們要在佳美的草場上安臥，在以色列山嶺的肥美草場上吃草。 15主耶和華說，「我要親自餵養我的羊，讓他們得到安歇。 16我要尋找迷失的，領回分散的，包紮受傷的，醫治患病的，但我要消滅肥壯的。我要憑公義牧養他們。」
17「『我的羊群啊！至於你們，主耶和華這樣說，我要在你們中間施行審判，在公綿羊和公山羊之間進行審判。 18你們肥壯的羊在茂盛的草場上吃還不夠嗎？你們非要用蹄子踐踏吃剩的草嗎？你們喝清水還不夠嗎？你們非要用蹄子攪渾剩下的水嗎？ 19我其餘的羊只得吃你們踐踏的草，喝你們攪渾的水。
20「『所以主耶和華對他們說，看啊，我要親自在肥羊和瘦羊之間施行審判。 21你們肥羊用脅和肩拱，用角牴瘦弱的，使他們四散。 22因此我要拯救我的羊，使他們不再成為獵物，我要在羊與羊之間施行審判。 23我要立我的僕人大衛做他們的牧人，他將牧養他們，做他們的牧人。 24我耶和華要做他們的上帝，我的僕人大衛要在他們當中做王，這是耶和華說的。
25「『我要跟他們立平安的約，除去地上的惡獸，讓他們在曠野安居，在叢林安睡。 26我要賜福他們，也要賜福我聖山的周圍，我要按季節降雨給他們，使恩福如雨降下。 27田間的樹木必結果子，土地必長出莊稼，他們要在故鄉安居。我要折斷他們所負的軛，從奴役他們的人手中把他們拯救出來，他們便知道我是耶和華。 28他們必不再成為列國的獵物，也不會被地上的野獸吞吃。他們必安居樂業，不再受人驚嚇。 29我要把沃土賜給他們，使他們不再受饑荒之苦，也不再受各國的侮辱。 30這樣，以色列人就知道我耶和華——他們的上帝與他們同在，他們是我的子民，這是主耶和華說的。 31你們是我草場上的羊，你們是我的子民，我是你們的上帝。這是主耶和華說的。』」
The Lord will be Israel’s shepherd
1The word of the Lord came to me: 2‘Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: woe to you shepherds of Israel who only take care of yourselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock? 3You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock. 4You have not strengthened the weak or healed those who are ill or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally. 5So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals. 6My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no-one searched or looked for them.
7‘ “Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 8as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered and has become food for all the wild animals, and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock, 9therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 10this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.
11‘ “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. 12As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. 13I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land. 14I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15I myself will tend my sheep and make them lie down, declares the Sovereign Lord. 16I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice.
17‘ “As for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will judge between one sheep and another, and between rams and goats. 18Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? 19Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?
20‘ “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says to them: see, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns until you have driven them away, 22I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another. 23I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd. 24I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them. I the Lord have spoken.
25‘ “I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of savage beasts so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety. 26I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.34:26 Or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be named in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be seen as blessed I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing. 27The trees will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them. 28They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety, and no-one will make them afraid. 29I will provide for them a land renowned for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations. 30Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign Lord. 31You are my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Sovereign Lord.” ’
