O Senhor é o meu pastor
O Salmo 23 é a expressão máxima da confiança em Deus como Pastor. Jesus se declarou o Bom Pastor que conhece suas ovelhas, cuida delas e dá a própria vida por elas.
O Senhor é o meu Pastor
Davi declarou com confiança que o Senhor é seu pastor e nada lhe faltará. Ele nos guia, nos restaura e nos conduz em caminhos de justiça.
Yahweh, you care for me like a shepherd cares for his sheep.
So I have everything that I need.
Yahweh, you care for me like a shepherd cares for his sheep.
So I have everything that I need.
You encourage me
and give me peace;
you are like a shepherd
who leads his sheep to places where there is plenty of green grass for them to eat,
and lets them rest beside streams where the water is flowing slowly.
You renew my strength.
You guide me along the roads that are the right ones for me
in order that I can honor you.
Yahweh, save/rescue your people;
bless those who belong to you.
Take care of them like a shepherd takes care of his sheep [MET];
take care of them forever.
O Bom Pastor
Jesus é o Bom Pastor que conhece suas ovelhas pelo nome. Ele dá a vida por elas, as protege e nenhuma pode ser arrebatada de sua mão.
I am like a good shepherd. A good shepherd is willing to die to save the sheep [MET]. Similarly, I am ready to sacrifice myself to save those who belong to me.
I am like a good shepherd. Just like a good shepherd knows his sheep [MET], I know those who belong to me, and they know me in the same way as my Father knows me and I know my Father. Furthermore, I am ready to sacrifice myself for those who belong to me. And I have other people who are not Jews who will some day belong to me. They will be like [MET] sheep from another sheep pen. I must bring them to God/myself also. They will pay attention to what I say, and eventually all those who belong to me will be like one flock, and I will be like [MET] their one shepherd.
The man who enters the pen through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The man who watches the gate at night opens the gate for him. The sheep recognize the shepherd’s voice. He summons his own sheep by calling out the names he has given them. Then he leads them outside the pen. After he has brought out all his own sheep, he goes in front of them. His sheep follow him because they recognize and pay attention to his voice.
Truly you were like sheep that had gone astray [SIM], but now you have returned to Jesus, who cares for your souls as a shepherd cares for his sheep [MET].
If you do that, when Jesus, who is like our chief shepherd [MET], appears, he will give each of you a glorious/wonderful reward [MET]. That reward will be like the wreaths that are given to victorious athletes, but your reward will never wither like wreaths do.
O cuidado pastoral de Deus
Como pastor terno e forte, Deus carrega os cordeiros nos braços e guia com cuidado as ovelhas que amamentam.
Yahweh your God will be coming with power;
he will rule powerfully [MTY].
And when he comes, he will bring with him the people whom he has freed [MET] from being slaves in Babylonia.
He will take care of his people
like [SIM] a shepherd takes care of his sheep,
and carries the young lambs in his arms.
He carries them close to his chest
and he gently leads the female sheep
that are nursing their young lambs.