1 The 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?3 You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock.4 You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.5 So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals.6 My 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:8 As 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,9 therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:10 This 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.12 As 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.13 I 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.14 I 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.15 I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign LORD.16 I 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.18 Is 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?19 Must 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.21 Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns until you have driven them away,22 I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another.23 I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.24 I 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.26 I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing. "I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing.27 The 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.28 They 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.29 I 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.30 Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign LORD.31 You are my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Sovereign LORD.'"

1 Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens : 2 Fili hominis, propheta de pastoribus Isral : propheta, et dices pastoribus : [Hc dicit Dominus Deus :V pastoribus Isral, qui pascebant semetipsos !nonne greges a pastoribus pascuntur ?3 Lac comedebatis,et lanis operiebamini,et quod crassum erat occidebatis :gregem autem meum non pascebatis.4 Quod infirmum fuit non consolidastis,et quod grotum non sanastis :quod confractum est non alligastis,et quod abjectum est non reduxistis,et quod perierat non qusistis :sed cum austeritate imperabatis eis, et cum potentia.5 Et dispers sunt oves me, eo quod non esset pastor :et fact sunt in devorationem omnium bestiarum agri,et dispers sunt.6 Erraverunt greges mei in cunctis montibus,et in universo colle excelso :et super omnem faciem terr dispersi sunt greges mei,et non erat qui requireret :non erat, inquam, qui requireret.7 Propterea, pastores, audite verbum Domini.8 Vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus,quia pro eo quod facti sunt greges mei in rapinam,et oves me in devorationem omnium bestiarum agro,eo quod non esset pastor :neque enim qusierunt pastores mei gregem meum,sed pascebant pastores semetipsos,et greges meos non pascebant :9 propterea, pastores, audite verbum Domini.10 Hc dicit Dominus Deus :Ecce ego ipse super pastores :requiram gregem meum de manu eorum,et cessare faciam eos,ut ultra non pascant gregem,nec pascant amplius pastores semetipsos :et liberabo gregem meum de ore eorum,et non erit ultra eis in escam.]11 [Quia hc dicit Dominus Deus :Ecce ego ipse requiram oves meas,et visitabo eas.12 Sicut visitat pastor gregem suum,in die quando fuerit in medio ovium suarum dissipatarum,sic visitabo oves meas,et liberabo eas de omnibus locisin quibus dispers fuerant in die nubis et caliginis.13 Et educam eas de populis,et congregabo eas de terris,et inducam eas in terram suam,et pascam eas in montibus Isral,in rivis, et in cunctis sedibus terr.14 In pascuis uberrimis pascam eas,et in montibus excelsis Isral erunt pascua earum :ibi requiescent in herbis virentibus,et in pascuis pinguibus pascentur super montes Isral.15 Ego pascam oves meas, et ego eas accubare faciam,dicit Dominus Deus.16 Quod perierat requiram,et quod abjectum erat reducam,et quod confractum fuerat alligabo,et quod infirmum fuerat consolidabo,et quod pingue et forte custodiam :et pascam illas in judicio.17 Vos autem, greges mei, hc dicit Dominus Deus :Ecce ego judico inter pecus et pecus,arietum et hircorum.18 Nonne satis vobis erat pascua bona depasci ?insuper et reliquias pascuarum vestrarum conculcastis pedibus vestris :et cum purissimam aquam biberetis,reliquam pedibus vestris turbabatis :19 et oves me his qu conculcata pedibus vestris fuerant, pascebantur :et qu pedes vestri turbaverant, hc bibebant.20 Propterea hc dicit Dominus Deus ad vos :Ecce ego ipse judico inter pecus pingue et macilentum :21 pro eo quod lateribus et humeris impingebatis,et cornibus vestris ventilabatis omnia infirma pecora,donec dispergerentur foras,22 salvabo gregem meum,et non erit ultra in rapinam,et judicabo inter pecus et pecus.]23 [Et suscitabo super eas pastorem unum qui pascat eas,servum meum David :ipse pascet eas,et ipse erit eis in pastorem.24 Ego autem Dominus ero eis in Deum,et servus meus David princeps in medio eorum :ego Dominus locutus sum.25 Et faciam cum eis pactum pacis,et cessare faciam bestias pessimas de terra :et qui habitant in deserto,securi dormient in saltibus.26 Et ponam eos in circuitu collis mei benedictionem,et deducam imbrem in tempore suo :pluvi benedictionis erunt.27 Et dabit lignum agri fructum suum,et terra dabit germen suum,et erunt in terra sua absque timore :et scient quia ego Dominus,cum contrivero catenas jugi eorum,et eruero eos de manu imperantium sibi.28 Et non erunt ultra in rapinam in gentibus,neque besti terr devorabunt eos :sed habitabunt confidenter absque ullo terrore.29 Et suscitabo eis germen nominatum,et non erunt ultra imminuti fame in terra,neque portabunt ultra opprobrium gentium.30 Et scient quia ego Dominus Deus eorum cum eis,et ipsi populus meus domus Isral,ait Dominus Deus.31 Vos autem, greges mei, greges pascu me,homines estis :et ego Dominus Deus vester,dicit Dominus Deus.]