1 Veio a mim esta palavra do Senhor:2 "Filho do homem, profetize contra os pastores de Israel; profetize e diga-lhes: ‘Assim diz o Soberano Senhor: Ai dos pastores de Israel que só cuidam de si mesmos! Acaso os pastores não deveriam cuidar do rebanho?3 Vocês comem a coalhada, vestem-se de lã e abatem os melhores animais, mas não tomam conta do rebanho.4 Vocês não fortaleceram a fraca nem curaram a doente nem enfaixaram a ferida. Vocês não trouxeram de volta as desviadas nem procuraram as perdidas. Vocês têm dominado sobre elas com dureza e brutalidade.5 Por isso elas estão dispersas, porque não há pastor algum, e, quando foram dispersas, elas se tornaram comida de todos os animais selvagens.6 As minhas ovelhas vaguearam por todos os montes e por todas as altas colinas. Elas foram dispersas por toda a terra, e ninguém se preocupou com elas nem as procurou.7 " ‘Por isso, pastores, ouçam a palavra do Senhor:8 Juro pela minha vida, palavra do Soberano Senhor, que visto que o meu rebanho ficou sem pastor, foi saqueado e se tornou comida de todos os animais selvagens, e uma vez que os meus pastores não se preocuparam com o meu rebanho, mas cuidaram de si mesmos em vez de cuidarem do rebanho,9 ouçam a palavra do Senhor, ó pastores:10 Assim diz o Soberano Senhor: Estou contra os pastores e os considerarei responsáveis pelo meu rebanho. Eu lhes tirarei a função de apascentar o rebanho para que os pastores não mais se alimentem a si mesmos. Livrarei o meu rebanho da boca deles, e ele não lhes servirá mais de comida.11 " ‘Porque assim diz o Soberano Senhor: Eu mesmo buscarei as minhas ovelhas e delas cuidarei.12 Assim como o pastor busca as ovelhas dispersas quando está cuidando do rebanho, também tomarei conta de minhas ovelhas. Eu as resgatarei de todos os lugares para onde foram dispersas num dia de nuvens e de trevas.13 Eu as farei sair das outras nações e as reunirei, trazendo-as dos outros povos para a sua própria terra. E as apascentarei nos montes de Israel, nos vales e em todos os povoados do país.14 Tomarei conta delas numa boa pastagem, e os altos dos montes de Israel serão a terra onde pastarão; ali se alimentarão num rico pasto nos montes de Israel.15 Eu mesmo tomarei conta das minhas ovelhas e as farei deitar-se, palavra do Soberano Senhor.16 Procurarei as perdidas e trarei de volta as desviadas. Enfaixarei a ferida e fortalecerei a fraca, mas a rebelde e forte, eu a destruirei. Apascentarei o rebanho com justiça.17 " ‘Quanto a você, meu rebanho, assim diz o Soberano Senhor: Julgarei entre uma ovelha e outra, e entre carneiros e bodes.18 Não lhes basta comerem em boa pastagem? Deverão também pisotear o restante da pastagem? Não lhes basta beberem água límpida? Deverão também enlamear o restante com os pés?19 Deverá o meu rebanho alimentar-se daquilo que vocês pisotearam e beber daquilo que vocês enlamearam com os pés?20 " ‘Por isso assim diz o Soberano Senhor a eles: Vejam, eu mesmo julgarei entre a ovelha gorda e a magra.21 Pois vocês forçaram passagem com o corpo e com o ombro, empurrando todas as ovelhas fracas com os chifres até expulsá-las,22 eu salvarei o meu rebanho, e elas não serão mais saqueadas. Julgarei entre uma ovelha e outra.23 Porei sobre elas um pastor, o meu servo Davi, e ele cuidará delas; cuidará delas e será o seu pastor.24 Eu, o Senhor, serei o seu Deus, e o meu servo Davi será o líder no meio delas. Eu, o Senhor, falei.25 " ‘Farei uma aliança de paz com elas e deixarei a terra livre de animais selvagens para que possam, com segurança, viver no deserto e dormir nas florestas.26 Eu as abençoarei e abençoarei os lugares em torno da minha colina. Na estação própria farei descer chuva; haverá chuvas de bênçãos.27 As árvores do campo produzirão o seu fruto, e a terra produzirá a sua safra; o povo estará seguro na terra. Eles saberão que eu sou o Senhor, quando eu quebrar as cangas de seu jugo e livrá-los das mãos daqueles que os escravizaram.28 Eles não serão mais saqueados pelas nações, nem os animais selvagens os devorarão. Viverão em segurança, e ninguém lhes causará medo.29 Eu lhes darei uma terra famosa por suas colheitas, e eles não serão mais vítimas de fome na terra nem carregarão a zombaria das nações.30 Então eles saberão que eu, o Senhor, o seu Deus, estou com eles, e que eles, a nação de Israel, são meu povo, palavra do Soberano Senhor.31 Vocês, minhas ovelhas, ovelhas da minha pastagem, são o meu povo, e eu sou o Deus de vocês, palavra do Soberano Senhor’ ".

1 And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,2 Son of Man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Sovereign Yahweh: Woe to the shepherds of Israel that have been shepherding themselves! Should not the shepherds shepherd the sheep?3 You{+} eat the milk, and you{+} clothe yourselves with the wool, you{+} kill the fatlings; but you{+} don't shepherd the sheep.4 The diseased you{+} have not strengthened, neither have you{+} healed that which was sick, neither have you{+} bound up that which was broken, neither have you{+} brought back that which was driven away, neither have you{+} sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor you{+} have ruled over them.5 And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts 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 face of the earth; and there was none who searched or sought [after them].7 Therefore, you{+} shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:8 As I live, says the Sovereign Yahweh, surely since my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds shepherded themselves, and didn't shepherd my sheep;9 therefore, you{+} shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:10 Thus says the Sovereign Yahweh: Look, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from shepherding the sheep; neither will the shepherds shepherd themselves anymore; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.11 For thus says the Sovereign Yahweh: Look, 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; and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.13 And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will shepherd them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country.14 I will shepherd them with good pasture; and on the mountains of the height of Israel will their fold be: there they will lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture they will be shepherded 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 Sovereign 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 the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will shepherd them in justice.17 And as for you{+}, O my flock, thus says the Sovereign Yahweh: Look, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the he-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 drank of the clear waters, but you{+} must foul the residue with your{+} feet?19 And 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 thus says the Sovereign Yahweh to them: Look, 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; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.23 And I will set up another shepherd over them, and he will shepherd them, even my slave David; he will shepherd them, and he will be their shepherd.24 And I, Yahweh, will be their God, and my slave David prince among them; I, Yahweh, have spoken it.25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they will dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there will be showers of blessing.27 And the tree of the field will yield its fruit, and the earth will yield its increase, and they will be secure in their land; and 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 And they will no more be a prey to the nations, neither will the beasts of the earth devour them; but they will dwell securely, and none will make them afraid.29 And I will raise up to them a plantation for renown, and they will be no more consumed with famine in the land, neither bear the shame of the nations anymore.30 And they will know that I, Yahweh, their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, says the Sovereign Yahweh.31 And you{+} my sheep, the sheep of my pasture: you{+} are man, [and] I am your{+} God, says the Sovereign Yahweh.