1 Veio a mim a palavra de Jeová, dizendo:
2 Filho do homem, profetiza contra os pastores de Israel, profetiza e dize aos pastores: Ai dos pastores de Israel, que se apascentam a si mesmos! não devem os pastores apascentar as ovelhas?
3 Comeis a gordura, e vos vestis de lã, e matais as cevadas; porém não apascentais as ovelhas.
4 Não fortalecestes as adoentadas, nem curastes a que estava enferma, nem ligastes a que estava quebrada, nem tornastes a trazer a que estava desgarrada, nem buscastes a que estava perdida; mas dominastes sobre elas com força e com rigor.
5 Assim se espalharam, por não haver pastor; tornaram-se pasto para todos os animais do campo e espalharam-se.
6 As minhas ovelhas andaram desgarradas por todos os montes, e em todo o alto outeiro; as minhas ovelhas foram espalhadas por toda a face da terra; não havia quem as procurasse ou as buscasse.
7 Portanto, ó pastores, ouvi a palavra de Jeová:
8 Pela minha vida, diz o Senhor Jeová, porquanto as minhas ovelhas foram entregues à rapina, e as minhas ovelhas serviram de pasto para todos os animais do campo, por não haver pastor, nem os meus pastores procuraram as minhas ovelhas, mas se apascentaram a si mesmos, e não apascentaram as minhas ovelhas;
9 portanto, ó pastores, ouvi a palavra de Jeová.
10 Assim diz o Senhor Jeová: Eis que sou contra os pastores; das suas mãos requererei as minhas ovelhas, e farei que cessem de apascentar as minhas ovelhas. Os pastores não se apascentarão mais a si mesmos: da sua boca livrarei as minhas ovelhas, para que não lhes sirvam de pasto.
11 Pois assim diz o Senhor Jeová: Eis que eu, eu mesmo, hei de procurar as minhas ovelhas e hei de buscá-las.
12 Como o pastor busca o seu rebanho no dia em que se acha no meio das suas ovelhas que estão espalhadas, assim buscarei as minhas ovelhas. Livrá-las-ei de todos os lugares para onde se espalharam no dia nublado e de escuridade.
13 Tirá-las-ei para fora dos povos, e as congregarei dos países, e as introduzirei na sua terra; apascentá-las-ei sobre os montes de Israel, junto às correntes de água, e em todos os lugares habitados do país.
14 De bom pasto as apascentarei, e sobre os montes da altura de Israel será o seu curral; ali se deitarão num bom curral, e em pastos gordos pastarão sobre os montes de Israel.
15 Eu mesmo apascentarei as minhas ovelhas, e eu as farei deitar-se, diz o Senhor Jeová.
16 Buscarei a que estava perdida, e tornarei a trazer a que estava desgarrada, e ligarei a que estava quebrada, e fortalecerei a que estava enferma; mas destruirei a gorda e a forte. Apascentá-la-ei com justiça.
17 Quanto a vós, rebanho meu, assim diz o Senhor Jeová: Eis que julgo entre ovelhas e ovelhas, entre carneiros e bodes.
18 Acaso parece-vos pouca coisa o terdes pastado o bom pasto, senão que haveis de pisar aos vossos pés o resto do vosso pasto? e o terdes bebido as águas claras, senão que haveis de sujar o resto com os vossos pés?
19 Quanto às minhas ovelhas, elas pastam o que haveis pisado com os vossos pés, e bebem o que haveis sujado com os vossos pés.
20 Portanto assim lhes diz o Senhor Jeová: Eis que eu, eu mesmo, julgarei entre as ovelhas gordas e as ovelhas magras.
21 Porquanto com o lado e com o ombro dais empurrões, e com os vossos chifres impelis todas as adoentadas, até as terdes espalhado por toda a parte;
22 portanto salvarei o meu rebanho, e ele não servirá mais de presa; e julgarei entre ovelhas e ovelhas.
23 Suscitarei sobre elas um só pastor, que as apascentará, meu servo Davi. Ele as apascentará, e lhes servirá de pastor.
24 Eu Jeová serei o seu Deus, e o meu servo Davi será príncipe no meio deles.
25 Farei com eles uma aliança de paz, e farei cessar da terra as feras; habitarão seguros no deserto, e dormirão nos bosques.
26 Deles e dos lugares ao redor do meu outeiro farei uma bênção; farei cair as chuvas a seu tempo; haverá chuvas de bênção.
27 As árvores do campo darão o seu fruto, e a terra dará a sua novidade, e estarão seguros na sua terra; saberão que eu sou Jeová, quando eu tiver quebrado as varas do seu jugo, e os tiver livrado das mãos dos que se serviam deles.
28 Não servirão mais de presa aos pagãos, nem os devorarão mais os animais da terra; mas habitarão seguros, e não haverá quem os amedronte.
29 Suscitar-lhes-ei um plantio para renome, e nunca serão consumidos pela fome na terra, nem levarão mais sobre si o opróbrio dos pagãos.
30 Saberão que eu Jeová, seu Deus, sou com eles, e que eles, casa de Israel, são o meu povo, diz o Senhor Jeová.
31 Vós, ovelhas minhas, ovelhas do meu pasto, sois homens, e eu sou o vosso Deus, diz o Senhor Jeová.
1 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
2 `Son of man, prophesy concerning shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and thou hast said unto them: To the shepherds, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo [to] the shepherds of Israel, Who have been feeding themselves! The flock do not the shepherds feed?
3 The fat ye do eat, and the wool ye put on, The fed one ye slaughter, the flock ye feed not.
4 The weak ye have not strengthened, And the sick one ye have not healed, And the broken ye have not bound up, And the driven away have not brought back, And the lost ye have not sought, And with might ye have ruled them and with rigour.
5 And they are scattered from want of a shepherd, And are for food to every beast of the field, Yea, they are scattered.
6 Go astray do My flock on all the mountains, And on every high hill, And on all the face of the land have My flock been scattered, And there is none inquiring, and none seeking.
7 Therefore, shepherds, hear a word of Jehovah:
8 I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, If not, because of My flock being for a prey, Yea, My flock is for food to every beast of the field, Because there is no shepherd, And My shepherds have not sought My flock, And the shepherds do feed themselves, And My flock they have not fed.
9 Therefore, O shepherds, hear a word of Jehovah:
10 Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I [am] against the shepherds, And have required My flock from their hand, And caused them to cease from feeding the flock, And no more do the shepherds feed themselves, And I have delivered My flock from their mouth, And they are not to them for food.
11 For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I -- even I, have required My flock, And I have sought it out.
12 As a shepherd`s searching of his drove, In the day of his being in the midst of his scattered flock, so I do seek My flock, And have delivered them out of all places, Whither they have been scattered, In a day of cloud and thick darkness.
13 And brought them out from the peoples, And have gathered them from the lands, And brought them unto their own ground, And have fed them on mountains of Israel, By streams, and by all dwellings of the land.
14 With good pasture I do feed them, And on mountains of the high place of Israel is their habitation, There do they lie down in a good habitation, And fat pastures they enjoy on mountains of Israel.
15 I feed My flock, and cause them to lie down, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
16 The lost I seek, and the driven away bring back, And the broken I bind up, and the sick I strengthen, And the fat and the strong I destroy, I feed it with judgment.
17 And you, My flock, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am judging between sheep and sheep, Between rams and he-goats.
18 Is it a little thing for you -- the good pasture ye enjoy, And the remnant of your pasture ye tread down with your feet, And a depth of waters ye do drink, And the remainder with your feet ye trample,
19 And My flock the trodden thing of your feet consumeth, And the trampled thing of your feet drinketh?
20 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah to them: Lo, I -- even I, have judged between fat sheep and lean sheep.
21 Because with side and with shoulder ye thrust away, And with your horns push all the diseased, Till ye have scattered them to the out-place,
22 And I have given safety to My flock, And they are not any more for prey, And I have judged between sheep and sheep.
23 And have raised up over them one shepherd, And he hath fed them -- my servant David, He doth feed them, and he is their shepherd,
24 And I, Jehovah, I am their God, And My servant David prince in their midst, I, Jehovah, have spoken.
25 And I have made for them a covenant of peace, And caused evil beasts to cease out of the land, And they have dwelt in a wilderness confidently, And they have slept in forests.
26 And I have given them, and the suburbs of my hill, a blessing, And caused the shower to come down in its season, Showers of blessing they are.
27 And given hath the tree of the field its fruit, And the land doth give her increase, And they have been on their land confident, And they have known that I [am] Jehovah, In My breaking the bands of their yoke, And I have delivered them from the hand of those laying service on them.
28 And they are no more a prey to nations, And the beast of the earth devoureth them not, And they have dwelt confidently, And there is none troubling.
29 And I have raised for them a plant for renown, And they are no more consumed by hunger in the land, And they bear no more the shame of the nations.
30 And they have known that I, Jehovah, their God, [am] with them, And they -- the house of Israel -- My people, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
31 And ye, My flock, the flock of My pasture, Men ye [are] -- I [am] your God, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!`