1 Herrens ord kom til meg:

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 Menneskesønn, profetér mot Israels gjetere og si til dem: Så sier Herren: Ve Israels gjetere, som bare tenker på seg selv! Burde ikke gjeterne sørge for sauene?

Son of man, be a prophet against the keepers of the flock of Israel, and say to them, O keepers of the sheep! this is the word of the Lord: A curse is on the keepers of the flock of Israel who take the food for themselves! is it not right for the keepers to give the food to the sheep?

3 Dere drikker melken og kler dere med ullen; dere slakter de feteste, men lar sauene sulte.

You take the milk and are clothed with the wool, you put the fat beasts to death, but you give the sheep no food.

4 Dere har ikke styrket de syke, ikke helbredet de syke, ikke forbundet de skadde, ikke hentet hjem de som er spredt, eller lett etter de bortkomne. Dere har hersket over dem med makt og grusomhet.

You have not made the diseased ones strong or made well that which was ill; you have not put bands on the broken or got back that which had been sent away or made search for the wandering ones; and the strong you have been ruling cruelly.

5 Slik ble mine sauer spredt, fordi det ikke var noen gjeter. De ble til føde for alle villdyr.

And they were wandering in every direction because there was no keeper: and they became food for all the beasts of the field.

6 Mine sauer vandret omkring på alle fjell og høyder; mine sauer spredte seg over hele jorden, og ingen brydde seg om dem eller lette etter dem.

And my sheep went out of the way, wandering through all the mountains and on every high hill: my sheep went here and there over all the face of the earth; and no one was troubled about them or went in search of them.

7 Derfor, dere gjetere, hør Herrens ord:

For this cause, O keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord:

8 Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren: Fordi mine sauer ble plyndret og ble til føde for alle villdyr fordi det ikke var noen gjeter, og fordi gjeterne ikke lette etter sauene, men bare tenkte på seg selv,

By my life, says the Lord, truly, because my sheep have been taken away, and my sheep became food for all the beasts of the field, because there was no keeper, and my keepers did not go in search of the sheep, but the keepers took food for themselves and gave my sheep no food;

9 derfor, hør Herrens ord, dere gjetere.

For this reason, O you keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord;

10 Så sier Herren: Jeg er imot gjeterne og vil kreve mine sauer fra dem. Jeg vil ta dem fra gjeternes munn, for at de ikke lenger skal være til deres føde.

This is what the Lord has said: See I am against the keepers of the flock, and I will make search and see what they have done with my sheep, and will let them be keepers of my sheep no longer; and the keepers will no longer get food for themselves; I will take my sheep out of their mouths so that they may not be food for them.

11 For så sier Herren: Jeg vil selv lete etter mine sauer og ta meg av dem.

For this is what the Lord has said: Truly, I, even I, will go searching and looking for my sheep.

12 Som gjeteren leter etter sin flokk når hans sauer er spredt, vil jeg lete etter mine sauer. Jeg vil sette dem fri fra alle stedene de ble spredt på en skyete og mørk dag.

As the keeper goes looking for his flock when he is among his wandering sheep, so I will go looking for my sheep, and will get them safely out of all the places where they have been sent wandering in the day of clouds and black night.

13 Jeg vil føre dem ut fra folkeslagene, samle dem fra landene og føre dem til deres eget land. Jeg vil sørge for dem på Israels fjell, langs vannløpene, og på alle beboelige steder i landet.

And I will take them out from among the peoples, and get them together from the countries, and will take them into their land; and I will give them food on the mountains of Israel by the water-streams and wherever men are living in the country.

14 Jeg vil gi dem gode beitemarker, og på Israels fjell skal de hvile på grønne enger og beite på fete beitemarker.

I will give them good grass-land for their food, and their safe place will be the mountains of the high place of Israel: there they will take their rest in a good place, and on fat grass-land they will take their food on the mountains of Israel.

15 Jeg vil selv sørge for mine sauer og gi dem hvile, sier Herren.

I myself will give food to my flock, and I will give them rest, says the Lord.

16 Jeg vil lete etter de bortkomne, hente hjem de spredte, forbinde de skadde og styrke de syke. Men de fete og sterke vil jeg ødelegge; jeg vil dømme dem rettferdig.

I will go in search of that which had gone wandering from the way, and will get back that which had been sent in flight, and will put bands on that which was broken, and give strength to that which was ill: but the fat and the strong I will give up to destruction; I will give them for their food the punishment which is theirs by right.

17 Og når det gjelder dere, mine sauer, skal jeg dømme mellom en sau og en annen, mellom værer og bukker, sier Herren.

And as for you, O my flock, says the Lord, truly, I will be judge between sheep and sheep, the he-sheep and the he-goats.

18 Er det ikke nok at dere beiter på de beste beitemarkene, men dere tråkker ned resten av beitemarkene? Etter å ha drukket rent vann, ødelegger dere resten med deres føtter.

Does it seem a small thing to you to have taken your food on good grass-land while the rest of your grass-land is stamped down under your feet? and that after drinking from clear waters you make the rest of the waters dirty with your feet?

19 Mine sauer må spise det som er trampet ned av deres føtter, og drikke det som er forurenset av deres føtter.

And as for my sheep, their food is the grass which has been stamped on by your feet, and their drink the water which has been made dirty by your feet.

20 Derfor vil jeg dømme mellom de fete og de magre sauene, sier Herren.

For this reason the Lord has said to them, Truly, I, even I, will be judge between the fat sheep and the thin sheep.

21 Dere har stanget de svake med side og bog, dyttet dem med hornene til dere spredte dem.

Because you have been pushing with side and leg, pushing the diseased with your horns till they were sent away in every direction;

22 Men jeg vil redde mine sauer, og de skal ikke lenger bli bytte. Jeg vil dømme mellom sauene.

I will make my flock safe, and they will no longer be taken away, and I will be judge between sheep and sheep.

23 Jeg vil sette én gjeter over dem, min tjener David. Han skal sørge for dem og være deres gjeter.

And I will put over them one keeper, and he will give them food, even my servant David; he will give them food and be their keeper.

24 Jeg, Herren, skal være deres Gud, og min tjener David skal være deres fyrste. Jeg, Herren, har talt.

And I the Lord will be their God and my servant David their ruler; I the Lord have said it.

25 Jeg vil inngå en fredspakt med dem og gjøre slutt på onde dyr i landet, slik at mine sauer kan bo trygt i ørkenen og sove i skogene.

And I will make with them an agreement of peace, and will put an end to evil beasts through all the land: and they will be living safely in the waste land, sleeping in the woods.

26 Jeg vil sende regn i rett tid; det skal være regn av velsignelser.

And I will give the rain at the right time, and I will make the shower come down at the right time; there will be showers of blessing.

27 Og markens trær skal bære sin frukt, jorden skal gi sin grøde, og de skal bo trygt i sitt land. De skal vite at jeg er Herren når jeg bryter deres åk og redder dem fra de som holdt dem som slaver.

And the tree of the field will give its fruit and the earth will give its increase, and they will be safe in their land; and they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I have had their yoke broken and have given them salvation from the hands of those who made them servants.

28 De skal ikke lenger bli bytte for folkeslagene, og jordens dyr skal ikke lenger spise dem; de skal bo trygt, og ingen skal gjøre dem redde.

And their goods will no longer be taken by the nations, and they will not again be food for the beasts of the earth; but they will be living safely and no one will be a cause of fear to them.

29 Jeg vil gjøre et anskaffelsessted for dem, og de skal ikke lenger lide sult i landet eller bli til skamme blant folkeslagene.

And I will give them planting-places of peace, and they will no longer be wasted from need of food or put to shame by the nations.

30 De skal vite at jeg, Herren deres Gud, er med dem, og at de, Israels folk, er mitt folk, sier Herren.

And they will be certain that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, the children of Israel, are my people, says the Lord.

31 Dere er mine sauer, mine beitemarker, og jeg er deres Gud, sier Herren.

And you are my sheep, the sheep of my grass-lands, and I am your God, says the Lord.