1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

1 Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens:

2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

2 Fili hominis, propheta de pastoribus Israël: propheta, et dices pastoribus: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus:
Væ pastoribus Israël, qui pascebant semetipsos!
nonne greges a pastoribus pascuntur?

3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.

3 Lac comedebatis,
et lanis operiebamini,
et quod crassum erat occidebatis:
gregem autem meum non pascebatis.

4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

4 Quod infirmum fuit non consolidastis,
et quod ægrotum non sanastis:
quod confractum est non alligastis,
et quod abjectum est non reduxistis,
et quod perierat non quæsistis:
sed cum austeritate imperabatis eis, et cum potentia.

5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

5 Et dispersæ sunt oves meæ, eo quod non esset pastor:
et factæ sunt in devorationem omnium bestiarum agri,
et dispersæ sunt.

6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.

6 Erraverunt greges mei in cunctis montibus,
et in universo colle excelso:
et super omnem faciem terræ dispersi sunt greges mei,
et non erat qui requireret:
non erat, inquam, qui requireret.

7 ¶ Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;

7 Propterea, pastores, audite verbum Domini.

8 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;

8 Vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus,
quia pro eo quod facti sunt greges mei in rapinam,
et oves meæ in devorationem omnium bestiarum agri,
eo quod non esset pastor:
neque enim quæsierunt pastores mei gregem meum,
sed pascebant pastores semetipsos,
et greges meos non pascebant:

9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;

9 propterea, pastores, audite verbum Domini.

10 Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

10 Hæc 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 ¶ For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.

11 ¶ Quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus:
Ecce ego ipse requiram oves meas,
et visitabo eas.

12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

12 Sicut visitat pastor gregem suum,
in die quando fuerit in medio ovium suarum dissipatarum,
sic visitabo oves meas,
et liberabo eas de omnibus locis
in quibus dispersæ fuerant in die nubis et caliginis.

13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

13 Et educam eas de populis,
et congregabo eas de terris,
et inducam eas in terram suam,
et pascam eas in montibus Israël,
in rivis, et in cunctis sedibus terræ.

14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

14 In pascuis uberrimis pascam eas,
et in montibus excelsis Israël erunt pascua earum:
ibi requiescent in herbis virentibus,
et in pascuis pinguibus pascentur super montes Israël.

15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God.

15 Ego pascam oves meas, et ego eas accubare faciam,
dicit Dominus Deus.

16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

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 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.

17 Vos autem, greges mei, hæc dicit Dominus Deus:
Ecce ego judico inter pecus et pecus,
arietum et hircorum.

18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

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 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

19 et oves meæ his quæ conculcata pedibus vestris fuerant, pascebantur:
et quæ pedes vestri turbaverant, hæc bibebant.

20 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.

20 Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus ad vos:
Ecce ego ipse judico inter pecus pingue et macilentum:

21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;

21 pro eo quod lateribus et humeris impingebatis,
et cornibus vestris ventilabatis omnia infirma pecora,
donec dispergerentur foras,

22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.

22 salvabo gregem meum,
et non erit ultra in rapinam,
et judicabo inter pecus et pecus.

23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

23 ¶ Et suscitabo super eas pastorem unum qui pascat eas,
servum meum David:
ipse pascet eas,
et ipse erit eis in pastorem.

24 And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it.

24 Ego autem Dominus ero eis in Deum,
et servus meus David princeps in medio eorum:
ego Dominus locutus sum.

25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

25 Et faciam cum eis pactum pacis,
et cessare faciam bestias pessimas de terra:
et qui habitant in deserto,
securi dormient in saltibus.

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 his season; there shall be showers of blessing.

26 Et ponam eos in circuitu collis mei benedictionem,
et deducam imbrem in tempore suo:
pluviæ benedictionis erunt.

27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.

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 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.

28 Et non erunt ultra in rapinam in gentibus,
neque bestiæ terræ devorabunt eos:
sed habitabunt confidenter absque ullo terrore.

29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.

29 Et suscitabo eis germen nominatum,
et non erunt ultra imminuti fame in terra,
neque portabunt ultra opprobrium gentium.

30 Thus shall they know that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord God.

30 Et scient quia ego Dominus Deus eorum cum eis,
et ipsi populus meus domus Israël,
ait Dominus Deus.

31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.

31 Vos autem, greges mei, greges pascuæ meæ,
homines estis:
et ego Dominus Deus vester,
dicit Dominus Deus.