Ezekiel 34
1 LEUM GOD El kaskas nu sik ac fahk,
Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
2 “Kom, mwet sukawil moul la, fahkak kas in palu lain mwet kol lun Israel. Kaskas nu selos ac fahk kas ma nga, LEUM GOD Fulatlana, fahk nu selos inge: We nu suwos, kowos mwet shepherd lun Israel! Kowos sifacna karinginkowosyang, ac tia karingin sheep uh.
“You human, prophesy about [leaders] of Israel. [They should be taking care of my people like] [MET] shepherds [take care of their sheep]. Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: Terrible things will happen to you leaders [MET] of Israel who only take care of yourselves! You should certainly [RHQ] take care of [your people like] [MET] a shepherd takes care of his flock of sheep!
3 Kowos numla milk, ac nukum nuknuk ma orekla ke unen sheep, ac uni sheep ma wo oemeet uh ac kang ikwa kac. A kowos tiana liyaung sheep uh.
[It is as though] you eat the curds, you slaughter the very good animals and wear clothes made from their wool. But you do not take care of the flock.
4 Kowos tiana karingin sheep ma munas, ku akkeyala ma mas uh, ku pwelah acn kinet kaclos. Kowos tia folokunma ma som liki un sheep uh, ku suk ma tuhlac uh. Kowos tia oru ma inge, a kowos oralos arulana koluk.
You have not enabled those who are weak to become strong. You have not healed those who were sick. You have not bandaged those who were wounded/injured. You have not brought back those who went astray. You have not searched for those who became lost. You have ruled your people harshly and cruelly.
5 Ke sripen wangin shepherd lun sheep uh, oru elos fahsrelik nu in acn puspis, ac kosro lemnak uh onelosi ac kangulosla.
So they were scattered, because you did not [take care of them like] [MET] a shepherd [takes care of his sheep]. And when they were scattered, [it was as though] wild animals attacked and [killed them and ate] their flesh.
6 Na sheep nutik uh som nu yen fulat fin inging uh ac nu fineol uh. Elos fahsrelik nu in acn nukewa fin faclu, ac wangin mwet srike in som sokolos, ku konalosyak.
My people wandered like sheep all over the high hills and mountains. They were scattered all over the earth, and no one searched for them [DOU].
7 “Ke ma inge, kowos mwet shepherd, porongo ma nga, LEUM GOD, fahk nu suwos.
Therefore, you [who should be acting like] shepherds, listen to what I, Yahweh the Lord say:
8 Ke sripen nga pa God moul, kowos enenu in porongo kas luk inge. Kosro lemnak uh elos uniya sheep nutik uh ac kangla mweyen wangin mwet shepherd lalos. Mwet shepherd luk uh tiana srike in konalosyak. Elos sifacna taranulos ac tia liyaung sheep uh.
As surely as I am alive, my people [are like a flock of sheep that has] no shepherd, and as a result [it is as though] wild animals have attacked my people and eaten them. You did not search for them; instead, you only wanted to provide food for yourselves.
9 Ouinge, kowos mwet shepherd, porongeyu.
Therefore, you [who should be like] [MET] shepherds, listen to what I, Yahweh say:
10 Nga, LEUM GOD Fulatlana, fahkot lah nga lain kowos. Nga ac fah eisla sheep nutik uh liki kowos, ac tia sifilpa lela kowos in mwet shepherd lalos. Nga ac fah tia sifil lela kowos in sifacna taran kowos. Nga ac fah molela sheep nutik uh liki kowos, ac tia sifil lela kowos in kang.
I am opposed to [you leaders who should be like] [MET] shepherds for my people. I will remove you from taking care of my people, with the result that you will no longer feed yourselves [instead of feeding them]. I will rescue my people from you, with the result that you will longer be able to [butcher them and] eat them.
11 “Nga, LEUM GOD Fulatlana, fahk nu suwos lah nga ac fah sifacna sokak sheep nutik ac liyalosyang,
This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say to you leaders: I myself will search for my sheep and take care of them.
12 oana ke sie mwet shepherd ac liyaung sheep natul ma fahsrelik, ac sifil oraloseni. Nga ac fah folokunulosme liki acn nukewa ma elos fahsrelik nu we ke len in ongoiya ac lohsr sac.
Like a shepherd finds his scattered sheep, I will rescue my people from all the places to which they have been scattered, at a time when things were very gloomy and they experienced disasters.
13 Nga ac fah eisalos liki mutunfacl saya nukewa ma elos fahsrelik nu we, ac oraloseni nu sie, ac folokunulosme nu in facl selos sifacna. Nga ac fah kololosla nu fineol ac infacl srisrik lun acn Israel. Ac nga fah kitalos in ima wolana.
I will bring them back from many countries and gather them together again in their own land. [Because my people are like sheep] [MET], [it is as though] I will enable them to find good pastureland on the hills of Israel, and in the ravines, and in the villages of Israel.
14 Nga fah lela elos in mongo yen tupasrpasr nukewa in acn Israel — yen folfol insroan mah nalos fineol uh ac infahlfal uh, yen wangin ma ac akkolukyalos we.
[It is as though] I will allow them to graze in good pastures on the mountaintops. They will lie down in good (grazing areas/grassy fields) there [DOU].
15 Nga sifacna ac fah mwet shepherd nu sin sheep nutik uh, ac nga fah sokak acn in mongla lalos. Nga, LEUM GOD Fulatlana, pa fahk ma inge.
I myself will take care of my people and enable them to lie down and rest.
16 “Nga fah sokolos su tuhlac, folokunulosme su fahla liki un sheep uh, ac pwelah kinet kaclos, ac akkeyalosla su mas. Tusruktu elos su fact ac ku nga ac fah kunauselosla, mweyen nga sie shepherd su oru ma suwohs.
I will search for those who are lost and bring back the ones who have strayed away. I will bandage those who have been injured and strengthen those who are weak. But I will get rid of those who are fat and powerful. I will act fairly toward [the people who are like] [MET] my sheep. That is what I, Yahweh, promise.
17 “Ke ma inge, kowos un kosro nutik, nga, LEUM GOD Fulatlana, fahkot nu suwos lah nga ac fah nununku kais soko suwos, ac srela ma wo liki ma koluk uh — sheep uh liki nani uh.
And as for you who are like [MET] my sheep, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: I will judge between each of you; and I will separate [those that are peaceful like] sheep from [those that are always trying to dominate others like] goats.
18 Kutu suwos sufalkin mah wowo ma kowos kang, na lolongya mah kowos tia kangla uh! Kowos nim kof nasnas, ac lohsrngokeak ma kowos tia numla uh!
It is bad that [RHQ] some of you keep the best pastures for yourselves. It is even worse that [RHQ] you trample the good grass with your feet. You yourselves drink the clear water [RHQ]. But with your feet you cause the other water to become muddy [RHQ].
19 Na sheep nutik ngia enenu in kang mah ma kowos lolongya, ac nim kof kowos lohsrngokeak uh.
[It is as though] you [RHQ] are forcing my flock to eat the grass that you have trampled and to drink the water that you have caused to become muddy!
20 “Ke ma inge, nga, LEUM GOD Fulatlana, fahk nu suwos lah nga ac fah nununku inmasrlon sheep ku ac sheep munas uh.
Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say to you: I myself will judge between [those of you who are like] [MET] the fat sheep and [those of you who are like] the thin sheep.
21 Kowos sinukunla ma mas uh nu saya, ac fakselosla liki un kosro uh.
[who are like] strong sheep, [it is as though] with your shoulders and buttocks you have shoved away [those who are like] thin sheep, and you have butted them with your horns, until you have chased them all away [from the good pastureland].
22 Tusruktu nga ac fah molela sheep nutik uh, ac tia lela in sifil orek elos koluk. Nga ac fah nununku kais soko sheep nutik, ac srela ma wo uh liki ma koluk uh.
But I will rescue my people, and they no longer will be (harassed/treated cruelly). I will judge between one person and another.
23 Nga ac fah sang sie tokosra lalos in oana David, mwet kulansap luk, elan mwet shepherd sefanna lalos, ac el ac fah liyalosyang.
And I will appoint one leader [MET] for them, [someone who will be like] King David, who served me [very well]. That leader will take care of them and be like their shepherd.
24 Nga, LEUM GOD, ac fah God lalos, ac sie tokosra oana David, mwet kulansap luk, ac fah leum faclos. Nga pa fahk ma inge.
I, Yahweh, will be their God, and [the one who is like] [MET] King David will be their king. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.
25 Nga fah orala sie wuleang in misla yorolos, tuh in wangin mwe lokoalok nu selos. Nga ac fah lusla kosro sulallal nukewa ma muta fin acn uh, tuh sheep nutik uh in ku in muta wo inima uh, ac motul insak uh.
I will make a peace agreement with the people of Israel. In this agreement I will promise to get rid of all the wild animals in Israel, in order that my people may live safely, even in the desert and in the forests.
26 “Nga ac fah akinsewowoyalos ac oru elos in muta raunella fineol mutal sik. Ingo nga fah sang af in akinsewowoyalos ke pacl elos enenu.
I will bless them, and I will bless the places close to my sacred hill. I will bless them by sending them rain showers at the right season; they will be showers to bless them.
27 Sak we ac ima we ac fah isus fahko, ac mwet nukewa ac fah muta in misla in acn sel sifacna. Pacl se nga ac aksukosokye mwet luk liki inpoun mwet akkohsyalos, ac wotela mwe kapir lalos, na elos ac fah etu lah nga pa LEUM GOD.
The fruit trees will produce fruit and the ground will produce crops. And my people will live safely in their land. When I rescue them from people who caused them to be slaves [MET, DOU], they will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].
28 Mutunfacl saya ac fah tia sifil pisre ma lalos, ac kosro lemnak ac fah tia onelosi ac kangulosla. Elos fah mutana in misla, ac wangin mwet fah sifil aksangengyalos.
[Soldiers from] other nations will no longer take away their valuable possessions, and wild animals will no longer attack them. They will live safely, and no one will cause them to be afraid.
29 Nga ac sang nu selos acn ma wo fohk we, ac elos ac fah tia sifil masrinsral. Mutunfacl saya ac fah tia sifil isrunulos.
I will cause their land to be famous/well-known for its good crops. There will no longer be famines in the land, and people in other nations will no longer ridicule them.
30 Mwet nukewa ac fah etu lah nga karingin acn Israel, ac elos mwet luk. Nga, LEUM GOD Fulatlana, pa fahk ma inge.
Then they will know that I, Yahweh their God, am helping them, and they will know that they, the Israeli people, are my people.
31 “Kowos sheep nutik, ac un kosro su nga kite. Kowos mwet luk, ac nga God lowos.” LEUM GOD Fulatlana pa fahk ma inge.
[It will be as though] [MET] my people are my sheep whom I will take care of, and I will be their God. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare.’”
