“‘ Shepherds, listen to the Lord’ s message. He says,

“所以，你们这些牧人要听耶和华的话。

“所以，你们这些牧人要听耶和华的话。

“所以，你们这些牧人要听耶和华的话。

“‘所以，你们这些牧人啊，要听耶和华的话。

“‘因此，你们这些作牧者的，要听耶和华的话：

「所以，你們這些牧人要聽耶和華的話。

「所以，你們這些牧人要聽耶和華的話。

「所以，你們這些牧人要聽耶和華的話。

「『所以，你們這些牧人啊，要聽耶和華的話。

“‘因此，你們這些作牧者的，要聽耶和華的話：

『所以牧民者啊，你們要聽永恆主的話語：

故爾牧者、其聽耶和華言、

故爾眾牧者、宜聽耶和華之言、

故爾眾牧者、當聽主言、

“‘ Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:

“ Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:

“ Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:

“‘ Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD.

Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:

‘ Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:

Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:

“ Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord.

Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

“‘ Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

“‘ Therefore, you shepherds, hear Yahweh’s word:

Shepherds, listen to the Lord’ s message.

Rulers of Sodom, hear the Lord’ s message. People of Gomorrah, listen to the instruction of our God.

God takes his place at the head of a large gathering of leaders. He announces his decisions among them.He says,“ How long will you stand up for those who aren’t fair to others? How long will you show mercy to sinful people?Stand up for the weak and for children whose fathers have died. Protect the rights of people who are poor or treated badly.Save those who are weak and needy. Save them from the power of sinful people.“ You leaders don’t know anything. You don’t understand anything. You are in the dark about what is right. Law and order have been destroyed all over the world.“ I said,‘ You leaders are like gods. You are all children of the Most High God.’But you will die, like mere human beings. You will die like every other leader.”

Speak to the king and his mother. Tell them,“ Come down from your thrones. Your glorious crowns are about to fall from your heads.”

Then the Lord spoke to him.“ You Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish,” he said.“ But inside you are full of greed and evil.You foolish people! Didn’t the one who made the outside make the inside also?Give freely to poor people to show what is inside you. Then everything will be clean for you.“ How terrible it will be for you Pharisees! You give God a tenth of your garden plants, such as mint and rue. But you have forgotten to be fair and to love God. You should have practiced the last things without failing to do the first.“ How terrible for you Pharisees! You love the most important seats in the synagogues. You love having people greet you with respect in the market.“ How terrible for you! You are like graves that are not marked. People walk over them without knowing it.”An authority on the law spoke to Jesus. He said,“ Teacher, when you say things like that, you say bad things about us too.”Jesus replied,“ How terrible for you authorities on the law! You put such heavy loads on people that they can hardly carry them. But you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.“ How terrible for you! You build tombs for the prophets. It was your people of long ago who killed them.So you show that you agree with what your people did long ago. They killed the prophets, and now you build the prophets’ tombs.So God in his wisdom said,‘ I will send prophets and apostles to them. They will kill some. And they will try to hurt others.’So the people of today will be punished. They will pay for all the prophets’ blood spilled since the world began.I mean from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah. He was killed between the altar and the temple. Yes, I tell you, the people of today will be punished for all these things.“ How terrible for you authorities on the law! You have taken away the key to the door of knowledge. You yourselves have not entered. And you have stood in the way of those who were entering.”When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law strongly opposed him. They threw a lot of questions at him.They set traps for him. They wanted to catch him in something he might say.

“ Now I am giving this warning to you priests.

If they do, here is what you must tell them.‘ The Lord says,“ I am going to fill with wine everyone who lives in this land. I will make the kings who sit on David’s throne drunk. And I will fill with wine the priests, the prophets and everyone who lives in Jerusalem.

“ How terrible it will be for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You pretenders! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter. And you will not let those enter who are trying to.

‘ King of Judah, listen to the Lord’ s message. You are sitting on David’s throne. You and your officials and your people come through these gates.The Lord says,“ Do what is fair and right. Save those who have been robbed. Set them free from the people who have treated them badly. Do not do anything wrong to outsiders or widows in this place. Do not harm children whose fathers have died. Do not kill those who are not guilty of doing anything wrong.

The Spirit of the Lord has filled me with power. He helps me do what is fair. He makes me brave. Now I’m prepared to tell Jacob’s people what they’ve done wrong. I’m ready to tell Israel they’ve sinned.Listen to me, you leaders of Jacob’s people! Pay attention, you rulers of Israel! You hate to do what is fair. You twist everything that is right.