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

“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:

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

“ 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:

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

Listen to the Lord, you leaders of“ Sodom.” Listen to the law of our God, people of“ Gomorrah.”

God presides over heaven’s court; he pronounces judgment on the heavenly beings:“ How long will you hand down unjust decisions by favoring the wicked? Interlude“ Give justice to the poor and the orphan; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.Rescue the poor and helpless; deliver them from the grasp of evil people.But these oppressors know nothing; they are so ignorant! They wander about in darkness, while the whole world is shaken to the core.I say,‘ You are gods; you are all children of the Most High.But you will die like mere mortals and fall like every other ruler.’”

Say to the king and his mother,“ Come down from your thrones and sit in the dust, for your glorious crowns will soon be snatched from your heads.”

Then the Lord said to him,“ You Pharisees are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy— full of greed and wickedness!Fools! Didn’t God make the inside as well as the outside?So clean the inside by giving gifts to the poor, and you will be clean all over.“ What sorrow awaits you Pharisees! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens, but you ignore justice and the love of God. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things.“ What sorrow awaits you Pharisees! For you love to sit in the seats of honor in the synagogues and receive respectful greetings as you walk in the marketplaces.Yes, what sorrow awaits you! For you are like hidden graves in a field. People walk over them without knowing the corruption they are stepping on.”“ Teacher,” said an expert in religious law,“ you have insulted us, too, in what you just said.”“ Yes,” said Jesus,“ what sorrow also awaits you experts in religious law! For you crush people with unbearable religious demands, and you never lift a finger to ease the burden.What sorrow awaits you! For you build monuments for the prophets your own ancestors killed long ago.But in fact, you stand as witnesses who agree with what your ancestors did. They killed the prophets, and you join in their crime by building the monuments!This is what God in his wisdom said about you:‘ I will send prophets and apostles to them, but they will kill some and persecute the others.’“ As a result, this generation will be held responsible for the murder of all God’s prophets from the creation of the world—from the murder of Abel to the murder of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, it will certainly be charged against this generation.“ What sorrow awaits you experts in religious law! For you remove the key to knowledge from the people. You don’t enter the Kingdom yourselves, and you prevent others from entering.”As Jesus was leaving, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees became hostile and tried to provoke him with many questions.They wanted to trap him into saying something they could use against him.

“ Listen, you priests— this command is for you!

“ Then tell them,‘ No, this is what the Lord means: I will fill everyone in this land with drunkenness— from the king sitting on David’s throne to the priests and the prophets, right down to the common people of Jerusalem.

“ What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.

‘ Listen to this message from the Lord, you king of Judah, sitting on David’s throne. Let your attendants and your people listen, too.This is what the Lord says: Be fair minded and just. Do what is right! Help those who have been robbed; rescue them from their oppressors. Quit your evil deeds! Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, and widows. Stop murdering the innocent!

But as for me, I am filled with power— with the Spirit of the Lord. I am filled with justice and strength to boldly declare Israel’s sin and rebellion.Listen to me, you leaders of Israel! You hate justice and twist all that is right.