So I began to shepherd the flock destined for slaughter, the most afflicted of all the flock. Then I took two staffs, calling one“ Pleasantness” and the other“ Binders,” and I tended the flock.

于是，我牧养这将宰的群羊，就是群中最困苦的羊。我拿着两根杖，一根我称为“荣美”，一根我称为“联索”。这样，我牧养了群羊。

于是，我牧养这群将宰的羊，就是羊群中最困苦的；我拿着两根杖，一根我称为“恩惠”，一根称为“联合”。这样，我就牧养这群羊。

于是，我牧养这群将宰的羊，就是羊群中最困苦的；我拿着两根杖，一根我称为“恩惠”，一根称为“联合”。这样，我就牧养这群羊。

于是，我牧养这群最困苦的待宰之羊。我拿了两根杖，一根叫“恩惠”，一根叫“联合”，开始牧养羊群。

于是，我牧养这将被宰杀的羊群，就是羊群中最困苦的；我取了两根杖，一根我称为“恩宠”，另一根称为“联合”。这样我就牧养了羊群。

於是，我牧養這將宰的羣羊，就是羣中最困苦的羊。我拿着兩根杖，一根我稱為「榮美」，一根我稱為「聯索」。這樣，我牧養了羣羊。

於是，我牧養這羣將宰的羊，就是羊羣中最困苦的；我拿着兩根杖，一根我稱為「恩惠」，一根稱為「聯合」。這樣，我就牧養這羣羊。

於是，我牧養這羣將宰的羊，就是羊羣中最困苦的；我拿着兩根杖，一根我稱為「恩惠」，一根稱為「聯合」。這樣，我就牧養這羣羊。

於是，我牧養這群最困苦的待宰之羊。我拿了兩根杖，一根叫「恩惠」，一根叫「聯合」，開始牧養羊群。

於是，我牧養這將被宰殺的羊群，就是羊群中最困苦的；我取了兩根杖，一根我稱為“恩寵”，另一根稱為“聯合”。這樣我就牧養了羊群。

於是我替販賣羣羊的人牧養這定被殺戮的羊羣。我取了兩根棍杖：一根我給叫做「溫和愉快」，一根我給叫做「聯繫和諧」；這樣、我就牧養了羣羊了。

於是，我就牧養這將被殺戮的羊群，就是困苦的羊群。我拿了兩根杖，一根稱為「恩慈」，另一根稱為「聯合」。這樣，我就牧養了羊群。

我則飼此將宰之羊、其羊誠為困苦、遂取二杖、一曰榮美、一曰維繫、而飼斯羊、

先知曰、將殺之羊、甚為可哀、我執二杖、一曰恩寵、一日維繫、而牧斯羊、

先知曰、我遂牧此將殺之羊、斯羊誠困苦、誠困苦或作甚為可哀我取二杖、一稱恩寵、恩寵或作美下同一稱維繫、維繫或作繩下同如是我牧斯羊、

So I shepherded the flock marked for slaughter, particularly the oppressed of the flock. Then I took two staffs and called one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.

So I took care of the sheep set apart to be sacrificed. I took special care of those that had been treated badly. Then I got two shepherd’s staffs. I called one of them Favor. I called the other one Union. And I took care of the flock.

So I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to be slaughtered by the sheep traders. And I took two staffs, one I named Favor, the other I named Union. And I tended the sheep.

So I cared for the flock intended for slaughter— the flock that was oppressed. Then I took two shepherd’s staffs and named one Favor and the other Union.

So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter, the oppressed of the flock. I took two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.

So I pastured the flock doomed to slaughter, therefore also the afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two staffs: the one I called Favor, and the other I called Union; so I pastured the flock.

So I fed the flock for slaughter, in particular the poor of the flock. I took for myself two staffs: the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bonds; and I fed the flock.

So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter, the afflicted of the flock. I took two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.

And I will feed the flock of slaughter,[ even] you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

So I fed the flock of slaughter, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called“ Favor”, and the other I called“ Union”, and I fed the flock.

The LORD my God says this:“ Shepherd the flock set aside for slaughter.

Then I cut the second staff“ Binders” in two in order to annul the covenant of brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

He will treat the poor fairly, and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and order the wicked to be executed.

The spirit of the sovereign LORD is upon me, because the LORD has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,

I will leave in your midst a humble and meek group of people, and they will find safety in the LORD’s presence.

“ As for you, son of man, take one branch, and write on it,‘ For Judah, and for the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another branch and write on it,‘ For Joseph, the branch of Ephraim and all the house of Israel associated with him.’Join them as one stick; they will be as one in your hand.When your people say to you,‘ Will you not tell us what these things mean?’tell them,‘ This is what the sovereign LORD says: Look, I am about to take the branch of Joseph which is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will place them on the stick of Judah, and make them into one stick– they will be one in my hand.’The sticks you write on will be in your hand in front of them.Then tell them,‘ This is what the sovereign LORD says: Look, I am about to take the Israelites from among the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from round about and bring them to their land.I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over them all. They will never again be two nations and never again be divided into two kingdoms.They will not defile themselves with their idols, their detestable things, and all their rebellious deeds. I will save them from all their unfaithfulness by which they sinned. I will purify them; they will become my people and I will become their God.

But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.For he is our peace, the one who made both groups into one and who destroyed the middle wall of partition, the hostility,when he nullified in his flesh the law of commandments in decrees. He did this to create in himself one new man out of two, thus making peace,and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed.

Look! How good and how pleasant it is when brothers live together!It is like fine oil poured on the head which flows down the beard– Aaron’s beard, and then flows down his garments.It is like the dew of Hermon, which flows down upon the hills of Zion. Indeed that is where the LORD has decreed a blessing will be available– eternal life.

I thought,“ Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. They act like fools because they do not know what the LORD demands. They do not know what their God requires of them.I will go to the leaders and speak with them. Surely they know what the LORD demands. Surely they know what their God requires of them.” Yet all of them, too, have rejected his authority and refuse to submit to him.

It will happen in all the land, says the LORD, that two-thirds of the people in it will be cut off and die, but one-third will be left in it.Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say,‘ These are my people,’ and they will say,‘ The LORD is my God.’”

All the tithe of herd or flock, everything which passes under the rod, the tenth one will be holy to the LORD.

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

Even when I must walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff reassure me.

The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I pray that they will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me.The glory you gave to me I have given to them, that they may be one just as we are one–I in them and you in me– that they may be completely one, so that the world will know that you sent me, and you have loved them just as you have loved me.

He took his staff in his hand, picked out five smooth stones from the stream, placed them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag, took his sling in hand, and approached the Philistine.

If David himself calls him‘ Lord,’ how can he be his son?” And the large crowd was listening to him with delight.

Then I took my staff“ Pleasantness” and cut it in two to annul my covenant that I had made with all the people.So it was annulled that very day, and then the most afflicted of the flock who kept faith with me knew that that was the word of the LORD.

The Philistine said to David,“ Am I a dog, that you are coming after me with sticks?” Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.