Plano sa Pagbasa ng Bibliya — M'Cheyne Isang Taon

Greeting

¹Pavl an Apostle of Jesvs Christ by the will of God, to the Saints, which are at Ephesus, and to ye faithfull in Christ Iesus:

²Grace be with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

³Blessed be God, and the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, which hath blessed vs with all spirituall blessing in heauenly thinges in Christ,

⁴As hee hath chosen vs in him, before the foundation of the worlde, that we should be holy, and without blame before him in loue:

⁵Who hath predestinate vs, to be adopted through Iesus Christ in him selfe, according to the good pleasure of his will,

⁶To the prayse of the glory of his grace, wherewith he hath made vs freely accepted in his beloued,

⁷By whom we haue redemption through his blood, euen the forgiuenes of sinnes, according to his rich grace:

⁸Whereby he hath bene aboundant toward vs in all wisedome and vnderstanding,

⁹And hath opened vnto vs the mysterie of his will according to his good pleasure, which he had purposed in him,

¹⁰That in the dispensation of the fulnesse of the times, he might gather together in one all things, both which are in heauen, and which are in earth, euen in Christ:

¹¹In whom also we are chosen when we were predestinate according to ye purpose of him, which worketh all things after the counsell of his owne will,

¹²That we, which first trusted in Christ, should be vnto the praise of his glorie:

¹³In whom also ye haue trusted, after that ye heard the worde of trueth, euen the Gospel of your saluation, wherein also after that ye beleeued, ye were sealed with the holy Spirite of promise,

¹⁴Which is the earnest of our inheritance, for the redemption of that libertie purchased vnto the prayse of his glory.

Prayer for Spiritual Wisdom

¹⁵Therefore also after that I heard of the faith, which ye haue in the Lord Iesus, and loue toward all the Saints,

¹⁶I cease not to giue thankes for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

¹⁷That the God of our Lord Iesus Christ, that Father of glory, might giue vnto you the Spirit of wisedome, and reuelation through the acknowledging of him,

¹⁸That the eyes of your vnderstanding may be lightened, that ye may knowe what the hope is of his calling, and what the riches of his glorious inheritance is in the Saints,

¹⁹And what is the exceeding greatnesse of his power toward vs, which beleeue, according to the working of his mightie power,

²⁰Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his right hand in the heauenly places,

²¹Farre aboue al principalitie, and power, and might, and domination, and euery Name, that is named, not in this world only, but also in that that is to come,

²²And hath made all things subiect vnder his feete, and hath giuen him ouer all things to be the head to the Church,

²³Which is his body, euen the fulnesse of him that filleth all in all things.

Rebuke of the Shepherds Who Did Not Tend the Flock

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

²Sonne of man, prophesie against the shepherdes of Israel, prophesie and say vnto them, Thus saieth the Lord God vnto the shepherds, Wo be vnto the shepherds of Israel, that feede them selues: should not the shepherds feede the flockes?

³Yee eate the fat, and yee clothe you with the wooll: yee kill them that are fed, but ye feede not the sheepe.

⁴The weake haue ye not strengthened: the sicke haue ye not healed, neither haue ye bounde vp the broken, nor brought againe that which was driuen away, neither haue yee sought that which was lost, but with crueltie, and with rigour haue yee ruled them.

⁵And they were scattered without a shepherde: and when they were dispersed, they were deuoured of all the beastes of the fielde.

⁶My sheepe wandred through all the mountaines, and vpon euery hie hill: yea, my flocke was scattered through al the earth, and none did seeke or search after them.

⁷Therefore ye shepherds, heare the woorde of the Lord.

⁸As I liue, sayeth the Lord God, surely because my flocke was spoyled, and my sheepe were deuoured of all the beasts of the fielde, hauing no shepherde, neither did my shepherdes seeke my sheepe, but the shepherdes fedde them selues, and fedde not my sheepe,

⁹Therefore, heare ye the word of the Lord, O ye shepherds.

¹⁰Thus saieth the Lord God, Behold, I come against the shepherds, and will require my sheepe at their hands, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheepe: neither shall the shepherds feede them selues any more: for I wil deliuer my sheepe from their mouthes, and they shall no more deuoure them.

The Shepherd Who Will Himself Seek and Feed the Flock

¹¹For thus sayeth the Lord God, Beholde, I will search my sheepe, and seeke them out.

¹²As a shepherd searcheth out his flocke, when he hath bene among his sheepe that are scattered, so wil I seeke out my sheepe and wil deliuer them out of all places, where they haue beene scattered in the cloudie and darke day,

¹³And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countreis, and will bring them to their owne lande, and feede them vpon the mountaines of Israel, by the riuers, and in all the inhabited places of the countrey.

¹⁴I will feede them in a good pasture, and vpon the hie mountaines of Israel shall their folde be: there shall they lie in a good folde and in fat pasture shall they feede vpon the mountaines of Israel.

¹⁵I will feede my sheepe, and bring them to their rest, sayth the Lord God.

¹⁶I will seeke that which was lost, and bring againe that which was driue away, and will binde vp that which was broken, and will strengthen the weake but I wil destroy the fat and the strong, and I will feede them with iudgement.

¹⁷Also you my sheepe, Thus saieth the Lord God, behold, I iudge betweene sheepe, and sheepe, betweene the rammes and the goates.

¹⁸Seemeth it a small thing vnto you to haue eaten vp the good pasture, but yee must treade downe with your feete the residue of your pasture? and to haue drunke of the deepe waters, but yee must trouble the residue with your feete?

¹⁹And my sheepe eate that which yee haue troden with your feete, and drinke that which ye haue troubled with your feete.

²⁰Therefore thus sayth the Lord God vnto them, behold, I, euen I wil iudge betweene the fat sheepe and the leane sheepe.

²¹Because ye haue thrust with side and with shoulder, and pusht al the weake with your hornes, till ye haue scattered them abroade,

²²Therefore wil I helpe my sheepe, and they shall no more be spoyled, and I wil iudge betweene sheepe and sheepe.

One Shepherd, David, and a Covenant of Peace

²³And I wil set vp a shepherd ouer them, and he shall feede them, euen my seruant Dauid, he shall feede them, and he shalbe their shepherd.

²⁴And I the Lord will be their God, and my seruant Dauid shalbe the prince amog them. I the Lord haue spoken it.

²⁵And I will make with them a couenant of peace, and will cause the euil beastes to cease out of the land: and they shall dwel safely in the wildernesse, and sleepe in the woods.

²⁶And I wil set them, as a blessing, euen roud about my mountaine: and I will cause rayne to come downe in due season, and there shalbe raine of blessing.

²⁷And the tree of the fielde shall yeeld her fruite, and the earth shall giue her fruite, and they shalbe safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I haue broken the cordes of their yoke, and deliuered them out of the hands of those that serued themselues of them.

²⁸And they shall no more be spoyled of the heathen, neither shall the beastes of the land deuoure them, but they shall dwell safely and none shall make them afrayd.

²⁹And I will rayse vp for them a plant of renoume, and they shalbe no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither beare the reproche of the heathen any more.

³⁰Thus shall they vnderstande, that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, euen the house of Israel, are my people, sayth the Lord God.

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

An Appeal Against United Adversaries

¹A song, or Psalme committed to Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: bee not still, and cease not, O God.

²For lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee, haue lifted vp the head.

³They haue taken craftie counsell against thy people, and haue consulted against thy secret ones.

⁴They haue said, Come and let vs cut them off from being a nation: and let the name of Israel be no more in remembrance.

⁵For they haue consulted together in heart, and haue made a league against thee:

⁶The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Agarims:

⁷Gebal and Ammon, and Amalech, the Philistims with the inhabitants of Tyrus:

⁸Asshur also is ioyned with them: they haue bene an arme to the children of Lot. Selah.

⁹Doe thou to them as vnto the Midianites: as to Sisera and as to Iabin at the riuer of Kishon.

¹⁰They perished at En-dor, and were dung for the earth.

¹¹Make them, euen their princes like Oreb and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes like Zebah and like Zalmuna.

¹²Which haue said, Let vs take for our possession the habitations of God.

¹³O my God, make them like vnto a wheele, and as the stubble before the winde.

¹⁴As the fire burneth the forest, and as the flame setteth the mountaines on fire:

¹⁵So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraide with thy storme.

¹⁶Fill their faces with shame, that they may seeke thy Name, O Lord.

¹⁷Let them be confounded and troubled for euer: yea, let them be put to shame and perish,

¹⁸That they may knowe that thou, which art called Iehouah, art alone, euen the most High ouer all the earth.

A Pilgrim Longing for the Lord's Courts

¹To him that excelleth upon Gittith. A Psalme committed to the sonnes of Korah. O Lord of hostes, howe amiable are thy Tabernacles!

²My soule longeth, yea, and fainteth for the courtes of the Lord: for mine heart and my flesh reioyce in the liuing God.

³Yea, the sparrowe hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest for her, where she may lay her yong: euen by thine altars, O Lord of hostes, my King and my God.

⁴Blessed are they that dwell in thine house: they will euer praise thee. Selah.

⁵Blessed is the man, whose strength is in thee, and in whose heart are thy wayes.

⁶They going through the vale of Baca, make welles therein: the raine also couereth the pooles.

⁷They goe from strength to strength, till euery one appeare before God in Zion.

⁸O Lord God of hostes, heare my prayer: hearken, O God of Iaakob. Selah.

⁹Beholde, O God, our shielde, and looke vpon the face of thine Anointed.

¹⁰For a day in thy courtes is better then a thousand other where: I had rather be a doore keeper in the House of my God, then to dwell in the Tabernacles of wickednesse.

¹¹For the Lord God is the sunne and shielde vnto vs: the Lord will giue grace and glory, and no good thing will he withhold from them that walke vprightly.

¹²O Lord of hostes, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.