Jeremiah 29
1 Now these are the words of the letter which Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the responsible men among those who had been taken away, and to the priests and the prophets and to all the rest of the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken away prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon;
E estas são as palavras da carta que Jeremias, o propheta, enviou de Jerusalem, ao resto do captiveiro dos anciãos, como tambem aos sacerdotes, e aos prophetas, e a todo o povo que Nabucodonozor havia transportado de Jerusalem a Babylonia;
2 (After Jeconiah the king and the queen-mother and the unsexed servants and the rulers of Judah and Jerusalem and the expert workmen and the metal-workers had gone away from Jerusalem; )
Depois que sairam o rei Jechonias, e a rainha, e os eunuchos, e os principes de Judah e Jerusalem, e os carpinteiros e ferreiros de Jerusalem,
3 By the hand of Elasah, the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah, the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah, king of Judah, sent to Babylon, to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, ) saying,
Pela mão de Elasa, filho de Saphan, e de Gemarias, filho de Hilkias, os quaes enviou Zedekias, rei de Judah, a Babylonia, a Nabucodonozor, rei de Babylonia, dizendo:
4 This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said to all those whom I have taken away prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon:
Assim diz o Senhor dos Exercitos, o Deus d'Israel, a todos os que foram transportados, os quaes fiz transportar de Jerusalem para Babylonia:
5 Go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them;
Edificae casas e habitae n'ellas; e plantae jardins, e comei o seu fructo.
6 Take wives and have sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may have sons and daughters; and be increased in number there and do not become less.
Tomae mulheres e gerae filhos e filhas, e tomae mulheres para vossos filhos, e dae vossas filhas a maridos, e parirão filhos e filhas; e multiplicae-vos ali, e não vos diminuaes.
7 And be working for the peace of the land to which I have had you taken away prisoners, and make prayer to the Lord for it: for in its peace you will have peace.
E procurae a paz da cidade, para onde vos fiz transportar, e orae por ella ao Senhor; porque na sua paz vós tereis paz.
8 For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Do not let yourselves be tricked by the prophets who are among you, and the readers of signs, and give no attention to their dreams which they may have;
Porque assim diz o Senhor dos Exercitos, o Deus d'Israel: Não vos enganem os vossos prophetas que estão no meio de vós, nem os vossos adivinhos, nem deis ouvidos aos vossos sonhos, que vós sonhaes:
9 For they are saying to you what is false in my name: I have not sent them, says the Lord.
Porque elles vos prophetizam falsamente no meu nome: não os enviei, diz o Senhor.
10 For this is what the Lord has said: When seventy years are ended for Babylon, I will have pity on you and give effect to my good purpose for you, causing you to come back to this place.
Porque assim diz o Senhor: Certamente que em se cumprindo setenta annos em Babylonia, vos visitarei, e continuarei sobre vós a minha boa palavra, tornando-vos a trazer a este logar.
11 For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.
Porque eu bem sei os pensamentos que eu penso de vós, diz o Senhor; pensamentos de paz, e não de mal, para vos dar o fim que esperaes.
12 And you will go on crying to me and making prayer to me, and I will give ear to you.
Então me invocareis, e ireis, e orareis a mim, e eu vos ouvirei.
13 And you will be searching for me and I will be there, when you have gone after me with all your heart.
E buscar-me-heis, e me achareis, quando me buscardes com todo o vosso coração.
14 I will be near you again, says the Lord, and your fate will be changed, and I will get you together from all the nations and from all the places where I had sent you away, says the Lord; and I will take you back again to the place from which I sent you away prisoners.
E serei achado de vós, diz o Senhor, e farei tornar os vossos captivos, e congregar-vos-hei de todas as nações, e de todos os logares para onde vos lancei, diz o Senhor, e tornarei a trazer-vos ao logar d'onde vos transportei.
15 For you have said, The Lord has given us prophets in Babylon.
Porque dizeis: O Senhor nos levantou prophetas em Babylonia.
16 For this is what the Lord has said about the king who is seated on the seat of David's kingdom, and about all the people living in this town, your countrymen who have not gone out with you as prisoners;
Porque assim diz o Senhor ácerca do rei que se assenta no throno de David; e ácerca de todo o povo que habita n'esta cidade, a saber, de vossos irmãos, que não sairam comvosco para o captiveiro;
17 This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will send on them the sword and need of food and disease, and will make them like bad figs, which are of no use for food, they are so bad.
Assim diz o Senhor dos Exercitos: Eis que enviarei entre elles a espada, a fome e a peste, e fal-os-hei como a figos podres, que não se podem comer, de maus que são.
18 I will go after them, attacking them with the sword and with need of food and with disease, and will make them a cause of fear to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse and a wonder and a surprise and a name of shame among all the nations where I have sent them:
E perseguil-os-hei com a espada, com a fome, e com a peste; dal-os-hei para servirem de commoção a todos os reinos da terra, como tambem por maldição, e por espanto, e por assobio, e por opprobrio entre toda sas nações para onde os lançar;
19 Because they have not given ear to my words, says the Lord, when I sent to them my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them; but you did not give ear, says the Lord.
Porquanto não deram ouvidos ás minhas palavras, diz o Senhor, enviando-lhes eu os meus servos, os prophetas, madrugando e enviando; porém vós não escutastes, diz o Senhor.
20 And now, give ear to the word of the Lord, all you whom I have sent away prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Vós, pois, ouvi a palavra do Senhor, todos os do captiveiro que enviei de Jerusalem a Babylonia.
21 This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said about Ahab, the son of Kolaiah, and about Zedekiah, the son of Maaseiah, who are saying to you what is false in my name: See, I will give them up into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and he will put them to death before your eyes.
Assim diz o Senhor dos Exercitos, o Deus de Israel, ácerca de Ahab, filho de Colaias, e de Zedekias, filho de Maaseias, que vos prophetizam falsamente no meu nome: Eis que os entregarei na mão de Nabucodonozor, rei de Babylonia, e elle os ferirá diante dos vossos olhos.
22 And their fate will be used as a curse by all the prisoners of Judah who are in Babylon, who will say, May the Lord make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, who were burned in the fire by the king of Babylon;
E tomarão d'elles uma maldição todos os transportados de Judah, que estão em Babylonia, dizendo: O Senhor te faça como Zedekias, e como Ahab, os quaes o rei de Babylonia assou no fogo
23 Because they have done shame in Israel, and have taken their neighbours' wives, and in my name have said false words, which I did not give them orders to say; and I myself am the witness, says the Lord.
Porquanto fizeram loucura em Israel, e commetteram adulterio com as mulheres de seus companheiros, e fallaram uma palavra no meu nome falsamente, que não lhes mandei, e eu o sei e sou testemunha d'isso, diz o Senhor.
24 About Shemaiah the Nehelamite.
E a Shemaias, o nehelamita, fallarás, dizendo:
25 Shemaiah the Nehelamite sent a letter in his name to Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
Assim diz o Senhor dos Exercitos, o Deus d'Israel, dizendo: Porquanto tu enviaste no teu nome cartas a todo o povo que está em Jerusalem, como tambem a Sofonias, filho de Maaseias, o sacerdote, e a todos os sacerdotes, dizendo:
26 The Lord has made you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest, to be an overseer in the house of the Lord for every man who is off his head and is acting as a prophet, to put such men in prison and in chains.
O Senhor te poz por sacerdote em logar de Joiada, o sacerdote, para que sejaes encarregados da casa do Senhor sobre todo o homem furioso, e que prophetiza, para o lançares na prisão e no tronco.
27 So why have you made no protest against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is acting as a prophet to you?
Agora, pois, porque não reprehendeste a Jeremias, o anathotita, que prophetiza vos?
28 For he has sent to us in Babylon saying, The time will be long: go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them.
Porque por isso nos mandou a nós a Babylonia, dizendo: Ainda o captiveiro muito ha de durar; edificae casas, e habitae n'ellas; e plantae jardins, e comei o seu fructo.
29 And Zephaniah the priest made clear to Jeremiah the prophet what was said in the letter, reading it to him.
E lera Sofonias, o sacerdote, esta carta aos ouvidos de Jeremias, o propheta.
30 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
E veiu a palavra do Senhor a Jeremias, dizendo:
31 Send to all those who have been taken away, saying, This is what the Lord has said about Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has been acting as a prophet to you, and I did not send him, and has made you put your faith in what is false;
Manda a todos os do captiveiro, dizendo: Assim diz o Senhor ácerca de Semaias, o nehelamita: Porquanto Semaias vos prophetizou, e eu não o enviei, e vos fez confiar em mentiras,
32 For this cause the Lord has said, Truly I will send punishment on Shemaiah and on his seed; not a man of his family will have a place among this people, and he will not see the good which I am going to do to my people, says the Lord: because he has said words against the Lord.
Portanto assim diz o Senhor: Eis que visitarei a Semaias, o nehelamita, e a sua semente: elle não terá ninguem que habite entre este povo, e não verá o bem que hei de fazer ao meu povo, diz o Senhor, porquanto fallou rebellião contra o Senhor.
