Jeremias 38
1 At that time, says the Lord, I will be a God to the family of Israel, and they shall be to me a people.
Shephatiah o filho de Mattan, Gedaliah o filho de Pashhur, Jucal o filho de Shelemiah, e Pashhur o filho de Malchijah ouviram as palavras que Jeremias falou a todo o povo, dizendo:
2 Thus says the Lord, I found him warm in the wilderness with them that were slain with the sword: go you and destroy not Israel.
“Yahweh diz: 'Aquele que permanecer nesta cidade morrerá pela espada, pela fome e pela peste, mas aquele que sair para os caldeus viverá'. Ele escapará com sua vida e viverá”.
3 The Lord appeared to him from afar, [saying], I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore have I drawn you in compassion.
Yahweh diz: 'Esta cidade certamente será entregue na mão do exército do rei da Babilônia, e ele a tomará'”.
4 For I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: you shall yet take your timbrel, and go forth with the party of them that make merry.
Então os príncipes disseram ao rei: “Por favor, que este homem seja morto, porque ele enfraquece as mãos dos homens de guerra que permanecem nesta cidade, e as mãos de todo o povo, ao dizer-lhes tais palavras; pois este homem não busca o bem-estar deste povo, mas o mal”.
5 For you have planted vineyards on the mountains of Samaria: plant you, and praise.
O rei Zedequias disse: “Eis que ele está em tuas mãos; pois o rei não pode fazer nada para se opor a ti”.
6 For it is a day when those that plead on the mountains of Ephraim shall call, [saying], Arise you, and go up to Sion to the Lord your God.
Depois pegaram Jeremias e o jogaram na masmorra de Malchijah, o filho do rei, que estava na corte da guarda. Eles soltaram Jeremias com cordas. No calabouço não havia água, mas lama; e Jeremias afundou na lama.
7 For thus says the Lord to Jacob; Rejoice you, and exult over the head of the nations: make proclamation, and praise you: say, The Lord has delivered his people, the remnant of Israel.
Agora quando Ebedmelech, o etíope, um eunuco, que estava na casa do rei, ouviu que tinham colocado Jeremias no calabouço (o rei estava então sentado no portão de Benjamim),
8 Behold, I bring them from the north, and will gather them from the end of the earth to the feast of the passover: and [the people] shall beget a great multitude, and they shall return hither.
Ebedmelech saiu da casa do rei e falou com o rei, dizendo:
9 They went forth with weeping, and I will bring them back with consolation, causing them to lodge by the channels of waters in a straight way, and they shall not err in it: for I am become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
“Meu senhor, o rei, estes homens fizeram o mal em tudo o que fizeram a Jeremias, o profeta, a quem lançaram no calabouço. É provável que ele morra no lugar onde está, por causa da fome; pois não há mais pão na cidade”.
10 Hear the words of the Lord, you nations, and proclaim [them] to the islands afar off; say, He that scattered Israel will also gather him, and keep him as one that feeds his flock.
Então o rei comandou Ebedmelech, o etíope, dizendo: “Leva daqui trinta homens contigo, e leva Jeremias, o profeta, para fora do calabouço, antes que ele morra”.
11 For the Lord has ransomed Jacob, he has rescued him out of the hand of them [that were] stronger than he.
Então Ebedmelech levou os homens com ele, e entrou na casa do rei sob a tesouraria, e levou de lá trapos e roupas gastas, e os soltou por cordas no calabouço para Jeremias.
12 And they shall come, and shall rejoice in the mount of Sion, and shall come to the good things of the Lord, [even] to a land of corn, and wine, and fruits, and cattle, and sheep: and their soul shall be as a fruitful tree; and they shall hunger no more.
Ebedmelech o etíope disse a Jeremias: “Agora ponha estes trapos e roupas gastas debaixo de suas axilas, sob as cordas”. Jeremias o fez.
13 Then shall the virgins rejoice in the assembly of youth, and the old men shall rejoice; and I will turn their mourning into joy, and will make them merry.
Então eles levantaram Jeremias com as cordas e o levaram para fora da masmorra; e Jeremias permaneceu na corte da guarda.
14 I will expand and cheer with wine the soul of the priests the sons of Levi, and my people shall be satisfied with my good things: thus says the Lord.
Então Zedequias, o rei, enviou e levou Jeremias, o profeta, para si na terceira entrada que está na casa de Yahweh. Então o rei disse a Jeremias: “Vou lhe perguntar uma coisa. Não esconda nada de mim”.
15 A voice was heard in Rama, of lamentation, and of weeping, and wailing; Rachel would not cease weeping for her children, because they are not.
Então Jeremias disse a Zedequias: “Se eu o declarar a você, você certamente não me matará? Se eu lhe der conselhos, você não me ouvirá”.
16 Thus says the Lord; Let your voice cease from weeping, and your eyes from your tears: for their is a reward for your works; and they shall return from the land of [your] enemies.
Então Zedequias, o rei, jurou secretamente a Jeremias, dizendo: “Como Javé vive, que fez nossas almas, não te matarei, nem te entregarei na mão destes homens que buscam tua vida”.
17 [There shall be] an dwelling [home] for your children.
Então Jeremias disse a Zedequias: “Javé, o Deus dos Exércitos, o Deus de Israel, diz: 'Se você sair para os príncipes do rei da Babilônia, então sua alma viverá, e esta cidade não será queimada pelo fogo'. Você viverá, junto com sua casa.
18 I have heard the sound of Ephraim lamenting, [and saying], You have chastened me, and I was chastened; I as a calf was not [willingly] taught: turn you me, and I shall turn; for you [are] the Lord my God.
Mas se não saireis para os príncipes do rei da Babilônia, então esta cidade será entregue na mão dos caldeus, e eles a queimarão com fogo, e vós não escapareis da mão deles”.
19 For after my captivity I repented; and after I knew, I groaned for the day of shame, and showed you that I bore reproach from my youth.
O rei Zedequias disse a Jeremias: “Tenho medo dos judeus que desertaram para os caldeus, para que não me entreguem nas mãos deles e escarneçam de mim”.
20 Ephraim is a beloved son, a pleasing child to me: for because my words are in him, I will surely remember him: therefore I made haste [to help] him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says the Lord.
Mas Jeremias disse: “Eles não vão te entregar. Obedecei, peço-vos, voz de Javé, naquilo que vos falo; assim estará bem convosco, e vossa alma viverá”.
21 Prepare yourself, O Sion; execute vengeance; look to your ways: return, O virgin of Israel, by the way by which you went, return mourning to your cities.
Mas se você se recusar a sair, esta é a palavra que Javé me mostrou:
22 How long, O disgraced daughter, will you turn away? for the Lord has created safety for a new plantation: men shall go about in safety.
'Eis que todas as mulheres que ficarem na casa do rei de Judá serão levadas até os príncipes do rei da Babilônia, e essas mulheres dirão, “Seus amigos familiares se voltaram contra você, e prevaleceram sobre você. Seus pés estão afundados na lama, eles se afastaram de você”.
23 For thus says the Lord; They shall yet speak this word in the land of Juda, and in the cities thereof, when I shall turn his captivity; blessed be the Lord on his righteous holy mountain!
Eles levarão todas as suas esposas e seus filhos aos caldeus. Você não escapará da mão deles, mas será levado pela mão do rei da Babilônia. Vocês farão com que esta cidade seja queimada pelo fogo'”.
24 And there shall be dwellers in the cities of Juda, and in all his land, together with the husbandman, and [the shepherd] shall go forth with the flock.
Então Zedequias disse a Jeremias: “Que ninguém saiba destas palavras, e você não morrerá”.
25 For I have saturated every thirsting soul, and filled every hungry soul.
Mas se os príncipes ouvirem que falei convosco, e vierem até vós, e vos disserem: 'Declarai-nos agora o que dissestes ao rei; não o escondais de nós, e não vos mataremos; dizei-nos também o que o rei vos disse;
26 Therefore I awake, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.
então dir-lhes-eis: 'Apresentei minha súplica perante o rei, que ele não me faria voltar à casa de Jônatas, para morrer lá'”.
27 Therefore, behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Juda with the seed of man, and the seed of beast.
Então todos os príncipes vieram a Jeremias e lhe perguntaram; e ele lhes disse de acordo com todas estas palavras que o rei havia ordenado. Então eles pararam de falar com ele, pois o assunto não foi percebido.
28 And it shall come to pass, that as I watched over them, to pull down, and to afflict, so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, says the Lord.
Então Jeremias permaneceu na corte da guarda até o dia em que Jerusalém foi tomada.
29 In those days they shall certainly not say, The fathers ate a sour grape, and the children's teeth were set on edge.
30 But every one shall die in his own sin; and the teeth of him that eats the sour grape shall be set on edge.
31 Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Juda:
32 not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day when I took hold of their hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; for they abode not in my covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord.
33 For this is my covenant which I will make with the house of Israel; after those days, says the Lord, I will surely put my laws into their mind, and write them on their hearts; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.
34 And they shall not at all teach every one his [fellow] citizen, and every one his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them: for I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins I will remember no more.
35 Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for a light by day, the moon and the stars for a light by night, and [makes] a roaring in the sea, so that the waves thereof roar; the Lord Almighty is his name:
36 if these ordinances cease from before me, says the Lord, then shall the family of Israel cease to be a nation before me forever.
37 Though the sky should be raised to a [greater] height, says the Lord, and though the ground of the earth should be sunk [lower] beneath, yet I will not cast off the family of Israel, says the Lord, for all that they have done.
38 Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when the city shall be built to the Lord from the tower of Anameel to the gate of the corner.
39 And the measurement of it shall proceed in front of them as far as the hills of Gareb, and it shall be compassed with a circular wall of choice stones.
40 And all the Asaremoth even to Nachal Kedron, as far as the corner of the horse-gate eastward, shall be holiness to the Lord; and it shall not fail any more, and shall not be destroyed for ever.
