Jeremiah 19
1 This is another message that Yahweh gave [to me]: “Go and buy a clay jar from a man who makes them. Then take with you some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests.
Assim diz o Senhor: vai, e compra uma botija de oleiro, e toma contigo dos anciãos do povo e dos anciãos dos sacerdotes;
2 Go out [of the city] past the Gate of Broken Pots, to the place [overlooking the dump for broken pottery in] the Ben-Hinnom Valley. Then give them a message.
E sai ao vale do filho de Hinnom, que está à entrada da porta do sol, e apregoa ali as palavras que eu te disser.
3 Say to them, ‘[This message is for] you kings of Judah and [other] people of Jerusalem. Listen to what Yahweh is saying! The Commander of the armies of angels says that he will cause there to be a terrible disaster in [Jerusalem]. Those who hear about it will be stunned/shocked [IDM].
E dize: Ouvi a palavra do Senhor, ó reis de Judá, e moradores de Jerusalém: assim diz o Senhor dos exércitos, o Deus de Israel: Eis que trarei um mal sobre este lugar, que quem quer que ouvir retinir-lhe-ão as orelhas:
4 [That will happen] because [you Israeli] people have stopped worshiping me, and have caused this place to be a place where [you worship] foreign gods. You burn sacrifices to gods that neither you nor your ancestors nor [even] the kings of Judah ever heard about. And you have filled this place with the blood of innocent people [whom you have killed].
Porquanto me deixaram e alienaram este lugar, e nele queimaram incenso a outros deuses, que nunca conheceram, nem eles nem seus pais, nem os reis de Judá; e encheram este lugar de sangue de inocentes.
5 You have built shrines to honor [your god] Baal, and at those shrines you have [killed] your own children and offered them to be sacrifices to Baal. I never commanded you to do that, I never spoke about doing that, I never even thought about anyone doing that.
Porque edificaram os altos de Baal, para queimarem seus filhos no fogo em holocaustos a Baal; o que nunca lhes ordenei, nem falei, nem subiu ao meu coração.
6 So, beware, [because I, ] Yahweh, say that there will be a time when this garbage dump will no longer be called Topheth or Ben-Hinnom Valley; it will be called Slaughter Valley.
Por isso eis que dias veem, diz o Senhor, em que este lugar não se chamará mais Topheth, nem o vale do filho de Hinnom, mas o vale da matança.
7 In this place I will ruin the plans of [you people who live in] Jerusalem and in [other places in] Judah. I will allow your enemies who want to kill you to kill [many of] you with their swords. [Then] I will allow your corpses to remain on the ground to be food for vultures and wild animals.
Porque dissiparei o conselho de Judá e de Jerusalém neste lugar, e os farei cair à espada diante de seus inimigos, e pela mão dos que buscam a sua vida deles; e darei os seus cadáveres para pasto às aves dos céus e aos animais da terra.
8 I will [completely destroy] Jerusalem and cause it to become a heap of ruins that people will despise. All the people who pass by will be appalled, and they will be shocked when they see that the city has been destroyed.
E porei esta cidade em espanto e por assobio: todo aquele que passar por ela se espantará, e assobiará sobre todas as suas pragas.
9 I will enable your enemies who want to kill you to surround the city for a long time. [Then the food will be all gone, and you people will be extremely hungry, with the result that] you people in the city will eat the flesh of your own children and your neighbors’ children.’
E os farei comer a carne de seus filhos, e a carne de suas filhas, e comerá cada um a carne do seu próximo, no cerco e no aperto em que os apertarão os seus inimigos, e os que buscam a vida deles.
10 [Jeremiah, after you tell that to them], while the people who are with you are watching, smash the jar [that you brought].
Então quebrarás a botija aos olhos dos homens que forem contigo.
11 Then say to them, ‘This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Just like this jar has been smashed and cannot be repaired, I will smash this city of Jerusalem and other places in Judah. You will bury some of your corpses here in this dump, until there is no more space to bury any more corpses.
E dir-lhes-ás: Assim diz o Senhor dos exércitos: Assim quebrarei eu a este povo, e a esta cidade, como se quebra o vaso do oleiro, que não pode mais refazer-se, e os enterrarão em Topheth, porque não haverá mais lugar para os enterrar.
12 That is what I will do to this city and to you people who live here. I will cause this city to be desecrated, like [King Josiah caused Topheth to be] a place that was unfit for people to worship me there.
Assim farei a este lugar, diz o Senhor, e aos seus moradores; e isso para pôr a esta cidade como a Topheth.
13 The houses in Jerusalem and the palaces of the kings of Judah will be desecrated like this place will be. All the houses where you burned incense on the rooftops to honor the stars [that you worshiped], and where you poured out wine [to be an offering] to your gods, will become (desecrated/unacceptable places for people to worship me).”’”
E as casas de Jerusalém, e as casas dos reis de Judá, serão imundas como o lugar de Topheth: como também todas as casas, sobre cujos terraços queimaram incenso a todo o exército dos céus, e ofereceram libações a deuses estranhos.
14 Then I returned from the garbage dump where Yahweh had sent me to tell them that message. Then I stood in the courtyard of Yahweh’s temple and said this to all the people [who were there]:
Vindo pois Jeremias de Topheth, onde o tinha enviado o Senhor a profetizar, se pôs em pé no átrio da casa do Senhor, e disse a todo o povo:
15 “This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: ‘I will cause there to be a disaster in this city and in the villages around it like I promised, because you people have stubbornly [IDM] refused to pay attention to what I said to you.’”
Assim diz o Senhor dos exércitos, o Deus de Israel: Eis que trarei sobre esta cidade, e sobre todas as suas cidades, todo o mal que falei contra ela, porquanto endureceram a sua cerviz, para não ouvirem as minhas palavras.
