< 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 jarra de barro 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 Hinom, que fica à entrada da porta oriental; e ali declara 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, Deus de Israel: Eis que trarei calamidade sobre este lugar, de tal modo que quem o ouvir, lhe retinirão os ouvidos.
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].
Pois me abandonaram, e profanaram este lugar, e queimaram nele incenso a outros deuses, que nunca tinham conhecido, nem eles, nem seus pais, nem os reis de Judá; e encheram este lugar com 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.
E edificaram altares a Baal, para queimarem a fogo seus filhos [como] holocaustos a Baal; coisa esta que nunca [lhes] mandei, nem falei, nem jamais pensei em 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 vêm dias, diz o SENHOR, que este lugar não se chamará mais Tofete, nem Vale do filho de Hinom, mas sim 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.
E tornarei vazio o conselho de Judá e de Jerusalém neste lugar; e os farei cair à espada diante de seus inimigos, e nas mãos dos que buscam [tirar] suas vidas; e darei seus cadáveres por comida às aves do céu 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 farei desta cidade espanto e assovio; todo aquele que passar por ela se espantará e assoviará por causa de 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 farei com que comam a carne de seus filhos e a carne de suas filhas; e cada um comerá a carne de seu próximo durante o cerco e a opressão com que os seus inimigos e os que buscam [tirar] suas vidas lhes oprimirão.
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 jarra perante os olhos dos homens que tiverem ido 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 lhes dirás: Assim diz o SENHOR dos exércitos: Assim quebrarei a este povo e a esta cidade, como quem quebra um vaso de oleiro, que não pode mais ser restaurado; e em Tofete serão enterrados, pois não haverá [outro] lugar para 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 a seus moradores, para fazer desta cidade como a Tofete.
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 tal como o lugar de Tofete; todas as casas sobre cujos telhados foi queimado incenso a todo o exército do céu, e derramaram ofertas de bebida a deuses estrangeiros.
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]:
Então voltou Jeremias de Tofete, onde o SENHOR tinha lhe mandado profetizar, e se pôs em pé no pátio 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, Deus de Israel: Eis que eu trago sobre esta cidade e sobre todas as suas vilas todo o mal que falei contra ela; pois endureceram seu pescoço para não ouvirem minhas palavras.