Jeremiah 23
1 Yahweh declares, “Terrible things will happen to [the leaders] [MET] [of my people—those who are like] shepherds of [the people who are like] my sheep—because they have scattered my people and sent them away, and have not taken care of them.
Ai dos pastores que destroem e dispersam as ovelhas do meu pasto, diz o Senhor.
2 So, this is what [I, ] Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli [people worship], say to those leaders: ‘Instead of taking care of my people and [leading them to places where they are safe, like a shepherd does for] his sheep, you have scattered them. So I will punish you for the evil things that you have done.
Portanto assim diz o Senhor, o Deus d'Israel, ácerca dos pastores que apascentam o meu povo: Vós dispersastes as minhas ovelhas, e as afugentastes, e não as visitastes: eis que visitarei sobre vós a maldade das vossas acções, diz o Senhor.
3 But later I will gather those who are still alive, from the countries where I have forced them to go. I will bring them back to their own country, where they will have many children, and their number/population will increase.
E eu mesmo recolherei o resto das minhas ovelhas, de todas as terras para onde as tiver afugentado, e as farei voltar aos seus curraes; e fructificarão, e se multiplicarão.
4 [Then] I will appoint [other] leaders for my people, leaders who will take care of them. And my people will never be afraid [DOU] of anything again, and none of them will be [like a] lost [sheep].’”
E levantarei sobre ellas pastores que as apascentem, e nunca mais temerão, nem se assombrarão, nem faltarão, diz o Senhor.
5 Yahweh [also] says, “Some day I will appoint for you a righteous man who will be a descendant of King David. He will be a king who rules wisely. He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
Eis que veem dias, diz o Senhor, em que levantarei a David um Renovo justo; e, sendo rei, reinará, e prosperará, e praticará o juizo e a justiça na terra.
6 At that time, all the Israeli people [DOU] will be saved [from their enemies], and they will be safe. And his name will be ‘Yahweh, the one who vindicates/defends us.’”
Nos seus dias Judah será salvo, e Israel habitará seguro: e este será o seu nome, com que o nomearão: O Senhor justiça nossa.
7 Yahweh [also] says that at that time, people [who are solemnly promising to do something] will no longer say, “[I will do it as surely] as Yahweh lives, who rescued the Israeli people from Egypt.”
Portanto, eis que veem dias, diz o Senhor, e nunca mais dirão: Vive o Senhor, que fez subir os filhos d'Israel da terra do Egypto;
8 Instead, they will say, “[I will do it] as surely as Yahweh lives, who brought [us] Israeli people back to our own land, from the land to the northeast and from all the [other] countries to which he had exiled us.” And they will live in their own land [again].
Mas: Vive o Senhor, que fez subir, e que trouxe a geração da casa de Israel da terra do norte, e de todas as terras para onde os tinha arrojado; e habitarão na sua terra.
9 I am very shocked because of the sacred message that Yahweh has spoken about [what will happen to] the [false] prophets; [it is as though] all my bones shake. I stagger like a man who is drunk after drinking a lot of wine.
Quanto aos prophetas, já o meu coração está quebrantado dentro de mim mesmo, todos os meus ossos tremem; sou como um homem bebado, e como um homem vencido de vinho, por causa do Senhor, e por causa das palavras da sua sanctidade.
10 The land is full of [people who commit] adultery; and [Yahweh] has cursed the land. Even the pastures in the desert are all dried up, because the people do what is evil, and [the false prophets] use their power to do things that are not just/fair.
Porque a terra está cheia de adulteros, e a terra chora por causa da maldição: os pastos do deserto se seccam; porque a sua carreira é má, e a sua força não é recta.
11 Yahweh says, “[Yes, even] the priests and the prophets are ungodly; they do wicked things even in my temple.
Porque o propheta, assim como o sacerdote, estão contaminados; até na minha casa achei a sua maldade, diz o Senhor.
12 Therefore, [it will be as though] the paths that they walk on are slippery. [It will be as though] they are being chased in the darkness, and there they will fall down, because I will cause them to experience disasters at the time that I will punish them. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
Portanto o seu caminho lhes será como uns escorregadouros na escuridão: serão repuxados, e cairão n'elle; porque trarei sobre elles mal no anno da sua visitação, diz o Senhor.
13 [Previously] I saw that the prophets in Samaria were doing something that was wrong; they were prophesying, saying that Baal [gave them the messages that they were proclaiming], and they were deceiving my people.
Nos prophetas de Samaria bem vi eu loucura: prophetizavam da parte de Baal, e faziam errar o meu povo Israel.
14 And [now] I have seen the prophets in Jerusalem doing terrible things. They commit adultery and habitually tell lies. They encourage evil people to continue to do evil things, with the result that the people do not stop sinning. Those prophets are as wicked as the people in Sodom and Gomorrah were.
Mas nos prophetas de Jerusalem vejo uma coisa horrenda: commettem adulterios, e andam com falsidade, e esforçam as mãos dos malfeitores, para que não se convertam da sua maldade; teem-se tornado para mim como Sodoma, e os seus moradores como Gomorrah.
15 So, this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says about those [false] prophets: “I will give those prophets bitter things to eat and poison to drink, because it is because of them that this land is filled with [people who do] wicked things.”
Portanto assim diz o Senhor dos Exercitos ácerca dos prophetas: Eis que lhes darei a comer alosna, e os farei beber aguas de fel; porque dos prophetas de Jerusalem saiu a contaminação sobre toda a terra.
16 This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Do not pay any attention to what those [false] prophets say to you, because they are just deceiving you. They tell you about visions that they have thought/created [only] in their own minds, not about visions that I have given them.
Assim diz o Senhor dos Exercitos: Não deis ouvidos ás palavras dos prophetas, que vos prophetizam; fazem-vos esvaecer: fallam a visão do seu coração, não da bocca do Senhor.
17 They habitually say to those who hate me, ‘[Yahweh says that] you will have peace.’ And they say to those who stubbornly do what they want to do, ‘Nothing bad will happen to you [because of your doing those things].’
Dizem continuamente aos que me desprezam: O Senhor disse: Paz tereis; e a qualquer que anda segundo o proposito do seu coração, dizem: Não virá mal sobre vós
18 But none of them has ever been in a council [meeting] in heaven in order to listen to a message from me. None of them has paid attention to anything that [I], Yahweh, have said.
Porque, quem esteve no conselho do Senhor, e viu, e ouviu a sua palavra? quem esteve attento á sua palavra, e ouviu?
19 So, listen to this: I will punish them; it will be [like] a great storm; it will come down [like] a whirlwind, swirling around the heads of those wicked people.
Eis que saiu com indignação a tempestade do Senhor; e uma tempestade penosa cairá cruelmente sobre a cabeça dos impios.
20 I will not stop being angry until I completely accomplish all that I have planned. In the future, you will understand [all of] this clearly.”
Não se desviará a ira do Senhor, até que execute e cumpra os pensamentos do seu coração: no fim dos dias entendereis isso claramente.
21 [Yahweh also says, ] “I have not appointed those prophets, but they run [around telling people their messages]. I did not speak to them, but they [continue to] prophesy.
Não mandei os prophetas, comtudo elles foram correndo: não lhes fallei a elles, comtudo elles prophetizaram.
22 If they had been in my council [meetings], they would have been able to speak messages from me, and they would have caused people to turn away from committing evil things.”
Porém, se estivessem no meu conselho, então fariam ouvir as minhas palavras ao meu povo, e os fariam voltar do seu mau caminho, e da maldade das suas acções.
23 Yahweh [also] says, “Am I a God who is only nearby? No, I am a God who is far away, also.
Porventura sou eu Deus de perto, diz o Senhor, e não tambem Deus de longe?
24 So, no one can hide in some secret place with the result that I cannot see him. I am everywhere, in heaven and on the earth! [That is what I], Yahweh, say!
Esconder-se-hia alguem em esconderijos, que eu não o veja? diz o Senhor; porventura não encho eu os céus e a terra? diz o Senhor.
25 I have heard those prophets prophesy lies, saying that they are telling people messages from me. They say, ‘[Listen to me tell you] the dream that God gave me last night! I [really] had this dream!’
Tenho ouvido o que dizem aquelles prophetas, prophetizando mentiras em meu nome, dizendo: Sonhei, sonhei.
26 How long will they continue to do this? How long will those lying prophets continue to prophesy things that come only from their own minds?
Até quando será isto? ha pois ainda sonho no coração dos prophetas que prophetizam mentiras? são, porém, prophetas do engano do seu coração;
27 They think that because of the dreams that they tell to each other, people will forget me, like their ancestors forgot about me when they started to worship Baal.
Que cuidam que farão que o meu povo se esqueça do meu nome pelos seus sonhos que cada um conta ao seu companheiro, assim como seus paes se esqueceram do meu nome por causa de Baal.
28 Allow those [false] prophets to tell people their dreams, but those who have messages that [really] come from me should proclaim those messages faithfully. I, Yahweh, say [that like] straw and grain are certainly very different, [my messages and the messages from those false prophets are certainly very different].
O propheta que tem um sonho conte o sonho; e aquelle em quem está a minha palavra, falle a minha palavra com verdade. Que tem a palha com o trigo? diz o Senhor.
29 [It is as though] my messages [burn] like a fire; they [strike people’s inner beings like] someone strikes a rock with a hammer and smashes it into pieces.
Porventura a minha palavra não é como o fogo, diz o Senhor, e como um martello que esmiuça a penha?
30 Therefore, [I, ] Yahweh say, 'I oppose all those prophets who steal messages from each other and claim that those messages came from me.
Portanto, eis que eu sou contra os prophetas, diz o Senhor, que furtam as minhas palavras, cada um ao seu companheiro.
31 I oppose those prophets who speak their own messages but claim that those messages came from me.
Eis que eu sou contra os prophetas, diz o Senhor, que usam de sua lingua, e dizem: Assim o disse.
32 I oppose those prophets who falsely say that I told them something in a vision, but they are [only] telling lies that cause my people to sin. I did not send those prophets. I did not even appoint them [to be prophets]. And they have no messages that will benefit my people at all.' [That is what I, ] Yahweh, declare.”
Eis que eu sou contra os que prophetizam sonhos falsos, diz o Senhor, e os contam, e fazem errar o meu povo com as suas mentiras e com as suas leviandades; e eu não os enviei, nem lhes dei ordem; e não fizeram proveito nenhum a este povo, diz o Senhor.
33 [Yahweh said to me], “If one of those prophets or priests or one of the [other] people asks you, ‘What problem has Yahweh told you about [now]?’, you must reply, ‘You are the problem! And Yahweh says that he will abandon you!’
Quando pois te perguntar este povo, ou qualquer propheta, ou sacerdote, dizendo: Qual é a carga do Senhor? Então lhe dirás: Que carga? Que vos deixarei, diz o Senhor.
34 And if any prophet or priest or anyone [else falsely] says, ‘[I have] a prophecy from Yahweh,’ I will punish that person and his family.
E, quanto ao propheta, e ao sacerdote, e ao povo, que disser, Carga do Senhor, eu castigarei o tal homem e a sua casa.
35 What you should continually ask each other is, ‘[When you spoke to Yahweh, ] what did he reply? What is he saying [to us]?’
Assim direis, cada um ao seu companheiro, e cada um ao seu irmão: Que respondeu o Senhor? e que fallou o Senhor?
36 But stop saying ‘[I have] a prophecy/message from Yahweh,’ because those who say that are doing it only because they want people to accept their ideas, and by doing that they distort/change the messages that are from our God, the Commander of the armies of angels.
Mas nunca mais vos lembrareis da carga do Senhor; porque a cada um lhe servirá de carga a sua propria palavra; pois torceis as palavras do Deus vivo, do Senhor dos Exercitos, o nosso Deus.
37 This is what you should ask each prophet: ‘What did Yahweh reply [when you talked to him]? What is he saying [to us]?’
Assim dirás ao propheta: Que te respondeu o Senhor, e que fallou o Senhor?
38 If he replies, ‘[What I told you] is a prophecy/message from Yahweh,’ you should say to him, ‘You have continued to say, “[I received] a prophecy/message from Yahweh” even though I told you to not claim that you have received prophecies/messages from Yahweh.’
Mas, porquanto dizeis: Carga do Senhor; portanto assim o diz o Senhor: Porquanto dizeis esta palavra: Carga do Senhor, havendo-vos ordenado, dizendo: Não direis: Carga do Senhor;
39 So I [, Yahweh, ] will get rid of you [false prophets]. I will expel you from my presence. And I will get rid of this city that I gave to you and to your ancestors.
Por isso, eis que tambem eu me esquecerei totalmente de vós, e a vós, e á cidade que vos dei a vós e a vossos paes, arrancarei da minha face.
40 I will cause people to make fun of you forever. People will never forget that you were disgraced.”
E porei sobre vós perpetuo opprobrio, e eterna vergonha, que não será esquecida.
