Jeremiah 31
1 Yahweh says that at that time, he will be the God [who is worshiped by] all the clans in Israel, and they will be his people.
Naquele tempo, diz o Senhor, serei por Deus a todas as gerações de Israel, e elas me serão a mim por povo.
2 This is what Yahweh says: “Those [people] who remained alive and were not killed by [their enemies’] swords were blessed [by me even] in the desert; I enabled them to have peace.
Assim diz o Senhor: O povo dos que escaparam da espada achou graça no deserto; a saber, Israel, quando fui leva-lo a descançar.
3 Long ago [I, ] Yahweh, said to [your ancestors, ] the Israeli people, ‘I have loved you and I will continue to love you forever. By faithfully loving you, I have brought you close to myself.’
Há muito que o Senhor me apareceu, dizendo: Porquanto com amor eterno te amei, por isso com benevolência te atraí.
4 And [now I tell you], my Israeli people whom I love [MET], that I will cause you to be a nation again. You will [joyfully] dance as you play your tambourines.
Ainda te edificarei, e serás edificada, ó virgem de Israel! ainda serás adornada com os teus adufes, e sairás com o coro dos que dançam.
5 Again you will plant your vineyards on the hills of Samaria, and you will eat the grapes [that grow there].
Ainda plantarás vinhas nos montes de Samaria: os plantadores as plantarão e gozarão dos frutos.
6 There will be a time when watchmen will call out from the hills of Samaria [MTY], ‘Come, let’s go up to Jerusalem to [worship] Yahweh, our God!'”
Porque haverá um dia em que gritarão os vigias sobre o monte de Ephraim: levantai-vos, e subamos a Sião, ao Senhor nosso Deus.
7 And now Yahweh also says this: “Sing joyfully about [what I have done for] the people of Israel! Shout about [your nation, ] the greatest nation! Shout joyfully, praising me and saying, ‘Yahweh, rescue your people, the ones who are still alive!’
Porque assim diz o Senhor: cantai sobre Jacob com alegria, e exultai por causa do Cabeça das gentes: fazei-o ouvir, cantai louvores, e dizei: Salva, Senhor, ao teu povo, o resto de Israel.
8 Do that [because] I will bring them back from the northeast, from the most distant places on the earth. Among them will be blind people and lame people, women who are pregnant and women who are (having labor pains/about to give birth to babies). They will be a huge group of people!
Eis que os trarei da terra do norte, e os congregarei das extremidades da terra; entre os quais haverá cegos e aleijados, grávidas e as de parto juntamente: com grande congregação voltarão para aqui.
9 They will be crying as they return, and they will be praying [to me]. I will guide them along streams of water, on level paths where they will not stumble. [I will do this] because I am [like] a father to the Israeli people; [it is as though] Israel is my oldest son.”
Virão com choro, e com suplicas os levarei; guia-los-ei aos ribeiros de águas, por caminho direito, no qual não tropeçarão, porque sou a Israel por pai, e Ephraim é o meu primogênito.
10 Yahweh says, “[You people in the] nations of the world, listen to this message from me. Then proclaim it to [people who live along] the coasts far away. I scattered my people, but I will gather them [again] and will take care of them like [SIM] a shepherd takes care of his sheep.
Ouvi a palavra do Senhor, ó nações, e anunciai-a nas ilhas de longe, e dizei: aquele que espalhou a Israel o congregará e o guardará, como o pastor o seu rebanho.
11 I will buy [my] Israeli people back from those who [conquered them because] they were more powerful [than my people].
Porque o Senhor resgatou a Jacob, e o livrou da mão do mais forte do que ele.
12 My people will return [to Jerusalem] and shout joyfully on the slopes of Zion Hill. They will rejoice about the things that I have abundantly given to them— grain and new wine and [olive] oil and young sheep and cattle. They themselves will be like a well-watered garden, and they will no longer be sad.
Assim que virão, e exultarão na altura de Sião, e correrão aos bens do Senhor, ao trigo, e ao mosto, e ao azeite, e aos cordeiros e bezerros; e a sua alma será como um jardim regado, e nunca mais andarão tristes.
13 The young women will dance joyfully, and [all] the men, young ones and old ones, will join with them. I will cause them to rejoice instead of mourning; I will comfort them and cause them to be happy instead of being sad.
Então a virgem se alegrará na dança, como também os mancebos e os velhos juntamente; e tornarei o seu pranto em alegria, e os consolarei, e os alegrarei na tristeza.
14 The priests will have plenty of things to eat and drink, and [all] my people will be filled with the good things that I give them. [That will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!”
E saciarei a alma dos sacerdotes com gordura, e o meu povo se fartará dos meus bens, diz o Senhor.
15 Yahweh [also] says this: “Women were weeping in Ramah [town on the border between Israel and Judah]; they were mourning and crying very loudly. [The women who were the descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh, the two grandsons of] Rachel [the wife of Jacob], were weeping about their children, and no one could comfort them because their children were [all] dead.
Assim diz o Senhor: Uma voz se ouviu em Rama, lamentação, choro amargo: Rachel chora seus filhos; não quer ser consolada quanto a seus filhos, porque já não são.
16 [But now] this is what [I], Yahweh, say: ‘Do not cry [any more], because I will reward you [for the good things you have done for your children]. Your children will return from the land where their enemies [have taken them].
Assim diz o Senhor: Reprime a tua voz de choro, e as lágrimas de teus olhos: porque há galardão para o teu trabalho, diz o Senhor, pois voltarão da terra do inimigo.
17 [I], Yahweh, am telling you that there are things that you can confidently expect [me to do for you] in the future. Your children will return to their own land.’
E há esperanças no derradeiro fim para os teus descendentes, diz o Senhor, porque teus filhos voltarão para os seus termos.
18 I have heard [the people of] Israel grieving very much [and saying to me], ‘You punished us severely, like [SIM] calves are beaten [by their owners to train them for pulling a plow]. [So] bring us back [to obey/worship you again], because we are ready to return to you, because you [alone] are Yahweh, our God.
Bem ouvi eu que Ephraim se queixava, dizendo: Castigaste-me e fui castigado, como novilho ainda não domado: converte-me, e converter-me-ei, porque tu és o Senhor meu Deus.
19 We turned away [from you], but we repented; [after you] caused us to realize [that we were guilty]. We beat our chests to show that we were very ashamed [DOU] of the sins that we committed when we were young.’
Na verdade que, depois que me converti, tive arrependimento; e depois que me dei a conhecer a mim mesmo, bati na coxa: fiquei confuso, e também me envergonhei; porque levei o opróbrio da minha mocidade.
20 But [I], Yahweh, say this: The Israeli people certainly are [RHQ] still my dear children [DOU]. It is often necessary for me to threaten [to punish] them, but I still love them. That is why I have not forgotten them, and I will certainly act mercifully toward them.
Não é Ephraim para mim um filho precioso? criança das minhas delícias? porque depois que falei contra ele, ainda me lembrei dele cuidadosamente; por isso se comoveram por ele as minhas entranhas: deveras me compadecerei dele, diz o Senhor.
21 [You Israeli people, ] set up road signs; put up posts [along the roads] to mark the road on which you walked [when you were taken from Jerusalem]. My precious/beloved Israeli people, come back to your towns here.
Levanta para ti sinais, põe para ti pirâmides, aplica o teu coração à vereda, ao caminho por onde andaste: volta pois, ó virgem de Israel, volta a estas tuas cidades.
22 You people who have been like [MET] daughters who have forsaken their parents, how long will you continue to wander [away from me] [RHQ]? I, Yahweh, will cause something to happen on the earth that (is new/has not happened before): The women of Israel will be protecting their husbands as they travel [back here]!”
Até quando andarás vagabunda, ó filha rebelde; porque o Senhor criou uma nova coisa sobre a nova terra: uma mulher cercará a um varão.
23 This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israeli people [worship], says: “When I bring them back from the countries to which they have been exiled, all the people from the towns in Judah will again say, [‘I hope that] Yahweh will bless this my home, the holy place where righteous [people will live]!’
Assim diz o Senhor dos exércitos, o Deus de Israel: Ainda dirão esta palavra na terra de Judá, e nas suas cidades, quando eu tornar o seu cativeiro: O Senhor te abençõe, ó morada de justiça, ó monte de santidade!
24 [The people of] Judah [who live in] the towns, including the farmers and the shepherds, will all live together [peacefully].
E nela habitarão Judá, e todas as suas cidades juntamente; como também os lavradores e os que estão com o rebanho.
25 I will enable weary people to rest, and enable people who are very exhausted to become strong again.”
Porque reguei a alma cançada, e toda a alma entristecida saciei.
26 I, [Jeremiah], woke up [after dreaming all those things], and I looked [around]. I had slept [very] delightfully!
Sobre isto despertei, e olhei, e o meu sono foi doce para mim.
27 [Then] Yahweh said [to me], “There will be a time when I will greatly increase [MET] the number of people and the number of livestock here in Israel and Judah.
Eis que dias veem, diz o Senhor, quando semear a casa de Israel, e a casa de Judá, com a semente de homens, e com a semente de animais.
28 [Previously], I caused [their enemies to] remove the people from their land and to destroy their land and to cause them to experience many disasters [DOU]. But in the future, I will enable them to build houses and to plant crops [here in Israel again]. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.
E será que, como velei sobre eles, para arrancar, e para derribar, e para transtornar, e para destruir, e para afligir, assim velarei sobre eles, para edificar e para plantar, diz o Senhor.
29 [Previously the people often said, ] ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, but it is the children’s teeth that ache.’ [They meant that it was not fair for them to be punished for their ancestors’ sins]. But [when I bring them back to their land], they will no longer say that.
Naqueles dias nunca mais dirão: Os pais comeram uvas verdes, e os dentes dos filhos se embotaram.
30 But now all people will die because of the sins that they themselves have committed.
Mas cada um morrerá pela sua iniquidade: de todo o homem que comer as uvas verdes os dentes se embotarão.
31 [I], Yahweh, say this: ‘There will be a time when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and Judah.
Eis que dias veem, diz o Senhor, em que farei um concerto novo com a casa de Israel e com a casa de Judá.
32 [This new agreement will] not be like the agreement that I made with their ancestors when I took them by their hands and led them out of Egypt. They broke that agreement, even though I [loved them like] [MET] husbands love their wives.’
Não conforme o concerto que fiz com seus pais, no dia em que os tomei pela mão, para os tirar da terra do Egito; porque eles invalidaram o meu concerto, ainda que me desposei com eles, diz o Senhor.
33 This is what I, Yahweh, say: ‘This is the new agreement that I will make with the people of Israel some day: I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their inner beings. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Mas este é o concerto que farei com a casa de Israel depois daqueles dias, diz o Senhor: Porei a minha lei no seu interior, e a escreverei no seu coração; e lhes serei a eles por Deus e eles me serão a mim por povo.
34 And it will not be [necessary] for them to teach their neighbors or their relatives and say, “[You need to] know Yahweh,” because everyone, including unimportant people and very important people, will [already] know me. And I will forgive them for having been very wicked, and I will never think again about the sins that they have committed.’”
E não ensinará alguém mais a seu próximo, nem alguém a seu irmão, dizendo: Conhecei ao Senhor: porque todos me conhecerão, desde o mais pequeno deles até ao maior deles, diz o Senhor: porque lhes perdoarei a sua maldade, e nunca mais me lembrarei dos seus pecados.
35 Yahweh is the one who causes the sun to give light during the day, and who causes the moon and the stars to give light during the night. He stirs up the seas, with the result that waves roar. His name is the Commander of the armies of angels, and this is what he says:
Assim diz o Senhor, que dá o sol para luz do dia, e as ordenanças da lua e das estrelas para luz da noite, que fende o mar, e as suas ondas bramem; o Senhor dos exércitos é o seu nome.
36 “I will not reject my Israeli people any more than I will get rid of the laws [that control the universe].
Se se desviarem estas ordenanças de diante de mim, diz o Senhor, cessará também a semente de Israel de ser uma nação diante de mim todos os dias.
37 And this is what I say: ‘No one can measure the sky, and no one can find out what is supporting the earth. Similarly, I cannot reject forever the descendants of Jacob because of all the [evil] things that they have done.’ [That is certain, because] I, Yahweh, have said it!
Assim disse o Senhor: Se poderem ser medidos os céus para cima, e sondarem-se os fundamentos da terra para baixo, também eu rejeitarei toda a semente de Israel, por tudo quanto fizeram, diz o Senhor.
38 [I], Yahweh, also say that there will be a time when [everything in] Jerusalem will be rebuilt for me, from the tower of Hananel [at the northeast corner, west] to [the gate named] the Corner Gate.
Eis que dias veem, diz o Senhor, em que esta cidade será reedificada para o Senhor, desde a torre de Hanameel até à porta da esquina.
39 [Workers] will stretch a measuring line/string over Gareb Hill all the way [southwest] to Goah.
E o nível de medir sairá também adiante, defronte dele, até ao outeiro de Gareb, e virar-se-á para Goah.
40 And the whole area, including the place where corpses and ashes are thrown in the [Kidron] Valley, and all the fields to the east as far as the Horse Gate, will become set apart for me. And the city [of Jerusalem] will never again be captured or destroyed.”
E todo o vale dos cadáveres e da cinza, e todos os campos até ao ribeiro de Cedron, até à esquina da porta dos cavalos para o oriente, serão consagrados ao Senhor; não se arrancará nem se derribará mais eternamente.
