< Micah 7 >

1 I am very miserable/frustrated! I am like [SIM] someone who is hungry, [who searches for fruit to pick] after all the fruit had been picked and who finds no grapes or figs to eat.
Ai de mim! Porque sou como quando os frutos do verão são colhidos, como quando são tiradas as sobras das uvas da vindima, de modo que não resta cacho de uvas para comer; minha alma deseja frutos.
2 [All] the godly people have disappeared from this land; there is not one of them left. [The people who are left] are all murderers [MTY]; [it is as though] everyone is eager to kill his fellow countryman.
Já pereceu o misericordioso da terra, e não há quem seja justo entre os seres humanos; todos armam ciladas em busca de sangue; cada um arma rede de caça a seu irmão.
3 They [all] use both hands to do what is evil. [Government] officials and judges [all] ask for bribes. Important people tell others what they want, and they plot/scheme together [about how to get it done].
Suas mãos são habilidosas em fazer o mal; o príncipe dá ordens e o juiz julga por propina; e o grande fala o mau desejo de sua alma, e colaboram com ele.
4 [Even] the best people are [as worthless] [SIM] as briers; the people [who are considered by others to be] [IRO] the most honest are worse than clumps of thornbushes. But, [Yahweh] will soon judge them; now is the time that he will punish people, a time when they will be [very] confused [because of being defeated].
O melhor dentre eles é como o espinho; o mais justo é como o espinheiro. O dia de teus vigilantes, teu castigo, vem; agora será sua confusão.
5 [So], do not trust anyone! Do not trust [even] a friend; [even] be careful what you say to your wife whom you love!
Não creiais em amigo, nem confieis em príncipe; guardas as portas de tua boca daquela que dorme ao teu lado.
6 Boys will despise their fathers, and girls will defy their mothers. Women will defy their mothers-in-law. Your enemies will be those who live in your own houses.
Porque o filho despreza o pai, a filha se levanta contra sua mãe, a nora contra sua sogra; e os inimigos do homem são os de sua própria casa.
7 As for me, I wait for Yahweh [to help me]. I confidently expect that God, my Savior, will answer me [when I pray].
Eu, porém, observarei ao SENHOR, esperarei ao Deus de minha salvação; meu Deus me ouvirá.
8 You who are our enemies, do not gloat/rejoice about [what has happened to] us, [because even] if we have experienced disasters, [those disasters will end and] we will be restored. [Even] if [it is as though] we are sitting in the darkness, Yahweh will be our light.
Ó minha inimiga, não te alegres de mim; pois ainda que tenha caído, eu me levantarei; ainda que eu esteja assentado em trevas, o SENHOR será minha luz.
9 We must be patient while Yahweh punishes us because we have sinned against him. But later, [it will be as though] he will go to court and defend us, and he will make sure that the judge makes a right decision about us. [It will be as though] he will bring us out into the light, and we will see it when he rescues us.
Suportarei a ira do SENHOR, porque pequei contra ele; [suportarei] até que ele julgue minha causa e execute meu direito; ele me trará para a luz; eu verei sua justiça.
10 Our enemies will [also] see that, and they will be disgraced because they [ridiculed us], saying “Why is [RHQ] Yahweh, that God of yours, [not helping you]?” But with our own eyes we will see them when they are defeated; we will see them trampled like [SIM] mud in the streets.
E minha inimiga verá [isso], e a vergonha a cobrirá; ela que me dizia: Onde está o SENHOR teu Deus? Meus olhos a verão; agora ela será pisada como a lama das ruas.
11 [You people of Israel, ] at that time your cities will be rebuilt, and your territory will become larger.
No dia em que teus muros forem reconstruídos, naquele dia as fronteiras se ampliarão para longe.
12 [People from many countries will come to honor you]: people from Assyria and from [near] the [Euphrates] River [in the east] and from Egypt [in the south], from distant seas, and from many mountains.
Naquele dia virão a ti da Assíria até as cidades fortes, das cidades fortes até o rio, e de mar a mar, e de monte a monte.
13 But [the other countries on] the earth will become desolate because of the [evil] things that their people have done.
Porém esta terra será desolada por causa de seus moradores, por causa do fruto de suas obras.
14 Yahweh, protect your people like [MET] [a shepherd protects his sheep] by using his walking stick; lead your people [MET] whom you have chosen to belong to you. [Even though some of them] live by themselves in a forest, give them the fertile pastureland in the Bashan and Gilead [regions] that they possessed long ago.
Apascenta teu povo com teu cajado, o rebanho de tua herança, que mora só no bosque, no meio do campo fértil; que se alimentem em Basã e Gileade, como nos dias antigos.
15 [Yahweh says/replies], “[Yes], I will perform miracles for you like the miracles that I performed when I rescued your [ancestors] from [being slaves in] Egypt.”
Eu lhes farei ver maravilhas, como nos dias em que saíste da terra do Egito.
16 [People from many] nations will see [what Yahweh does for you], and they will be ashamed because they do not have any power. They will put their hands over their mouths and their ears [because they will be very amazed because of what Yahweh does], [and they will not be able to say anything or hear anything].
As nações verão, e se envergonharão de todo o seu poder; porão a mão sobre a boca, ensurdecerão seus ouvidos.
17 [Being very humiliated, ] they will crawl on the ground [MTY] like [SIM] snakes. They will come out of their homes trembling, and stand revering Yahweh our God. They will be very afraid of him, and will tremble in front of him.
Lamberão o pó como a serpente; como os répteis da terra sairão tremendo de seus esconderijos; eles ficarão apavorados com o SENHOR nosso Deus, e temerão a ti.
18 [Yahweh], there is no [RHQ] God like you; you forgive the sins [DOU] that were committed by the people who have survived, the people who belong to you. You do not remain angry forever; you are very happy [to show us] that you faithfully love [us].
Quem é Deus como tu, que perdoa a maldade, e ignora a transgressão do restante de sua herança? Ele não retém para sempre sua ira, porque ele tem prazer na bondade.
19 You will again act kindly/compassionately toward us. You will get rid of [the scroll on which you have written] the sins that we have committed [as though you were] trampling it under your feet or throwing it into the deep ocean.
Ele voltará a ter misericórdia de nós; ele esmagará nossas maldades. Tu lançarás os pecados deles nas profundezas do mar.
20 You will show that you faithfully [do what you promised for us] and faithfully love us, just like you solemnly promised long ago to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob that you would do.
Tu concederás a Jacó a fidelidade, e a Abraão a bondade, que juraste a nossos pais desde os dias antigos.

< Micah 7 >