Jeremias 11
1 A palavra que veiu a Jeremias, da parte do Senhor, dizendo:
This is [another] message that Yahweh told me:
2 Ouvi as palavras d'este concerto, e fallae aos homens de Judah, e aos habitantes de Jerusalem.
“Listen to the agreement that I made with [the ancestors of] the people of Jerusalem and [the other cities in] Judah. Then remind them of [that agreement].
3 Dize-lhes pois: Assim diz o Senhor, o Deus d'Israel: Maldito o homem que não escutar as palavras d'este concerto,
Then tell them that [I], Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli [people worship], said that I will curse everyone who does not obey what was written in that agreement that I made with them.
4 Que ordenei a vossos paes no dia em que os tirei da terra do Egypto, da fornalha de ferro, dizendo: Dae ouvidos á minha voz, e fazei conforme tudo quanto vos mando; e vós me sereis a mim por povo, e eu vos serei a vós por Deus.
It is the same agreement that I made with their ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. [What happened to them in Egypt was terrible; it was as though they were] living in a hot furnace [MET]. When I brought them out of Egypt, I told them to obey me, and to do everything that I had commanded them to do. [I also told them] that if they obeyed me, they would be my people and I would be their God.
5 Para que confirme o juramento que jurei a vossos paes de dar-lhes uma terra que manasse leite e mel, como é n'este dia. Então eu respondi, e disse: Amen, ó Senhor.
[Now tell these people that if they obey me], I will do what I promised to do for their ancestors. I will enable them to continue living in this very fertile [IDM] land in which they now live.” I replied, “Yahweh, I hope that what you said will happen.”
6 E disse-me o Senhor: Apregoa todas estas palavras nas cidades de Judah, e nas ruas de Jerusalem, dizendo: Ouvi as palavras d'este concerto, e fazei-as.
Then Yahweh said to me, “Go into the streets of Jerusalem and to the [other] cities in Judah. Proclaim my message to the people. Tell them to listen to the agreement [that I made with their ancestors], and to obey it.
7 Porque devéras protestei a vossos paes, no dia em que os tirei da terra do Egypto, até ao dia de hoje, madrugando, e protestando, e dizendo: Dae ouvidos á minha voz.
When I brought their ancestors out of Egypt, I solemnly pleaded with them many times to obey me, and I am still pleading with them now.
8 Porém não ouviram, nem inclinaram os seus ouvidos, antes andaram cada um conforme o proposito do seu coração malvado: pelo que trouxe sobre elles todas as palavras d'este concerto que lhes mandei que fizessem porém as não fizeram.
But they did not obey me or [even] pay any attention to me. Everyone continued to be stubborn and to do the evil things that they wanted to do. I commanded them to do what was written in the agreement, but they refused. So I punished them in all the ways that I promised that I would.”
9 Disse-me mais o Senhor: Uma conjuração se achou entre os homens de Judah, entre os habitantes de Jerusalem.
Then Yahweh said to me, “The people of Jerusalem and [the other cities in] Judah are rebelling against me.
10 Tornaram ás maldades de seus primeiros paes, que não quizeram ouvir as minhas palavras; e elles andaram após deuses alheios para os servir: a casa de Israel e a casa de Judah quebrantaram o meu concerto, que tinha feito com seus paes.
Their ancestors refused to do what I told them to do, and [now] these people have returned to committing the sins that their ancestors committed. They are worshiping other gods. The people of Israel disobeyed the agreement that I made with their ancestors, and [now] the people of Judah have done the same thing.
11 Portanto assim diz o Senhor: Eis que trarei mal sobre elles, de que não poderão escapar, e clamarão a mim e eu não os ouvirei.
So now I, Yahweh, am warning them that I will cause them to experience disasters, and they will not escape them. And when they cry out for me [to help them], I will not pay attention.
12 Então irão as cidades de Judah e os habitantes de Jerusalem e clamarão aos deuses a quem elles queimaram incenso, porém de nenhuma sorte os livrarão no tempo do seu mal.
When that happens, the people in Jerusalem and [other] cities in Judah will [offer sacrifices and] burn incense to their gods and ask for their help, but those gods will not be able to save them when those disasters come to them.
13 Porque, segundo o numero das tuas cidades, foram os teus deuses, ó Judah! e, segundo o numero das ruas de Jerusalem, pozestes altares á impudencia, altares para queimares incenso a Baal.
There are more gods in Judah than there are towns in Judah, and the people of Jerusalem have erected as many altars to burn incense [to those gods] as there are streets in Jerusalem.
14 Tu, pois, não ores por este povo, nem levantes por elles clamor nem oração; porque não os ouvirei no tempo em que elles clamarem a mim, por causa do seu mal
Jeremiah, do not pray for these people, and do not plead with me to rescue them. If you plead with me, I will not pay attention; and if they cry out to me for help when they are in distress, I will not listen to them.”
15 Que tem o meu amado na minha casa que fazer? pois muitos fazem n'ella grande abominação e já as carnes sanctas se desviaram de ti: quando tu fazes mal, então andas saltando de prazer.
Then Yahweh said, “The people [of Judah] whom I love certainly no longer have [RHQ] a right to come to my temple, because they continually do many evil things. [They think that] continually making sacrifices of meat to me certainly will [RHQ] protect them from disasters, with the result that they will be able to rejoice.
16 Chamou o Senhor o teu nome oliveira verde, formosa por especiosos fructos, porém agora á voz d'um grande tumulto accendeu fogo ao redor d'ella, e se quebraram os seus ramos.
I previously said that they were like an olive tree full of green leaves with a lot of good olives on it, but [now I will send their enemies to attack] them furiously; [it is as though] I will break off their branches, and [their city] will be destroyed by fire.
17 Porque o Senhor dos Exercitos, que te plantou, pronunciou contra ti o mal, pela maldade da casa d'Israel e da casa de Judah, que fizeram entre si mesmos, para me provocarem á ira, queimando incenso a Baal.
[It is as though] the people of Judah and Israel were a beautiful olive tree that I, the Commander of the armies of angels, planted, but [now], by burning incense to [their god] Baal, they have caused me to become [very] angry. So [now] I have decided to destroy them.”
18 E o Senhor m'o fez saber, e assim o soube: então me fizeste ver as suas acções.
Yahweh revealed to me that [my enemies] were planning to kill me.
19 E eu era como um cordeiro, como um boi que levam á matança; porque não sabia que pensavam contra mim pensamentos, dizendo: Destruamos a arvore com o seu fructo, e cortemol-o da terra dos viventes, e não haja mais memoria do seu nome.
[Before he did that], I was like a lamb that was being led away to be slaughtered; I did not know what they were planning to do. I did not know that they were saying, “Let’s get rid of this tree and its fruit,” so [I did not know] that they intended to kill me, in order that no one would remember me [MTY].
20 Mas, ó Senhor dos Exercitos, justo Juiz, que provas os rins e o coração, veja eu a vingança que tomarás d'elles; pois a ti descobri a minha causa.
[Then I prayed], “Commander of the armies of angels, you judge people justly/fairly, and you examine everything that we are thinking [DOU]. Allow me to watch you getting revenge on the people [who want to kill me], because I trust that you will do for me what is right.”
21 Portanto assim diz o Senhor ácerca dos homens d'Anathoth, que procuram a tua morte, dizendo: Não prophetizes no nome do Senhor, para que não morras ás nossas mãos.
It was the men of [my own town], Anathoth, who wanted to kill me, and they told me that they would kill me if I did not stop prophesying what Yahweh told me to say.
22 Portanto assim diz o Senhor dos Exercitos: Eis que fareis visitação sobre elles: os mancebos morrerão á espada, os seus filhos e as suas filhas morrerão de fome
So the Commander of the armies of angels said [about them], “I will punish them. Their young men will be killed in wars, and their children will die because they have no food.
23 E elles não terão um resto, porque farei vir o mal sobre os homens de Anathoth, no anno da sua visitação.
I have set a time when I will bring disasters to the people of Anathoth, and when that happens, none of them will remain alive.”
