Jeremias 13
1 Assim me disse o Senhor: Vae, e compra um cinto de linho, e põe-n'o sobre os teus lombos, porém não o mettas na agua.
[One day] Yahweh said to me, “Go and buy a linen waistcloth. Put it on, but do not wash it.”
2 E comprei o cinto, conforme a palavra do Senhor, e o puz sobre os meus lombos.
So I bought a [very nice] waistcloth, which is what Yahweh told me to do, and I put it on.
3 Então veiu a palavra do Senhor a mim segunda vez, dizendo:
Then [later] Yahweh gave me another message.
4 Toma o cinto que compraste, e trazes sobre os teus lombos, e levanta-te; vae ao Euphrates, e esconde-o ali na fenda d'uma rocha.
He said, “Go to the small Perath Stream [near Jerusalem] and hide your waistcloth in a crevice/hole in the rocks.”
5 E fui, e escondi-o junto ao Euphrates, como o Senhor m'o havia ordenado.
So I went to the stream and did what Yahweh told me to do.
6 Succedeu pois, ao cabo de muitos dias, que me disse o Senhor: Levanta-te, vae ao Euphrates, e toma d'ali o cinto que te ordenei que o escondesses ali.
A long time later, Yahweh said to me, “Go [back] to that stream and get the waistcloth that I told you to hide there.”
7 E fui ao Euphrates, e cavei, e tomei o cinto do logar onde o havia escondido: e eis que o cinto tinha apodrecido, e para nada prestava.
So I went to the Perath Stream and dug out the waistcloth from the crevice/hole in which I had hidden it. But it was ruined, and useless.
8 Então veiu a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo:
Then Yahweh gave me this message:
9 Assim diz o Senhor: Assim farei apodrecer a soberba de Judah, como tambem a muita soberba de Jerusalem.
“[What happened to your waistcloth] shows that I will destroy the things that [the people of] Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah are very proud of.
10 Este mesmo povo maligno, que recusa ouvir as minhas palavras, que caminha segundo o proposito do seu coração, e anda após deuses alheios, para servil-os, e inclinar-se diante d'elles, será tal como este cinto, que para nada presta.
Those wicked people refuse to pay attention to what I say. They stubbornly do just what they desire to do; they worship other gods. Therefore, they will become completely useless, like your waistcloth.
11 Porque, como o cinto está pegado aos lombos do homem, assim eu fiz pegar a mim toda a casa de Israel, e toda a casa de Judah, diz o Senhor, para me serem por povo, e por nome, e por louvor, e por gloria: porém não deram ouvidos.
Just like a waistcloth clings closely/tightly to a man’s waist, I wanted the people [MTY] of Israel and Judah to cling closely to me. I wanted them to be my people, people who would praise me and honor me. But they would not pay attention [to me]. “
12 Pelo que dize-lhes esta palavra: Assim diz o Senhor Deus de Israel: Todo o odre se encherá de vinho: e dir-te-hão: Porventura não sabemos mui bem que todo o odre se encherá de vinho?
“[So], tell this to them: ‘Yahweh, the God whom you Israeli [people worship], says that every leather wineskin should be filled with wine.’ And [when you tell that to them], they will reply, ‘(Of course/Certainly) we know [RHQ] that all wineskins should be filled with wine!’
13 Porém tu dize-lhes: Assim diz o Senhor: Eis que eu encherei de embriaguez a todos os habitantes d'esta terra, e aos reis da estirpe de David, que estão assentados sobre o seu throno, e aos sacerdotes, e aos prophetas, e a todos os habitantes de Jerusalem.
And then you must tell them, ‘No, that is not what Yahweh means. What he said means that he will cause this land to be filled with people who are drunk. [That will include all of you]—the king who sits on the throne that King David previously sat on, the priests and the prophets, and even the common people of Jerusalem.’
14 E fal-os-hei em pedaços um contra outro, e juntamente os paes com os filhos, diz o Senhor: não perdoarei nem pouparei, nem me apiedarei, para que os não destrua.
[He is saying], ‘I will cause you to bash each other. [Even] parents will bash their children. I will not pity you or act mercifully toward you at all; pitying you will not prevent me from getting rid of you.’”
15 Escutae, e inclinae os ouvidos: não vos ensoberbeçaes; porque o Senhor disse.
[You people of Judah], pay very careful attention [DOU]. Do not be proud, because Yahweh has spoken to you.
16 Dae gloria ao Senhor vosso Deus, antes que se faça vir a escuridão e antes que tropecem vossos pés nos montes tenebrosos; e espereis a luz e elle a mude em sombra de morte, e a reduza a escuridão.
[It is as though] he is ready to bring darkness on you and to cause you to stumble and fall [as you walk] on the hills when it is becoming dark. [So] praise/honor Yahweh your God before that happens. If you do not do that, you will look for light, but all you will see is darkness and gloom.
17 E, se isto não ouvirdes, a minha alma chorará em logares occultos, por causa da vossa soberba; e amargosamente lagrimejará o meu olho, e se desfará em lagrimas, porquanto o rebanho do Senhor foi levado captivo.
And if you [still] refuse to heed what he says, [what will happen to you because of] your being proud will cause me to cry when I am alone. My eyes will be filled with tears because [you], Yahweh’s people, [whom he takes care of like a shepherd takes care of] [MET] his flock, will [all] be [captured by your enemies and] taken to other countries.
18 Dize ao rei e á rainha: Humilhae-vos, e assentae-vos no chão; porque já caiu todo o ornato de vossas cabeças, a corôa de vossa gloria.
[You people of Judah], say to the king and to his mother, “Come down from sitting on your thrones and [humbly] sit in the dust, because [your enemies] will soon snatch from your heads your glorious crowns.”
19 As cidades do sul estão fechadas, e ninguem ha que as abra: todo o Judah foi levado captivo, todo inteiramente foi levado captivo.
The towns in the southern part of Judah will be surrounded by your enemies, and no one will be able to get through their lines [to rescue the people in those towns]. [You people of] Judah will be captured and taken away; you will all be (exiled/taken [to foreign countries)].
20 Levantae os vossos olhos, e vêde os que veem do norte: onde está o rebanho que se te deu, e as ovelhas da tua gloria?
[You leaders of Jerusalem], open your eyes and look: [The enemy armies are ready to] march down from the north. [When that happens], what will happen to [RHQ] the [people of Judah who are like] a beautiful flock of sheep, people that he gave to you to take care of?
21 Que dirás, quando vier a fazer visitação sobre ti, pois tu já os ensinaste a serem principes, e cabeça sobre ti? porventura não te tomarão as dôres, como á mulher que está de parto?
What will you say [RHQ] when Yahweh appoints people from other countries to rule over you, people who you [mistakenly] thought were your friends? You will [RHQ] suffer very much pain, like a woman who is about to give birth to a baby.
22 Quando pois disseres no teu coração: Porque me sobrevieram estas coisas? Pela multidão das tuas maldades se descobriram as tuas fraldas, e tem-se feito violencia aos teus calcanhares.
You will ask yourselves, “Why is this happening to us?” [I will reply that] it is because of your many sins. That is why [soldiers of the invading armies] will lift up the skirts [of your women] and rape them.
23 Porventura mudará o ethiope a sua pelle, ou o leopardo as suas manchas? assim podereis vós fazer o bem, sendo ensinados a fazer o mal.
A man from Ethiopia certainly cannot [RHQ] change the color of his [black] skin, and a leopard certainly cannot [RHQ] change its spots. Similarly, you cannot start doing what is good, because you have always done what is evil.
24 Pelo que os espalharei como o rastolho, rastolho que passa com o vento do deserto.
[Yahweh says], “I will scatter you like chaff that is blown away by the wind from the desert.
25 Esta será a tua sorte, a porção das tuas medidas que terás de mim, diz o Senhor; pois te esqueceste de mim, e confiaste em mentiras.
That is what is certainly going to happen to you; the things that I have determined will happen to you, because you have forgotten me, and you are trusting in false [gods].
26 Assim tambem eu descobrirei as tuas fraldas até sobre o teu rosto: e apparecerá a tua ignominia.
[It is as though] I myself will pull your skirts up over your faces and cause you to be very ashamed because everyone will be able to see your sex organs.
27 Já vi as tuas abominações, e os teus adulterios, e os teus rinchos, e a enormidade da tua fornicação sobre os outeiros no campo; ai de ti, Jerusalem! não te purificarás? quanto ainda depois d'isto esperarás?
I have seen that you [act like men who are eager to commit adultery]; you are like male horses that whinny when they desire [to have sex with] a female horse. I have seen that you worship disgusting idols in the fields and on the hills. [You people of] Jerusalem, terrible things will happen to you! How long will it be [RHQ] until you are acceptable to me [again]?”
