Jeremias 15
1 Disse-me, porém, o Senhor: Ainda que Moysés e Samuel se pozessem diante de mim, não seria a minha alma com este povo: lança-os de diante da minha face, e saiam.
And the Lord said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before me, my soul would not be toward this people. Cast them away from my face, and let them depart!
2 E será que, quando te disserem: Para onde sairemos? dir-lhes-has: Assim diz o Senhor: O que para a morte, para a morte; e o que para a espada, para a espada; e o que para a fome, para a fome; e o que para o captiveiro, para o captiveiro.
And if they say to you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: Those who go to death, shall go to death. And those who go to the sword, shall go to the sword, and those go to famine, shall go to famine, and those who go to captivity, shall go to captivity.
3 Porque visital-os-hei com quatro generos de males, diz o Senhor: com espada para matar, e com cães, para os arrastarem, e com as aves dos céus, e com os animaes da terra, para os devorarem e destruirem.
And I will visit against them in four ways, says the Lord: by the sword, to kill; and by dogs, to tear apart; and by the birds of the air and by the beasts of the earth, to devour and to scatter.
4 Entregal-os-hei ao desterro em todos os reinos da terra; por causa de Manassés, filho d'Ezequias, rei de Judah, pelo que fez em Jerusalem.
And I will give them over to the fervor of all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, because of all that he did in Jerusalem.
5 Porque quem se compadeceria de ti, ó Jerusalem? ou quem se entristeceria por ti? ou quem se desviaria a perguntar pela tua paz?
For who will take pity on you, O Jerusalem? Or who will feel sorrow for you? Or who will go to prayer for the sake of your peace?
6 Tu me deixaste, diz o Senhor, e tornaste-te para traz; por isso estenderei a minha mão contra ti, e te destruirei; já estou cançado de me arrepender.
You have abandoned me, says the Lord. You have gone backwards. And so, I will extend my hand over you, and I will destroy you. I have labored to plead with you.
7 E padejal-os-hei com a pá nas portas da terra: já desfilhei, e destrui o meu povo; não se tornaram dos seus caminhos.
And I will scatter them with a winnowing fan at the gates of the land. I have killed and dispersed my people, and yet they have not turned back from their ways.
8 As suas viuvas mais se me multiplicaram do que as areias dos mares; trouxe ao meio dia um destruidor sobre a mãe dos mancebos: fiz que caisse de repente sobre ella, e enchesse a cidade de terrores.
Their widows have been multiplied by me, more so than the sand of the sea. I have led them against the mother of a youth like an attacker at midday. I have sent a terror suddenly against the cities.
9 A que paria sete se enfraqueceu; expirou a sua alma; poz-se o seu sol sendo ainda de dia, confundiu-se, e envergonhou-se: e os que ficarem d'ella entregarei á espada, diante dos seus inimigos, diz o Senhor.
She who gave birth to seven has become weak. Her life has faded away. Her sun has set while it was still daytime. She has been confounded and shamed. And the remainder of them I will give over to the sword in the sight of their enemies, says the Lord.”
10 Ai de mim, mãe minha, porque me pariste homem de rixa e homem de contendas para toda a terra? nunca lhes dei á usura, nem elles me deram a mim á usura, todavia cada um d'elles me amaldiçoa.
“O my mother, woe to me! Why did you conceive me, a man of strife, a man of discord to all the earth? I have not lent money at interest, nor has anyone lent money at interest to me. Yet everyone is cursing me.”
11 Disse o Senhor: Decerto que os teus residuos serão para bem, que intercederei por ti, no tempo da calamidade e no tempo da angustia, com o inimigo.
The Lord says: “Certainly, it will be well with your remnant. Certainly, I will run to meet you, in the time of affliction and in the time of tribulation, against the enemy.
12 Porventura quebrará algum ferro, o ferro do norte, ou o aço?
But how can iron be joined with the iron from the north or with brass?
13 A tua fazenda e os teus thesouros darei sem preço ao saque; e isso por todos os teus peccados, como tambem em todos os teus limites.
Your riches and your treasures I will give over to be freely despoiled, because of all your sins, even throughout all your borders.
14 E levar-te-hei com os teus inimigos para a terra que não conheces; porque o fogo se accendeu em minha ira, e sobre vós arderá.
And I will lead in your enemies from a land that you do not know. For a fire has been kindled in my fury; it will burn upon you.”
15 Tu, ó Senhor, o sabes; lembra-te de mim, e visita-me, e vinga-me dos meus perseguidores: não me arrebates emquanto differes o teu furor: sabe que por amor de ti tenho soffrido affronta.
“You know me, O Lord. Remember me, and visit me, and watch over me, because of those who persecute me. In your patience, do not choose to let me endure. You know I have suffered reproach because of you.
16 Achando-se as tuas palavras, logo as comi, e a tua palavra foi para mim o gozo e alegria do meu coração; porque pelo teu nome me chamo, ó Senhor, Deus dos Exercitos.
I discovered your words and I consumed them. And your word became to me as the gladness and joy of my heart. For your name has been invoked over me, O Lord, the God of hosts.
17 Nunca me assentei no congresso dos zombadores, nem saltei de prazer: por causa da tua mão me assentei solitario; porque me encheste de indignação.
I did not sit in the company of mockers, nor did I glorify myself before the presence of your hand. I sat alone, because you filled me with threats.
18 Porque dura a minha dôr continuamente, e a minha ferida me doe, e já não admitte cura? Porventura ser-me-hias tu como um mentiroso e como aguas inconstantes?
Why has my sorrow become never-ending, and why has my wound become so dire that it refuses to be cured? It has become for me like the deception of untrustworthy waters.”
19 Portanto assim diz o Senhor: Se tu te tornares, então te farei tornar, e estarás diante da minha face; e se apartares o precioso do vil, serás como a minha bocca: tornem-se elles para ti, porém tu não te tornes para elles.
Because of this, thus says the Lord: “If you will be converted, I will convert you. And you will stand before my face. And you will separate what is precious from what is vile. You will be my mouthpiece. They will be converted to you, but you will not be converted to them.
20 Portanto puz-te contra este povo por um muro forte de bronze; e pelejarão contra ti, porém não prevalecerão contra ti; porque eu estou comtigo para te guardar, para te arrebatar d'elles, diz o Senhor.
And I will present you to this people as a strong wall of brass. And they will fight against you, and they will not prevail. For I am with you, so as to save you and to rescue you, says the Lord.
21 E arrebatar-te-hei da mão dos malignos, e livrar-te-hei da palma dos fortes.
And I will free you from hand of those who are most wicked, and I will redeem you from the hand of the powerful.”
