Jeremias 46
1 A palavra do Senhor, que veiu a Jeremias o propheta, contra as nações;
These are messages that Yahweh gave to the prophet Jeremiah about [other] nations.
2 Ácerca do Egypto, contra o exercito de Pharaó Necho, rei do Egypto, que estava junto ao rio Euphrates em Carchemis; ao qual feriu Nabucodonozor, rei de Babylonia, no anno quarto de Joaquim, filho de Josias, rei de Judah.
After Jehoiakim, son of King Josiah, had been ruling Judah for almost four years, this message about Egypt was given [by Yahweh]. It was when the army of King Neco of Egypt was defeated by the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon along the Euphrates River. [This is what Yahweh said: “The officers of the army of Egypt are saying to their troops],
3 Preparae o escudo e o pavez, e chegae-vos para a peleja.
‘Prepare your shields and march out to fight the battle!
4 Sellae os cavallos, e montae, cavalleiros, e apresentae-vos com elmos: alimpae as lanças, vesti-vos de couraças.
Put harnesses on your horses, and get on their backs. (Get into your positions/Line up) [for the battle]; put on your helmets. Sharpen your spears, and put on your armor!’
5 Por que razão vejo os medrosos voltando as costas? e os seus heroes são abatidos, e vão fugindo, sem olharem para traz: terror ha ao redor, diz o Senhor.
But what [RHQ] do I see? I see that the soldiers of Egypt will be terrified and will be fleeing. [Even] the bravest of their soldiers will be running away, without [even] looking backward! [I, ] Yahweh, say that [their soldiers] will be terrified on all sides!
6 Não fuja o ligeiro, e não escape o heroe: para a banda do norte, junto á borda do rio Euphrates tropeçaram e cairam.
[Even] the fastest [runners] will try to run away, but [even the greatest of] their warriors will not escape. In the north, by the Euphrates [River], they will stumble and fall.
7 Quem é este que vem subindo como a corrente, cujas aguas se movem como os rios?
What group is this that will be covering the land like the water of the Nile [River] covers the land when it floods?
8 O Egypto vem subindo como a corrente, e as suas aguas se movem como os rios; e disse: Subirei, cobrirei a terra, destruirei a cidade, e os que habitam n'ella.
[It is the army of] Egypt that will be covering the land like a surging/huge flood, and they will boast that they will cover the earth and will destroy cities and the people [who live in them].
9 Trepae, ó cavallos, e estrondeae, ó carros, e saiam os valentes: como tambem os ethiopes, e os puteos, que tomam o escudo, e os lydios, que tomam e entezam o arco.
You [riders of] horses, charge/rush [into the battle]! You [drivers of] chariots, drive furiously! [All] you warriors from Ethiopia and Libya who carry your shields, you warriors from Lydia who shoot arrows, you come!
10 Porém este dia é do Senhor Jehovah dos Exercitos, dia de vingança para se vingar dos seus adversarios, e devorará a espada, e fartar-se-ha, e embriagar-se-ha com o sangue d'elles, porque o Senhor Jehovah dos Exercitos tem um sacrificio na terra do norte, junto ao rio de Euphrates.
But, [you need to know that] this is the day when [I], Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels, will get revenge on my enemies. With my sword [PRS] I will kill [my enemies] until I am satisfied; my sword will [be like a monster that] [MET, PRS] drinks the blood [of the animals it kills] until it is no longer thirsty. [The enemy soldiers who will be killed] in the north beside the Euphrates River [will be like] [MET] a sacrifice to [me], the Commander of the armies of angels.
11 Sobe a Gilead, e toma balsamo, ó virgem filha do Egypto: debalde multiplicas remedios, pois já não ha cura para ti
You people [IDM] of Egypt, go up to the Gilead [region] to obtain medicine; but it will be useless to take all those medicines; you will not be healed.
12 As nações ouviram a tua vergonha, e a terra está cheia do teu clamor; porque o valente chorou com o valente e cairam ambos juntamente.
[People in] the [other] nations will hear how you were humiliated. [People] all over the earth will hear you wailing. [Your mighty] warriors will stumble over each other and they will all fall down together.”
13 A palavra que fallou o Senhor a Jeremias, o propheta, ácerca da vinda de Nabucodonozor, rei de Babylonia, para ferir a terra do Egypto.
[Then] Yahweh gave me this message about King Nebuchadnezzar when he planned to attack Egypt [with his army]:
14 Annunciae no Egypto, e fazei ouvir isto em Migdol; fazei tambem ouvil-o em Noph, e em Tahpanhes: dizei: Apresenta-te, e prepara-te; porque já devorou a espada o que está ao redor de ti.
“Shout [this message] throughout Egypt! Proclaim it in Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpenes [cities]! ‘(Get into your positions/Line up) [for the battle]; Prepare to defend yourselves, because [everyone] around you will be killed.’ [PRS, MTY]
15 Porque foram derribados os teus valentes? não se poderam ter em pé, porque o Senhor os empuxou.
Your god is a bull; Why does he fall down? He will not be able to stand up, because Yahweh will knock him down.
16 Multiplicou os que tropeçavam: tambem cairam uns sobre os outros, e disseram: Levanta-te, e voltemos ao nosso povo, e á terra do nosso nascimento, por causa da espada que opprime.
The soldiers from other countries will stumble and fall over each other, and [then] they will say to each other, ‘Let’s get up and go back to our own people, to our own land. Let’s get away from the swords of our enemies!’
17 Clamaram ali: Pharaó rei do Egypto é um estrondo; deixou passar o tempo assignalado.
There [in Egypt] they will say, ‘The king of Egypt talks loudly, but when our [army] had an opportunity [to defeat our enemies], they failed.’
18 Vivo eu, diz o rei, cujo nome é o Senhor dos Exercitos, que assim como está Tabor entre os montes, e como o Carmelo sobre o mar, certamente assim virá.
[I, ] the King, who am called the Commander of the armies of angels, say this: ‘As [surely as] I live, someone’s army will be coming [to fight against the army of Egypt]. They will be [extremely powerful], [as though they were as tall] as Tabor Hill, or [as high] as Carmel [Mountain] close to the [Mediterranean] Sea.
19 Prepara-te apparelhos para a ida em captiveiro, ó moradora, filha do Egypto: porque Noph será tornada em desolação, e será abrazada, até que ninguem mais ahi more.
[All] you people who live in Egypt, pack your possessions/clothes and prepare to be exiled. Memphis [city] will be destroyed; it will become a ruin, and no one will be living there.
20 Bezerra mui formosa é o Egypto: já vem a destruição, ella vem do norte.
Egypt is [like] [SIM] a beautiful young cow, but [the army of a powerful king] from the northeast will come to attack it [like] a horsefly [MET] [bites a cow].
21 Até os seus mercenarios no meio d'ella são como bezerros cevados; porém tambem elles viraram as costas, fugiram juntos; não estiveram firmes; porque já veiu sobre elles o dia da sua ruina e o tempo da sua visitação.
The (mercenaries/soldiers [from other countries] who have been hired) will become like [SIM] fat calves; but they also will turn around and run away; they will not stand [there and fight], because it will be a day when there will be a [great] disaster in Egypt, a day when their people will be [greatly] punished.
22 A sua voz irá como a da serpente; porque irão com poder do exercito, e virão a ella com machados como cortadores de lenha.
[The soldiers of] Egypt will run away, as silently as a snake scurries/crawls away. [The army of] the enemy will advance; they will march along carrying their axes like [SIM] men who cut down trees.
23 Cortaram o seu bosque, diz o Senhor, ainda que não podem contar-se; porque se multiplicaram mais do que os gafanhotos, não se podem numerar.
[I, ] Yahweh, say that they will kill the soldiers [of Egypt] as though [SIM] they were a forest of trees, because the enemy soldiers will be as numerous as [a swarm of] locusts.
24 A filha do Egypto está envergonhada: foi entregue na mão do povo do norte.
The people of Egypt will be humiliated; they will be conquered by people from the northeast.’
25 Diz o Senhor dos Exercitos, o Deus de Israel: Eis que eu visitarei a multidão de No, e a Pharaó, e ao Egypto, e aos seus deuses, e aos seus reis, e até ao mesmo Pharaó, e aos que confiam n'elle.
[I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom the Israelis [worship], say, ‘I will punish Amon, [the god whom the people] of Thebes [city] worship, and [all] the [other] gods in Egypt. [I will punish] the King of Egypt and [all] those who trust in him.
26 E os entregarei na mão dos que procuram a sua morte, na mão de Nabucodonozor, rei de Babylonia, e na mão dos seus servos; porém depois será habitada, como nos dias antigos, diz o Senhor.
I will cause them to be captured by those who want to kill them—Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon, and his army officers. But many years later, people will live in Egypt again. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.’
27 Não temas pois tu, servo meu Jacob, nem te espantes, ó Israel; porque eis que te livrarei de terras de longe, como tambem a tua semente da terra do seu captiveiro; e Jacob voltará, e descançará, e socegará, e não haverá quem o atemorize.
But you people of Israel who serve me, do not be at all dismayed [DOU] now, because some day I will bring you back from distant places; I will bring your descendants from the land to which they were exiled. [Then you] Israeli people will again live peacefully and safely, and there will not be any [nation] to cause you to be terrified.
28 Tu não temas, servo meu, Jacob, diz o Senhor, porque estou comtigo; porque farei consummação de todas as nações entre as quaes te lancei; porém de ti não farei consummação, mas castigar-te-hei com medida, e não te darei de todo por innocente
[I, ] Yahweh, say to you people of Israel who serve me, ‘Do not be afraid, because I will be with you. I will completely destroy the nations among whom I have scattered you, but I will not completely get rid of you. I will punish you, but I will punish you only as severely as you deserve: It would be wrong if I did not punish you at all.’”
