Lamentações de Jeremias 4
1 Como se escureceu o oiro! como se mudou o oiro fino e bom! como estão espalhadas as pedras do sanctuario ao canto de todas as ruas!
[Previously our people were like] [MET] pure gold, but now they are worthless. [Like] [MET] the sacred stones in the temple have been scattered, [our young men have been scattered].
2 Os preciosos filhos de Sião, avaliados a puro oiro, como são agora reputados por vasos de barro, obra das mãos do oleiro!
The young men of Jerusalem were as valuable as [MET] large amounts of gold, but now people consider that they are as worthless as [ordinary] clay pots.
3 Até as vaccas marinhas abaixam o peito, dão de mamar aos seus filhos; porém a filha do meu povo fez-se cruel como as abestruzes no deserto.
Even the [female] jackals/wolves feed their pups, but my people act cruelly [toward their children]; they are like [SIM] ostriches in the desert [that abandon their eggs].
4 A lingua do mesmo que mama de sêde fica pegada ao seu paladar: os meninos pedem pão, e não ha quem lh'o reparta.
[My people’s] infants’ tongues cling to the roofs/tops of their mouths because they are [extremely] thirsty; the children plead for some food, but no one gives them [any].
5 Os que comiam delicadezas agora desfallecem nas ruas: os que se crearam em carmezim abraçam o esterco.
People who [previously] ate fine food are [now] starving in the streets; those who previously lived luxuriously [MTY] [now] paw/dig through rubbish heaps [to find some food].
6 E maior é a maldade da filha do meu povo do que o peccado de Sodoma, a qual se subverteu como n'um momento, sem que trabalhassem n'ella mãos algumas.
[The people of] Sodom were struck with a disaster very suddenly, and there was no one to rescue them; but my people have been punished more severely than [the people of] Sodom were punished.
7 Os seus nazireos eram mais alvos do que a neve, eram mais brancos do que o leite, eram mais roxos de corpo do que os rubis, e mais lisos do que a saphira.
Our leaders’ [behavior] was [previously] very pure, whiter [and brighter] than snow and milk; their bodies were redder than [red] coral/stones; they were very strong and healthy [MET].
8 Mas agora escureceu-se o seu parecer mais do que o negrume, não se conhecem nas ruas: a sua pelle se lhes pegou aos ossos, seccou-se, tornou-se como um pau.
But now their faces are blacker than soot, and no one recognizes them in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones, and it has become as dry as [SIM] a wooden [stick].
9 Os mortos á espada mais ditosos são do que os mortos á fome; porque estes se esgotam como traspassados, por falta dos fructos dos campos.
It is better to die in a battle [MTY] than to die of hunger. There was no food to harvest in the fields, so the people slowly starved until they died.
10 As mãos das mulheres compassivas cozeram seus filhos: serviram-lhes de comida no quebrantamento da filha do meu povo.
Women who [usually/previously] were very kind have [killed and] cooked their own children; they ate them [when there was no other food], when Jerusalem was surrounded [by enemy soldiers].
11 Deu o Senhor cumprimento ao seu furor: derramou o ardor da sua ira, e accendeu fogo em Sião, que consumiu os seus fundamentos.
Yahweh has shown that he was extremely angry; [it is as though] he started/ignited a fire in Jerusalem that burned everything to ashes.
12 Não creram os reis da terra, nem todos os moradores do mundo, que entrasse o adversario e o inimigo pelas portas de Jerusalem.
None of the kings on the earth or anyone else believed that any of our enemies could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
13 Pelos peccados dos prophetas, pelas maldades dos seus sacerdotes, que derramaram o sangue dos justos no meio d'ella,
[But that is what happened]; it happened because the prophets sinned; and the priests [also] sinned by causing innocent people to be executed [MTY].
14 Erraram cegos nas ruas, andavam contaminados de sangue; e, não podendo, levantavam as extremidades das suas roupas.
The prophets and priests wandered through the streets [as though they were] blind. No one would touch them because their clothes were stained with the blood [of people who had been killed].
15 Chamavam-lhes: Desviae-vos, é immundo; desviae-vos, desviae-vos, não toqueis, certo é que já voaram, tambem erraram: disseram entre as nações: Nunca mais morarão aqui.
The people [who were alive] shouted, “Stay away [from us] [DOU]! You are defiled/untouchable! Do not touch us!” So the prophets and priests fled [from Israel], and they wandered around from one country to another, because people [in each country] kept saying to them, “You cannot stay here!”
16 A face do Senhor os apartou, nunca mais tornará a olhar para elles: não reverenciaram a face dos sacerdotes, nem se compadeceram dos velhos.
It is Yahweh himself who has scattered them; he no longer is concerned about them. People do not respect [our] priests or leaders.
17 Emquanto subsistiamos, ainda desfalleciam os nossos olhos, esperando o nosso vão soccorro: olhavamos attentamente pela gente que não podia livrar.
We [SYN] continued to look for someone to help [us], but it was useless. We continued to watch to see if one of our allies would save us, but none of the nations that we were waiting for could help [us].
18 Espiaram os nossos passos, de maneira que não podiamos andar pelas nossas ruas: está chegado o nosso fim, estão cumpridos os nossos dias, porque é vindo o nosso fim
[Our] enemies were hunting for us, so we could not [even] walk in our streets [lest they seize us]. We were about to be captured; it was time for us to be killed.
19 Os nossos perseguidores foram mais ligeiros do que as aves dos céus: sobre os montes nos perseguiram, no deserto nos armaram ciladas.
Those who pursued us were faster than eagles [flying] in the sky. Even if we fled to the mountains or hid in the desert, they [went there ahead of us and] waited [to attack] us.
20 O respiro dos nossos narizes, o ungido do Senhor, foi preso nas suas covas; do qual diziamos: Debaixo da sua sombra viveremos entre as nações.
[Our king, ] whom Yahweh appointed, was the one who enabled us to remain alive [MTY]; he was the one whom we trusted to protect us [IDM] from [the armies of] other nations. But he was [captured] [like animals are] [MET] caught in a pit.
21 Regozija-te, e alegra-te, ó filha de Edom, que habitas na terra de Uz; porém ainda até a ti passará o copo; embebedar-te-has, e te descobrirás.
You people of [IDM] Edom and Uz, [you may] be happy [about what is happening to us now], but [Yahweh] will be punishing [MTY] you [also]. You will become drunk and will be ashamed [because your enemies] will have stripped off your clothes.
22 Já se cumpriu a tua maldade, ó filha de Sião, nunca mais te levará em captiveiro: visitará a tua maldade, ó filha de Edom, descobrirá os teus peccados.
You [people of] [APO] Jerusalem, the time of your being punished will end; Yahweh will not allow you to continue to live in (exile/foreign countries). But [you people of] [APO] Edom, Yahweh will punish [you]; he will reveal the wicked things that you have done.
