Miquéias 5
1 Agora ajunta-te com esquadrões, ó filha de esquadrões; pôr-se-ha cerco sobre nós: ferirão com a vara no queixo ao juiz de Israel.
“But now, [you people of Jerusalem, gather your troops together, ] [because even though] you have a wall [around your city to protect it], [enemy soldiers] are surrounding the city. And [soon] they will strike your leader on his face, with a rod.”
2 E tu, Beth-lehem Ephrata, ainda que és pequena entre os milhares de Judah, de ti me sairá o que será Senhor em Israel, e cujas saidas são desde os tempos antigos, desde os dias da eternidade.
But you [people of] [APO] Bethlehem in Ephrathah [district need to know that] even though your [town] is a very small one among all the towns in Judah, someone who will rule Israel will be born in your town. [He will be] someone whose family has existed a very long time ago [DOU].
3 Portanto os entregará até ao tempo em que a que está de parto tiver parido: então o resto de seus irmãos voltará com os filhos de Israel.
[But now] you people of Israel will be conquered by your enemies; [but it will be for only a short time], like [MET] [the short time that] women have great pain while their babies are being born. After that, your fellow-countrymen who were (exiled/forced to go to other countries) will return to their own country.
4 E elle estará em pé, e apascentará ao povo na força do Senhor, na excellencia do nome do Senhor seu Deus: e elles permanecerão, porque agora será engrandecido até aos fins da terra.
And that man who will be ruling [there in Jerusalem] will stand and lead his people well, because Yahweh, his God, will cause him to be strong and greatly honored. Then the people whom he rules will live [in Jerusalem] safely; he will be greatly honored by people all over the earth, [so no one will dare to attack Jerusalem].
5 E este será a paz: quando a Assyria vier á nossa terra, e quando passar os nossos palacios, levantaremos contra elle sete pastores e oito principes d'entre os homens.
And he will cause things to go well [for his people]. When [the army of] Assyria attacks our country and breaks though our fortresses, we will appoint (seven or eight/several) leaders [to lead our army] to fight against them.
6 Esses consumirão a terra da Assyria á espada, e a terra de Nimrod nas suas entradas. Assim nos livrará da Assyria, quando vier á nossa terra, e quando calcar os nossos termos.
With their swords [our army] will defeat the [army of] Assyria, [whose capital was founded by] Nimrod [long ago]. So our army will rescue us from the Assyrian [army] when they invade our country [DOU].
7 E estará o resto de Jacob no meio de muitos povos, como orvalho do Senhor, como uns choviscos sobre a terra, que não espera pelo homem, nem aguarda a filhos de homens.
The (descendants of Jacob/Israelis) who survive will be [a blessing] to the people of other nations, like [SIM] dew and rain sent by Yahweh do good to the grass. The Israelis will not trust in humans [to help them]; instead, they will rely on Yahweh.
8 E o resto de Jacob estará entre as nações, no meio de muitos povos, como um leão entre os animaes do bosque, como um leãosinho entre os rebanhos de ovelhas, o qual, quando passar, pizará e despedaçará, sem que haja quem as livre.
In the midst of [their enemies in] many people-groups [DOU], the descendants of Jacob who remain alive will be like [SIM] a lion among the [other] wild beasts of the forest, like [SIM] a young lion who goes among a flock of sheep and pounces [on one] and (mauls it/tears it to pieces), and no one will be able to rescue [that sheep].
9 A tua mão se exaltará sobre os seus adversarios; e todos os teus inimigos serão exterminados.
You Israelis will defeat [MTY] all your enemies and completely destroy them.
10 E succederá n'aquelle dia, diz o Senhor, que eu exterminarei do meio de ti os teus cavallos, e destruirei os teus carros;
Yahweh says, “At that time, I will destroy [you Israeli people’s] horses [that your soldiers use in war] and your chariots.
11 E destruirei as cidades da tua terra, e derribarei todas as tuas fortalezas;
I will tear down your city [walls] and destroy all your fortified cities.
12 E exterminarei as feitiçarias da tua mão: e não terás agoureiros;
I will get rid of all those among you who practice magic and the (fortune-tellers/those who say that they can predict what will happen in the future).
13 E exterminarei do meio de ti as tuas imagens de esculptura e as tuas estatuas; e tu não te inclinarás mais diante da obra das tuas mãos.
I will destroy [all] your idols and [sacred stone] pillars, and then you will no longer bow down [and worship] things that you yourselves [SYN] have made.
14 E arrancarei os teus bosques do meio de ti; e destruirei as tuas cidades.
I will get rid of your poles [that represent the goddess] Asherah, and [I will also] destroy all your idols.
15 E com ira e com furor farei vingança das nações que não ouvem.
And because I will be very angry, I will [also] punish [the people of] all the nations who have not obeyed [me].”
