Jeremias 14
1 A palavra do Senhor, que veio a Jeremias, acerca dos negócios da grande seca.
After there had been no rain [in Judah] for a long time, Yahweh gave me this message:
2 Anda chorando Judá, e as suas portas estão enfraquecidas: andam de luto até ao chão, e o clamor de Jerusalém vai subindo.
[The people in] Judah are very distressed; people [are sitting] on the ground and mourning; [in all of] Jerusalem people are crying loudly.
3 E os seus mais ilustres enviam os seus pequenos por água; veem às cavas, e não acham água; voltam com os seus vasos vazios; envergonham-se e confundem-se, e cobrem as suas cabeças.
The rich people send their servants to [wells] to get water, but [all] the wells are dry. The servants return with empty pitchers; they cover their heads [because they are ashamed and humiliated/disappointed and sad].
4 Por causa da terra que se fendeu, porque não há chuva sobre a terra, os lavradores se envergonham e cobrem as suas cabeças.
The ground is extremely dry and cracked open because there has been no rain. The farmers are very worried, [so] they [also] cover their heads.
5 Porque até as cervas no campo parem, e deixam seus filhos, porquanto não há erva.
Even the (does/female deer) abandon their newborn babies/fawns because there is no grass in the fields [for them to eat].
6 E os jumentos montezes se põem nos lugares altos, sorvem o vento como os dragões, desfalecem os seus olhos, porquanto não há erva.
The wild donkeys stand on the barren hills, panting like [SIM] [thirsty] jackals/wolves. They become blind because there is no grass [to eat].
7 Ainda que as nossas maldades testificam contra nós, ó Senhor, obra por amor do teu nome; porque as nossas rebeldias se multiplicaram; contra ti pecamos.
[The people say], “Yahweh, we have turned away from you and sinned many times, and now we know that we are being punished because of our sins, but please help us in order that everyone can see that you are very great [MTY].
8 Ah! esperança de Israel, e redentor seu no tempo da angústia! porque serias como um estrangeiro na terra? e como o viandante que se retira a passar a noite?
You are the one whom [we] Israelis confidently expect [to do good things for us] when we have [many] troubles/difficulties. So, why do you [not help us]? You act as though you are a stranger in our land, like you are someone who is staying here for only one night.
9 Porque serias como homem cançado, como valoroso que não pode livrar? já tu estás no meio de nós, ó Senhor, e nós somos chamados pelo teu nome: não nos desampares.
Are you also surprised [about the terrible things that are happening to us]? Why do you act like you are unable to save anyone, even though you are a strong warrior? Yahweh, you are [here] among us, and [others know that] we are your people, [so] do not abandon us!”
10 Assim diz o Senhor, acerca deste povo: Pois que tanto amaram mover-se, e não retiveram os seus pés, por isso o Senhor se não agrada deles, mas agora se lembrará da sua maldade deles, e visitará os seus pecados.
And this is what Yahweh says to those people: “You love to wander away [from me]; you run [MTY] from one [idol] to another. Therefore, now I will no [longer] accept you, and I will punish you for your sins.”
11 Disse-me mais o Senhor: Não rogues por este povo para bem.
[Then] Yahweh said to me, “Do not pray for these people [any more].
12 Quando jejuarem, não ouvirei o seu clamor, e quando offerecerem holocaustos e ofertas de manjares, não me agradarei deles; antes eu os consumirei pela espada, e pela fome e pela peste.
When they (fast/abstain from food in order to honor me), I will not pay any attention. When they bring [to me] their offerings [of animals] to be completely burned [on the altar] and their offerings of grain, I will not accept them. Instead, I will get rid of them by wars, by famines, and by diseases.”
13 Então disse eu: Ah! Senhor, Senhor, eis que os profetas lhes dizem: Não vereis espada, e não tereis fome; antes vos darei paz verdadeira neste lugar.
Then I replied to him, “Yahweh [my] God, [their] prophets are telling the people that they will not experience wars [MTY] or famines. They are telling the people that you will surely allow us to have peace in our land [for many years].”
14 E disse-me o Senhor: Os profetas profetizam falso no meu nome; nunca os enviei, nem lhes dei ordem, nem lhes falei: visão falsa, e adivinhação, e vaidade, e o engano do seu coração eles vos profetizam.
Yahweh replied to me, “Those prophets say that they are speaking what I tell them to say [MTY], but they are telling lies. I did not send them, [so] what they are saying is false. They say that they have received visions from me, and that they are telling things that I have revealed to them, but that is not true. They are saying foolish things that they have only thought of themselves.
15 Portanto assim diz o Senhor acerca dos profetas que profetizam no meu nome, sem que eu os tenha mandado, e contudo dizem, Nem espada, nem fome haverá nesta terra: Á espada e à fome serão consumidos esses profetas.
So this is what I say about those prophets who are predicting what will happen, saying that I told them those things: They are saying that we Israelis will not die from wars or famines, but I did not send those prophets. And they themselves will die from wars or from famines.
16 E o povo a quem eles profetizam será lançado nas ruas de Jerusalém, por causa da fome e da espada: e não haverá quem o enterre, tanto a ele, como a suas mulheres, e a seus filhos e a suas filhas: assim derramarei sobre eles a sua maldade.
And the people to whom they are predicting these things, they and their wives and their sons and their daughters, will [also die] from wars or from famines. [Their corpses will] be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem, and there will not be anyone to bury them. I will punish them like they deserve to be punished.
17 Portanto lhes dirás esta palavra: Os meus olhos derramem lágrimas de noite e de dia, e não cessem: porque a virgem, filha do meu povo, está quebrada de grande quebra, de chaga mui dolorosa.
[So, Jeremiah], tell this to them [about yourself]: ‘Day and night my eyes are full of tears. I cannot stop crying. I cry for my people, who are [very precious to me, as if they were] [MET] my daughters. I cry for them because they have been severely wounded; they have been severely crushed [DOU].
18 Se eu saio ao campo, eis aqui os mortos à espada, e, se entro na cidade, eis aqui os enfermos de fome: e até os profetas e os sacerdotes correram em roda na terra, e não sabem nada.
If I go out into the fields, I see [corpses of] people who have been slaughtered by our enemies. If I walk along the streets of the city, I see [corpses of people who died] from hunger. The prophets and the priests travel through the land, preaching to people, but they do not know [what they are doing] (OR, [in a land] that they know nothing about).’”
19 Porventura já de todo rejeitaste a Judá? ou aborrece a tua alma a Sião? porque nos feriste de tal modo que já não há cura para nós? aguarda-se a paz, e nada há de bem; e o tempo da cura, e eis aqui turbação.
[Then I prayed this]: “[Yahweh], have you completely rejected [the people of] Judah? Do you really despise [the people of] Jerusalem [MTY]? Why have you [RHQ] wounded us very badly, with the result that we will never be healed? We hoped that we would have peace, but there was no peace. We hoped that there would be a time when we would be healed, but all that we received were things that terrified us.
20 Ah, Senhor! conhecemos a nossa impiedade e a maldade de nossos pais; porque pecamos contra ti.
Yahweh, we admit/know that we are wicked people, and that our ancestors [also] did many wicked things. We have [all] sinned against you.
21 Não nos rejeites por amor do teu nome; não abatas o trono da tua glória: lembra-te, e não anules o teu concerto conosco.
But [Yahweh], in order that we may honor [MTY] you, do not despise/abandon us. Do not dishonor [the city where] [MTY] your glorious throne is. [Please] do not forget [us], and do not (break your agreement with us/stop doing what you agreed to do for us).
22 Porventura há, entre as vaidades dos gentios, quem faça chover? ou podem os céus dar chuvas? não és tu aquele, ó Senhor nosso Deus? portanto em ti esperaremos, pois tu fazes todas estas coisas.
Those idols that [have been brought from] other nations certainly cannot [RHQ] bring rain [to us], and the sky certainly cannot [RHQ] cause rain to fall. Yahweh our God, you are the only one who can do things like that. So we will confidently expect you [to help us].”
