Jeremias 38
1 Ouviu pois Sephatias, filho de Mathan, e Gedalias, filho de Pashur, e Juchal, filho de Selemias, e Pashur, filho de Malchias, as palavras que falava Jeremias a todo o povo, dizendo:
[Four officials, ] Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malkijah, heard what I had been telling all the people.
2 Assim diz o Senhor: O que ficar nesta cidade morrerá à espada, à fome e de pestilência: mas o que sair aos caldeus viverá; porque a sua alma lhe será por despojo, e viverá.
[I had been telling them] that Yahweh was saying, “Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die. They will be killed by [their enemies’] swords or from famines or from diseases. But those who surrender to the Babylonian army, they will be spared. They will not be killed.
3 Assim diz o Senhor: Esta cidade infalivelmente se entregará na mão do exército do rei de Babilônia, e toma-la-á.
Yahweh also says that the army of the King of Babylon will certainly capture this city [DOU].”
4 E disseram os príncipes ao rei: Morra este homem, visto que ele assim enfraquece as mãos dos homens de guerra que ficaram de resto nesta cidade, e as mãos de todo o povo, falando-lhes tais palavras; porque este homem não busca a paz para este povo, senão o mal
So those officials [went] to the king and said, “This man [Jeremiah] should be executed! Because of what he is saying, he is discouraging our soldiers who remain in the city. He is also discouraging the people. He is not saying things that will help us; he is saying things that will defeat us.”
5 E disse o rei Zedekias: Eis que ele está na vossa mão: porque não é o rei que possa coisa alguma contra vós
King Zedekiah said, “All right, do to him what you want to; I do not have the power to stop you.”
6 Então tomaram a Jeremias, e o lançaram no calaboiço de Malchias, filho do rei, que estava no átrio da guarda; e desceram a Jeremias com cordas; porém no calaboiço não havia água, senão lama; e atolou-se Jeremias na lama.
So those officials took me from my cell and lowered me by ropes into a well in the courtyard. The well belonged to Malkijah, who was a son of the king. There was no water in the well, but there was [a lot of] mud, so I sank [down deep] into the mud.
7 E, ouvindo Ebed-melech, o ethiope, um eunuco que então estava na casa do rei, que puseram a Jeremias no calaboiço (estava porém o rei assentado à porta de Benjamin),
But Ebed-Melech, a palace official from Ethiopia, heard [someone say] that I was in the well. [At that time] the king was deciding/judging people’s cases at the Benjamin Gate.
8 Logo Ebed-melech saiu da casa do rei: e falou ao rei, dizendo:
Ebed-Melech went out of the palace and said to the king,
9 Ó rei, senhor meu, mal fizeram estes homens em tudo quanto fizeram a Jeremias, o profeta, lançando-o no calaboiço: sendo que morreria no lugar onde se achava à fome, pois já não há mais pão na cidade
“Your majesty, those men have done a very evil thing. They have put the prophet Jeremiah in a well. [Almost] all the food in the city is gone, [so they will not be able to bring him any food] and as a result he will die from hunger!”
10 Então deu ordem o rei a Ebed-melech, o ethiope, dizendo: Toma contigo de aqui trinta homens, e tira a Jeremias, o profeta, do calaboiço, antes que morra.
So the king told Ebed-Melech, “Take thirty of my men/soldiers with you, and pull Jeremiah out of the well, in order that he does not die!”
11 E tomou Ebed-melech os homens consigo, e foi à casa do rei, por debaixo da tesouraria, e tomou dali uns trapos velhos e rotos, e trapos velhos apodrecidos, e desceu-os a Jeremias no calaboiço com cordas.
So Ebed-Melech took thirty men with him and they went into a room in the palace below the room where they stored very valuable things. There they found some old rags and discarded clothing. They took those things and went to the well. They fastened them to a rope and lowered the rope to me.
12 E disse Ebed-melech, o ethiope, a Jeremias: Põe agora estes trapos velhos e rotos, já apodrecidos, debaixo dos sobacos de teus braços, por debaixo das cordas. E Jeremias o fez assim.
Then Ebed-Melech called down to me, “Put these rags underneath your armpits, to protect you from [being injured by] the ropes!” So I did that.
13 E tiraram a Jeremias com as cordas, e o subiram do calaboiço; e ficou Jeremias no átrio da guarda.
Then they pulled me out of the well. I [returned] to the courtyard where the palace guards stayed, and I stayed there.
14 Então enviou o rei Zedekias, e fez trazer a si a Jeremias, o profeta, à terceira entrada, que estava na casa do Senhor; e disse o rei a Jeremias: Pergunto-te uma coisa, não me encubras nada.
[One day] King Zedekiah summoned me, and I was brought to the king, [who was waiting for me] at the entrance of the temple. He said to me, “I want to ask you something. I want you [to answer me truthfully, and] and to not conceal anything.”
15 E disse Jeremias a Zedekias: declarando-ta eu, porventura não me matarás certamente? e, aconselhando-te eu, não me darás ouvido.
I replied, “If I tell you [the truth], you will [command that I] be executed. And if I give you [good] advice, you will not pay attention to what I say.”
16 Então jurou o rei Zedekias a Jeremias, em segredo, dizendo: Vive o Senhor, que nos fez esta alma, que não te matarei nem te entregarei na mão destes homens que procuram a tua morte.
But King Zedekiah secretly promised me, “[Tell me the truth]! And as surely as Yahweh lives, I will not [cause] you to be executed, and I will not hand you over to those who are wanting to kill you.”
17 Então Jeremias disse a Zedekias: Assim diz o Senhor, Deus dos exércitos, Deus de Israel: Se voluntariamente saires aos príncipes do rei de Babilônia, então viverá a tua alma, e esta cidade não se queimará a fogo, e viverás tu e a tua casa.
[So] then I said to Zedekiah, “This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says: ‘If you surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, you and your family will (be spared/not be killed), and this city will not be burned.
18 Porém, se não saires aos príncipes do rei de Babilônia, então será entregue esta cidade na mão dos caldeus, e queima-la-ão a fogo, e tu não escaparás da mão deles.
But if you refuse to surrender to them, you will not escape. And the army from Babylonia will capture this city and completely burn it.’”
19 E disse o rei Zedekias a Jeremias: Receio-me dos judeus, que cairam para os caldeus; que porventura me entreguem na sua mão, e escarneçam de mim.
The king replied, “But I am afraid [to surrender to the soldiers from Babylon], because their officers may hand me over to the people of Judah who have already joined the soldiers from Babylonia, and those people from Judah will mistreat me.”
20 E disse Jeremias: Não te entregarão: ouve, te peço, a voz do Senhor, conforme a qual eu te falo; e bem te irá, e viverá a tua alma
I replied, “If you obey Yahweh by doing what I tell you to do, they will not hand you over to our people. Things will go well for you, and you will remain alive.
21 Porém, se tu não quizeres sair, esta é a palavra que me mostrou o Senhor.
But if you refuse to surrender, this is what Yahweh has revealed to me:
22 Eis que todas as mulheres que ficaram de resto na casa do rei de Judá serão levadas fora para os príncipes do rei de Babilônia, e elas mesmas dirão: Teus pacíficos te incitaram e prevaleceram contra ti, atolaram-se os teus pés na lama, voltaram para traz.
All the women who remain in your palace will be brought out and given to the officers of the king of Babylon. Then those women will say to you: ‘You had friends whom [you thought] you could trust, but they have deceived you and caused you to make a wrong decision. Now [it is as though] you are stuck in mud, and your friends have abandoned you.’
23 Assim que a todas as tuas mulheres e a teus filhos levarão para fora aos caldeus, e nem tu escaparás da sua mão, antes pela mão do rei de Babilônia serás preso, e esta cidade queimará a fogo
All of your wives and children [in the city] will be led out to the soldiers from Babylonia, and you also will not escape. [The soldiers of] the King of Babylon will seize you, and they will burn down this city.”
24 Então disse Zedekias a Jeremias: ninguém saiba estas palavras, e não morrerás.
Then Zedekiah said to me, “Do not tell anyone what you told me; if you tell anyone, my officials may kill you.
25 E quando os príncipes, ouvindo que falei contigo, vierem a ti, e te disserem: Declara-nos agora o que disseste ao rei, não no-lo encubras, e não te mataremos: e que te falou o rei?
If my officials find out that I talked to you, perhaps they will come to you and say, ‘Tell us what you and the king were talking about. If you do not tell us, we will kill you.’
26 Então lhes dirás: Lancei eu a minha súplica diante do rei, que não me fizesse tornar à casa de Jonathan, para morrer ali
If that happens, [just] tell them that you pleaded with me not to send you back to the [dungeon/cell in] Jonathan’s house, [because you were afraid that] you would die [if you were put there again].”
27 Vindo pois todos os príncipes a Jeremias, e perguntando-lhe, declarou-lhes conforme todas as palavras que o rei lhe havia ordenado: e o deixaram, porque não se ouviu o negócio.
And [that is what happened]. The king’s officials came to me and asked [why the king had summoned me. But] I told them what the king told me to tell them. So they did not ask me any more [questions], because no one had heard what the king and I had said to each other.
28 E ficou Jeremias no átrio da guarda, até ao dia em que foi tomada Jerusalém, e ainda ali estava quando foi tomada Jerusalém.
So I remained being guarded in the courtyard [of the palace], until the day that [the army of Babylonia] captured Jerusalem.
