Miquéias 4
1 Mas no último dos dias acontecerá que o monte da casa do Senhor será estabelecido no cume dos montes, e se elevará sobre os outeiros, e concorrerão a ele os povos.
Yahweh [says that] some day his temple will be on top of a mountain, and that mountain will be the most important [MET] one on the earth; it will be [as though it is] higher than all the hills, and huge groups of people from all over the world will come there [to worship].
2 E irão muitas nações, e dirão: Vinde, e subamos ao monte do Senhor, e à casa do Deus de Jacob, para que nos ensine os seus caminhos, e nós andemos pelas suas veredas; porque de Sião sairá a lei, e a palavra do Senhor de Jerusalém.
[People from] many nations will say [to each other], “Let’s go to the mountain where Yahweh is, to the temple where we can worship the God whom Jacob [worshiped]. There God will teach us how he wants us to conduct our lives, and we will do what he wants us to do.” Zion [Hill] is the place where he will teach [people]; and [people will go] out from Jerusalem [to tell others] his messages.
3 E julgará entre muitos povos, e castigará poderosas nações até mui longe, e converterão as suas espadas em enxadas, e as suas lanças em foices: uma nação contra outra nação não levantará a espada, nem aprenderão mais a guerra
Yahweh will settle disputes between many people, and he will [also] settle disputes between powerful nations that are far away. Then people will hammer their swords to cause them to become plow blades, and [hammer] their spears to cause them to become pruning knives. [Armies of] nations will no [longer] fight against [armies of other] nations, and they will no longer train [men how to fight] in wars.
4 Mas assentar-se-ão, cada um debaixo da sua videira, e debaixo da sua figueira, e não haverá quem os espante, porque a boca do Senhor dos exércitos o falou.
Everyone will sit [peacefully] under his own grapevines, and under his own fig trees; no one will cause them to be afraid. [That is what will surely happen] because the Commander of the armies of angels has said it.
5 Porque todos os povos andarão, cada um no nome do seu deus; mas nós andaremos no nome do Senhor nosso Deus, eternamente e para sempre.
Many [HYP] [of the people of other] nations will worship [IDM] their own gods, but we will worship Yahweh our God always, forever.
6 Naquele dia, diz o Senhor, congregarei a que coxeava, e recolherei a que eu tinha expulsado, e a que eu tinha maltratado.
Yahweh says, “There will soon be a time when I will gather the people whom I have punished, who have been (exiled/forced to go to other countries), all those whom [I have caused to] suffer much.
7 E da que coxeava farei um resto, e da que estava rejeitada longe uma nação poderosa; e o Senhor reinará sobre eles no monte de Sião, desde agora e para sempre.
My people who did not die while they were exiled will become a strong nation [again]. Then [I], Yahweh, will be their king, and I will rule from Jerusalem forever.
8 E tu, ó torre do rebanho, monte da filha de Sião, até a ti virá; certamente virá o primeiro domínio, o reino da filha de Jerusalém.
As for you people of Jerusalem [MET], you who [guard all of my people] like [MET] [a shepherd guards his sheep] from a tower, you [who live on] Zion [Hill], will have great power again. You people who live in Jerusalem will again rule like you did previously.
9 Ora porque farias tão grande pranto? não há em ti rei? pereceu o teu conselheiro? apoderou-se de ti dor, como da que está de parto?
[So] why [RHQ] are you wailing now? Is it because you have no king? Have all your wise people died? You are groaning loudly like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby.
10 Sofre dores, e trabalhos, para produzir, ó filha de Sião, como a que está de parto, porque agora sairás da cidade, e morarás no campo, e virás até Babilônia: ali, porém, serás livrada; ali te remirá o Senhor da mão de teus inimigos.
[Well], you people of Jerusalem should writhe and groan like [SIM] a woman who is having birth pains, because now you must leave this city, and [while you are traveling], you will set up tents in open fields [at night]; you will go to [live in] Babylon. [But while you are] there, [I], Yahweh, will rescue you; I will free you from the power/control [MTY] of your enemies.
11 Agora se congregaram muitas nações contra ti, que dizem: Seja profanada, e os nossos olhos verão seus desejos sobre Sião.
Now [the armies of] many nations have gathered to attack you. They are saying, ‘Jerusalem must be destroyed! We want to see this city [when it becomes ruins]!’
12 Mas não sabem os pensamentos do Senhor, nem entendem o seu conselho: porque as ajuntou como gavelas à eira.
But they do not know what [I], Yahweh, think, and they do not understand what I plan: I will gather them [and punish them] like [SIM] [farmers] thresh grain on the ground.
13 Levanta-te, e trilha, ó filha de Sião; porque eu farei de ferro a tua ponta, e de cobre as tuas unhas; e esmiuçarás a muitos povos, e o seu ganho consagrarei ao Senhor, e a sua fazenda ao Senhor de toda a terra.
So, you people of Jerusalem, rise up and punish [MET] [the nations who oppose you]. I will cause you [to be very strong], [as if] [MET] you had horns made of iron, [as if] [MET] you had hoofs made of bronze; and you will crush many nations. And [then you will take] from your enemies the valuable things that they have taken [from other countries], and you will dedicate those things to [me, the one who is] the Lord of all [the people on] the earth.”
