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1 Ai de mim! porque estou feito como quando se tem colhido as frutas do verão, como os rabiscos da vindima; não há cacho de uvas para comer; desejou a minha alma figos temporãos.
I am very miserable/frustrated! I am like [SIM] someone who is hungry, [who searches for fruit to pick] after all the fruit had been picked and who finds no grapes or figs to eat.
2 Já pereceu o benigno da terra, e não há entre os homens um que seja reto: todos armam ciladas para sangue; caçam cada um a seu irmão com rede,
[All] the godly people have disappeared from this land; there is not one of them left. [The people who are left] are all murderers [MTY]; [it is as though] everyone is eager to kill his fellow countryman.
3 Para com ambas as mãos fazerem diligentemente o mal; assim demanda o príncipe, e o juiz julga pela recompensa, e o grande fala a corrupção da sua alma, e a torcem.
They [all] use both hands to do what is evil. [Government] officials and judges [all] ask for bribes. Important people tell others what they want, and they plot/scheme together [about how to get it done].
4 O melhor deles é como um espinho; o mais reto é pior do que o espinhal: veio o dia dos teus vigias, veio a tua visitação; agora será a sua confusão.
[Even] the best people are [as worthless] [SIM] as briers; the people [who are considered by others to be] [IRO] the most honest are worse than clumps of thornbushes. But, [Yahweh] will soon judge them; now is the time that he will punish people, a time when they will be [very] confused [because of being defeated].
5 Não creias no amigo, nem confieis no vosso guia, daquela que repousa no teu seio guarda as portas da tua boca.
[So], do not trust anyone! Do not trust [even] a friend; [even] be careful what you say to your wife whom you love!
6 Porque o filho despreza ao pai, a filha se levanta contra sua mãe, a nora contra sua sogra, os inimigos do homem são os da sua casa.
Boys will despise their fathers, and girls will defy their mothers. Women will defy their mothers-in-law. Your enemies will be those who live in your own houses.
7 Eu, porém, esperarei no Senhor; esperei no Deus da minha salvação: o meu Deus me ouvirá.
As for me, I wait for Yahweh [to help me]. I confidently expect that God, my Savior, will answer me [when I pray].
8 Ó inimiga minha, não te alegres de mim; ainda bem que eu tenho caído, levantar-me-ei: se morar nas trevas, o Senhor será a minha luz.
You who are our enemies, do not gloat/rejoice about [what has happened to] us, [because even] if we have experienced disasters, [those disasters will end and] we will be restored. [Even] if [it is as though] we are sitting in the darkness, Yahweh will be our light.
9 Sofrerei a ira do Senhor, porque pequei contra ele, até que julgue a minha causa, e execute o meu direito: ele tirar-me-á à luz, verei satisfeito a sua justiça.
We must be patient while Yahweh punishes us because we have sinned against him. But later, [it will be as though] he will go to court and defend us, and he will make sure that the judge makes a right decision about us. [It will be as though] he will bring us out into the light, and we will see it when he rescues us.
10 E a minha inimiga o verá, e cobri-la-á a confusão; e aquela que me diz: Onde está o teu Deus? os meus olhos a verão satisfeitos; agora será ela pisada como a lama das ruas
Our enemies will [also] see that, and they will be disgraced because they [ridiculed us], saying “Why is [RHQ] Yahweh, that God of yours, [not helping you]?” But with our own eyes we will see them when they are defeated; we will see them trampled like [SIM] mud in the streets.
11 No dia em que reedificar os teus muros, nesse dia longe estará ainda o estatuto.
[You people of Israel, ] at that time your cities will be rebuilt, and your territory will become larger.
12 Naquele dia virá até ti, desde a Assyria até às cidades fortes, e das fortalezas até ao rio, e do mar até ao mar, e da montanha até à montanha.
[People from many countries will come to honor you]: people from Assyria and from [near] the [Euphrates] River [in the east] and from Egypt [in the south], from distant seas, and from many mountains.
13 Porém esta terra será posta em desolação, por causa dos seus moradores, por causa do fruto das suas obras.
But [the other countries on] the earth will become desolate because of the [evil] things that their people have done.
14 Apascenta o teu povo com a tua vara, o rebanho da tua herança, que móra só no bosque, no meio da terra fértil; apascentem-se em Basan e Gilead, como nos dias da antiguidade.
Yahweh, protect your people like [MET] [a shepherd protects his sheep] by using his walking stick; lead your people [MET] whom you have chosen to belong to you. [Even though some of them] live by themselves in a forest, give them the fertile pastureland in the Bashan and Gilead [regions] that they possessed long ago.
15 Eu lhes mostrarei maravilhas, como nos dias da tua subida da terra do Egito.
[Yahweh says/replies], “[Yes], I will perform miracles for you like the miracles that I performed when I rescued your [ancestors] from [being slaves in] Egypt.”
16 As nações o verão, e envergonhar-se-ão, por causa de todo o seu poder: porão a mão sobre a boca, e os seus ouvidos ficarão surdos
[People from many] nations will see [what Yahweh does for you], and they will be ashamed because they do not have any power. They will put their hands over their mouths and their ears [because they will be very amazed because of what Yahweh does], [and they will not be able to say anything or hear anything].
17 Lamberão o pó como serpentes, como uns réptis da terra, tremendo, sairão dos seus encerramentos; com pavor virão ao Senhor nosso Deus, e terão medo de ti.
[Being very humiliated, ] they will crawl on the ground [MTY] like [SIM] snakes. They will come out of their homes trembling, and stand revering Yahweh our God. They will be very afraid of him, and will tremble in front of him.
18 Quem é Deus semelhante a ti, que perdoa a iniquidade, e que passa pela rebelião do restante da sua herança? não retém a sua ira para sempre, porque tem prazer na benignidade.
[Yahweh], there is no [RHQ] God like you; you forgive the sins [DOU] that were committed by the people who have survived, the people who belong to you. You do not remain angry forever; you are very happy [to show us] that you faithfully love [us].
19 Tornará a apiedar-se de nós: sujeitará as nossas iniquidades, e tu lançarás todos os seus pecados nas profundezas do mar.
You will again act kindly/compassionately toward us. You will get rid of [the scroll on which you have written] the sins that we have committed [as though you were] trampling it under your feet or throwing it into the deep ocean.
20 Darás a Jacob a fidelidade, e a Abraão a benignidade, que juraste a nossos pais desde os dias antigos.
You will show that you faithfully [do what you promised for us] and faithfully love us, just like you solemnly promised long ago to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob that you would do.

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