Jeremias 11
1 Palavra que veio do SENHOR, a Jeremias, dizendo:
This is [another] message that Yahweh told me:
2 Ouvi as palavras deste pacto, e falai aos homens de Judá, e aos moradores de Jerusalém.
“Listen to the agreement that I made with [the ancestors of] the people of Jerusalem and [the other cities in] Judah. Then remind them of [that agreement].
3 Dize-lhes, pois: Assim diz o SENHOR, Deus de Israel: Maldito o homem que não ouvir as palavras deste pacto,
Then tell them that [I], Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli [people worship], said that I will curse everyone who does not obey what was written in that agreement that I made with them.
4 Que mandei a vossos pais no dia que os tirei da terra do Egito, do forno de ferro, dizendo: Ouvi a minha voz, e as fazei conforme a tudo quanto eu vos mando; então vós sereis meu povo, e eu serei vosso Deus;
It is the same agreement that I made with their ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. [What happened to them in Egypt was terrible; it was as though they were] living in a hot furnace [MET]. When I brought them out of Egypt, I told them to obey me, and to do everything that I had commanded them to do. [I also told them] that if they obeyed me, they would be my people and I would be their God.
5 Para que eu confirme o juramento que fiz a vossos pais, que lhes daria uma terra em que mana leite e mel, tal como hoje. E eu respondi, e disse: Amém, SENHOR!
[Now tell these people that if they obey me], I will do what I promised to do for their ancestors. I will enable them to continue living in this very fertile [IDM] land in which they now live.” I replied, “Yahweh, I hope that what you said will happen.”
6 E disse-me o SENHOR: Proclama todas estas palavras nas cidades de Judá e nas ruas de Jerusalém, dizendo: Ouvi as palavras deste pacto, e praticai-as;
Then Yahweh said to me, “Go into the streets of Jerusalem and to the [other] cities in Judah. Proclaim my message to the people. Tell them to listen to the agreement [that I made with their ancestors], and to obey it.
7 Porque insistentemente adverti a vossos pais o dia que eu os tirei da terra do Egito até o dia de hoje, repetidamente advertindo, dizendo: Ouvi minha voz.
When I brought their ancestors out of Egypt, I solemnly pleaded with them many times to obey me, and I am still pleading with them now.
8 Porém não ouviram, nem inclinaram seus ouvidos; ao invés disso, seguiram cada um a teimosia de seu coração maligno. Por isso trouxe sobre eles todas as palavras deste pacto, que mandei que cumprissem, mas não cumpriram.
But they did not obey me or [even] pay any attention to me. Everyone continued to be stubborn and to do the evil things that they wanted to do. I commanded them to do what was written in the agreement, but they refused. So I punished them in all the ways that I promised that I would.”
9 E disse-me o SENHOR: Achou-se conspiração entre os homens de Judá, e entre os moradores de Jerusalém.
Then Yahweh said to me, “The people of Jerusalem and [the other cities in] Judah are rebelling against me.
10 Voltaram às maldades de seus primeiros pais, que se recusaram a ouvir minhas palavras; ao invés disso, eles seguiram deuses estrangeiros, para lhes servirem; a casa de Israel e a casa de Judá violaram meu pacto, que eu tinha feito com seus pais.
Their ancestors refused to do what I told them to do, and [now] these people have returned to committing the sins that their ancestors committed. They are worshiping other gods. The people of Israel disobeyed the agreement that I made with their ancestors, and [now] the people of Judah have done the same thing.
11 Portanto, assim diz o SENHOR: Eis que trarei sobre eles calamidade, da qual não poderão escapar; e clamarão a mim, mas eu não os ouvirei.
So now I, Yahweh, am warning them that I will cause them to experience disasters, and they will not escape them. And when they cry out for me [to help them], I will not pay attention.
12 Então as cidades de Judá e os moradores de Jerusalém irão, e clamarão aos deuses a quem queimam incensos; porém de maneira nenhuma poderão os salvar no tempo de sua calamidade.
When that happens, the people in Jerusalem and [other] cities in Judah will [offer sacrifices and] burn incense to their gods and ask for their help, but those gods will not be able to save them when those disasters come to them.
13 Porque teus deuses foram tão numerosos quanto tuas cidades, ó Judá; e tão numerosos quanto tuas ruas, ó Jerusalém, vós pusestes altares da vergonha, altares para queimar incensos a Baal.
There are more gods in Judah than there are towns in Judah, and the people of Jerusalem have erected as many altars to burn incense [to those gods] as there are streets in Jerusalem.
14 Tu, pois, não ores por este povo, nem levantes por eles clamor nem oração; porque eu não ouvirei no dia em que clamarem a mim em meio a calamidade deles.
Jeremiah, do not pray for these people, and do not plead with me to rescue them. If you plead with me, I will not pay attention; and if they cry out to me for help when they are in distress, I will not listen to them.”
15 Que [direito] tem minha amada em minha casa, visto que muitos têm feito tão grandes abominações? Podem carnes “santificadas” te livrar, de modo que te alegras com tua maldade?
Then Yahweh said, “The people [of Judah] whom I love certainly no longer have [RHQ] a right to come to my temple, because they continually do many evil things. [They think that] continually making sacrifices of meat to me certainly will [RHQ] protect them from disasters, with the result that they will be able to rejoice.
16 O SENHOR chamava o teu nome de Oliveira verde, formosa de belos frutos. [Porém agora], à voz de grande tumulto, ele acendeu fogo sobre ela, e seus ramos foram quebrados.
I previously said that they were like an olive tree full of green leaves with a lot of good olives on it, but [now I will send their enemies to attack] them furiously; [it is as though] I will break off their branches, and [their city] will be destroyed by fire.
17 Pois o SENHOR dos exércitos, que te plantou, pronunciou calamidade contra ti, por causa da maldade da casa de Israel e da casa de Judá, que fizeram entre si mesmos, para me provocarem à ira queimando incenso a Baal.
[It is as though] the people of Judah and Israel were a beautiful olive tree that I, the Commander of the armies of angels, planted, but [now], by burning incense to [their god] Baal, they have caused me to become [very] angry. So [now] I have decided to destroy them.”
18 E o SENHOR me fez saber, e conhecer; então tu me fizeste ver suas ações.
Yahweh revealed to me that [my enemies] were planning to kill me.
19 E eu estava como cordeiro manso, que levam para degolar, pois não entendia que tramavam planos contra mim, dizendo: Destruamos a árvore com seu fruto, e o cortemos da terra dos viventes, e não haja mais lembrança de seu nome.
[Before he did that], I was like a lamb that was being led away to be slaughtered; I did not know what they were planning to do. I did not know that they were saying, “Let’s get rid of this tree and its fruit,” so [I did not know] that they intended to kill me, in order that no one would remember me [MTY].
20 Mas, ó SENHOR dos exércitos, justo juiz, que provas os sentimentos e pensamentos, veja eu tua vingança deles; porque a ti mostrei minha causa.
[Then I prayed], “Commander of the armies of angels, you judge people justly/fairly, and you examine everything that we are thinking [DOU]. Allow me to watch you getting revenge on the people [who want to kill me], because I trust that you will do for me what is right.”
21 Portanto assim diz o SENHOR quanto aos homens de Anatote, que buscam [matar] tua alma, dizendo: Não profetizes em nome do SENHOR, para que não morras por meio de nossas mãos;
It was the men of [my own town], Anathoth, who wanted to kill me, and they told me that they would kill me if I did not stop prophesying what Yahweh told me to say.
22 Portanto assim diz o SENHOR dos exércitos: Eis que eu os punirei; os rapazes morrerão a espada; seus filhos e suas filhas morrerão de fome;
So the Commander of the armies of angels said [about them], “I will punish them. Their young men will be killed in wars, and their children will die because they have no food.
23 E não restará sobrevivente deles, pois eu trarei calamidade sobre os homens de Anatote, [no] ano em que serão punidos.
I have set a time when I will bring disasters to the people of Anathoth, and when that happens, none of them will remain alive.”
