Jeremias 3
1 Dizem: Se um homem deixar sua mulher, e ela for embora dele, e se juntar a outro homem, por acaso ele voltará a ela? Não será tal terra contaminada por completo? Tu porém tem te prostituído com muitos amantes; mas volta-te a mim, diz o SENHOR.
“[Moses wrote that] if a man divorces his wife and then she marries another man, her first husband certainly must not [RHQ] take her back again [to be his wife], because that would certainly [RHQ] cause the whole nation to become unacceptable to me. But you have more [idols than] prostitutes have men whom they have slept with! So, [why should I accept you if] you return to me?” [RHQ] says Yahweh.
2 Levanta teus olhos aos lugares altos, e vê onde não tenhas te prostituído; tu te sentavas para eles nos caminhos, como árabe no deserto; e assim contaminaste a terra com tuas prostituições e com tua malícia.
“Look up at the barren hilltops. On every hilltop there are [RHQ] [idols that you have worshiped]. [It is as though] they are all lovers with whom you have had sex. [It is as though] you have sat along the roadsides like an Arab, waiting [to attack and steal things from] those who pass by. Because of worshiping idols and all the other wicked things that you have done, you have caused the [entire] land to become unacceptable to me.
3 Por isso as águas foram retidas, e não houve a chuva tardia; porém tu tens a testa de uma prostituta, [e] não aceitas ter vergonha.
That is why I have not sent you any rain at the times of the year when you needed it. But you are like prostitutes [MET] who are not at all ashamed [for what they have done].
4 Não foi agora que clamaste a mim: Meu Pai, tu és o guia de minha juventude?
Now each of you says to me, ‘You are my father! You have loved me ever since I was young!
5 Por acaso ele manterá [sua ira] para sempre? Ele a guardará para sempre? Eis que [isto] tu falas, porém tu tens feito tantas maldades quanto pudeste.
So surely you will not [RHQ] be angry with me forever!’ But you will not quit sinning!”
6 Disse-me mais o SENHOR nos dias do rei Josias: Viste o que fez a rebelde Israel? Ela foi sobre todo monte alto e debaixo de toda árvore frondosa, e ali ela se prostituiu.
[One day] when Josiah was the king of Judah, Yahweh said to me, “Have you seen what the people of Israel have done? They have turned away from me, like a woman who has abandoned her husband and sleeps with other men. They have gone up on every hilltop and under every big tree and worshiped idols there [MET].
7 E eu disse depois que ele fez tudo isto: Volta para mim; mas ela não voltou. E sua traiçoeira irmã Judá viu isto;
I thought that they would return to me, so I said to them, ‘Come back to me!’ But they refused. So I sent them away [to other countries, like a man] writes a note saying that he is divorcing his wife and then sends his wife away because she has committed adultery [MET].
8 E eu vi, que por todas estas causas nas quais prostituiu a infiel Israel, eu a tinha mandado embora, e dado-lhe a carta de seu divórcio; porém a traiçoeira Judá sua irmã não temeu; ao contrário; ela também foi se prostituir.
The people of Judah saw what I did to them. But they are just like the people of Israel. They are not afraid [of what I will do to them]. They also [have turned away from me and are worshiping idols like] women who abandon their husbands and go to other men [MET].
9 E aconteceu que foi pela leviandade de sua prostituição que a terra foi contaminada, e ela adulterou com a pedra e com a madeira.
They thought that worshiping idols did not matter to me, so they have made the [entire] land unacceptable to me by worshiping idols of wood and stone.
10 E mesmo com tudo isto, a traiçoeira, sua irmã Judá, não se converteu a mim de todo o seu coração, mas sim falsamente, diz o SENHOR.
The people of Judah have pretended to return to me, but they have not really done that. [This is true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
11 E disse-me o SENHOR: Israel mostrou-se mais justa em sua alma, mais do que a traiçoeira Judá.
Then Yahweh said to me, “The people of Israel have turned away from me, but what the people of Judah have done is worse.
12 Vai, e proclama estas palavras ao norte, e diz: Volta-te, ó infiel Israel, diz o SENHOR; não farei cair minha ira sobre vós: pois sou misericordioso, diz o SENHOR; não guardarei [a ira] para sempre.
So go and tell this to the people of Israel: ‘Yahweh says this to you Israeli people who have turned away from him: I am merciful. I will not continue to be angry with you forever. So return to me.
13 Tão somente reconhece tua maldade, pois transgrediste contra o SENHOR teu Deus, e espalhaste teus caminhos aos estrangeiros debaixo de toda árvore frondosa, e não ouviste minha voz, diz o SENHOR.
But you must admit/say that you are guilty, and that you have rebelled against me, Yahweh, your God, that you have worshiped idols under big trees everywhere, and you have not obeyed me. You have turned away from me.
14 Convertei-vos, filhos infiéis, diz o SENHOR, pois sou vosso marido; e eu os tomarei um de uma cidade, e dois de uma família, e vos levarei a Sião;
But you belong to me. So I will take you, one from [each] city and two from [each] clan, and bring you [back] to Jerusalem [from the countries to which you were exiled].
15 E vos darei pastores conforme meu coração, que vos apascentem de conhecimento e de inteligência.
[If you do that], I will appoint for you leaders with whom I am pleased, leaders who will guide you [well] because they will know and understand [what pleases me].
16 E será que, quando vos multiplicardes e frutificardes na terra naqueles dias, diz o SENHOR, nunca mais dirão: Arca do pacto do SENHOR; nem virá ao pensamento, nem se lembrarão dela, nem a visitarão, nem será feita novamente.
And when you become very numerous [DOU] in your land, you will not need to talk about the Sacred Chest that contained the Ten Commandments. You will not think about it, and you will not want to make a new one.
17 Naquele tempo chamarão a Jerusalém: trono do SENHOR, e todas as nações se ajuntarão a ela no nome do SENHOR em Jerusalém; e nunca mais seguirão a teimosia de seu coração maligno.
At that time people will say, “Jerusalem is [the place where] Yahweh’s throne is.” [People from] all nations will come there to worship me. And they will no longer stubbornly do the evil things that they desire.
18 Naqueles tempos os da casa de Judá andarão com a casa de Israel, e virão juntamente da terra do norte à terra que eu fiz herdar a vossos pais.
At that time you people [MTY] of Israel and the people of Judah will return from [being (exiled/forced to live) in] lands to the northeast. You will return to the land that I gave to your ancestors to belong to them [forever].
19 Mas eu disse: Como te porei por filhos, e te darei a terra desejável, a rica propriedade dos exércitos das nações? E disse: tu me chamarás: Meu pai, e não te desviarás de detrás de mim.
You people of Israel, I wanted to accept you to be my children. I wanted to give you [this] delightful land. It is a land more desirable/pleasant than the land of any other nation! I wanted you to call me ‘father’, and I wanted you to never turn away from me.
20 Porém, tal como a esposa trai o seu companheiro, assim traístes contra mim, ó casa de Israel, diz o SENHOR.
But you have abandoned me like wives who have abandoned their husbands.’” [That is what] Yahweh said, and [I told it] to the people of Israel.
21 Uma voz se ouve sobre os lugares altos: é o pranto das súplicas dos filhos de Israel; porque perverteram seu caminho, [e] se esqueceram do SENHOR seu Deus.
People will hear a noise on the barren hilltops. It will be the noise made by people weeping and pleading [for God to be merciful to them]. They will be admitting/saying that they have forgotten Yahweh their God, and that they turned away from behaving as God wanted them to.
22 Convertei-vos, filhos rebeldes; eu sararei vossas rebeliões. Eis-nos aqui; chegamos a ti, porque tu és o SENHOR nosso Deus.
Yahweh will say to them, “You Israeli people, come back to me! [If you do that], I will cause you to never turn away from me again.” [The people will reply], “We are returning to you, because you are Yahweh, our God.
23 Certamente [confiar] nos morros é inútil, na multidão dos montes; certamente a salvação de Israel está no SENHOR nosso Deus.
We did not get any help from [the idols that we worshiped on] the hilltops; we did not get any help from making all that noise up there.
24 Pois a vergonha consumiu o trabalho de nossos pais desde nossa juventude; suas ovelhas, suas vacas, seus filhos e suas filhas.
From the time when we were young, the shameful [god Baal] has taken away [from us] everything that our ancestors worked hard to acquire. He has taken away their flocks [of sheep] and herds [of cattle], their sons and their daughters.
25 Jazemos em nossa vergonha, e nossa humilhação nos cobre; porque pecamos contra o SENHOR nosso Deus, nós e nossos pais, desde nossa juventude até hoje; e não obedecemos a voz do SENHOR nosso Deus.
So, now we should lie down feeling very ashamed [DOU], because we and our ancestors have sinned against Yahweh our God, and we have never obeyed him.”
