Jeremias 8
1 Naquele tempo, diz o SENHOR, tirarão os ossos dos reis de Judá, e os ossos de seus príncipes, e os ossos dos sacerdotes, e os ossos dos profetas, e os ossos dos moradores de Jerusalém, para fora de suas sepulturas;
Yahweh says, “At the time [that your corpses are scattered on the ground], [your enemies will] break open the graves of your kings and [other] officials who lived in Judah, and the graves of your priests and prophets and other people who lived there.
2 E os estenderão ao sol, à lua, e a todo o exército do céu, a quem amaram, e a quem serviram, e atrás de quem se foram, e a quem buscaram, e a quem se prostraram. Não serão recolhidos nem sepultados: serão por esterco sobre a superfície da terra.
They will take out their bones [from their graves] and [dishonor them by] scattering them on the ground under the sun and the moon and the stars— those are the gods which my people loved and served and worshiped. No one will gather up their bones and bury them [again]; they will remain scattered on the ground like dung.
3 E a morte será preferida à vida por todos os restantes que restarem desta má geração, que restarem em todos os lugares onde eu os lancei, diz o SENHOR dos exércitos.
And all the people of this wicked nation [who are still alive and] whom I have exiled to other countries will say, ‘We would prefer to die than to continue to stay alive [here in these countries].’ [That will be true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
4 Dize-lhes também: Assim diz o SENHOR: Por acaso os que caem não se levantam? Os que se desviam, não voltam [ao caminho]?
[Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah], tell the people that this is what [I], Yahweh, am saying to them: ‘When people fall down, they get up again, do they not [RHQ]? When people are going along a road and find out that they are walking on the wrong road, they go back [and find the correct road], do they not [RHQ]?
5 Então por que este povo de Jerusalém continuam se desviando permanentemente? Eles se mantêm no engano, não querem voltar.
[Yes, they do], so why do these people [of Judah] continue [trusting in those idols that have deceived them]? They continue turning away from me, [even though I have warned them].
6 Escutei e ouvi; não falam daquilo que é correto, ninguém há que se arrependa de sua maldade, dizendo: O que é que fiz? Cada um se virou ao seu percurso, tal como cavalo que corre com ímpeto para a batalha.
I have listened carefully [DOU] [to what they say], but they do not say what they should say. Not one of them is sorry for having sinned. No one says, “I have done [RHQ] wicked things.” They are [sinning and] doing what they want to as fast as [SIM] a horse that is running into a battle.
7 Até a cegonha no céu conhece seus tempos certos, e a rolinha, o grou e a andorinha dão atenção ao tempo de sua vinda; mas meu povo não conhece o juízo do SENHOR.
All the birds [that fly south for the (winter/cold season)] know the time that they need to fly south, and they all return at the right time the following year. But my people [are not like those birds]! They do not know what [I], Yahweh, require them to do.
8 Como, pois, dizeis: Nós somos sábios, e a lei do SENHOR está conosco? Certamente eis que a falsa pena dos escribas tem se feito em mentira.
Your men who teach you [the laws that Moses wrote] have been saying false things [about those laws]. [So], why [RHQ] do they [continue] saying, “We are [very] wise [because] we have the laws of Yahweh”?
9 Os sábios serão envergonhados, espantados, e presos; eis que rejeitaram a palavra do SENHOR; que sabedoria, então, eles têm?
Those teachers, who think that [IRO] they are wise, will be ashamed/disgraced and dismayed when they are taken [to other countries by their enemies] because they sinned by rejecting what I told them. Truly, they were not [RHQ] very wise to do that!
10 Por isso darei suas mulheres a outros, [e] suas propriedades a quem as possuam: pois desde o menor até o maior, cada um se enche de avareza, desde o profeta até o sacerdote, todos agem com falsidade.
So, I will give their wives to other men; I will give their fields to [the enemy soldiers] who conquer them. All the people, including those who are important and those who are not important, deceive [others] in order to obtain their possessions. Even [my] prophets and my priests do that.
11 E curam a ferida da filha de meu povo apenas superficialmente, dizendo: Paz, paz; sem que haja paz.
[They act as though the sins of my people] are not serious, [like] [MET] wounds that do not need to be cleaned and bandaged. They tell the people that everything will go well with them, [but that is not true]; things will not go well with them.
12 Por acaso eles se envergonham de terem feito abominação? Não, eles não se envergonharam; eles nem sequer sabem o que é ter vergonha; por isso cairão entre os que caírem, tropeçarão no tempo em que eu os castigar, diz o SENHOR.
They should be [RHQ] ashamed when they do disgusting things [RHQ], but they do not even know how to show on their faces that they are ashamed [about their sins]. So, [they will be killed, and] their corpses [also] will lie among the corpses of others who have been slaughtered [by their enemies]. They will be killed when I punish them.
13 Certamente eu os apanharei, diz o SENHOR. Não haverá uvas na vide, nem figos na figueira, e [até] a folha cairá; e aquilo que lhes dei passará deles.
I will [allow their enemies to] take away the figs and grapes that the people would have harvested from their fields. Their fruit trees will all wither. They will not receive [all] the blessings that I prepared for them. [This will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”
14 Por que [ainda] estamos sentados? Ajuntai-vos, e entremos nas cidades fortes; e ali pereçamos: pois o SENHOR nosso Deus tem nos matado, e nos deu a beber bebida de fel, porque pecamos contra o SENHOR.
[Then the people will say], “(Why should we wait here [in these small towns]?/We should not wait here [in these small towns].) [RHQ]! We should go to the cities that have high walls around them, [but even if we do that] we will be killed there, because Yahweh our God has decided that we must be destroyed; [it is as though] [MET] he has given us a cup of poison to drink, because we sinned against him.
15 Esperávamos paz, mas nada de bom houve; [esperávamos] tempo de cura, e eis aqui terror.
We hoped/desired that things would go well for us, but things have not gone well. We hoped that bad things would not happen to us any more, but only things that terrify us [are happening to us].
16 Desde Dã se ouve o ronco de seus cavalos; toda a terra treme pelo som do relinchar de seus fortes; e eles vêm e devoram a terra e sua abundância, a cidade e seus moradores.
People [far north in Israel] in [the city of] Dan can already hear the snorting of the horses of their enemies [who are preparing to attack us]. [It is as though] the entire land [of Judah] is shaking as their army approaches; they are coming to destroy our land and everything in it, the people and the cities.”
17 Porque eis que eu envio entre vós serpentes, [e] cobras venenosas, contra as quais não há encantamento; e elas vos morderão, diz o SENHOR.
[Yahweh says], “I will send [those enemy soldiers to Judah], and they will be like [MET] poisonous snakes among you. No one will be able to stop them from attacking you [MET]; they will attack you like snakes do, [and kill you].”
18 Até meu consolo está em tristeza; meu coração desfalece em mim.
I grieve very much [for the people of Judah], and my grieving does not end. I am very sad [IDM].
19 Eis a voz do clamor da filha de meu povo, desde uma da terra distante: Por acaso não está o SENHOR em Sião? Não está nela o seu rei? Por que me provocaram à ira com suas imagens de escultura, com coisas estrangeiras inúteis?
Throughout our land, the people ask, “Has Yahweh abandoned Jerusalem? Is [he], our city’s king, no longer there?” [Yahweh replies], “Why do the people cause me to become very angry by [worshiping] idols and foreign gods?” [RHQ]
20 Passou a ceifa, acabou-se o verão, e nós não fomos salvos.
[The people say], “The harvest [season] is finished, the (summer/hot season) has ended, [and we hoped that we would receive blessings from Yahweh], but he has not rescued us [from our enemies].”
21 Quebrantado estou pelo quebrantamento da filha de meu povo; estou de luto, fui tomado pelo assombro.
I cry because my people have been crushed. I mourn, and I am completely dismayed.
22 Por acaso não há bálsamo em Gileade, ou não há ali médico? Então por que não houve cura para a filha de meu povo?
[I ask], “Surely there is [RHQ] medicinal balm in the Gilead [region]! Surely there are [RHQ] doctors there!” But my people have been badly wounded [in their spirits], and nothing can heal them.
