Jó 24
1 Por que os tempos não são marcados pelo Todo-Poderoso? Por que os que o conhecem não veem seus dias?
“(Why does Almighty [God] not set a time when he will judge [evil people]?/I do not understand why Almighty [God does] not set a time when he will judge [evil people].) [RHQ] Those who know him never [RHQ] see him do that!
2 Há os que mudam os limites de lugar, roubam rebanhos, e os apascentam.
[Some evil people] remove the markers of boundaries of [other people’s] land, [in order to steal their land]; they seize/steal [other people’s] sheep and put them in their own pastures.
3 Levam o asno do órfão; penhoram o boi da viúva.
[Some] (take away/steal) the donkeys that belong to orphans, and they take widow’s oxen to guarantee that the widows will pay back the money that they loaned to those widows.
4 Desviam do caminho aos necessitados; os pobres da terra juntos se escondem.
[Some] shove poor people off the road (OR, prevent poor people from (obtaining their rights/being treated justly)), and they force poor people to find places to hide from them.
5 Eis que como asnos selvagens no deserto eles saem a seu trabalho buscando insistentemente por comida; o deserto dá alimento a ele [e a seus] filhos.
The result is that poor people have to search for food in the desert like wild donkeys do.
6 No campo colhem sua forragem, e vindimam a vinha do perverso.
The poor people harvest left-over grain in other people’s fields, and gather grapes from vineyards that belong to wicked men.
7 Passam a noite nus, por falta de roupa; sem terem coberta contra o frio.
During the night they have nothing to cover their bodies, nothing to keep them warm.
8 Pelas correntes das montanhas são molhados e, não tendo abrigo, abraçam-se às rochas.
When it rains on the mountains, the poor people become very wet, so they huddle under the rock ledges to be protected [from the rain].
9 [Há os que] arrancam ao órfão do peito, e do pobre tomam penhor.
[Some evil men] snatch infants away from their widowed mothers [SYN], and they say ‘I will return your babies to you when you repay the money that I lent to you.’
10 Ao nus fazem andar sem vestes, e fazem os famintos carregarem feixes.
But the poor people walk around with no clothes on; they are hungry while they are working to carry [other people’s] bundles of grain [to the places where their grain will be threshed].
11 Entre suas paredes espremem o azeite; pisam nas prensas de uvas, e [ainda] têm sede.
Poor people press olives to make [olive] oil; they tread on grapes [to make juice for wine], but [they are not allowed to drink any of it when] they become thirsty.
12 Desde a cidade as pessoas gemem, e as almas dos feridos clamam; Mas Deus não dá atenção ao erro.
In the cities, people who are wounded and dying cry out [to God for help], but God does not heed their prayers.
13 Há os que se opõem à luz; não conhecem seus caminhos, nem permanecem em suas veredas.
Some wicked people avoid the light [because they do evil things in the dark]; they do not walk on roads that are lighted.
14 De manhã o homicida se levanta, mata ao pobre e ao necessitado, e de noite ele age como ladrão.
Murderers steal things during the night, and then they arise before dawn in order that they may [go out again and] kill needy [DOU] people.
15 O olho do adúltero aguarda o crepúsculo, dizendo: Olho nenhum me verá; E esconde seu rosto.
Those who want to commit adultery wait for twilight/evening; they say ‘I do not want anyone to see me,’ so they keep their faces covered.
16 Nas trevas vasculham as casas, de dia eles se trancam; não conhecem a luz.
It is during the night that robbers break into houses [to steal things], but during the day they hide because they want to avoid [being seen in] the light.
17 Porque a manhã é para todos eles como sombra de morte; pois são conhecidos dos pavores de sombra de morte.
All of those [people] want to do their evil things at night, not in the morning [when it is light], because they are not afraid of [the things that happen during the] night that terrify others.”
18 Ele é ligeiro sobre a superfície das águas; maldita é sua porção sobre a terra; não se vira para o caminho das vinhas.
“[But it is wicked people] who are swept/carried away by floods, and God curses the land that they own, and no one goes to work in their vineyards.
Just like the snow melts away when it is hot and there is no rain, those who have sinned disappear into the place where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
20 A mãe se esquecerá dele; doce será para os vermes; nunca mais haverá memória [dele], e a perversidade será quebrada como um árvore.
Not even their mothers remember them now; wicked people are destroyed like trees that are cut down, and maggots eat their corpses.
21 Aflige à mulher estéril, [que] não dá à luz; e nenhum bem faz à viúva.
They mistreat women who have been unable to give birth to children and women who no longer have children [to take care of them], and they never do good things for widows.
22 Mas [Deus] arranca aos poderosos com seu poder; [quando] Deus se levanta, não há vida segura.
But God, by his power, gets rid of mighty/influential people. God acts and causes the wicked people to die.
23 Se ele lhes dá descanso, nisso confiam; [mas] os olhos de [Deus] estão [postos] nos caminhos deles.
God allows them to think that they are secure and safe, but he is watching [MTY] them all the time.
24 São exaltados por um pouco [de tempo], mas [logo] desaparecem; são abatidos, encerrados como todos, e cortados como cabeças das espigas.
They prosper for a little while, and then [suddenly] they are gone; they disappear like weeds wither and die; they are like [SIM] stalks of grain that have been cut off.
25 Se não é assim, quem me desmentirá, ou anulará minhas palavras?
If this is not true, is there [RHQ] anyone who will show that I am a liar and prove that what I have said is not true?”
