Jeremias 7
1 A palavra que foi dita a Jeremias pelo Senhor, dizendo:
Yahweh gave me another message. He said to me,
2 Põe-te á porta da casa do Senhor, e proclama ali esta palavra, e dize: Ouvi a palavra do Senhor, ó todo Judah, os que entraes por estas portas, para adorardes ao Senhor.
“Go to the entrance of my temple, and give this message to the people: You people of Judah who worship here, listen to this message from Yahweh!
3 Assim diz o Senhor dos Exercitos, o Deus d'Israel: Melhorae os vossos caminhos e as vossas obras, e vos farei habitar n'este logar.
The Commander of the armies of angels says to you, ['If you] stop doing evil things and start doing what is right, I will allow you to remain living in your land.'
4 Não vos fieis em palavras falsas, dizendo: Templo do Senhor, templo do Senhor, templo do Senhor são estes.
[But some people] are repeatedly saying to you, ‘The temple of Yahweh is here, [so we will be safe]; [he will not allow us and the temple to be destroyed].’ But do not pay attention to what they say, because they are deceiving you.
5 Mas, se devéras melhorardes os vossos caminhos e as vossas obras, se devéras fizerdes juizo entre um homem e entre o seu companheiro,
[I will act mercifully to you only] if you change your behavior and stop doing evil things, and if you [start to] act fairly/justly toward others,
6 Não opprimirdes o estrangeiro, e orphão, e viuva, nem derramardes sangue innocente n'este logar nem andardes após os deuses alheios para vosso mal,
and if you stop oppressing foreigners [who live in your country], and orphans and widows, and if you stop murdering people, and if you stop worshiping (foreign gods/idols). However, if you continue to do those things, you will be destroyed.
7 Eu vos farei habitar n'este logar, na terra que dei a vossos paes, de seculo em seculo.
If you do what I have told you, I will allow you to stay in this land that I promised to your ancestors that it would belong to them [and their descendants] forever.
8 Eis que vós confiaes nas palavras falsas, que não aproveitam para nada.
[People are repeatedly] telling you, [‘The temple is here, so we are safe]’, and you are trusting/believing [that what they are saying is true], but it is a lie. [Those people are deceiving you, and what they say is] worthless.
9 Porventura furtareis, e matareis, e adulterareis, e jurareis falsamente, e queimareis incenso a Baal, e andareis após os deuses alheios, a quem não conheceis?
You think that [RHQ] you can steal things, murder people, commit adultery, tell lies in court, and worship Baal and all those other gods that you did not know about previously,
10 E então vireis, e vos poreis diante de mim n'esta casa, que se chama pelo meu nome, e direis: Somos entregues para fazermos todas estas abominações.
and then come here and stand in front of this temple, which is my temple, and say ‘Nothing bad will happen to us!’, while you continue to do all those abominable things.
11 É pois esta casa, que se chama pelo meu nome, uma caverna de salteadores aos vossos olhos? eis que tambem eu o vi, diz o Senhor.
Do you realize that you are causing this temple, which is my temple, to become like [MET] a den where bandits hide [RHQ]? Do you not know that I see [all the evil things that you people do there]?
12 Porque ide agora ao meu logar, que estava em Silo, onde fiz habitar o meu nome ao principio, e vêde o que lhe fiz, por causa da maldade do meu povo Israel.
[Long ago] I put my Sacred Tent at Shiloh [city], to be a place where people would worship me [MTY]. Think about how I [destroyed it] because my people, the Israeli people, did [many] wicked things there.
13 Agora, pois, porquanto fazeis todas estas obras, diz o Senhor, e eu vos fallei, madrugando, e fallando, e não ouvistes, e chamei-vos, e não respondestes,
And while you were continually doing those wicked things, I told you about it many times, but you refused to listen. I called out to you, but you refused to answer [me].
14 Farei tambem a esta casa, que se chama pelo meu nome, em que confiaes, e a este logar, que vos dei a vós e a vossos paes, como fiz a Silo.
Therefore, just like I destroyed Shiloh, I will [now] destroy this temple that was built for people to worship me [MTY], this temple that you trust in, that is in this place that I gave to you and your ancestors.
15 E vos lançarei de diante da minha face, como lancei a todos os vossos irmãos, a toda a geração d'Ephraim.
And I will expel you from this land and send you [to other countries] far away from me, just like I did to your relatives, the people of Israel.”
16 Tu pois não ores por este povo, nem levantes por elle clamor nem oração, nem me importunes, porque eu não te ouvirei.
[Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah], do not pray for these people [any longer]. Do not cry for them or plead for [me to help] them, because I will not pay any attention to you.
17 Porventura tu não vês o que andam fazendo nas cidades de Judah, e nas ruas de Jerusalem?
Do you see [the wicked things] that they are doing in the streets of Jerusalem and in the [other] towns in Judah?
18 Os filhos apanham a lenha, e os paes accendem o fogo, e as mulheres amassam a massa, para fazerem bolos á rainha dos céus, e offerecem libações a deuses alheios, para me provocarem á ira.
The children gather firewood and their fathers use it to make fires [on the altars to burn sacrifices]. The women knead/make dough to make cakes to offer to [their goddess Astarte who is called] the Queen of Heaven. And [on their altars] they pour out offerings of wine to [their] other idols. All of those things cause me to become extremely angry!
19 Acaso elles a mim me provocam á ira? diz o Senhor, e não antes a si mesmos, para confusão dos seus rostos?
But I am not [RHQ] the one whom they are hurting; they are really [RHQ] hurting themselves [by doing these things for which they should be] very ashamed!”
20 Portanto assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Eis que a minha ira e o meu furor se derramarão sobre este logar, sobre os homens e sobre as bestas, e sobre as arvores do campo, e sobre os fructos da terra; e accender-se-ha, e não se apagará.
So Yahweh the Lord says this: “Because I am extremely angry with [what happens at] this place, I will punish these people severely [MTY]; my being very angry will be [like] [MET] a fire that will not be extinguished, and I will destroy the people, [their] animals, [their] fruit trees, and [their] crops.”
21 Assim diz o Senhor dos Exercitos, o Deus d'Israel: Ajuntae os vossos holocaustos aos vossos sacrificios, e comei carne.
Therefore, this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Take away [IRO] your offerings that you bring to burn completely on your altars and your [other] sacrifices; [don’t give them to me]; eat them [yourselves]!
22 Porque nunca fallei a vossos paes, no dia em que vos tirei da terra do Egypto, nem lhes ordenei coisa alguma ácerca de holocaustos ou sacrificios.
When I led your ancestors out of Egypt, it was not offerings to be completely burned on the altar or [other] sacrifices that I wanted from them.
23 Porém esta coisa lhes ordenei, dizendo: Dae ouvidos á minha voz, e eu serei o vosso Deus, e vós sereis o meu povo; e andae em todo o caminho que eu vos mandar, para que vos vá bem
What I told them was, ‘Obey me; [if you do that], I will be your God and you will be my people. If you do the things that I want you to do, everything will go well for you.’
24 Porém não ouviram, nem inclinaram os seus ouvidos, mas andaram nos seus proprios conselhos, no proposito do seu coração malvado; e tornaram-se para traz, e não para diante.
But your ancestors would not pay any attention [DOU] to me. They continued to do [the evil things] that they wanted to do, everything that in their stubborn inner beings they desired to do. Instead of coming closer to me, they went further away from me.
25 Desde o dia em que vossos paes sairam da terra do Egypto, até ao dia de hoje, enviei-vos todos os meus servos, os prophetas, cada dia madrugando e enviando-os;
From the day that your ancestors left Egypt until now, I have continued to send my prophets to you.
26 Porém não me deram ouvidos, nem inclinaram os seus ouvidos, mas endureceram a sua cerviz, e fizeram peior do que seus paes.
But you, [my people], have not listened to me or paid attention to what I said; you have been stubborn, and you have done more sinful things than your ancestors did.”
27 Fallar-lhes-has pois todas estas palavras, mas não te darão ouvidos; chamal-os-has, mas não te responderão.
[Then Yahweh said to me], “When you tell all this to my people, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.
28 E lhes dirás: Esta é gente que não dá ouvidos á voz do Senhor seu Deus e não acceita castigo: já pereceu a verdade, e se arrancou da sua bocca.
Say to them, ‘You people [of Judah] have not obeyed Yahweh, your God; you have not accepted it when he tried to correct you. No one among you is truthful; you do not say anything that is true; [you speak only lies].’
29 Tosquia o cabello da tua cabeça, e lança-o fóra, e levanta o teu pranto sobre as alturas; porque já o Senhor rejeitou e desamparou a geração do seu furor
[So, tell them to] cut off their hair [to show that they are mourning]; tell them to go up into the hills and sing a sad funeral song, because I have completely rejected [DOU] this generation [of people] who have made me angry.”
30 Porque os filhos de Judah fizeram o que parece mal aos meus olhos, diz o Senhor; pozeram as suas abominações na casa que se chama pelo meu nome, para contaminal-a.
Yahweh says this: “The people of Judah have done many things that I say are evil. They have set up their disgusting idols in my temple, causing it to become an unacceptable [place to worship me].
31 E edificaram os altos de Topheth, que está no valle do filho de Hinnom, para queimarem no fogo a seus filhos e a suas filhas; o que nunca ordenei, nem me subiu sobre o coração.
They have built altars at Topheth in Ben-Hinnom Valley [outside Jerusalem], and they sacrifice their sons and daughters on those altars. I never commanded them to do that; I never even thought that anyone would do that.
32 Portanto, eis que veem dias, diz o Senhor, em que nunca se chamará mais Topheth, nem valle do filho de Hinnom, mas o valle da matança; e enterrarão em Topheth, por não haver logar.
So they should beware! There will be a time when that place will no longer be called Topheth or the Hinnom Valley; instead, it will be called the Valley of Slaughter. There will be a huge number of people who will be buried there, with the result that there will be no space to bury more bodies.
33 E os cadaveres d'este povo servirão de pasto ás aves dos céus e aos animaes da terra; e ninguem os espantará.
The corpses of my people that are [not buried and are] left on the ground will be eaten by vultures and wild animals, and there will be no one to shoo/chase them away.
34 E farei cessar das cidades de Judah, e das ruas de Jerusalem, a voz de folguedo, e a voz de alegria, a voz de esposo e a voz de esposa; porque a terra se tornará em desolação.
There will be no one singing and laughing any more in the streets of Jerusalem; there will be no more joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides in Judah, because the land will be completely destroyed.”
