Jeremiah 3
1 “[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.
Dizem: Se um homem despedir sua mulher, e ela se for dele, e se ajuntar a outro homem, porventura tornará a ela mais? porventura aquela terra de todo se não profanaria? Ora, pois, tu fornicaste com tantos amantes; ainda assim, torna para mim, diz o Senhor.
2 “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.
Levanta os teus olhos aos altos, e vê onde não te prostituiste? nos caminhos te assentavas para eles, como o árabe no deserto: assim profanaste a terra com as tuas fornicações e com a tua malícia.
3 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].
Pelo que foram retiradas as chuvas, e chuva tardia não houve: porém tu tens a testa de uma prostituta, e não queres ter vergonha.
4 Now each of you says to me, ‘You are my father! You have loved me ever since I was young!
Ao menos desde agora não chamarás por mim, dizendo: pai meu, tu és o guia da minha mocidade?
5 So surely you will not [RHQ] be angry with me forever!’ But you will not quit sinning!”
Porventura conservará ele para sempre a ira? ou a guardará continuamente? Eis que falas, e fazes as ditas maldades, e prevaleces.
6 [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].
Disse mais o Senhor nos dias do rei Josias: Viste o que fez a rebelde Israel? ela foi-se a todo o monte alto, e debaixo de toda a árvore verde, e ali andou fornicando.
7 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].
E eu disse, depois que fez tudo isto: Volta para mim; porém não voltou: e viu isto a sua aleivosa irmã Judá.
8 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].
E vi, quando por causa de tudo isto, em que cometera adultério a rebelde Israel, a despedi, e lhe dei o seu líbelo de divórcio, que a aleivosa Judá, sua irmã, não temeu; porém foi-se e também ela mesmo fornicou.
9 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.
E sucedeu, pela fama da sua fornicação, que contaminou a terra; porque adulterou com a pedra e com o lenho.
10 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.”
E, contudo, nem por tudo isso voltou para mim a sua aleivosa irmã Judá, de todo o seu coração, mas falsamente, diz o Senhor.
11 Then Yahweh said to me, “The people of Israel have turned away from me, but what the people of Judah have done is worse.
E o Senhor me disse: Já a rebelde Israel justificou a sua alma mais do que a aleivosa Judá.
12 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.
Vai, pois, e apregoa estas palavras para a banda do norte, dize: Volta, ó rebelde Israel, diz o Senhor, e não farei cair a minha ira sobre vós; porque benigno sou, diz o Senhor, e não conservarei para sempre a minha ira
13 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.
Mas contudo conhece a tua iniquidade, porque contra o Senhor teu Deus transgrediste; e espalhaste os teus caminhos aos estranhos, debaixo de toda a árvore verde; e não deste ouvidos à minha voz, diz o Senhor.
14 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].
Convertei-vos, ó filhos rebeldes, diz o Senhor; pois eu vos desposei comigo; e vos tomarei, a um de uma cidade, e a dois de uma geração; e vos levarei a Sião.
15 [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].
E vos darei pastores segundo o meu coração, que vos apascentem com ciência e com inteligência.
16 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.
E sucederá que, quando vos multiplicardes e frutificardes na terra naqueles dias, diz o Senhor, nunca mais dirão: A arca do concerto do Senhor nem lhes subirá ao coração; nem dela se lembrarão, nem a visitarão; nem isto se fará mais.
17 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.
Naquele tempo chamarão a Jerusalém o trono do Senhor, e todas as nações se ajuntarão a ela, à causa do nome do Senhor em Jerusalém; e nunca mais andarão segundo o propósito do seu coração maligno
18 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].
Naqueles dias irá a casa de Judá para a casa de Israel; e virão juntas da terra do norte, para a terra que dei em herança a vossos pais.
19 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.
Bem dizia eu: Como te porei entre os filhos, e te darei a terra desejável, a excelente herança dos exércitos das nações? Porém eu disse: pai meu, e de após mim te não desviarás.
20 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.
Deveras, como a mulher se aparta aleivosamente do seu companheiro, assim aleivosamente te houvestes comigo, ó casa de Israel, diz o Senhor.
21 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.
Nos lugares altos se ouviu uma voz, pranto e suplicas dos filhos de Israel; porquanto perverteram o seu caminho, e se esqueceram do Senhor seu Deus.
22 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.
Tornai-vos, ó filhos rebeldes, eu curarei as vossas rebeliões. Eis-nos aqui, vimos a ti; porque tu és o Senhor nosso Deus.
23 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.
Deveras em vão se confia nos outeiros e na multidão das montanhas: deveras no Senhor nosso Deus está a salvação de Israel
24 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.
Porque a confusão devorou o trabalho de nossos pais desde a nossa mocidade: as suas ovelhas e as suas vacas, os seus filhos e as suas filhas.
25 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.”
Jazemos na nossa vergonha; e estamos cobertos da nossa confusão, porque pecamos contra o Senhor nosso Deus, nós e nossos pais, desde a nossa mocidade até o dia de hoje; e não demos ouvidos à voz do Senhor nosso Deus.
