Jeremias 29 - Bíblia Online

Depois de Jeconias, da rainha mãe, dos chefes da administração pública, dos líderes tribais e dos artífices terem sido deportados para Babilónia, por Nabucodonozor, Jeremias escreveu-lhes uma carta de Jerusalém endereçada aos sacerdotes, aos profetas e a todo o povo. 
Mandou a carta por intermédio de Elasa (filho de Safã) e de Gemarias (filho de Hilquias) quando estes foram a Babilónia como embaixadores do rei Zedequias junto de Nabucodonozor. Era este o conteúdo da carta: 
O Senhor dos exércitos celestiais, o Deus de Israel, envia esta mensagem a todos os cativos de Jerusalém que foram exilados para Babilónia. 
Construam as vossas casas, não tenham receio de fazer projectos a longo prazo; plantem pomares, pois que hão-de ficar aí por muitos anos. Podem casar, e ter filhos; procurem maridos e mulheres para estes últimos, e que se rodeiem de netos. Multipliquem-se, não decaiam! Trabalhem para a paz e a prosperidade de Babilónia. Orem por ela, porque se Babilónia tiver paz, vocês também. 
O Senhor dos exércitos celestiais, o Deus de Israel, diz: Não deixem os falsos profetas e os bruxos que estão no vosso meio enganarem-vos. Não prestem atenção aos sonhos e visões que eles inventam, pois que profetizam mentiras em meu nome. Eu não os enviei, diz o Senhor 
A verdade é esta: Vocês estarão em Babilónia durante o tempo normal duma vida, ou seja, setenta anos. Mas depois virei, e vos farei todo o bem que vos prometi, e vos trarei para casa. Porque não me esqueci dos planos que fiz a vosso respeito, planos de bem e não de mal, para vos dar um futuro e uma esperança. Nesses dias, quando orarem a mim, eu vos ouvirei. Encontrar-me-ão quando me buscarem de todo o vosso coração, com toda a diligência. 
Sim, diz o Senhor, serei achado por vocês, e porei fim à vossa escravidão; restaurarei a vossa situação; juntar-vos-ei das nações para onde vos enviei, e hei-de trazer-vos de novo para a vossa terra natal. 
Por isso, ouçam a palavra de Deus, vocês todos, judeus cativos aí em Babilónia. 
O Senhor dos exércitos celestiais, o Deus de Israel, diz isto acerca dos vossos falsos profetas - de Acabe (filho de Colaias) e Zedequias (filho de Maaséias), que vos declaram mentiras em meu próprio nome: Vejam, entregá-los-ei a Nabucodonozor, para que sejam executados publicamente. O seu destino tornar-se-á num provérbio, significativo de todo o mal, de tal maneira que quem quiser amaldiçoar outra pessoa dirá: O Senhor te faça como fez a Zedequias e a Acabe, a quem o rei de Babilónia queimou vivos!o 
Porque estes homens fizeram uma coisa terrível entre o meu povo. Cometeram adultérios com as mulheres dos seus próximos, e mentiram em meu nome. Sei tudo isso, porque vejo tudo o que acontece, diz o Senhor. 
E diz isto a Semaías, o das visões - 
O Senhor dos exércitos, o Deus de Israel, diz: Sei que escreveste uma carta a Sofonias (filho de Maaséias), o sacerdote, e enviaste cópias a todos os outros sacerdotes assim como a toda a gente em Jerusalém. E nessa carta dizias a Sofonias: O Senhor te designou para substituires Jeoiada como sacerdote em Jerusalém. Será da tua responsabilidade prender todo o louco que se considera profeta, e encarcerá-lo e pô-lo incomunicável. Porque é que não fizeste nada desse pretenso profeta que é Jeremias de Anatote? Porque ele escreveu-nos para aqui, para Babilónia, dizendo que o nosso cativeiro seria longo, e que deveríamos construir casas com carácter permanente, e fazer planos a longo prazo para a nossa vida aqui, e que devíamos plantar pomares, porque haveríamos de comer dos seus frutos durante muito tempo. 
Sofonias levou entretanto esta mesma carta a Jeremias e leu-lha. E foi então que o Senhor deu a Jeremias esta mensagem: 
Manda uma carta aberta a todos os exilados de Babilónia e diz-lhes isto: 
O Senhor diz que, visto Semaías o neelamita profetizou, quando eu não lhe transmiti nada, e vos enganou, levando-vos a acreditarem em mentiras, castigá-lo-ei, a ele e à sua família. Nenhum dos seus descendentes verá o bem que espero dar ao meu povo, porque vos ensinou a rebelarem-se contra o Senhor. 

Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon, 
(after Jeconiah the king, and the queen-mother, and the eunuchs, [and] the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the blacksmiths, had departed from Jerusalem,) 
by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,) saying, 
Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon: 
Build{+} houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 
Take{+} wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your{+} sons, and give your{+} daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply{+} there, and don't be diminished. 
And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you{+} to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in its peace you{+} will have peace. 
For this is what Yahweh of Hosts says, the God of Israel: Don't let your{+} prophets who are in the midst of you{+}, and your{+} fortune-tellers, deceive you{+}; neither listen{+} to your{+} dreamers whom you{+} get to dream. 
For they prophesy falsely to you{+} in my name: I haven't sent them, says Yahweh. 
For thus says Yahweh, After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you{+}, and perform my good word toward you{+}, in causing you{+} to return to this place. 
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you{+}, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you{+} hope in your{+} latter end. 
And you{+} will call on me, and you{+} will go and pray to me, and I will listen to you{+}. 
And you{+} will seek me, and find me, when you{+} will search for me with all your{+} heart. 
And I will be found of you{+}, says Yahweh, and I will turn again your{+} captivity, and I will gather you{+} from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you{+}, says Yahweh; and I will bring you{+} again to the place from where I caused you{+} to be carried away captive. 
Because you{+} have said, Yahweh has raised us up prophets in Babylon; 
thus says Yahweh concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your{+} brothers who have not gone forth with you{+} into captivity; 
this is what Yahweh of Hosts says; Look, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that can't be eaten, they are so bad. 
And I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an execration, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them; 
because they haven't listened to my words, says Yahweh, with which I sent to them my slaves the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you{+} would not hear, says Yahweh. 
Hear{+} therefore the word of Yahweh, all you{+} of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon. 
Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you{+} in my name: Look, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he will slay them before your{+} eyes; 
and of them will be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; 
because they have wrought folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their fellow men's wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I did not command them; and I am he who knows, and am witness, says Yahweh. 
And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you will speak, saying, 
Thus speaks Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying, 
Yahweh has made you priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the house of Yahweh, for every man who is insane, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the stocks and in shackles. 
Now therefore, why haven't you rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you{+}, 
since he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, [The captivity] is long: build{+} houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them? 
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. 
Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying, 
Send to all those of the captivity, saying, Thus says Yahweh concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you{+}, and I did not send him, and he has caused you{+} to trust in a lie; 
therefore thus says Yahweh, Look, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he will not have a man to dwell among this people, neither will he see the good that I will do to my people, says Yahweh, because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh. 

Jeremias 30

Depois de Jeconias, da rainha mãe, dos chefes da administração pública, dos líderes tribais e dos artífices terem sido deportados para Babilónia, por Nabucodonozor, Jeremias escreveu-lhes uma carta de Jerusalém endereçada aos sacerdotes, aos profetas e a todo o povo. 
Mandou a carta por intermédio de Elasa (filho de Safã) e de Gemarias (filho de Hilquias) quando estes foram a Babilónia como embaixadores do rei Zedequias junto de Nabucodonozor. Era este o conteúdo da carta: 
O Senhor dos exércitos celestiais, o Deus de Israel, envia esta mensagem a todos os cativos de Jerusalém que foram exilados para Babilónia. 
Construam as vossas casas, não tenham receio de fazer projectos a longo prazo; plantem pomares, pois que hão-de ficar aí por muitos anos. Podem casar, e ter filhos; procurem maridos e mulheres para estes últimos, e que se rodeiem de netos. Multipliquem-se, não decaiam! Trabalhem para a paz e a prosperidade de Babilónia. Orem por ela, porque se Babilónia tiver paz, vocês também. 
O Senhor dos exércitos celestiais, o Deus de Israel, diz: Não deixem os falsos profetas e os bruxos que estão no vosso meio enganarem-vos. Não prestem atenção aos sonhos e visões que eles inventam, pois que profetizam mentiras em meu nome. Eu não os enviei, diz o Senhor 
A verdade é esta: Vocês estarão em Babilónia durante o tempo normal duma vida, ou seja, setenta anos. Mas depois virei, e vos farei todo o bem que vos prometi, e vos trarei para casa. Porque não me esqueci dos planos que fiz a vosso respeito, planos de bem e não de mal, para vos dar um futuro e uma esperança. Nesses dias, quando orarem a mim, eu vos ouvirei. Encontrar-me-ão quando me buscarem de todo o vosso coração, com toda a diligência. 
Sim, diz o Senhor, serei achado por vocês, e porei fim à vossa escravidão; restaurarei a vossa situação; juntar-vos-ei das nações para onde vos enviei, e hei-de trazer-vos de novo para a vossa terra natal. 
Por isso, ouçam a palavra de Deus, vocês todos, judeus cativos aí em Babilónia. 
O Senhor dos exércitos celestiais, o Deus de Israel, diz isto acerca dos vossos falsos profetas - de Acabe (filho de Colaias) e Zedequias (filho de Maaséias), que vos declaram mentiras em meu próprio nome: Vejam, entregá-los-ei a Nabucodonozor, para que sejam executados publicamente. O seu destino tornar-se-á num provérbio, significativo de todo o mal, de tal maneira que quem quiser amaldiçoar outra pessoa dirá: O Senhor te faça como fez a Zedequias e a Acabe, a quem o rei de Babilónia queimou vivos!o 
Porque estes homens fizeram uma coisa terrível entre o meu povo. Cometeram adultérios com as mulheres dos seus próximos, e mentiram em meu nome. Sei tudo isso, porque vejo tudo o que acontece, diz o Senhor. 
E diz isto a Semaías, o das visões - 
O Senhor dos exércitos, o Deus de Israel, diz: Sei que escreveste uma carta a Sofonias (filho de Maaséias), o sacerdote, e enviaste cópias a todos os outros sacerdotes assim como a toda a gente em Jerusalém. E nessa carta dizias a Sofonias: O Senhor te designou para substituires Jeoiada como sacerdote em Jerusalém. Será da tua responsabilidade prender todo o louco que se considera profeta, e encarcerá-lo e pô-lo incomunicável. Porque é que não fizeste nada desse pretenso profeta que é Jeremias de Anatote? Porque ele escreveu-nos para aqui, para Babilónia, dizendo que o nosso cativeiro seria longo, e que deveríamos construir casas com carácter permanente, e fazer planos a longo prazo para a nossa vida aqui, e que devíamos plantar pomares, porque haveríamos de comer dos seus frutos durante muito tempo. 
Sofonias levou entretanto esta mesma carta a Jeremias e leu-lha. E foi então que o Senhor deu a Jeremias esta mensagem: 
Manda uma carta aberta a todos os exilados de Babilónia e diz-lhes isto: 
O Senhor diz que, visto Semaías o neelamita profetizou, quando eu não lhe transmiti nada, e vos enganou, levando-vos a acreditarem em mentiras, castigá-lo-ei, a ele e à sua família. Nenhum dos seus descendentes verá o bem que espero dar ao meu povo, porque vos ensinou a rebelarem-se contra o Senhor. 

Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon, 
(after Jeconiah the king, and the queen-mother, and the eunuchs, [and] the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the blacksmiths, had departed from Jerusalem,) 
by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,) saying, 
Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon: 
Build{+} houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 
Take{+} wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your{+} sons, and give your{+} daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply{+} there, and don't be diminished. 
And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you{+} to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in its peace you{+} will have peace. 
For this is what Yahweh of Hosts says, the God of Israel: Don't let your{+} prophets who are in the midst of you{+}, and your{+} fortune-tellers, deceive you{+}; neither listen{+} to your{+} dreamers whom you{+} get to dream. 
For they prophesy falsely to you{+} in my name: I haven't sent them, says Yahweh. 
For thus says Yahweh, After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you{+}, and perform my good word toward you{+}, in causing you{+} to return to this place. 
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you{+}, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you{+} hope in your{+} latter end. 
And you{+} will call on me, and you{+} will go and pray to me, and I will listen to you{+}. 
And you{+} will seek me, and find me, when you{+} will search for me with all your{+} heart. 
And I will be found of you{+}, says Yahweh, and I will turn again your{+} captivity, and I will gather you{+} from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you{+}, says Yahweh; and I will bring you{+} again to the place from where I caused you{+} to be carried away captive. 
Because you{+} have said, Yahweh has raised us up prophets in Babylon; 
thus says Yahweh concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your{+} brothers who have not gone forth with you{+} into captivity; 
this is what Yahweh of Hosts says; Look, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that can't be eaten, they are so bad. 
And I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an execration, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them; 
because they haven't listened to my words, says Yahweh, with which I sent to them my slaves the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you{+} would not hear, says Yahweh. 
Hear{+} therefore the word of Yahweh, all you{+} of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon. 
Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you{+} in my name: Look, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he will slay them before your{+} eyes; 
and of them will be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; 
because they have wrought folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their fellow men's wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I did not command them; and I am he who knows, and am witness, says Yahweh. 
And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you will speak, saying, 
Thus speaks Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying, 
Yahweh has made you priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the house of Yahweh, for every man who is insane, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the stocks and in shackles. 
Now therefore, why haven't you rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you{+}, 
since he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, [The captivity] is long: build{+} houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them? 
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. 
Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying, 
Send to all those of the captivity, saying, Thus says Yahweh concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you{+}, and I did not send him, and he has caused you{+} to trust in a lie; 
therefore thus says Yahweh, Look, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he will not have a man to dwell among this people, neither will he see the good that I will do to my people, says Yahweh, because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh. 

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