Jovens
Deus tem planos maravilhosos para os jovens. A Bíblia os convida a consagrar a juventude ao Senhor, crescer em sabedoria e ser exemplo para todos em fé, palavra, conduta e amor.
Ninguém despreze a tua mocidade
Paulo exortou Timóteo: sê exemplo dos fiéis na palavra, no procedimento, no amor, no espírito, na fé e na pureza.
Timothy, by the way you conduct your life, show the believers in your congregation how they should conduct their lives. Specifically, speak good things, conduct yourself well, love people, trust God, and be pure in every way. If you do all that, no one will have any reason ◄to belittle/to treat you disrespectfully► because of your being young.
As for the younger men, similarly, urge them to control themselves in all that they say and do.
You children, because you ◄belong to/have a close relationship with► the Lord Jesus, obey your parents, because it is right for you to do that. God commanded in the Scriptures,
Greatly respect your father and mother.
That is the first law that God commanded in which he also promised something. He promised,
If you do that, you will prosper, and you will live a long time.
You children, because you ◄belong to/have a close relationship with► the Lord Jesus, obey your parents, because it is right for you to do that. God commanded in the Scriptures,
Greatly respect your father and mother.
That is the first law that God commanded in which he also promised something. He promised,
Lembrar do Criador na juventude
Lembra-te do teu Criador nos dias da tua mocidade. A sabedoria ganha cedo produz frutos duradouros na vida inteira.
While you are still young, keep thinking about God, who created you.
Do that before you are old and you experience many troubles,
during the years when you say
"I no longer enjoy being alive."
While you are still young, keep thinking about God, who created you.
Do that before you are old and you experience many troubles,
during the years when you say
"I no longer enjoy being alive."
When you become old, the light from the sun and moon and stars will seem dim to you,
and it will seem that the rain clouds always return quickly after it rains.
Then your arms that you use to protect [MET] your bodies will shake/tremble,
and your legs that support [MET] your bodies will become weak.
Many of your teeth that you use to grind/chew your food will fall out,
and your eyes that you use to look out of windows will not see clearly.
You young people, be happy while you are still young.
Enjoy [IDM] doing the things that you want to do.
But do not forget that some day God will judge you
concerning all the things that you do.
So when you are young [MTY], do not worry about anything,
and do not pay attention to the pains that you have in your body,
because we will not remain young and strong forever.
A young man who is poor but wise is a better person than a foolish old king who refuses to pay attention when people try to give him good advice.
Força e promessa
Os jovens renovam suas forças quando esperam no Senhor. Deus levanta jovens com visões e sonhos para transformar o mundo.
Even youths become faint and weary,
and young men will fall when they are exhausted.
But those who trust in Yahweh will become strong again;
it will be as though they will soar/fly high like [SIM] eagles do.
They will run for a long time and not become weary;
they will walk long distances and not faint.
"Some time later, I will give my Spirit to many [HYP] people.
Your sons and daughters will proclaim messages that come directly from me.
Your old men will have dreams that come from me,
and your young men will have visions that come from me.
At that time, I will give my Spirit even to servants, both men and women.
And God gave to us four young men wisdom and the ability to study many things that Babylonians had written and studied. And he also gave to me the ability to understand the meaning of visions and dreams.
When those three years that the king had set for training us young men from Judah were ended, Ashpenaz brought all of us to King Nebuchadnezzar. The king talked with each of us, and realized that none of the other young men were as capable as Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah and I were. So we four became the king’s special advisors/servants.
We honor/admire young people because they are strong,
but we respect [MTY] old people more because they are wise.
Even children show by what they do whether they are good or not;
they show whether ◄what they do/their behavior► is honest and right or not.
Guardar o caminho
Como purificará o jovem seu caminho? Guardando-o segundo a tua Palavra. A Escritura na juventude guarda do pecado a vida inteira.
I know [RHQ] how a youth can ◄keep his life pure/avoid sinning►;
it is by obeying what you have told us to do.
I have ◄memorized/stored in my mind► many of ◄your words/what you have promised►
in order that I will not sin against you.
Yahweh, my Lord, you are the one whom I confidently expect to help me;
I have trusted in you since I was young.
you young men and young women,
you old people and children, everyone, praise Yahweh!
I want them all to praise Yahweh [MTY]
because he is greater than anyone else.
His glory is greater than anything on the earth or in heaven.
These are the ◄proverbs/wise sayings► that come from Solomon, the King of Israel, who was the son of King David.
◄These proverbs [PRS] can teach people/By studying these proverbs, people can learn► how to be wise
and how to obey what these proverbs teach them.
They will also help people to understand which teachings are wise.
These proverbs [PRS] will teach you how to discipline/control yourselves,
how to conduct your lives,
and how to do what is right and just [DOU].
They will show people who do not yet know much how to do things that are smart.
They will show young people how to become wise and how to make good plans/decisions.
My son/child, listen carefully to me and become wise,
and think about ◄all that you do/your behavior►.
Do not associate with those who drink a lot of ◄wine/strong drink►
or with those who ◄are gluttons/eat more than they should►,
because drunkards and gluttons will become poor;
and if all that you do is eat and sleep, you will soon ◄be wearing rags/not have any money to buy clothes►.
Pay attention to what your father tells you,
and ◄do not neglect/take care of► [LIT] your mother when she is old.
Coragem e vocação
Deus chamou jovens como Jeremias e Josué para grandes missões. A juventude não é desculpa — é oportunidade de servir poderosamente.
I replied, "O, Yahweh my God, I am not qualified to speak for you, because I am very young!"
Yahweh replied, "Do not say that, because you must go to everyone to whom I will send you, and you must tell them everything that I tell you to say. And you must not be afraid of the people to whom you will speak, because I will protect you from being harmed by them. This will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it!"
I, Yahweh, know what I have planned for you. I am planning to cause things to go well for you, not to cause you to experience disasters. I am planning to give you many things that you confidently expect to receive in the future. At that time, when you pray, I will heed you. If you earnestly desire for me to bless you, you will experience me blessing you. I will make my help available to you [IDM]. I will cause you to no longer be slaves in Babylon. I will gather you from all the nations to which I have exiled you, and I will bring you back here to your own land, to the place from which you were taken."
Just be strong and very courageous. Be sure to obey all the laws that my servant Moses gave to you. In order that you may be successful wherever you go, do not stop obeying any of them [IDM]. Make sure to habitually read to the people some of the laws that God gave Moses. Meditate on those laws every day and every night. And be sure to obey all those laws. If you do that, you will be successful in everything that you do [DOU]. Do not forget [RHQ] that I have commanded you to be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid, and do not be discouraged, because I, Yahweh, your God, will ◄be with/help► you wherever you go."
Now I will say this to you young men and women: Just like married men and women are ◄to be subject/to submit themselves► to their spouses, you must ◄be subject/submit yourselves► ◄to the older men/to the leaders► of the congregation. And all of you believers should act [MET] humbly toward each other, because this proverb is true:
God opposes people who are proud, but he acts kindly toward those who are humble.
Therefore, realizing that God has great power [MTY] to punish proud people, humble yourselves, in order that he may honor you at the time that he has determined.
I will say it again: I have written this to you because you have come to know the Father, because you now know Christ, the one who always existed, because you are spiritually strong, because you continue to obey God’s word, and because you have defeated the evil one, Satan.
We must behave properly, as though the time when Christ will return [MTY] were already here. We must not participate in drunken carousing [HEN]. We must not commit any kind of sexual immorality [MTY, DOU]. We must not quarrel. We must not be jealous of other people.
And it is good for us to patiently endure suffering
while we are young.