Isaiah 21
1 The word about the waste land. As storm-winds in the South go rushing through, it comes from the waste land, from the land greatly to be feared.
Pezo do deserto da banda do mar. Como os tufões de vento passam por meio da terra do sul, assim do deserto virá, da terra horrivel.
2 A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster goes on making waste. Up! Elam; to the attack! Media; I have put an end to her sorrow.
Visão dura se notificou: o perfido trata perfidamente, e o destruidor anda destruindo: sobe, ó Elam, sitía, ó médo, que já fiz cessar todo o seu gemido.
3 For this cause I am full of bitter grief; pains like the pains of a woman in childbirth have come on me: I am bent down with sorrow at what comes to my ears; I am shocked by what I see.
Pelo que os meus lombos estão cheios de grande enfermidade, angustias se apoderaram de mim como as angustias da que pare: já me encurvo de ouvir, e estou espantado de ver.
4 My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me.
O meu coração anda errado, espavorece-me o horror: e o crepusculo, que desejava, me tornou em tremores.
5 They make ready the table, they put down the covers, they take food and drink. Up! you captains; put oil on your breastplates.
Põe a mesa, vigia na atalaia, come, bebe: levantae-vos, principes, e untae o escudo.
6 For so has the Lord said to me, Go, let a watchman be placed; let him give word of what he sees:
Porque assim me disse o Senhor: Vae, põe uma sentinella, e que diga o que vir.
7 And when he sees war-carriages, horsemen by twos, war-carriages with asses, war-carriages with camels, let him give special attention.
E viu um carro com um par de cavalleiros, um carro de jumentos, e um carro de camelos, e attentou attentamente com grande attenção.
8 And the watchman gave a loud cry, O my lord, I am on the watchtower all day, and am placed in my watch every night:
E clamou: Um leão vejo, Senhor, sobre a atalaia de vigia estou em pé continuamente de dia, e sobre a minha guarda me ponho noites inteiras.
9 See, here come war-carriages with men, horsemen by twos: and in answer he said, Babylon is made low, is made low, and all her images are broken on the earth.
E eis agora vem um carro de homens, e cavalleiros aos pares. Então respondeu e disse: Caída é Babylonia, caída é! e todas as imagens de esculptura dos seus deuses quebrantou contra a terra.
10 O my crushed ones, the grain of my floor! I have given you the word which came to me from the Lord of armies, the God of Israel.
Ah malhada minha, e trigo da minha eira! o que ouvi do Senhor dos Exercitos, Deus de Israel, isso vos notifiquei.
11 The word about Edom. A voice comes to me from Seir, Watchman, how far gone is the night? how far gone is the night?
Pezo de Duma. Dão-me gritos de Seir: Guarda, que houve de noite? guarda, que houve de noite?
12 The watchman says, The morning has come, but night is still to come: if you have questions to put, put them, and come back again.
E disse o guarda: Vem a manhã, e tambem a noite; se quereis perguntar, perguntae; tornae-vos, e vinde.
13 The word about Arabia. In the thick woods of Arabia will be your night's resting-place, O travelling bands of Dedanites!
Pezo contra Arabia. Nos bosques de Arabia passareis a noite, ó viandantes de Dedanim.
14 Give water to him who is in need of water; give bread, O men of the land of Tema, to those in flight.
Sahi ao encontro dos sequiosos com agua: os moradores da terra de Tema com o seu pão encontraram os que fugiam.
15 For they are in flight from the sharp sword, and the bent bow, and from the trouble of war.
Porque fogem de diante das espadas, de diante da espada nua, e de diante do arco armado, e de diante do pezo da guerra.
16 For so has the Lord said to me, In a year, by the years of a servant working for payment, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end:
Porque assim me disse o Senhor: Ainda dentro d'um anno, como os annos de jornaleiro, será arruinada toda a gloria de Kedar.
17 And the rest of the bowmen, the men of war of the children of Kedar, will be small in number: for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said it.
E os residuos do numero dos frecheiros, os valentes dos filhos de Kedar, serão diminuidos, porque assim o disse o Senhor, Deus de Israel.
