Isaiah 41
1 Come quietly before me, O sea-lands, and let the peoples get together their strength: let them come near; then let them say what they have to say: let us put forward our cause against one another.
Calae-vos perante mim, ó ilhas, e os povos renovem as forças: cheguem-se, e então fallem: cheguemo-nos juntos a juizo.
2 Who sent out from the east one who is right wherever he goes? he gives the nations into his hands, and makes him ruler over kings; he gives them as the dust to his sword, as dry stems before the wind to his bow.
Quem suscitou do oriente o justo? e o chamou para o seu pé? quem deu as nações á sua face? e o fez dominar sobre reis? elle os entregou á sua espada como o pó, e como pragana arrebatada do vento ao seu arco.
3 He goes after them safely, not touching the road with his feet.
Perseguiu-os, e passou em paz, por uma vereda por onde com os seus pés nunca tinha caminhado.
4 Whose purpose and work was it? His who sent out the generations from the start. I the Lord, the first, and with the last, I am he.
Quem obrou e fez isto, chamando as gerações desde o principio? eu o Senhor, o primeiro, e com os ultimos eu mesmo.
5 The sea-lands saw it, and were in fear; the ends of the earth were shaking: they came near.
As ilhas o viram, e temeram: os fins da terra tremeram: approximaram-se, e vieram.
6 They gave help everyone to his neighbour; and everyone said to his brother, Take heart!
Um ao outro ajudou, e ao seu companheiro disse: Esforça-te.
7 So the metal-worker put heart into the gold-worker, and he who was hammering the metal smooth said kind words to the iron-worker, saying of the plate, It is ready: and he put it together with nails, so that there might be no slipping.
E o artifice animou ao ourives, e o que alisa com o martello ao que bate na safra, dizendo da soldadura: Boa é. Então com pregos o firma, para que não venha a mover-se.
8 But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend:
Porém tu, ó Israel, servo meu, tu Jacob, a quem elegi e tu semente de Abrahão, meu amigo?
9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and sent for from its farthest parts, saying to you, You are my servant, whom I have taken for myself, and whom I have not given up:
Tu a quem tomei desde os fins da terra, e te chamei d'entre os seus mais excellentes, e te disse: Tu és o meu servo, a ti te escolhi e nunca te rejeitei.
10 Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.
Não temas, porque eu estou comtigo; não te assombres, porque eu sou teu Deus: eu te esforço, e te ajudo, e te sustento com a dextra da minha justiça.
11 Truly, all those who are angry with you will be made low and put to shame: those desiring to do you wrong will come to nothing and never again be seen.
Eis que, envergonhados e confundidos serão todos os que se indignaram contra ti: tornar-se-hão como nada, e os que contenderem comtigo, perecerão.
12 You will make search for your haters but they will not be there; those who make war against you will be as nothing and will come to destruction.
Buscal-os-has, porém não os acharás; porém os que pelejarem comtigo, tornar-se-hão como nada, e como coisa que não é nada, os que guerrearem comtigo.
13 For I, the Lord your God, have taken your right hand in mine, saying to you, Have no fear; I will be your helper.
Porque eu, o Senhor teu Deus, te tomo pela tua mão direita; e te digo: Não temas, que eu te ajudo.
14 Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel.
Não temas, ó bicho Jacob, povosinho d'Israel; eu te ajudo, diz o Senhor, e o teu redemptor é o Sancto d'Israel.
15 See, I will make you like a new grain-crushing instrument with teeth, crushing the mountains small, and making the hills like dry stems.
Eis que te puz por trilho agudo novo, que tem dentes agudos: os montes trilharás e moerás; e os outeiros tornarás como a folhelho.
16 You will send the wind over them, and it will take them away; they will go in all directions before the storm-wind: you will have joy in the Lord, and be glad in the Holy One of Israel.
Tu os padejarás e o vento os levará, e o tufão os espalhará, porém tu te alegrarás no Senhor e te gloriarás no Sancto d'Israel.
17 The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.
Os afflictos e necessitados buscam aguas, mas nenhumas ha, e a sua lingua se secca de sêde: eu o Senhor os ouvirei, eu o Deus d'Israel os não desampararei.
18 I will make rivers on the dry mountain-tops, and fountains in the valleys: I will make the waste land a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Abrirei rios em logares altos, e fontes no meio dos valles: tornarei o deserto em tanques de aguas, e a terra secca em mananciaes d'aguas.
19 I will put in the waste land the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive-tree; and in the lowland will be planted the fir-tree, the plane, and the cypress together:
Plantarei no deserto o cedro, a arvore de sitta, e a murta, e a oliveira: juntamente porei no ermo a faia, o olmeiro e o alamo;
20 So that they may see and be wise and give their mind to it, and that it may be clear to them all that the hand of the Lord has done this, and that the Holy One of Israel has made it.
Para que todos vejam, e saibam, e considerem, e juntamente entendam que a mão do Senhor fez isto, e o Sancto d'Israel o creou.
21 Put forward your cause, says the Lord; let your strong argument come out, says the King of Jacob.
Produzi a vossa demanda, diz o Senhor: trazei as vossas firmes razões, diz o Rei de Jacob.
22 Let the future be made clear to us: give us news of the past things, so that we may give thought to them; or of the things to come, so that we may see if they are true.
Produzam e annunciem-nos as coisas que hão de acontecer: annunciae-nos quaes foram as coisas passadas, para que attentemos para ellas, e saibamos o fim d'ellas; ou fazei-nos ouvir as coisas futuras.
23 Give us word of what will be after this, so that we may be certain that you are gods: yes, do good or do evil, so that we may all see it and be surprised.
Annunciae-nos as coisas que ainda hão de vir, para que saibamos que sois deuses: ou fazei bem, ou fazei mal, para que nos assombremos, e juntamente o veremos.
24 But you are nothing, and your work is of no value: foolish is he who takes you for his gods.
Eis que sois menos do que nada e a vossa obra é menos do que nada: abominação é quem vos escolhe.
25 I have sent for one from the north, and from the dawn he has come; in my name he will get rulers together and go against them; they will be like dust, even as the wet earth is stamped on by the feet of the potter.
Desperto a um do norte, que ha de vir do nascimento do sol, e invocará o meu nome; e virá sobre os magistrados, como sobre o lodo, e, como o oleiro pisa o barro, os pisará.
26 Who has given knowledge of it from the first, so that we may be certain of it? and from the start, so that we may say, His word is true? There is no one who gives news, or says anything, or who gives ear to your words.
Quem annunciou isto desde o principio, para que o possamos saber, ou desde antes, para que digamos: Justo é? Porém não ha quem annuncie, nem tão pouco quem manifeste, nem tão pouco quem ouça as vossas palavras.
27 I was the first to give word of it to Zion, and I gave the good news to Jerusalem.
Eu, o primeiro, sou o que digo a Sião: Eis que ali estão: e a Jerusalem darei um annunciador de boas novas.
28 And I saw that there was no man, even no wise man among them, who might give an answer to my questions.
Porque olhei, porém ninguem havia; nem mesmo entre estes conselheiro algum havia a quem perguntasse ou que me respondesse palavra.
29 Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind.
Eis que todos são vaidade; as suas obras não são nada; as suas imagens de fundição são vento e nada.
