Isaiah 48
1 Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.
Ouvi isto, casa de Jacob, que vos chamaes do nome d'Israel, e saistes das aguas de Judah, que juraes pelo nome do Senhor, e fazeis menção do Deus de Israel, porém não em verdade nem em justiça.
2 For they say that they are of the holy town, and put their faith in the God of Israel: the Lord of armies is his name.
E até da sancta cidade se nomeiam, e se firmam sobre o Deus de Israel; o Senhor dos Exercitos é o seu nome.
3 I gave word in the past of the things which came about; they came from my mouth, and I made them clear: suddenly I did them, and they came about.
As coisas passadas já desde então annunciei, e procederam da minha bocca, e eu as fiz ouvir: apressuradamente as fiz, e vieram.
4 Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;
Porque eu sabia que eras duro, e a tua cerviz um nervo de ferro, e a tua testa de bronze.
5 For this reason I made it clear to you in the past, before it came I gave you word of it: for fear that you might say, My god did these things, and my pictured and metal images made them come about.
Por isso t'o annunciei desde então, e t'o fiz ouvir antes que viesse, para que porventura não dissesses: O meu idolo fez estas coisas, ou a minha imagem de esculptura, ou a minha imagem de fundição as mandou.
6 All this has come to your ears and you have seen it; will you not give witness to it? I am now making clear new things, even secret things, of which you had no knowledge.
Já o tens ouvido; olha bem para tudo isto; porventura assim vós o não annunciareis? desde agora te faço ouvir coisas novas e occultas, e que nunca conheceste.
7 They have only now been effected, and not in the past: and before this day they had not come to your ears; for fear that you might say, I had knowledge of them.
Agora foram creadas, e não desde então, e antes d'este dia não as ouviste, para que porventura não digas: Eis que já eu as sabia.
8 Truly you had no word of them, no knowledge of them; no news of them in the past had come to your ears; because I saw how false was your behaviour, and that your heart was turned against me from your earliest days.
Nem tu as ouviste, nem tu as conheceste, nem tão pouco desde então foi aberto o teu ouvido, porque eu sabia que obrarias muito perfidamente, e que foste chamado prevaricador desde o ventre.
9 Because of my name I will put away my wrath, and for my praise I will keep myself from cutting you off.
Por amor do meu nome dilatarei a minha ira, e por amor do meu louvor me refrearei para comtigo, para que te não venha a cortar.
10 See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.
Eis que já te purifiquei, porém não como a prata: escolhi-te na fornalha da afflicção.
11 For myself, even because of my name, I will do it; for I will not let my name be shamed; and my glory I will not give to another.
Por amor de mim, por amor de mim o farei, porque como seria profanado o meu nome? e a minha honra não a darei a outrem.
12 Give ear to me, Jacob, and Israel, my loved one; I am he, I am the first and I am the last.
Dá-me ouvidos, ó Jacob, e tu, ó Israel, a quem chamei; eu sou o mesmo, eu o primeiro, eu tambem o ultimo.
13 Yes, by my hand was the earth placed on its base, and by my right hand the heavens were stretched out; at my word they take up their places.
Tambem a minha mão fundou a terra, e a minha dextra mediu os céus a palmos; eu os chamarei, e apparecerão juntos.
14 Come together, all of you, and give ear; who among you has given news of these things? the Lord's loved one will do his pleasure with Babylon, and with the seed of the Chaldaeans.
Ajuntae-vos todos vós, e ouvi: Quem ha, d'entre elles, que annunciasse estas coisas? O Senhor o amou, e executará a sua vontade contra Babylonia, e o seu braço será contra os chaldeos.
15 I, even I, have given the word; I have sent for him: I have made him come, and have given effect to his undertakings.
Eu, eu o tenho dito; tambem já eu o chamei, e o farei vir, e farei prospero o seu caminho.
16 Come near to me, and give ear to this; from the start I did not keep it secret; from the time of its coming into existence I was there: and now the Lord God has sent me, and given me his spirit.
Chegae-vos a mim, ouvi isto: Não fallei em occulto desde o principio, mas desde o tempo em que aquillo se fez eu estava ali, e agora o Senhor Jehovah me enviou o seu Espirito.
17 The Lord who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, I am the Lord your God, who is teaching you for your profit, guiding you by the way in which you are to go.
Assim diz o Senhor, o teu Redemptor, o Sancto de Israel: Eu sou o Senhor, o teu Deus, que te ensina o que é util, e te guia pelo caminho em que deves andar.
18 If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Ah! se déras ouvidos aos meus mandamentos! então seria a tua paz como o rio, e a tua justiça como as ondas do mar.
19 Your seed would have been like the sand, and your offspring like the dust: your name would not be cut off or come to an end before me.
Tambem a tua semente seria como a areia, e os que procedem das tuas entranhas como o burgalhão d'ella, cujo nome nunca seria cortado nem destruido da minha face.
20 Go out of Babylon, go in flight from the Chaldaeans; with the sound of song make it clear, give the news, let the word go out even to the end of the earth: say, The Lord has taken up the cause of his servant Jacob.
Sahi de Babylonia, fugi de entre os chaldeos. E annunciae com voz de jubilo; fazei ouvir isso, e levae-o até ao fim da terra: dizei: O Senhor remiu a seu servo Jacob.
21 They had no need of water when he was guiding them through the waste lands: he made water come out of the rock for them: the rock was parted and the waters came flowing out.
E não tinham sêde, quando os levava pelos desertos; fez-lhes correr agua da rocha: fendendo elle as rochas, as aguas manavam d'ellas.
22 There is no peace, says the Lord, for the evil-doers.
Porém os impios não teem paz, disse o Senhor.
