2 Kings 19
1 When King Hezekiah heard what they reported, he tore his clothes and put on clothes made of rough cloth [because he was very distressed]. Then he went to the temple [to ask God what to do].
Quando o rei Ezequias o ouviu, rasgou suas roupas, cobriu-se de pano de saco e entrou na casa de Iavé.
2 He summoned Eliakim and Shebna and the (older/most important) priests, who were also wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, and told them to talk to me.
Ele enviou Eliakim, que estava sobre a casa, Shebna, o escriba, e os anciãos dos sacerdotes, cobertos com pano de saco, ao profeta Isaías, o filho de Amoz.
3 He said to them, “Tell this to Isaiah: ‘King Hezekiah says that we are having great distress/trouble now. [Other nations are causing] us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like [MET] a woman who is about to give birth to a child, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it.
Eles lhe disseram: “Hezekiah diz: 'Hoje é um dia de problemas, de repreensão e de rejeição; pois as crianças chegaram ao ponto de nascer, e não há forças para entregá-las'.
4 Perhaps Yahweh your God has heard everything that the official from Assyria said. Perhaps he knows that his boss/master, the king of Assyria, sent him to insult the all-powerful God, and that Yahweh will rebuke/punish him for what he said.’ And he requests that you pray for the few of us who are still alive [here in Jerusalem].”
Pode ser que Yahweh, seu Deus, ouça todas as palavras de Rabshakeh, que o rei da Assíria, seu mestre, enviou para desafiar o Deus vivo, e repreenda as palavras que Yahweh, seu Deus, ouviu. Portanto, levantai vossa oração pelo remanescente que resta”.
5 When the messengers from Hezekiah came to Isaiah,
Então os servos do rei Ezequias vieram a Isaías.
6 Isaiah said to them, “[Go back to] your boss/master [and] tell him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: Those messengers from the king of Assyria have said evil things about me. But you should not be disturbed because of what they said.
Isaías disse a eles: “Diga isto a seu senhor”: Javé diz: “Não tenham medo das palavras que ouviram, com as quais os servos do rei da Assíria me blasfemaram”.
7 Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor that will worry him, [that a foreign army is about to attack his country]. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by [men using] swords.’”
Eis que colocarei nele um espírito, e ele ouvirá notícias, e voltará à sua própria terra. Fá-lo-ei cair pela espada em sua própria terra””.
8 The official from Assyria found out that the King of Assyria [and his army] had left Lachish [city], and that they were attacking Libnah, [which is a nearby city]. So the official went there [to report to him what had happened in Jerusalem].
Então Rabshakeh voltou e encontrou o rei da Assíria em guerra contra Libnah; pois tinha ouvido dizer que havia partido de Laquis.
9 Soon after that, King Sennacherib received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army, and was coming to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah [to fight against the army from Ethiopia], he sent other messengers to King Hezekiah with a letter.
Quando ouviu falar de Tirhakah, rei da Etiópia: “Eis que ele saiu para lutar contra ti”, enviou mensageiros novamente a Ezequias, dizendo:
10 [In the letter] he wrote this to Hezekiah: “Do not allow your god on whom you are relying to deceive you by promising that [the city of] Jerusalem will not be captured by my army [MTY].
“Diga isto a Ezequias, rei de Judá”: Não deixe que seu Deus em quem confia o engane, dizendo: Jerusalém não será entregue na mão do rei da Assíria”.
11 You have certainly heard what the armies of the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries. Our armies have completely destroyed them. So, (do you think that you will escape?/do not think that your god will save you!) [RHQ]
Eis que vocês ouviram o que os reis da Assíria fizeram a todas as terras, destruindo-as completamente. Você será entregue?
12 Did the gods of the nations that were about to be destroyed by the armies of the previous kings of Assyria rescue them? Did those gods rescue the people in the Gozan region and in Haran and Rezeph [cities in northern Syria] and the people of Eden who had been (deported/forced to go) to Tel-Assar [city]? None of the gods of those cities were able to rescue them.
Será que os deuses das nações os entregaram, que meus pais destruíram - Gozan, Haran, Rezeph e os filhos do Éden que estavam em Telassar?
13 What happened to the kings of Hamath and Arpad and Sepharvaim and Ivvah [cities] [RHQ]? [Most of them are dead, and the other people were deported]!”
Onde está o rei de Hamath, o rei de Arpad, e o rei da cidade de Sefarvaim, de Hena, e de Ivvah?
14 Hezekiah took the letter that the messengers gave him, and he read it. Then he went up to the temple and spread out the letter in front of Yahweh.
Hezekiah recebeu a carta da mão dos mensageiros e a leu. Então Hezekiah foi até a casa de Yahweh e a espalhou antes de Yahweh.
15 Then Hezekiah prayed, “Yahweh, the God whom to whom we Israelis belong, you are seated on your throne above the [statues of] creatures with wings, [above the Sacred Chest]. Only you are truly God. You rule all the kingdoms on this earth. You are the one who created [everything on] the earth and [in] the sky.
Ezequias orou diante de Iavé e disse: “Iavé, o Deus de Israel, que está entronizado acima dos querubins, tu és o Deus, até mesmo tu sozinho, de todos os reinos da terra”. Vocês fizeram o céu e a terra.
16 So, Yahweh, please listen to what I am saying, and look [at what is happening]. And listen to what King Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God.
Inclina teu ouvido, Yahweh, e ouve. Abra seus olhos, Javé, e veja. Ouça as palavras de Sennacherib, que ele enviou para desafiar o Deus vivo.
17 “Yahweh, it is true that [the armies of] the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations, and ruined their land.
Verdadeiramente, Javé, os reis da Assíria devastaram as nações e suas terras,
18 And they have thrown the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But [that was not difficult to do, because] they were not gods. They were only statues made of wood and stone, idols that were shaped by humans, [and that is why they were destroyed easily].
e lançaram seus deuses no fogo; pois eles não eram deuses, mas obra de mãos de homens, madeira e pedra. Portanto, eles os destruíram.
19 So now, Yahweh our God, please rescue us from the power [MTY] [of the king of Assyria], in order that the people in all the kingdoms of the world will know that you, Yahweh, are the only one who is truly God.”
Agora, portanto, Javé, nosso Deus, salvai-nos, peço-vos, da sua mão, que todos os reinos da terra saibam que vós, Javé, sois apenas Deus”.
20 Then Isaiah sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong, says: 'I have heard what you prayed to me about Sennacherib, the king of Assyria.
Então Isaías, filho de Amoz, enviou a Ezequias, dizendo: “Javé, o Deus de Israel, diz: 'Você rezou para mim contra Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, e eu o ouvi.
21 This is what I say to him: “The people of Jerusalem [MTY] despise you and make fun of you. They wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here.
Esta é a palavra que Javé falou a respeito dele: 'A virgem filha de Sião te desprezou e te ridicularizou'. A filha de Jerusalém sacudiu sua cabeça para você.
22 Who do you think that you are despising and ridiculing? Who do you think you were shouting at? Who do you think you were looking at very proudly/arrogantly? It was I, the holy God whom the Israelis worship.
A quem você desafiou e blasfemou? Contra quem você exaltou sua voz e ergueu os olhos para o alto? Contra o Santo de Israel!
23 The messengers that you sent made fun of me. You said, 'With my many chariots I have gone to the highest mountains, even to the highest mountains in Lebanon. We have cut down its tallest cedar trees and its nicest pine/cyprus trees. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its dense forests.
Por seus mensageiros, vocês desafiaram o Senhor e disseram: “Com a multidão de meus carros, subi ao cume das montanhas, às partes mais internas do Líbano, e cortarei seus altos cedros e seus ciprestes escolhidos; e entrarei em seu lugar de hospedagem mais distante, a floresta de seu campo fértil”.
24 We have dug wells in other countries and drank water from them. And by marching through [MTY] the streams of Egypt, we dried them all up [HYP]!”’
Cavei e bebi águas estranhas, e vou secar todos os rios do Egito com a planta de meus pés”.
25 [‘But I reply], “Have you never heard that long ago I determined [that those things would happen]? I planned it long ago, and now I have been causing it to happen. I planned that your army would have [the power to] capture many cities that were surrounded by high walls, and cause them to become piles of rubble.
Você não ouviu como o fiz há muito tempo, e o formei dos tempos antigos? Agora eu a fiz passar, que deveria ser sua para colocar os resíduos das cidades fortificadas em montões ruinosos.
26 The people who lived in those cities have no power, and as a result they became dismayed and discouraged. They are as frail as plants and grass in the fields, as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses and is scorched by the hot east wind.
Portanto, seus habitantes tinham pouco poder. Estavam consternados e confusos. Eram como a grama do campo e como a erva verde, como a grama no topo da casa e como o grão que explodiu antes de crescer.
27 “But I know [everything about you]. I know when you are in your house and when you go outside; I also know that you are (raging/speaking very angrily) against me.
Mas eu sei que vocês se sentaram, saíram, entraram e se enfureceram contra mim.
28 So, because you have raged against me, and because I have heard [MTY] you speak very proudly/arrogantly, [it will be as though] I will put a hook in your nose and an iron (bit/piece of metal) in your mouth [in order that I can lead you where I want you to go], and I will force you to return [to your own country] on the same road on which you came here, [without conquering Jerusalem].” '
Por causa de sua fúria contra mim, e porque sua arrogância subiu em minhas orelhas, por isso colocarei meu gancho em seu nariz, e meu freio em seus lábios, e o farei voltar pelo caminho pelo qual você veio”.
29 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “This is what will happen to prove [that I am telling the truth]: This year and next year you [and your people] will be able to harvest only (wild grain/grain that grows without having been planted). But the following year, you [Israelis] will be able to plant grain and harvest it, and to plant vineyards and eat the grapes that you harvest.
“Este será o sinal para você: Este ano, você comerá o que cresce de si mesmo, e no segundo ano o que nasce disso; e no terceiro ano semear e colher, e plantar vinhedos e comer seus frutos.
30 The people [MTY] in Judah who remain alive will prosper and have many children; they will be like plants whose roots go deep down into the ground and which produce much [MET].
O remanescente que escapou da casa de Judá voltará a criar raízes para baixo, e dará frutos para cima.
31 There will be many people in Jerusalem [DOU] who will survive, because Yahweh, the commander of the armies of angels in heaven, wants [PRS] it to happen.
Pois de Jerusalém sairá um remanescente, e do Monte Sião sairão os que escaparem. O zelo de Yahweh fará isso.
32 So this is what Yahweh, says about the king of Assyria: ‘His armies will not enter this city; they will not even shoot any arrows into it! His soldiers will not march outside the city gates carrying shields, and they will not even build high mounds of dirt against [the city walls] [to enable them to attack the city].
“Por isso Yahweh diz a respeito do rei da Assíria: “Ele não virá a esta cidade, nem atirará uma flecha lá”. Ele não virá diante dela com escudo, nem levantará um monte contra ela”.
33 Their king will return to his own country on the same road on which he came here. He will not enter this city! [That will happen because] I, Yahweh have said it!
Ele voltará do mesmo modo que veio, e não virá a esta cidade”, diz Javé.
34 I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed. I will do this for the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised to King David, who served me well.'”
'Pois eu defenderei esta cidade para salvá-la, para meu próprio bem e para o bem do meu servo David'”.
35 That night, an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had put up their tents, and killed 185,000 of their soldiers! When the rest of their soldiers woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere!
Naquela noite, o anjo de Yahweh saiu e atingiu cento e oitenta e cinco mil no acampamento dos assírios. Quando os homens se levantaram cedo pela manhã, eis que eram todos cadáveres.
36 Then King Sennacherib left and went home to Nineveh, [the capital of Assyria].
Então Sennacherib, rei da Assíria, partiu, foi para casa e viveu em Nínive.
37 One day, when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, two of his sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords. Then they escaped and went to [the] Ararat [region, northwest of Nineveh]. And another of Sennacherib's sons, Esarhaddon, became the king of Assyria.
Quando ele estava adorando na casa de Nisroch seu deus, Adrammelech e Sharezer golpearam-no com a espada; e eles escaparam para a terra de Ararat. Esar Haddon, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.
