Isaiah 18
1 Terrible things will happen to [you people] of Ethiopia! In your land there are many sailboats at the upper part of the Nile River.
Ah, a terra do barulho das asas, que está além dos rios da Etiópia;
2 Your rulers send ambassadors that sail [quickly] down the river in papyrus boats. You messengers to Ethiopia, go quickly! Go [up the river] to people who are tall and who have smooth skin. People everywhere are afraid of those people, because they conquer and destroy [other nations]; they live in a land that is divided by branches of one large river.
que envia embaixadores pelo mar, mesmo em embarcações de papiro sobre as águas, dizendo: “Vão, mensageiros rápidos, a uma nação alta e lisa, a um povo incrível desde o início, uma nação que mede e desce, cuja terra os rios dividem!
3 [You messengers] must tell people everywhere, to people everywhere, “Look when I lift up my battle flag on top of the mountain, and listen when I blow the ram’s horn [to signal that the battle is about to begin].”
Todos vocês habitantes do mundo, e vocês moradores da terra, quando uma bandeira é hasteada sobre as montanhas, vejam! Quando a trombeta for tocada, escutem!
4 [Listen] because Yahweh has told me this: “I will watch quietly from where I live. I will watch as quietly as [SIM] the heat waves shimmer as they rises on a hot summer day, as quietly as the dew forms [on the ground] during harvest time.”
Pois Yahweh me disse: “Estarei quieto, e verei em minha morada, como calor claro ao sol, como uma nuvem de orvalho no calor da colheita”.
5 But [even] before the army of Ethiopia starts to attack, while their plans are [slowly forming] like [SIM] grapes that are ripening, Yahweh will [get rid of them like a farmer who] [MET] cuts off the new shoots of the grapevines with his shears, and prunes the branches that have become very long.
Pois antes da colheita, quando a flor terminar, e a flor se tornar uma uva em maturação, ele cortará os raminhos com ganchos de poda, e cortará e tirará os galhos espalhados.
6 All [the soldiers in the army of Ethiopia] will be killed, and their corpses will lie in the fields for vultures to eat their flesh in the (summer/hot season). Then wild animals will [chew on their bones] all during the (winter/cold season).
Eles serão deixados juntos para as aves de rapina das montanhas, e para os animais da terra. As aves devoradoras as comerão no verão e todos os animais da terra as comerão no inverno.
7 At that time, the people of that land that is divided by the branches of that one big river will take gifts to Yahweh in Jerusalem. Those tall people who have smooth/dark skin, whom people everywhere are afraid of, because they conquer and destroy many countries, will take gifts to Jerusalem, the city where the Commander of the armies of angels lives.
Naquele tempo, um presente será trazido a Javé dos Exércitos de um povo alto e liso, mesmo de um povo fantástico desde seu início, uma nação que mede e desce, cuja terra os rios dividem, até o lugar do nome de Javé dos Exércitos, Monte Zion.
