Isaiah 27
1 At that time, Yahweh will punish Leviathan, the swift-moving monster/dragon, that coiling serpent that lives in the sea. Yahweh will kill it with his sharp, huge, and powerful sword.
Naquele dia, o SENHOR punirá, com sua dura, grande e forte espada, ao Leviatã, a ágil serpente; ao Leviatã, a serpente tortuosa; e matará o dragão que está no mar.
2 At that time, [Yahweh will say], “You [Israeli people, who are like] [MET] a fruitful vineyard, must sing!
Naquele dia, cantai à preciosa vinha:
3 I will [protect you] [like a farmer] [MET] waters his crops carefully [in order that they will grow well]. I will guard you day and night, in order that no one harms you.
Eu, o SENHOR, a vigio, e a rego a cada momento; para que ninguém a invada, eu a vigiarei de noite e de dia.
4 I am no [longer] angry [with my people]; [if any of your enemies try to injure you like briers and thorns injure people] [MET], I will attack them [in battles]; I will get rid of them completely,
[Já] não há furor em mim. Caso alguém ponha contra mim espinhos e cardos, eu lutarei contra eles em batalha, e juntos os queimarei.
5 unless they request me to protect them; I strongly invite them to make peace with me [DOU]!”
Ou, se quiserem depender de minha força, então façam as pazes comigo, e sejam comigo feitas as pazes.
6 There will be a time when the (descendants of Jacob/Israeli people) will [prosper like] a plant that has good roots; they will be like [MET] trees that bud and blossom and bear a lot of fruit; [what they do will bless] all the people in the world.
[Dias] virão em que Jacó lançará raízes, florescerá, e brotará Israel; e encherão superfície do mundo de frutos.
7 [But now I ask], has Yahweh punished us Israelis like he punished our enemies? Has he punished us as much as he punished them?
Por acaso ele o feriu, como feriu aos que o feriram? Ou ele o matou, como morreram os que o por ele foram mortos?
8 [No, he has not done that], [but] he punished us Israeli people and (exiled us/forced us to leave our country); we were taken away from our land as though [SIM] we were struck by a windstorm from the east.
Com moderação brigaste contra ela, quando a rejeitaste; [quando] a tirou com seu vento forte, no dia do vento do Oriente.
9 Yahweh did that in order to punish us for our sins, and remove our guilt. As a result [of our being exiled], all the altars to other gods [in Israel] will be demolished, and we will be forgiven for the sins that we have committed. There will be no more poles for worshiping the goddess Asherah, or altars for burning incense to other gods; they will all be torn down.
Portanto assim será perdoada a maldade de Jacó, e este será o fruto completo da remoção de seu pecado: quando tornar todas as pedras dos altares como pedras de cal despedaçadas, [e] os mastros de Aserá e os altares de incenso não ficarem mais de pé.
10 The cities that have strong walls around them will be empty; like the desert, they will have no one living in them. The houses will be abandoned, and the streets will be full of weeds. Calves will eat grass there and lie down there; they will chew up all the leaves on the trees.
Pois a cidade fortificada [será] abandonada, o lugar de habitação deixado e desabitado como o deserto; ali os bezerros pastarão, e ali se deitarão e comerão seus ramos.
11 [The Israeli people are like] [MET] dry branches on a tree; women break them off and use them to make fires [under their cooking pots]. Our Israeli people do not have any sense; so Yahweh, who created them, will not act mercifully toward them or be kind to them.
Quando seus ramos se secarem, serão quebrados; mulheres virão, e os queimarão; pois este povo não tem entendimento. Por isso, aquele que o criou não terá compaixão dele; aquele que o formou não lhe concederá graça.
12 [However], there will be a time when Yahweh will gather them together [again; he will separate them from the people who have conquered them, like people] separate wheat from chaff. He will bring them [back to Israel], one by one, from [the land between] the Euphrates River [in the northeast] and the brook at the border of Egypt [in the southwest].
E será naquele dia, que o SENHOR debulhará o trigo, desde o rio [Eufrates] até o ribeiro do Egito; porém vós, filhos de Israel, sereis colhidos um a um.
13 At that time, a trumpet will be blown very loudly. And those who were exiled to Assyria and Egypt and who almost died there will return to Jerusalem, to worship Yahweh on [Zion], his holy hill.
E será naquele dia, que uma grande trombeta será tocada; então os que estiverem perdidos na terra da Assíria e os que tiverem sido lançados à terra do Egito voltarão, e adorarão ao SENHOR no monte santo em Jerusalém.
