Isaiah 36
1 When King Hezekiah had been [ruling Judah] for almost 14 years, King Sennacherib of Assyria came [with his army] to attack the cities in Judah that had walls around them. [They did not conquer Jerusalem, but] they conquered all the other cities.
E aconteceu no anno decimo quarto do rei Ezequias que Senacherib, rei da Assyria subiu contra todas as cidades fortes de Judah, e as tomou.
2 Then the king of Assyria sent a large army with some of his important officials from Lachish [city] to [persuade] King Hezekiah [to surrender]. When they arrived at Jerusalem, they stood in their positions alongside the aqueduct/channel in which water flows into the upper pool [into Jerusalem], near the road to the field where the women wash clothes.
Então o rei da Assyria enviou a Rabsaké, desde Lachis a Jerusalem, ao rei Ezequias com um grande exercito, e parou junto ao cano de agua do viveiro mais alto, junto ao caminho do campo do lavandeiro.
3 The Israeli officials who went out of the city to talk with them were Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, the (palace administrator/man who supervised the workers in the palace), Shebna the king’s secretary, and Asaph’s son Joah, who wrote down the government decisions.
Então saiu a elle Eliakim, filho de d'Hilkias, o mordomo, e Sebna, o escrivão, e Joah, filho d'Asaph, o chanceller.
4 Then one of Sennacherib’s important officials told them to take this message to Hezekiah: This is what the King of Assyria, the great king, says: “What are you trusting in to rescue you?
E Rabsaké lhes disse: Ora dizei a Ezequias: Assim diz o grande rei, o rei da Assyria: Que confiança é esta, em que confias?
5 You say that you have weapons to fight us and some country’s promises [to help you], [and that will enable you to defeat us], but that is only talk [RHQ]. Who do you think will help you to rebel against my [soldiers from Assyria]?
Bem podera eu dizer (porém palavra de labios é): Ha conselho e poder para a guerra: em quem pois agora confias, que contra mim te rebellas?
6 Listen to me! You are relying on [the army of] Egypt. But [that will be like] [MET] using a broken reed for a walking stick on which you could lean. [But] it would pierce the hand of anyone who would lean on it! That is what the King of Egypt would be like for anyone who relied on him [for help].
Eis que confias n'aquelle bordão de canna quebrada, a saber, no Egypto, o qual, se alguem se encostar n'elle lhe entrará pela mão, e lh'a furará: assim é Pharaó, rei do Egypto, para com todos os que n'elle confiam.
7 But perhaps you will say to me, ‘[No], we are relying on Yahweh our God [to help us].’ [I would reply], ‘Is he not the one whom [you insulted by] tearing down his shrines and altars and forcing everyone in Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah to worship [only] in front of the altar [in Jerusalem]?’
Porém se me disseres: No Senhor, nosso Deus, confiamos; porventura não é este aquelle cujos altos e cujos altares Ezequias tirou, e disse a Judah e a Jerusalem: Perante este altar vos inclinareis?
8 So I suggest that you make a deal with my master/boss, the king of Assyria. I will give you 2,000 horses, but [I do not think that] you can find 2,000 of your men who can ride on them!
Ora, pois, dá agora refens ao meu senhor, o rei da Assyria, e dar-te-hei dois mil cavallos, se tu poderes dar cavalleiros para elles.
9 You are expecting the king of Egypt to send chariots and men riding horses [to assist you]. But they certainly would not [RHQ] be able to resist/defeat even the most insignificant/unimportant official in the army of Assyria!
Como pois farias que se torne o rosto a um só principe dos minimos servos do meu senhor? porém tu confias no Egypto, por causa dos carros e cavalleiros.
10 Furthermore, [do not think that] [RHQ] we have come here to attack and destroy this land without Yahweh’s orders! It is Yahweh himself who told us to come here and destroy this land!”
Agora, pois, subi eu porventura sem o Senhor contra esta terra, para destruil-a? O Senhor mesmo me disse: Sobe contra esta terra, e destroe-a.
11 Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the official from Assyria, “Please speak to us in [your] Aramaic language, because we understand it. Do not speak to us in [our] Hebrew language, because the people who are standing on the wall will understand it [and become frightened].”
Então disse Eliakim, e Sebna, e Joah, a Rabsaké: Pedimos-te que falles aos teus servos em syriaco, porque bem o entendemos, e não nos falles em judaico, aos ouvidos do povo que está em cima do muro.
12 But the official replied, “Do you think that my master sent me to say these things [only] to you, and not to the people standing on the wall [RHQ]? [If you reject this message], the [people in this city] will soon need to eat their own dung and drink their own urine, just like you will, [because there will be nothing more for you to eat or drink].”
Porém Rabsaké disse: Porventura mandou-me o meu senhor só ao teu senhor e a ti, para fallar estas palavras? e não antes aos homens que estão assentados em cima do muro, para que comam comvosco o seu esterco, e bebam a sua urina?
13 Then the official stood up and shouted in the Hebrew language [to the people sitting on the wall]. He said, “Listen to this message from the great king, the King of Assyria!
Rabsaké pois se poz em pé, e clamou em alta voz em judaico, e disse: Ouvi as palavras do grande rei, do rei da Assyria.
14 He says, ‘Do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you! He will not be able to rescue you!
Assim diz o rei: Não vos engane Ezequias; porque não vos poderá livrar.
15 Do not allow him to persuade you to trust in Yahweh, saying that Yahweh will rescue you, and that [the army of] the King of Assyria will never capture this city!’
Nem tão pouco Ezequias vos faça confiar no Senhor, dizendo: Infallivelmente nos livrará o Senhor, e esta cidade não será entregue nas mãos do rei da Assyria.
16 Do not pay attention to what Hezekiah says! This is what the king [of Assyria] says: ‘Come out of the city and surrender to me. [If you do that, I will arrange for] each of you to drink the juice from your own grapevines and to eat figs from your own trees, and to drink water from your own well.
Não deis ouvidos a Ezequias; porque assim diz o rei da Assyria: Contratae comigo por presentes, e sahi a mim, e comei vós cada um da sua vide, e da sua figueira, e bebei cada um da agua da sua cisterna;
17 [You will be able to do that] until we come and take you to a land that is like your land—a land where there is grain to make bread and [vineyards to produce grapes for making] new wine and, and where we make lots of bread.’
Até que eu venha, e vos leve para uma terra como a vossa: terra de trigo e de mosto, terra de pão e de vinhas.
18 Do not allow Hezekiah to mislead you by saying, “Yahweh will rescue us.” The gods that people of other nations worship have never [RHQ] rescued any of them from the power [MTY] of the King of Assyria!
Não vos engane Ezequias, dizendo: O Senhor nos livrará. Porventura os deuses das nações livraram cada um a sua terra das mãos do rei da Assyria?
19 Why were the gods of Hamath and Arpad [cities], and the gods of Sepharvaim unable to rescue Samaria from my power [MTY]?
Onde estão os deuses d'Hamath e d'Arpad? onde estão os deuses de Sepharvaim? porventura livraram a Samaria da minha mão?
20 No, no god [RHQ] of any nation has been able to rescue their people from me. So why do you think that Yahweh will rescue you people of Jerusalem from my power [MTY]?’”
Quaes são elles, d'entre todos os deuses d'estas terras, os que livraram a sua terra das minhas mãos, para que o Senhor livrasse a Jerusalem das minhas mãos?
21 But the people [who were listening] were silent. No one said anything, because King [Hezekiah] had commanded, “[When the official from Assyria talks to you], do not answer him.”
Porém elles se calaram, e palavra nenhuma lhe responderam; porque havia mandado do rei, dizendo: Não lhe respondereis.
22 Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah returned to Hezekiah with their clothes torn [because they were extremely distressed]. They told him what the official from Assyria had said.
Então Eliakim, filho d'Hilkias, o mordomo, e Sebna, o escrivão, e Joah, filho d'Asaph, o chanceller, vieram a Ezequias, com os vestidos rasgados, e lhe fizeram saber as palavras de Rabsaké.
