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.
Agora no décimo quarto ano do rei Ezequias, Sennacheribe, rei da Assíria, atacou todas as cidades fortificadas de Judá e as capturou.
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.
O rei da Assíria enviou Rabsaqué de Laquis a Jerusalém para o rei Ezequias com um grande exército. Ele ficou ao lado do aqueduto da piscina superior da rodovia de campo mais cheia.
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 Eliakim, o filho de Hilquias, que estava sobre a casa, e Shebna, o escriba, e Joaquim, o filho de Asafe, o gravador, saíram para ele.
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?
Rabshakeh disse-lhes: “Agora digam a Ezequias: 'O grande rei, o rei da Assíria, diz: “Que confiança é essa em que vocês confiam?
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]?
Eu digo que seus conselhos e sua força para a guerra são apenas palavras vãs. Em quem você confia, que você se rebelou contra mim?
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 você confia no bastão desta cana machucada, mesmo no Egito, que se um homem se inclina sobre ela, ela entrará em sua mão e a perfurará. Assim é o faraó rei do Egito para todos os que confiam nele.
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]?’
Mas se vocês me disserem: 'Nós confiamos em Javé nosso Deus', não é aquele cujos lugares altos e cujos altares Ezequias tirou, e disse a Judá e a Jerusalém: 'Vocês adorarão diante deste altar...'”.
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!
Agora, portanto, por favor, faça um juramento ao meu senhor, o rei da Assíria, e eu lhe darei dois mil cavalos, se você puder de sua parte colocar cavaleiros sobre eles.
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, então, você pode afastar o rosto de um capitão do menor dos servos de meu senhor, e depositar sua confiança no Egito para as carruagens e para os cavaleiros?
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!”
Será que eu subi agora sem Iavé contra esta terra para destruí-la? Javé me disse: “Suba contra esta terra, e a destrua””.
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 Eliakim, Shebna e Joah disseram a Rabshakeh: “Por favor, fale com seus servos em Aramaico, pois nós entendemos isso. Não nos fale na língua dos judeus na audição das pessoas que estão no 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].”
Mas Rabshakeh disse: “Meu mestre me enviou apenas a seu mestre e a você, para dizer estas palavras, e não aos homens que se sentam na parede, que comerão seu próprio esterco e beberão sua própria urina com você”?
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!
Então Rabshakeh levantou-se, e gritou com voz alta na língua dos judeus, e disse: “Ouvi as palavras do grande rei, o rei da Assíria!
14 He says, ‘Do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you! He will not be able to rescue you!
O rei diz: “Não deixeis que Ezequias vos engane, pois ele não poderá entregar-vos.
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!’
Não deixe que Ezequias o faça confiar em Iavé, dizendo: “Iavé certamente nos entregará”. Esta cidade não será entregue na mão do rei da Assíria”.
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 dê ouvidos a Ezequias, pois o rei da Assíria diz: 'Façam as pazes comigo e venham a mim; e cada um de vocês coma de sua videira, e cada um de sua figueira, e cada um de vocês beba as águas de sua própria 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 os leve para uma terra como sua própria terra, uma terra de grãos e vinho novo, uma terra de pão e vinhedos.
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!
Cuidado para que Hezekiah não vos convença, dizendo: “Yahweh nos entregará”. Algum dos deuses das nações entregou suas terras da mão do rei da Assíria?
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 de Hamath e Arpad? Onde estão os deuses de Sefarvaim? Eles entregaram 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]?’”
Quem são eles entre todos os deuses desses países que libertaram seu país da minha mão, que Javé deveria libertar Jerusalém da minha mão?'”.
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.”
Mas eles permaneceram em silêncio, e nada disseram em resposta, pois o mandamento do rei era: “Não lhe responda”.
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, o filho de Hilkiah, que estava sobre a casa, e Shebna, o escriba, e Joah, o filho de Asaph, o gravador, vieram a Hezekiah com suas roupas rasgadas, e lhe contaram as palavras de Rabshakeh.
