Isaiah 37
1 When King Hezekiah heard what they reported, he tore his clothes and put on clothes made of rough sackcloth [because he was very distressed]. Then he went into the temple of Yahweh [and prayed].
E aconteceu que, quando o rei Ezequias ouviu [isso], ele rasgou suas roupas, cobriu-se de saco, e entrou na casa do SENHOR.
2 Then he sent Eliakim, Shebna, and the (older/most important) priests, who were also wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, to talk to me.
Então ele enviou Eliaquim o administrador da casa real, Sebna o escriba, e os anciãos dos sacerdotes, cobertos de sacos, ao profeta Isaías, filho de Amoz.
3 He said to them, “Tell this to Isaiah: ‘King Hezekiah says that this is a day when we are greatly distressed. Other nations are causing us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like [SIM] a woman who is about to give birth to a baby, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it.
E lhe disseram: Assim diz Ezequias: Este dia é um dia de angústia, de repreensão, e de blasfêmia; pois os filhos chegaram ao parto, porém não há força para que possam nascer.
4 [But] perhaps Yahweh our God has heard what the official from Assyria said. Perhaps he knows that his boss, the King of Assyria, sent him to insult the all-powerful God, and that Yahweh will punish the King of Assyria for what he said. And the king requests that you pray for the few of us who are still alive [here in Jerusalem].’”
Talvez o SENHOR venha a ouvir as palavras de Rabsaqué, a quem seu senhor, o rei da Assíria, enviou, para afrontar ao Deus vivente; e repreenda as palavras que o SENHOR teu Deus tem ouvido. Faze, pois, oração pelos restantes, que [ainda] se encontram.
5 After those men gave me that message,
E os servos do rei vieram até Isaías,
6 I replied, “Tell the King, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “Those messengers from the King of Assyria have said evil things about me. But do not be disturbed by what they said.
E Isaías lhes disse: Assim direis a vosso senhor: Assim diz o SENHOR: Não temas das palavras que ouviste, com as quais os servos do rei da Assíria me blasfemaram.
7 Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor [that the armies of Babylon are about to attack his country], and that will worry him. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by [men using] swords.”’”
Eis que porei nele um espírito de tal maneira que, quando ouvir um rumor, ele voltará à sua terra; e eu o derrubarei pela espada em sua [própria] terra.
8 The official from Assyria found out that the King of Assyria [and his army] had captured Lachish [city] and that they were attacking Libnah, [which is a nearby city]. So the official left Jerusalem and went to Libnah [to report to the king what had happened in Jerusalem].
Então Rabsaqué voltou, e achou ao rei da Assíria lutando contra Libna, pois tinha ouvido que ele [já] tinha saído de Laquis.
9 Soon after that, King [Sennacherib] received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah [with his army to fight against the army from Ethiopia], he sent other messengers to Hezekiah in Jerusalem with a letter. [In the letter he wrote this] to Hezekiah:
E ele, ao ouvir dizer que Tiraca, rei de Cuxe, tinha saído para fazer guerra contra ele, então, após ouvir, enviou mensageiros a Ezequias, dizendo:
10 “Do not allow your god, on whom you are relying, to deceive you by promising you that Jerusalem will not be captured by my army.
Assim falareis a Ezequias, rei de Judá, dizendo: Que teu Deus, em quem confias, não te engane, dizendo: Jerusalém não será entregue nas mãos 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 destroyed them completely. So, (do you think that you will escape?/do not think that your god will save you!) [RHQ]
Eis que tens ouvido o que os reis da Assíria fizeram a todas as terras, destruindo-as por completo. E tu, escaparias?
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 Gozan [region], and Haran and Rezeph [cities in northern Syria], and the people of Eden [region] who were forced to go to Tel-Assar [city]?
Por acaso as livraram os deuses das nações as quais meus pais destruíram, tal como Gozã, Harã e Rezefe, e os filhos de Éden que estavam em Telassar?
13 What happened to the King of Hamath and the King of Arpad? What happened to the kings of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah [cities]? [Did their gods rescue them] [RHQ]?”
Onde está o rei da Hamate, o rei de Arpade, o rei de Sefarvaim, ou Hena e Iva?
14 Hezekiah received 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.
E Ezequias, recebendo as cartas das mãos dos mensageiros, e tendo as lido, subiu à casa do SENHOR, e Ezequias as estendeu perante o SENHOR.
15 And [then] Hezekiah prayed this:
Então Ezequias orou ao SENHOR, dizendo:
16 “O Yahweh, Commander of the armies of angels, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, you are seated on your throne above the statues of the 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.
Ó SENHOR dos exércitos, Deus de Israel, que habitas entre os querubins; tu, só tu, és Deus de todos os reinos da terra; tu fizeste os céus e a terra.
17 [So], Yahweh, [please] listen to what I am saying, and look at [what is happening]! And listen to what Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God!
Inclina teu ouvido, ó SENHOR, e ouve; abre os teus olhos, SENHOR, e olha; e ouve todas as palavras de Senaqueribe que ele enviou para afrontar o Deus vivente.
18 Yahweh, it is true that [the armies of] the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations and ruined their land.
É verdade, SENHOR, que os reis da Assíria assolaram a todas as terras e seus territórios,
19 And they have thrown all the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But they were not [really] gods. They were only idols made of wood and stone, [and that is why they were destroyed easily].
E lançaram seus deuses ao fogo, porque não eram deuses, mas sim obras de mãos humanas, madeira e pedra; por isso os destruíram.
20 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, SENHOR nosso Deus, livra-nos das mãos dele, [e] assim todos os reinos da terra saberão que tu, só tu, és o SENHOR.
21 Then I sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what Yahweh, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, says: Because you prayed about what King Sennacherib of Assyria [said],
Então Isaías, filho de Amós, mandou dizer a Ezequias: Assim diz o SENHOR, Deus de Israel: Quanto ao que me pediste sobre Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria,
22 this is what I say to him: ‘The people of Jerusalem despise you and make fun of you. They will wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here.
Esta é a palavra que o SENHOR falou sobre ele: A virgem, a filha de Sião, te despreza, zomba de ti; a filha de Jerusalém balança a cabeça após ti.
23 Whom do you think you have been despising and ridiculing? Whom do you think you were shouting at? Whom do you think you were looking at [very] proudly/arrogantly? [It was I], the Holy One whom the Israelis worship!
A quem afrontaste? [De quem] blasfemaste? E contra quem levantaste a voz, e levantaste aos olhos arrogantemente? Contra o Santo de Israel!
24 The messengers whom 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/cypress [trees]. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its densest forests.
Por meio de teus servos afrontaste ao Senhor, e disseste: Com a minha multidão de carruagens eu subi aos cumes dos montes, aos lugares remotos do Líbano; e cortarei seus altos cedros, e seus melhores ciprestes, e virei a seu extremo cume, ao bosque de seu campo fértil.
25 We have dug wells [in many countries] and drunk water [from them]. And by marching through [MTY] the streams of Egypt, we dried them all up [HYP]!”
Eu cavei, e bebi as águas; e com as plantas dos meus pés secarei todos os rios do Egito.
26 [But I, Yahweh, reply], “Have you never heard that long ago I determined [those things]; I planned them long ago, and now I have been causing those things to occur. I planned that your army would destroy cities and cause them to become piles of rubble.
Por acaso não ouviste que desde muito antes eu fiz isto, e deste os dias antigos o tinha planejado? Agora eu fiz isto acontecer, para que tu fosses o que destruirias as cidades fortificadas, [reduzindo-as] a amontoados de ruínas.
27 The people in those cities have no power, and as a result they are dismayed and discouraged. They are [as frail as] [MET] grass and plants in the fields, as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses and is scorched by the hot east wind.
Por isso os moradores delas, com as mãos impotentes, ficaram atemorizados e envergonhados; eram [como] a erva do campo, e a grama verde, o capim dos telhados e o trigo queimado antes de crescer.
28 [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.
Porém eu sei o teu sentar, o teu sair, o teu entrar, e o teu furor contra mim.
29 [So], because you have raged against me and because I have heard you speak very proudly/arrogantly, [it will be as though] I will put a hook in your nose and I will put an iron (bit/metal bar) 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 teu furor contra mim, e teu tumulto que subiu aos meus ouvidos, por isso porei meu anzol em teu nariz, e meu freio em tua boca; e te farei voltar pelo caminho em que vieste.
30 [Then I said to Hezekiah], ‘This will prove to you [that what I said will happen]: “This year, you(pl) will eat [only the crops] that grow by themselves, and next year the same thing will happen. But in the third year you will plant [crops] and harvest them; you will take care of your vineyards and eat the grapes.
E isto será por sinal para ti, [Ezequias]: este ano se comerá daquilo que nascer de si mesmo, e no segundo ano do que daí proceder; porém no terceiro ano semeai e colhei; e plantai vinhas, e comei seus frutos.
31 And [you] people who are still [here] in Judah, will be strong and prosper again [MET].
Pois os sobreviventes da casa de Judá, o remanescente, voltará a formar raízes abaixo, e dará fruto acima.
32 A small number of my people will survive, and they will spread out from Jerusalem [DOU].” That will happen because [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, am desiring very much to accomplish it.’
Porque de Jerusalém sairá o remanescente, e do monte de Sião os que sobreviverem; o zelo do SENHOR dos exércitos fará isto.
33 And this is what [I], Yahweh, say about the King of Assyria: ‘His [armies] will not enter Jerusalem; they will not [even] shoot arrows into it. His soldiers will not [march outside] the city gates holding their shields, and they will not build high mounds of dirt against the walls of the city [to enable them to attack the city].
Portanto assim diz o SENHOR quanto ao rei da Assíria: Ele não entrará nesta cidade, nem lançará flecha nela; nem também virá diante dela com escudo, nem levantará cerco contra ela.
34 And 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!
Pelo mesmo caminho que veio, nele voltará; mas nesta cidade ele não entrará, diz o SENHOR;
35 For the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me [well], I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed.”
Porque eu defenderei esta cidade para a livrar, por causa de mim e por causa do meu servo Davi.
36 [That night], an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had set up their tents and killed 185,000 of their soldiers. When [the rest of the soldiers] woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere.
Então o anjo do SENHOR saiu, e feriu no acampamento dos assírios cento e oitenta mil [deles]; e levantando-se pela manhã cedo, eis que todos eram cadáveres.
37 Then King Sennacherib left and returned home to Nineveh [in Assyria], and stayed there.
Assim Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, partiu-se, e foi embora, voltou, e ficou em Nínive.
38 [One day], when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his two 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.
E sucedeu que, enquanto ele estava prostrado na casa de seu deus Nisroque, seus filhos Adrameleque e Sarezer o feriram a espada; então eles escaparam para a terra de Ararate; e Esar-Hadom, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.
