< Isaiah 42 >

1 [Yahweh says, “I want you people to know about] my servant, whom I encourage. I have chosen him, and I am pleased with him. I have given him my Spirit, and he will make certain that all the people-groups do what is right/just.
Eis aqui meu servo, a quem sustento; meu escolhido, [em quem] minha alma se agrada. Sobre ele eu pus o meu Espírito; ele trará justiça às nações.
2 He will not [show his power by] shouting [DOU] or by talking very loudly.
Ele não gritará, nem levantará [seu clamor]; ele não fará ouvir sua voz nas ruas.
3 He will not get rid of [anyone who is weak like] [MET] a smashed reed, and he will not [end the life of anyone who is helpless like] [MET] someone would extinguish a dimly burning wick [of an oil lamp]. He will faithfully/continually make sure that judges decide cases justly.
A cana rachada ele não quebrará, nem apagará o pavio que fumega; com a verdade ele trará justiça.
4 He will not become exhausted or discouraged all during the time that he is causing things to be done justly throughout the earth. Even [people living on the islands in] [MTY] the oceans will confidently wait for [him to teach them] his laws.”
Ele não fraquejará, nem será esmagado, até que ponha a justiça na terra; e os litorais esperarão a sua doutrina.
5 Yahweh our God created the sky and spread it out. He also created the earth and everything on it. He gives breath to all the people on the earth; he causes them to live [DOU]. [And he is the one who says to his special servant],
Assim diz Deus, o SENHOR, que criou os céus, e os esticou; estendeu a terra, e a tudo quanto ela produz; que dá respiração ao povo que nela [habita], e espírito aos que nela andam.
6 “I, Yahweh, have chosen you to show people that I always act righteously/fairly. I will grasp your hand and protect you, and I will present you to [my Israeli] people to be the one who will put into effect my agreement with them. [You will be like] a light to the [other] nations.
Eu, o SENHOR, te chamei em justiça, e te tomarei pela mão. E eu te guardarei, e te darei como pacto para o povo e luz para as nações;
7 You will enable blind [IDM] people to see, you will free those who are in prison (OR, who are bound [by the guilt of their sins]) [MET] and release those who are in dark dungeons.
Para abrir os olhos cegos, para tirar da prisão os presos, [tirar] do cárcere os que habitam em trevas.
8 I am Yahweh; that is my name. I will not allow anyone else to receive the honor that only I deserve. And I will not allow idols to be praised like only I should be praised.
Eu, EU-SOU; este é o meu nome! Não darei a minha glória a outro, nem o meu louvor às imagens de escultura.
9 Everything that I have prophesied has happened, and now I will tell about other things that will happen. I will tell you things that will happen before they happen.”
Eis que as coisas anteriores já aconteceram; e as novas eu [vos] anuncio; e antes que surjam, [delas] eu vos informo.
10 Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to praise him throughout the world! All you people who sail across the oceans, and all you creatures that live in the oceans, and all you people who live on islands far away, sing!
Cantai ao SENHOR um cântico novo, um louvor a ele desde o limite da terra; vós que navegais pelo mar, e tudo quanto nele há; vós terras do litoral e seus moradores.
11 You people who live in towns in the desert, sing loudly! You people who live in the Kedar [area in the north of Arabia], you rejoice also! You people in Sela [city in Edom], you also should sing joyfully; shout [to praise him] from the tops of your mountains!
Levantem [a voz] o deserto e suas cidades, com as aldeias que Quedar habita; cantem os que habitam nas rochas, [e] gritem de alegria do cume dos montes.
12 Even people who live on distant islands should honor Yahweh and sing to praise him.
Deem glória ao SENHOR, e anunciem louvor a ele nas terras do litoral.
13 [It will be as though] Yahweh will march out like [SIM] a mighty soldier; he will show that he is very angry. He will shout a battle-cry, and [then] he will defeat all his enemies.
O SENHOR sairá como guerreiro, como homem de guerra despertará o [seu] zelo; ele gritará, e fará grade ruído; e dominará a seus inimigos.
14 [He will say], “I have remained silent [DOU] for a long time; I have restrained myself [from doing what I need to do]. But now, like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby, I will cry out and gasp and pant.
Por muito tempo fiquei calado, quieto estive, [e] me retive; [mas agora] darei gritos como a que está de parto, suspirando e juntamente ofegando.
15 I will level off the hills and mountains, and I will cause all the plants and trees to dry up. I will cause the rivers to become small streams, and little islands will appear in them, and I will cause all the pools to become dry.
Aos montes e morros tornarei em deserto, e toda sua erva farei secar; e tornarei aos rios em ilhas, e as lagoas secarei.
16 [My people who have been taken to Babylonia are like] [MET] blind people, [but] I will lead them along a road on which they have not walked before, on a road that they have not seen before. They have felt [very helpless, as though] they were walking in the darkness, but I will take away that darkness and I will make smooth the road that is in front of them. Those are the things that I will do for them; I will not abandon them.
E guiarei aos cegos por um caminho que nunca conheceram; eu os farei caminhar pelas veredas que não conheciam; tornarei as trevas em luz perante eles, e as coisas tortas [farei] direitas; estas coisas lhes farei, e nunca os desampararei.
17 But those who trust in carved idols, and say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be completely humiliated/disgraced.”
[Mas] serão conduzidos para trás e se envergonharão os que confiam em imagens de escultura, [e] dizem às imagens de fundição: Vós sois nossos deuses.
18 You [Israeli people who have acted toward God like] deaf [people], listen [to what Yahweh says]! “You [who have been like] [MET] blind [people], look!
Surdos, ouvi; e vós cegos, olhai para que possais ver.
19 No people are [RHQ] as blind as my people, who [should have been] serving me. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] deaf people as [the Israelis, who should have been] my messengers. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] blind people as those whom I chose to serve me.
Quem é cego, senão o meu servo? Ou surdo, como o meu mensageiro, a quem envio? Quem é cego como o aliançado, e cego como o servo do SENHOR?
20 You see and know what are the right things to do, but you do not do them. You hear [what I say to you], but you do not pay attention.”
Tu vês muitas coisas, porém não as guardas; mesmo abrindo os ouvidos, contudo nada ouve.
21 Because Yahweh is righteous, he has honored his glorious laws.
O SENHOR se agradou, por causa de sua justiça, em engrandecer [sua] lei, e em fazê [-la] gloriosa.
22 But [the armies of Babylon have destroyed Jerusalem] and have completely (plundered/taken away) [DOU] all the valuable things, and they have captured Yahweh’s people and taken them away and put them in prison. They have been captured easily, because there was no one to protect them; there was no one to say that they should be allowed to return home.
Mas [este] é um povo roubado e saqueado; todos estão enlaçados em covas, e escondidos em cárceres; são postos como despojos, e ninguém há que os resgate; estão como [objetos] de roubo, e ninguém diz “Restitui [-os]”.
23 Who among you will listen carefully to these things? Who will pay attention from now on?
Quem dentre vós dá ouvidos a isto? [Quem] presta atenção e ouve o que há de ser no futuro?
24 Who allowed the valuable possessions of the people of Israel to be stolen [RHQ, DOU]? It was Yahweh, because he is he one against whom we had sinned; we did not conduct our lives like he wanted us to, and we did not obey his laws.
Quem entregou a Jacó como roubo, e a Israel a ladrões? Por acaso não foi o SENHOR, aquele contra quem pecamos? Pois não queriam andar em seus caminhos, e não deram ouvidos à sua lei.
25 Therefore, he was extremely angry with us, and he caused our soldiers to be destroyed in battles. [It was as though] [MET] he lit a fire around us, but we did not understand [what he was trying to tell us]. [His being angry with us was like] a fire that would burn us up, but we did not pay attention [IDM].
Por isso ele derramou sobre eles o furor de sua ira, e a força da guerra; e os pôs em labaredas ao redor; porém [ainda assim] não entenderam; e ele os pôs para queimar, porém [ainda assim] não puseram [nisso] o coração.

< Isaiah 42 >