Isaiah 46
1 [It is as though] Bel and Nebo, the statues of the gods [of Babylonia], are bowing down as those statues are put on animals and carried away! The statues are heavy burdens and will cause the animals to become tired [SAR]!
Já Bel abatido está, já Nebo se encurvou, os seus ídolos são postos sobre os animais e sobre as bestas: as cargas dos vossos fardos são canceira para as bestas já cançadas.
2 [It seems like] both gods are bowing down; not only can they not save themselves, but they themselves are being (exiled/taken to another country)!
Juntamente se encurvaram e se abateram; não puderam escapar da carga, mas a sua alma entrou em cativeiro.
3 [Yahweh says], “You descendants of Jacob who were exiled, [I am not like the gods of Babylonia that must be carried]; [instead, it is as though] I have carried you since you first became a nation [MET]. I carried you [even] before you became a nation.
Ouvi-me, ó casa de Jacob, e todo o resíduo da casa de Israel; vós a quem trouxe nos braços desde o ventre, e levei desde a madre.
4 I will be your God, and I will carry you for many years, until [it is as though] [MET] your nation is an old man with gray hair. I caused [you to become a nation], and I will sustain you and rescue you.
E até à velhice eu serei o mesmo, e ainda até às cãs eu vos trarei: eu o fiz, e eu vos levarei, e eu vos trarei, e vos guardarei.
5 There is certainly [RHQ] no one to whom I can be compared. There is [RHQ] no one who is equal to me [DOU].
A quem me fareis semelhante, e com quem me igualareis, e me comparareis, para que sejamos semelhantes?
6 [So it is stupid/ridiculous that] some people pour out gold and silver from their bags and weigh it on a scale. [Then] they hire a man who makes things from gold to make an idol from it. [After he makes an idol], they bow down and worship it!
Gastam o ouro da bolsa, e pesam a prata com as balanças: alugam o ourives, e daquilo faz um deus, e diante dele se prostram e se inclinam.
7 They lift it up and carry it on their shoulders. They put it in a [special] place, and it stays there. It cannot move! And when someone prays to it, it does not answer. So [obviously] it cannot rescue anyone from his troubles!
Sobre os ombros o tomam, o levam, e o põem no seu lugar; ali está em pé, do seu lugar não se move: e, se alguém clama a ele, resposta nenhuma dá, nem o livra da sua tribulação.
8 [You people of Judah], do not forget this; keep thinking about it, you sinful people!
Lembrai-vos disto, e tende ânimo: reconduzi-o ao coração, ó prevaricadores.
9 Think about the things [that I did] long ago. Only I am God; I am God, and there is no one like me.
Lembrai-vos das coisas passadas desde a antiguidade: que eu sou Deus, e não há outro Deus, não há outro semelhante a mim;
10 Only I can tell what will happen in the future before it occurs; I tell it long before it happens. I will accomplish everything that I plan to accomplish, and I will do everything that I want to do.
Que anuncío o fim desde o princípio, e desde a antiguidade as coisas que ainda não sucederam; que digo: O meu conselho será firme, e farei toda a minha vontade;
11 So I will summon [someone to come] from the east [like a swift and powerful] eagle; he will come from a distant country. He will accomplish what I want him to. [He is the one who] will do what I have said that I want him to do, what I have planned.
Que chamo a ave de rapina desde o oriente, e o homem do meu conselho desde terras remotas; porque assim o disse, e assim o farei vir; eu o formei, e também o farei.
12 You stubborn people [of Israel], [you think that] it will be a long time before you are allowed to return to your own country.
Ouvi-me, ó duros de coração, os que estais longe da justiça.
13 But I will rescue you, and it will not be a long time [before that happens]. I will do it soon. I will rescue Jerusalem and show to you Israeli [people] that I am glorious.”
Faço chegar a minha justiça, e não estará ao longe, e a minha salvação não tardará: mas estabelecerei em Sião a salvação, e em Israel a minha glória.
