Isaiah 49
1 All you people who live on islands [in the ocean] and in other distant areas, pay attention [DOU] to what I will say! Yahweh called/chose me before I was born; he chose/appointed me when I was still in my mother’s womb.
Ouvi-me, terras costeiras, e escutai, vós povos de longe; o SENHOR me chamou desde o ventre, desde as entranhas de minha mãe ele fez menção do meu nome;
2 [When I grew up], he caused my messages to be like [SIM] a sharp sword. He has protected me with his hand [SYN]. [He protects me] [MET] like someone protects sharp arrows in a quiver.
E fez da minha boca como uma espada afiada, com a sombra de sua mão ele me cobriu; e me pôs como uma flecha polida, [e] me guardou em sua aljava.
3 He said to me, “You will serve my Israeli [people], and you will cause people to honor me.”
E me disse: Tu és meu servo, Israel, por quem serei glorificado.
4 I replied, “My work has been useless; I have used my strength, but I have accomplished nothing worthwhile; everything that I have done has been (in vain/useless). However, Yahweh can honor me as he pleases; my God is the one who will reward me [as I deserve].”
Porém eu disse: Inutilmente tenho trabalhado; por nada e em vão gastei minhas forças; todavia meu direito está perante o SENHOR, e minha recompensa perante meu Deus.
5 Yahweh formed me when I was in [my mother’s] womb in order that I would serve him; he appointed me to bring [the people of] Israel back to himself [DOU]. Yahweh has honored me, and he is the one who has caused me to be strong.
E agora diz o SENHOR, que me formou desde o ventre para si por servo, que trazer Jacó de volta a si; porém Israel não se deixará ajuntar; contudo, nos olhos do SENHOR serei honrado, e meu Deus será minha força.
6 He says to me, “It is not enough for you to serve me by bringing the descendants of Jacob back to worship me again [DOU]; I also want you to be like [MET] a light for the non-Jews; I want you to take my [my message] about how to be saved to [people] all over the world.”
Disse também: É pouco demais que sejas meu servo [apenas] para restaurares as tribos de Jacó e restabeleceres os sobreviventes de Israel; eu também te dei como luz das nações, para seres minha salvação até o limite da terra.
7 Yahweh, the one who saves us, the Holy God of us Israeli [people], says to the one who was despised and rejected by the [people of many] nations, the one who is the slave of rulers, “[Some day] kings will stand up to respect you when they see you, and princes will bow down before you because [you serve] me, Yahweh, the one who faithfully [does what I promise]. I am the Holy God to whom you Israelis belong, the one who has chosen you.”
Assim diz o SENHOR, o Redentor de Israel, seu Santo, à alma desprezada, ao que a nação abomina, ao servo dos que dominam: Reis o verão e se levantarão, príncipes [também]; e eles se prostrarão por causa do SENHOR, que é fiel, por causa do Santo de Israel, que te escolheu.
8 This is also what Yahweh says: “At a time when it pleases me, I will answer your prayers. On the day when you will be rescued [from your oppressors], I will help you. I will protect you and enable you to establish an agreement with other nations. And by what you do, I will re-establish your nation of Israel and allow you to live/settle again in your land that was abandoned.
Assim diz o SENHOR: No tempo do favor eu te ouvi, e no dia da salvação eu te ajudei; e eu te guardarei, e te darei por pacto do povo, para restaurares a terra, para fazer tomar posse das propriedades assoladas;
9 I will say to those who were captured [and (exiled/taken to Babylonia)], ‘Leave [Babylonia] and return to your own country!’ And I will say to those who are in dark prisons, ‘Come out into the light!’ When that happens, they will again be like [MET] sheep that eat grass in green pastures, on hills where [previously] there was no grass.
Para que tu digas aos presos: Saí; e aos que estão em trevas: Aparecei; eles se alimentarão nos caminhos, e em todos os lugares altos haverá pasto para eles.
10 They will not be hungry or thirsty [any more]; the hot sun will not beat upon them again [DOU]. I, Yahweh, will act mercifully toward them and lead them; I will lead them to where there are springs of cool water.
Nunca terão fome nem sede; nem o calor, nem o sol os afligirá; porque aquele que se compadece deles os guiará, e os levará mansamente a mananciais de águas.
11 And I will cause the mountains to become [as though they were] level roads, and I will prepare good highways [for my people to travel on, to return to Jerusalem].
E farei com que todos os meus montes se tornem um caminho; e minhas estradas serão levantadas.
12 My people will return from far away; some will come from the north, some from the west, some from southern Egypt.”
Eis que estes virão de longe; e eis que alguns do norte, e do ocidente, e outros da terra de Sinim.
13 [Because of what Yahweh has promised to do], everything should shout joyfully— the sky and the earth and the mountains should sing, because Yahweh comforts his people, and he will pity those who are suffering.
Cantai de júbilo, ó céus, e alegra-te tu, ó terra; e vós montes, gritai de alegria; porque o SENHOR consolou a seu povo, e terá compaixão de seus aflitos.
14 [The people of] Jerusalem say, “Yahweh has abandoned us; he has forgotten about us.”
Mas Sião diz: O SENHOR me desamparou; e o Senhor se esqueceu de mim.
15 But [Yahweh replies], “That is not true! (Can a woman forget the infant that she is nursing?/A woman certainly cannot forget the infant that she is nursing!) [RHQ] (Can she stop being kind to the child to whom she has given birth?/She certainly cannot stop being kind to the child to whom she has given birth!) [RHQ] But even if a woman would do that, I will not forget you!
Pode, por acaso, uma mulher se esquecer do filho que ainda amamenta, de modo que não se compadeça do filho de seu próprio ventre? Ainda que elas se esquecessem, contudo, eu não me esquecerei de ti.
16 Note that I have written your [names] on the palms of my hands; in my mind I can always see the walls of your city.
Eis que eu te tenho escrito nas minhas palmas de ambas as mãos; teus muros estão continuamente perante mim.
17 Soon your children will be returning there (OR, Those who rebuild your city will work more quickly than those who destroyed it), and all those who destroyed your city will leave.
Teus filhos depressa virão; e teus destruidores e teus assoladores sairão de ti.
18 You will look around and see all of your children coming back to you. As surely as I live, they will be around you [for you to show to people] like [SIM] a bride shows her wedding ornaments!
Levanta teus olhos ao redor e olha; todos estes que se ajuntam vêm a ti; [tão certo como] eu vivo, diz o SENHOR, que de todos estes te vestirás, como de ornamento, e vestirás deles ao [teu] redor, como uma noiva.
19 Your land has been ruined and caused to become desolate/abandoned [DOU], but [some day] it will be filled with people, and those who conquered you will be far away.
Pois [ainda que] teus desertos [sejam] lugares solitários, e tua terra [esteja] destruída, agora te verás apertada de moradores, e os que te consumiram se afastarão para longe de ti.
20 The children who were born while you were (exiled/in Babylonia) [MET] will return [to Jerusalem] and say, ‘This city is too small for us; We need more space to live in!’
Até mesmo os filhos que nascerem depois de teres perdido os primeiros dirão aos teus ouvidos: Este lugar é muito apertado para mim! Dá-me espaço para que eu possa habitar.
21 Then you will think to yourselves [MTY], ‘It is amazing that we have [RHQ] all these children! Most of our children were dead, and the rest were exiled. We were left here alone; so we do not know [RHQ] where all these children have come from! Who raised them?'”
E dirás em teu coração: Quem a estes me gerou? Pois eu estava sem filhos e solitária; quem, pois, [me] criou a estes? Eis que eu fui deixada sozinha; [e] estes, onde estavam?
22 This is what Yahweh our God says: “Watch! [It is as though] I will lift up my hand to signal to those who are not Israelis. And they will carry your little sons and daughters on their shoulders and bring them back to you.
Assim diz o Senhor DEUS: Eis que levantarei minha mão às nações, e erguerei minha bandeira aos povos; então trarão teus filhos nos braços, e tuas filhas serão levadas sobre os ombros.
23 Kings will serve you and will tutor/teach your children, and their queens will take care of your young children. They will prostrate themselves in front of you and [humble themselves by] licking the dust off your feet. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do]; and those who trust in me will never be disappointed.”
E reis serão teus tutores, e suas princesas tuas amas; perante ti se inclinarão com o rosto em terra, e lamberão o pó de teus pés; e saberás que eu sou o SENHOR; aqueles que esperam por mim não serão envergonhados.
24 There is no one [RHQ] who can snatch valuable things from a soldier who has captured those things [in a war]; there is no one [RHQ] who can force a (tyrant/cruel man) to free the people whom he has captured.
Pode, por acaso, se tirar a presa de um guerreiro, ou fazer escapar os presos capturados por um justo?
25 But Yahweh says this: “[Some day], those who have been captured will be freed, and the valuable things that (tyrants/cruel men) have snatched from others will be returned, because I will fight against those who fight against you, and I will rescue your children.
Porém assim diz o SENHOR: Sim, os presos serão tirados do valente, e a presa do tirano escapará; porque eu brigarei com os que brigam contigo, e resgatarei teus filhos.
26 And I will cause your enemies to destroy themselves [MET] instead of murdering others. When that happens, everyone [in the world] will know that I, Yahweh, am the one who saves you, the one who rescues you from your enemies; everyone will know that I am the mighty God to whom [you descendants of] [MTY] Jacob belong.”
E darei de comer a teus opressores sua própria carne, e com seu próprio sangue se embriagarão, como com vinho; e todos saberão que eu sou o SENHOR teu Salvador, e teu Redentor, o Poderoso de Jacó.
