< Isaiah 52 >
1 [You people who live in the] holy city of Jerusalem [APO], wake up! Be strong again! Show that [MTY] your city is beautiful and glorious; foreigners who do not believe in God will not enter your city again [to attack you].
Despertai, despertai! Ponha suas forças, Zion. Vista suas belas vestes, Jerusalém, a cidade santa, pois de agora em diante os incircuncisos e os impuros não mais entrarão em você.
2 People of Jerusalem, get up from [humbly] sitting in the dust and sit in places where people are honored! You people who have returned from being exiled, take off from your neck the chains which were fastened around you [as slaves in Babylonia],
Sacuda-se do pó! Levante-se, sente-se, Jerusalém! Liberte-se dos laços de seu pescoço, filha cativa de Zion!
3 because this is what Yahweh says: “[When you were taken to Babylonia], no one paid me for doing that. So now I will bring you back without [being required to] pay for you!”
Para Yahweh diz: “Você foi vendido por nada; e você será resgatado sem dinheiro”.
4 Yahweh [our] Lord [also] says this: “Long ago, my people went to Egypt to live there. [Later] they were being (oppressed/treated cruelly) by [the soldiers of] Assyria.
Para o Senhor Yahweh diz: “Meu povo desceu pela primeira vez ao Egito para viver lá; e o assírio os oprimiu sem causa.
5 But now think about what is happening: My people are being forced to be slaves again, this time by the [people of Babylonia]. And [those who have conquered them this time have also] paid me nothing, and they despise me [MTY] continually [DOU].
“Agora, portanto, o que eu faço aqui”, diz Yahweh, “vendo que meu povo é levado para nada? Aqueles que governam sobre eles zombam”, diz Yahweh, “e meu nome é blasfemado continuamente durante todo o dia”.
6 But my people will then have a close relationship with [MTY] me, and when that happens, they will know that I am the one who predicted/promised [that it would happen]. It is I, [Yahweh, who will do it].”
Portanto, meu povo deve saber meu nome. Portanto, eles saberão naquele dia que eu sou aquele que fala. Eis que sou eu”.
7 It is a wonderful thing when messengers [MTY] arrive on the mountains/hills, bringing good news, the news about [God giving us] peace and saving us, the news that the God to whom we [Israeli people] belong is now ruling/king!
Como são bonitos nas montanhas os pés daquele que traz boas notícias, que publica a paz, que traz boas notícias, que proclama a salvação, que diz a Sião: “Seu Deus reina!”
8 The watchmen [who are guarding the city] will shout and sing joyfully, because while they are watching they will see Yahweh returning to Jerusalem.
Seus vigilantes levantam sua voz. Juntos eles cantam; pois eles estarão de acordo quando Yahweh retornar a Zion.
9 Jerusalem has been ruined, but the people who are there now should start to sing joyfully, because Yahweh will encourage his people; he will set his people free and bring them back to Jerusalem.
Entre na alegria! Cantem juntos, vocês desperdiçam lugares de Jerusalém; pois Yahweh tem confortado seu povo. Ele resgatou Jerusalém.
10 Yahweh will show all the nations that he is holy and powerful. People in the most remote/distant places on earth will know that he has rescued his people.
Yahweh fez seu braço sagrado ficar nu aos olhos de todas as nações. Todos os confins da Terra viram a salvação de nosso Deus.
11 So, leave [the places where you were taken to when you were captured], where [everything is] unacceptable to God. You men who carry the items used for the worship of Yahweh, leave there [and return to Jerusalem], and purify yourselves [in order to be acceptable to worship God].
Partida! Partida! Saia de lá! Não toque em nada impuro! Saia do meio dela! Limpem-se, vocês que carregam as embarcações de Yahweh.
12 But it will not [be necessary] for you to leave suddenly, to flee in panic, because Yahweh will (go in front of/lead) you; and he will [also] protect you [from being attacked] at the rear [while you travel].
Para você não deve sair à pressa, também não deve ir de avião; para Yahweh irá antes de você, e o Deus de Israel será sua retaguarda.
13 [Yahweh says], “Listen carefully! My servant will act wisely (OR, do the right things to accomplish what he wants to), and I will highly exalt him.”
Eis que meu servo tratará sabiamente. Ele será exaltado e erguido, e será muito alto.
14 But many people will be appalled when they see what has happened to him. [Because of his being beaten very badly], his appearance will be changed; people will hardly recognize that he is a human.
Muitos também ficaram surpresos com você. sua aparência foi prejudicada mais do que qualquer homem, e sua forma mais do que os filhos dos homens...
15 But he will cause [people of] many nations to be surprised; [even] kings will be silent when they stand in front of him, because they will see someone that no one had told them about [previously], and they will understand things that they had not heard about [before].
para que ele limpe muitas nações. Os reis vão fechar a boca para ele; pois eles verão o que não lhes havia sido dito, e eles entenderão o que não tinham ouvido.