Isaías 21
1 Pezo do deserto da banda do mar. Como os tufões de vento passam por meio da terra do sul, assim do deserto virá, da terra horrivel.
[I received] this message [from Yahweh about Babylonia], [a land that is] near the [Persian] Gulf [but which will soon be] a desert. [An army] will soon come from the desert to invade that land; it is an army that causes its enemies to be terrified, an army that will come like a whirlwind from the south.
2 Visão dura se notificou: o perfido trata perfidamente, e o destruidor anda destruindo: sobe, ó Elam, sitía, ó médo, que já fiz cessar todo o seu gemido.
Yahweh showed me a terrifying vision. [In the vision I saw an army] that will betray/deceive people and steal their possessions [after they conquer them]. [Yahweh said], “You armies from Elam and Media, surround [Babylon] and prepare to attack it! I will cause the groaning [and suffering] that Babylon caused to cease!”
3 Pelo que os meus lombos estão cheios de grande enfermidade, angustias se apoderaram de mim como as angustias da que pare: já me encurvo de ouvir, e estou espantado de ver.
Because of that, my body is full of pain; my pain is like the pain that women who are giving birth experience. When I hear about and see [what God is planning to do], I am shocked.
4 O meu coração anda errado, espavorece-me o horror: e o crepusculo, que desejava, me tornou em tremores.
I cannot think straight/correctly, and I tremble. I was eager for it to be nighttime, but now it is night, and I am horrified.
5 Põe a mesa, vigia na atalaia, come, bebe: levantae-vos, principes, e untae o escudo.
[In the vision I saw that the leaders of Babylonia] were preparing a great feast. They had spread rugs [for people to sit on]; everyone was eating and drinking. [But] they should get up and prepare their shields, [because they are about to be attacked]!
6 Porque assim me disse o Senhor: Vae, põe uma sentinella, e que diga o que vir.
Then Yahweh said to me, “Put a watchman [on the wall of Jerusalem], and tell him to shout/proclaim what he sees.
7 E viu um carro com um par de cavalleiros, um carro de jumentos, e um carro de camelos, e attentou attentamente com grande attenção.
Tell him to watch for chariots pulled by pairs of horses, and [men riding] camels and donkeys, [coming from Babylon]. Tell the watchman to watch and listen carefully!”
8 E clamou: Um leão vejo, Senhor, sobre a atalaia de vigia estou em pé continuamente de dia, e sobre a minha guarda me ponho noites inteiras.
[So I did that], and one day the watchman called out, “Day after day I have stood on this watchtower, and I have continued to watch during the day and during the night.
9 E eis agora vem um carro de homens, e cavalleiros aos pares. Então respondeu e disse: Caída é Babylonia, caída é! e todas as imagens de esculptura dos seus deuses quebrantou contra a terra.
Now, I saw a man riding in a chariot pulled by two horses. [I called out to him], and he answered/shouted, ‘Babylon has been destroyed! All the idols in Babylon lie in pieces on the ground!’”
10 Ah malhada minha, e trigo da minha eira! o que ouvi do Senhor dos Exercitos, Deus de Israel, isso vos notifiquei.
My people [in Judah], [the army of Babylon has caused] you to suffer greatly [as though] [MET] you were grain that was threshed and (winnowed/thrown up into the air for the wind to blow away the chaff). [But now] I have told you what the Commander of the armies of angels the God whom we Israelis [worship], told me [about Babylon].
11 Pezo de Duma. Dão-me gritos de Seir: Guarda, que houve de noite? guarda, que houve de noite?
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Edom: Someone from Edom has been calling/shouting to me saying, “Watchman, how long will it be before the night is ended? [DOU]”
12 E disse o guarda: Vem a manhã, e tambem a noite; se quereis perguntar, perguntae; tornae-vos, e vinde.
[I], the watchman, replied, “It will [soon] be morning, but after that, it will [soon] be night again. If you want to inquire [again about what will happen in our country], come back and inquire again.”
13 Pezo contra Arabia. Nos bosques de Arabia passareis a noite, ó viandantes de Dedanim.
[I received] this message about Arabia: Give this message to people traveling in caravans from Dedan [town in northwest Arabia], who camp in the scrub there. Tell them to bring water for those who are thirsty.
14 Sahi ao encontro dos sequiosos com agua: os moradores da terra de Tema com o seu pão encontraram os que fugiam.
And you people who live in Tema [city in northwest Arabia], must bring food for the (refugees/people who are fleeing from their enemies).
15 Porque fogem de diante das espadas, de diante da espada nua, e de diante do arco armado, e de diante do pezo da guerra.
They are fleeing in order not to be killed by [their enemies’] swords and not to be shot in battles by arrows.
16 Porque assim me disse o Senhor: Ainda dentro d'um anno, como os annos de jornaleiro, será arruinada toda a gloria de Kedar.
Yahweh said to me, “Exactly one year from now, all the greatness of the Kedar [area in Arabia] will end.
17 E os residuos do numero dos frecheiros, os valentes dos filhos de Kedar, serão diminuidos, porque assim o disse o Senhor, Deus de Israel.
Only a few of their soldiers who know well how to shoot arrows will remain alive. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”
