Isaías 22
1 Pezo do valle da visão. Que tens agora, que toda tu subiste aos telhados?
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Jerusalem, about the valley where [Yahweh showed me] this vision. Why is everyone foolishly running up to their [flat] rooftops?
2 Tu, cheia de arroidos, cidade turbulenta, cidade que salta de alegria, os teus mortos não foram mortos á espada, nem morreram na guerra.
Everyone in the city [seems to] be shouting. [There are a lot of] corpses [in the city], [but they] were not killed by [their enemies’] swords. They did not die in battles; [instead, they died from diseases and hunger].
3 Todos os teus principes juntamente fugiram, os frecheiros os amarraram: todos os que em ti se acharam, foram amarrados juntamente, e fugiram de longe.
All the leaders of the city fled. [But then] they were captured because they did not have bows [and arrows to defend themselves]. Your [soldiers tried to] flee while the enemy [army] was still far away, but they also were captured.
4 Portanto digo: Virae de mim a vista, e chorarei amargamente: não vos canceis mais em consolar-me pela destruição da filha do meu povo.
That is why I said, “Allow me to cry alone; do not try to comfort me [about my people being slaughtered].”
5 Porque é um dia d'alvoroço, e de atropellamento, e de confusão da parte do Senhor Jehovah dos Exercitos, no valle da visão: dia de derribar o muro e de gritar até ao monte.
The Commander of the armies of angels has [chosen] a time when there will be a great uproar, [soldiers] marching, and people being terrified in the valley [where I received this] vision. [It will be a time when our city] walls will be battered down and [the people’s] cries [for help] will be heard in the mountains.
6 Porque já Elam tomou a aljava, já o homem está no carro, tambem ha cavalleiros: e Kir descobre os escudos.
The armies from Elam and Kir [in Media] will attack, driving chariots and carrying shields.
7 E será que os teus mais formosos valles se encherão de carros, e os cavalleiros se porão em ordem ás portas.
Our beautiful valleys will be filled with [our enemies’] chariots and the men who drive the chariots will stand outside [our city] gates.
8 E descobrirá a coberta de Judah, e n'aquelle dia olharás para as armas da casa do bosque.
The walls that protect [the cities in] Judah will fall down. You [people of Jerusalem] will run to get the weapons [that are stored in the building called] “the Hall of the Forest”.
9 E vereis as roturas da cidade de David, porquanto já são muitas, e ajuntareis as aguas do viveiro de baixo.
You will see that there are many breaks/holes in the walls of Jerusalem. You will store water in the lower pool [in the city].
10 Tambem contareis as casas de Jerusalem, e derribareis as casas, para fortalecer os muros.
You will inspect the houses in Jerusalem, and [some of] them you will tear down to use the stones to repair the [city] wall.
11 Fareis tambem uma cova entre ambos os muros para as aguas do viveiro velho, porém não olhastes acima para o que fez isto, nem considerastes o que o formou desde a antiguidade.
Between the walls [of the city] you will build a reservoir to [store] water from the old pool. But you will never request help from the one who made the city; you have never depended on Yahweh, who planned this city long ago.
12 E o Senhor, o Senhor dos Exercitos chamará n'aquelle dia ao choro, e ao pranto, e á rapadura da cabeça, e ao cingidouro do sacco.
The Commander of the armies of angels told you to weep and mourn; he told you to shave your heads and to wear rough sackcloth to show that you were sorry for the sins that you had committed.
13 Porém eis aqui gozo e alegria, matando-se vaccas e degolando-se ovelhas, comendo-se carne, e bebendo-se vinho, e dizendo-se: Comamos e bebamos, porque ámanhã morreremos.
But instead of doing that, you were happy and celebrating; you slaughtered cattle and sheep, [in order to cook their] meat and eat it and drink wine. You said, “Let’s eat and drink [all that we want to], because [it is possible that] we will die tomorrow!”
14 Mas o Senhor dos Exercitos se manifestou nos meus ouvidos, dizendo: Vivo eu, que esta maldade não vos será perdoada até que morraes, diz o Senhor Jehovah dos Exercitos.
[So] the Commander of the armies of angels revealed this to me: “I will never forgive my people for sinning like this!”
15 Assim diz o Senhor Jehovah dos Exercitos: Anda e vae-te com este thesoureiro, com Sebna, o mordomo, e dize-lhe:
The Commander of the armies of angels said this [to me]: “Go to Shebna, the official who supervises the workers in the palace, and give this message to him:
16 Que é o que tens aqui? ou a quem tens tu aqui, que te lavrasses aqui sepultura? como o que lavra em logar alto a sua sepultura e debuxa na penha uma morada para si.
'[Who do you think you are?] Who gave you the authority to build a beautiful tomb where you will be buried, chiseling it out of the rocky cliff high above this valley?
17 Eis que o Senhor d'aqui te transportará do transporte de varão, e de todo te cobrirá.
You [think that you are] [IRO] a great man, but Yahweh is about to hurl you away. [It will be as though] he will seize you,
18 Certamente te fará rodar, como se faz rodar a bola em terra larga e espaçosa: ali morrerás, e ali acabarão os carros da tua gloria, ó opprobrio da casa do teu Senhor.
and roll/crumple you into a ball and throw you away into a large distant land. You will die [and be buried] there, and your beautiful chariots will stay there [in the hands of your enemies]. And [because of what happens to you], your master, [the king], will be [very] ashamed/disgraced.
19 E rejeitar-te-hei do teu estado, e te repuxará do teu assento.
Yahweh will force you to quit working in the palace; you will be demoted from your important position.
20 E será n'aquelle dia que chamarei a meu servo Eliakim filho d'Hilkias.
Then I will summon Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who has served serve me [well], to replace you.
21 E vestil-o-hei da tua tunica, e esforçal-o-hei com o teu talabarte, e entregarei nas suas mãos o teu dominio, e será como pae para os moradores de Jerusalem, e para a casa de Judah.
I will allow him to wear your robe, and to fasten your sash around him, and I will give to him the authority that you had. He will be like [MET] a father to the people of Jerusalem and [all the other] towns in Judah.
22 E porei a chave da casa de David sobre o seu hombro, e abrirá, e ninguem fechará, e fechará, e ninguem abrirá.
I will give to him authority [MTY] over [what happens in] the palace where King David [lived]; when he decides something [MET], no one will be able to oppose it; when he refuses to do something, no one will be able to force him to do it.
23 E pregal-o-hei como a um prego n'um logar firme, e será como um throno de honra para a casa de seu pae.
I will cause his family to be greatly respected, because I will put him firmly in his position [as supervisor of the workers in the palace], like [SIM] a nail that is firmly hammered into a wall.
24 E n'elle pendurarão toda a honra da casa de seu pae, dos renovos e dos descendentes, como tambem todos os vasos menores, desde os vasos das taças até todos os vasos dos odres.
Others will enable him to have much responsibility, with the result that all the members of his family, even the most insignificant ones, will be honored.'”
25 N'aquelle dia, diz o Senhor dos Exercitos, o prego pregado em logar firme será tirado: e será cortado, e cairá, e a carga que n'elle está se cortará, porque o Senhor o disse.
[But] the Commander of the armies of angels also says, “[Shebna is like] [MET] a peg that is firmly fastened to the wall. But there will be a time when I will [remove him from his position]; he will lose his power/influence, and everything that he promoted [MET] will fail. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”
