Isaías 38
1 N'aquelles dias Ezequias adoeceu d'uma enfermidade mortal: e veiu a elle Isaias, filho d'Amós, o propheta, e lhe disse: Assim diz o Senhor: Ordena a tua casa, porque morrerás, e não viverás.
About that time, Hezekiah became [very] ill and was close to dying. [So] I went to see him. And I gave him this message: “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You should tell the people in your palace what you want them to do after you die, because you will not recover from this illness. You are going to die’”
2 Então virou Ezequias o seu rosto para a parede; e orou ao Senhor.
Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed this:
3 E disse: Ah Senhor, lembra-te, te peço, de que andei diante de ti em verdade, e com coração perfeito, e fiz o que era recto aos teus olhos. E chorou Ezequias muitissimo.
“Yahweh, do not forget that I have always served you very faithfully, and I have done things that pleased you!” Then Hezekiah [started to] cry loudly.
4 Então veiu a palavra do Senhor a Isaias, dizendo:
[I left his room, but] Yahweh gave me this message:
5 Vae, e dize a Ezequias: Assim diz o Senhor, o Deus de David teu pae: Ouvi a tua oração, e vi as tuas lagrimas; eis que accrescento sobre os teus dias quinze annos.
“Go [back] to Hezekiah and tell him that this is what I, the God to whom your ancestor King David belonged, say: ‘I have heard what you prayed, and I have seen you crying. So listen: I will enable you to live 15 years more.
6 E livrar-te-hei das mãos do rei da Assyria, a ti, e a esta cidade, e ampararei a esta cidade.
And, I will rescue you and this city from the power [MTY] of the King of Assyria. I will defend this city.
7 E isto te será por signal da parte do Senhor de que o Senhor cumprirá esta palavra que fallou.
And this is what I will do to prove that I will do what I have just now promised. I will cause the shadow of the sun to move ten steps backward on the sundial that was built by King Ahaz.’”
8 Eis que farei tornar a sombra dos graus, que declinou com o sol pelos graus do relogio d'Achaz dez graus atraz. Assim tornou o sol dez graus atraz, pelos graus que já tinha descido.
So the shadow of the sun on the sundial moved backward ten steps.
9 Escripturas d'Ezequias, rei de Judah, de quando adoeceu e sarou de sua enfermidade.
When King Hezekiah was almost well again, he wrote this:
10 Eu disse no cessar de meus dias: Ir-me-hei ás portas da sepultura: já estou privado do resto de meus annos. (Sheol h7585)
I thought to myself, “Is it necessary for me to die and go to the place where the dead people are during this time of my life when I am still strong? Is Yahweh going to rob me of the remaining years that I [should live]?” (Sheol h7585)
11 Disse tambem: Já não verei mais ao Senhor, digo, na terra dos viventes: jámais verei o homem com os moradores do mundo.
I said, “I will not see Yahweh [again] in this world where people are alive. I will not see my friends again, or be with others who [now] are alive in this world.
12 Já o tempo da minha vida se foi, e foi trespassado de mim, como choça de pastor: cortei a minha vida, como tecelão que corta a sua teia; como desde os liços me cortará; desde o dia até á noite me acabarás.
[It is as if] my life has been taken away like [SIM] a tent [whose pegs] have been pulled up by a shepherd and taken away. My time to live has been cut short, like a piece of cloth that a weaver [cuts and] rolls up [after he has finished weaving a cloth].” Suddenly, [it seemed that] my life was ending.
13 Isto me propunha até á madrugada, que, como um leão, quebrantaria todos os meus ossos: desde o dia até á noite me acabarás.
I waited patiently all during the night, but [my pain was as though] [MET] I was being torn apart by lions. [It seemed that] my life was finished.
14 Como o grou, ou a andorinha, assim chilreava, e gemia como a pomba: alçava os meus olhos ao alto; ó Senhor ando opprimido, fica por meu fiador.
[I was delirious, and] I chirped like a swift or a swallow, and moaned like a dove. My eyes became tired looking up [toward heaven] for help. I cried out, Lord, help me, [because] I am distressed!’
15 Que direi? como m'o prometteu, assim o fez: assim passarei mansamente por todos os meus annos, por causa da amargura da minha alma.
But there was really nothing [RHQ] that I could say and ask him to reply to me, because it was Yahweh who sent this illness. [So now] I will live humbly during my [remaining] years because I am very anguished.
16 Senhor, com estas coisas se vive, e em todas ellas está a vida do meu espirito, porque tu me curaste e me saraste.
Yahweh, the sufferings (OR, the promises) that you give are good, [because] what you do and what you say bring [new] life and health to us. And you restore/heal me and allow me [to continue] to live!
17 Eis que até na paz a amargura me foi amarga; tu porém tão amorosamente abraçaste a minha alma, que não caiu na cova da corrupção; porque lançaste para traz das tuas costas todos os meus peccados.
Truly, my suffering was good for me; you loved me, and as a result you have rescued me from dying and have also forgiven all my sins.
18 Porque não te louvará a sepultura, nem a morte te glorificará: nem tão pouco esperarão em tua verdade os que descem á cova. (Sheol h7585)
Dead people [MTY] cannot praise you; they cannot sing to praise you. Those who have descended to their graves cannot confidently expect you to faithfully [do things for them]. (Sheol h7585)
19 O vivente, o vivente, esse te louvará como eu hoje o faço: o pae aos filhos fará notoria a tua verdade.
Only people who are still alive, like I am, can praise you. Fathers tell their children how you are faithful, [and if I remain alive, I will do the same thing].
20 O Senhor veiu salvar-me; pelo que, tangendo em meus instrumentos, lhe cantaremos todos os dias de nossa vida na casa do Senhor.
[I know that] Yahweh will fully heal me, [so] I will sing to praise him while others praise him playing musical instruments; I will do that every day of my life, in the temple of Yahweh.”
21 E dissera Isaias: Tomem uma pasta de figos, e a ponham como emplasto sobre a chaga; e sarará.
I had [previously] said to Hezekiah’s servants, “Prepare an ointment from [mashed] figs, and spread it on his boil, and then he will recover.” [So they did that, and Hezekiah recovered].
22 Tambem dissera Ezequias: Qual será o signal de que hei de subir á casa do Senhor?
And Hezekiah had [previously] asked, “What will Yahweh do to prove that I will [recover and be able to] go to his temple?”
