Isaías 40
1 Consolae, consolae o meu povo, diz o vosso Deus.
Our God says, “Encourage my people! Encourage them!
2 Fallae benignamente a Jerusalem, e bradae-lhe que já a sua malicia é acabada, que já a sua iniquidade está expiada e que já recebeu em dobro da mão do Senhor, por todos os seus peccados.
Speak kindly to [the people of] Jerusalem; tell them that their suffering is ended, and that I have forgiven them for the sins that they have committed; I [SYN] have fully punished them for their sins.”
3 Voz do que clama no deserto: Apparelhae o caminho do Senhor: endireitae no ermo vereda a nosso Deus.
I hear someone who is shouting, “Prepare in the desert a way for Yahweh to come [to you]; make a smooth road for our God (OR, Prepare yourselves to receive Yahweh when he comes, like people make a straight road for an important official [MET]).
4 Todo o valle será exaltado, e todo o monte e todo o outeiro serão abatidos: e o torcido se endireitará, e o aspero se aplainará.
Fill in the valleys; flatten every hill and every mountain. Make the uneven ground smooth, and make the rough places smooth.
5 E a gloria do Senhor se manifestará, e toda a carne juntamente verá que a bocca do Senhor o disse.
[If you do that], it will become known that Yahweh is glorious/great, and all people will realize it at the same time. [Those things will surely happen] because it is Yahweh who has said [MTY] it.”
6 Voz que diz: Clama; e disse: Que hei de clamar? Toda a carne é herva e toda a sua benignidade como as flores do campo.
Someone said to me, “Shout!” I replied, “What should I shout?” [He replied], “[Shout that] people are like [SIM] grass; their influence fades as quickly as flowers in the field.
7 Secca-se a herva, e caem as flores, soprando n'ellas o Espirito do Senhor. Na verdade que herva é o povo.
Grass withers and flowers dry up when Yahweh causes a hot wind from the desert to blow on them. And people are [MET] like that.
8 Secca-se a herva, e caem as flores, porém a palavra de nosso Deus subsiste eternamente.
The grass withers and the flowers dry up, but what our God promises will last forever.”
9 Ah Sião, annunciadora de boas novas, sobe tu a um monte alto. Ah Jerusalem, annunciadora de boas novas, levanta a tua voz fortemente; levanta-a, não temas, e dize ás cidades de Judah: Eis aqui está o vosso Deus.
You [people of] Jerusalem, you have good news to tell to people, so, shout it from the top of a high mountain! Shout it loudly, and do not be afraid! Tell the people in the towns of Judah, “Your God is coming here!”
10 Eis que o Senhor Jehovah virá contra o forte, e o seu braço se assenhoreará d'elle: eis que o seu galardão vem com elle, e o seu salario diante da sua face.
Yahweh your God will be coming with power; he will rule powerfully [MTY]. And when he comes, he will bring with him the people whom he has freed [MET] [from being slaves in Babylonia].
11 Como pastor apascentará o seu rebanho; entre os seus braços recolherá os cordeirinhos, e os levará no seu seio: as paridas guiará suavemente.
He will take care of his people like [SIM] a shepherd takes care of his sheep, and carries the young lambs in his arms. He carries them close to his chest and he gently leads the female sheep that are nursing their young lambs.
12 Quem mediu com o seu punho as aguas, e tomou a medida dos céus aos palmos, e recolheu na maior medida o pó da terra e pesou os montes com peso e os outeiros em balanças?
[There is no one like Yahweh]! (Who else has measured the water in the oceans in the palm of his hand?/No one else has measured the water in the oceans in the palm of his hand!) [RHQ] (Who else has measured the sky with his fingers?/No one else has measured the sky with his fingers!) [RHQ] (Who else knows how much the earth weighs?/No one else knows how much the earth weighs!) [RHQ] (Who else has weighed the mountains and hills on scales?/No one else has weighed the mountains and hills on scales!) [RHQ]
13 Quem guiou o Espirito do Senhor? e que conselheiro o ensinou?
And (who else can advise Yahweh’s Spirit?/No one else can advise Yahweh’s Spirit!) [RHQ] (Who can teach him or advise/tell him what he should do?/No one can teach him or advise/tell him what he should do!) [RHQ]
14 Com quem tomou conselho, que lhe desse entendimento, e lhe ensinasse o caminho do juizo? lhe ensinasse sabedoria, e lhe fizesse notorio o caminho da sciencia?
(Has Yahweh consulted anyone else to get advice?/Yahweh has certainly not consulted anyone else to get advice!) [RHQ] (Does he need someone to tell him what is right to do and how to act justly?/He certainly does not need someone to tell him what is right to do and how to act justly!) [RHQ]
15 Eis que as nações são consideradas por elle como a gota d'um balde, e como o pó miudo das balanças: eis que lança por ahi as ilhas como a pó miudo.
[Yahweh considers that] the nations are [as insignificant as] [MET] one drop from a bucket [full of water]. They are [as insignificant as] dust on scales. He is able to weigh islands [as though they weighed no more than] grains of sand.
16 Nem todo o Libano basta para o fogo, nem os seus animaes bastam para holocaustos.
There would be [not] enough wood from all the trees in Lebanon to make a suitable fire for [sacrificing animals to] him, and there are not enough animals in Lebanon to offer as sacrifices to him.
17 Todas as nações são como nada perante elle; e as reputa por menos que nada e como uma coisa vã
The nations of the world are completely insignificant/unimportant to him; he considers that they are worthless and less than nothing [HYP, DOU].
18 A quem pois fareis similhante a Deus? ou que similhança lhe apropriareis?
So, to whom can you compare God? What image resembles him?
19 O artifice funde a imagem, e o ourives a cobre de oiro, e cadeias de prata lhe funde.
Can you compare him to an idol that is made in a mold, and then is covered with [a thin sheet of] gold and decorated with silver chains?
20 O empobrecido, que já não tem que offerecer, escolhe madeira que não se corrompe: artifice sabio se busca, para apparelhar uma imagem que se não possa mover.
A man who is poor [cannot buy silver or gold for his idol]; [so] he selects a piece of wood that will not rot, and he gives it to a craftsman to carve an idol that will not fall down!
21 Porventura não sabeis? porventura não ouvis? ou desde o principio se vos não notificou? ou não attentastes para os fundamentos da terra?
Have you(pl) not heard this? Do you not understand it? Are you unable to hear what God said long ago— [messages that he gave] before he created the earth?
22 Elle é o que está assentado sobre o globo da terra, cujos moradores são para elle como gafanhotos: elle é o que estende os céus como cortina, e os desenrola como tenda, para habitar n'elles:
God sits [on his throne] above the earth, and the people [on the earth] below seem to be [as small] as [SIM] grasshoppers. He spreads out the sky like a curtain; it is like [SIM] a tent for him to live in.
23 O que torna em nada os principes, e faz como em coisa vã os juizes da terra.
He causes kings to have no more power, and he causes the rulers to be worth nothing.
24 E nem se plantam, nem se semeiam, nem se arraiga na terra o seu tronco cortado, e n'elles, soprando, se seccaram, e um tufão como pragana os levará.
They start to rule, like small plants start to grow and form roots; but then [he gets rid of them] as though [MET] they withered when he blew on them, like [SIM] chaff that is blown away by the wind.
25 A quem pois me fareis similhante, que lhe seja similhante? diz o Sancto.
The Holy One asks, “To whom will you compare me? Is anyone equal to me?”
26 Levantae ao alto os vossos olhos, e vede quem creou estas coisas, quem produz por conta o seu exercito, quem a todas chama pelos seus nomes; por causa da grandeza das suas forças, e porquanto é forte em poder, nenhuma d'ellas vem a faltar.
Look up toward the sky: Consider who [RHQ] created all the stars. [Yahweh created them], and at night he causes them to appear; he calls each one by its name. Because he is extremely powerful [DOU], all of the stars are there [LIT] [when he calls out their names].
27 Porque pois dizes, ó Jacob, e tu fallas, ó Israel: O meu caminho está encoberto ao Senhor, e o meu juizo passa de largo pelo meu Deus?
You people of Israel [DOU], why do you complain that Yahweh does not see the [troubles that you are experiencing]? Why do you say that he does not act fairly toward you?
28 Porventura não sabes, porventura não ouviste que o eterno Deus, o Senhor, o Creador dos fins da terra, nem se cança nem se fatiga? não ha esquadrinhação do seu entendimento.
Have you never heard and have you never understood that Yahweh is the everlasting God; he is the one who created the earth, [even the] most distant places on the earth. He never becomes weak or weary, and no one can find out how much he understands.
29 Dá esforço ao cançado, e multiplica as forças ao que não tem nenhum vigor.
He strengthens [DOU] those who feel weak and tired.
30 Os moços se cançarão e se fatigarão, e os mancebos certamente cairão.
Even youths become faint and weary, and young men will fall when they are exhausted.
31 Mas os que esperam no Senhor renovarão as forças, subirão com azas como aguias: correrão, e não se cançarão; caminharão, e não se fatigarão.
But those who trust in Yahweh will become strong again; [it will be as though] they will soar/fly high like [SIM] eagles do. They will run [for a long time] and not become weary; they will walk [long distances] and not faint.
