Isaías 41
1 Calae-vos perante mim, ó ilhas, e os povos renovem as forças: cheguem-se, e então fallem: cheguemo-nos juntos a juizo.
[Yahweh says], “You [people who live on] [APO] islands in the ocean, be silent in front of me [while I ask you some questions]! Then you can be courageous and talk to me. We will meet together and decide [which one of us is right].
2 Quem suscitou do oriente o justo? e o chamou para o seu pé? quem deu as nações á sua face? e o fez dominar sobre reis? elle os entregou á sua espada como o pó, e como pragana arrebatada do vento ao seu arco.
Who has urged this king to come from the east? Who has enabled his [army] to righteously defeat many nations and to trample their kings under their feet? With their swords they cut [their enemies] into tiny pieces [HYP]; with their arrows they cause their enemies to scatter like [SIM] the wind scatters chaff.
3 Perseguiu-os, e passou em paz, por uma vereda por onde com os seus pés nunca tinha caminhado.
Even though they march through areas where they have not gone previously, they pursue [their enemies] and continue to march, and nothing stops them.
4 Quem obrou e fez isto, chamando as gerações desde o principio? eu o Senhor, o primeiro, e com os ultimos eu mesmo.
Who has enabled rulers to do [DOU] mighty things like that? Who has done that throughout all generations? It is I, Yahweh; I was the first [one to do things like that], and I will be the last one [to do them].”
5 As ilhas o viram, e temeram: os fins da terra tremeram: approximaram-se, e vieram.
[People who live on] [PRS] islands in the ocean are afraid while they watch. People in remote areas tremble and gather together.
6 Um ao outro ajudou, e ao seu companheiro disse: Esforça-te.
They encourage each other and say to each other, “Be strong!'
7 E o artifice animou ao ourives, e o que alisa com o martello ao que bate na safra, dizendo da soldadura: Boa é. Então com pregos o firma, para que não venha a mover-se.
The craftsmen encourage those who make things from gold, and the men who flatten metal encourage those who hammer metal (on an anvil/into shape). They all say, “The idol has been well made!” And then they carefully nail down the idol in order that it will not topple over!
8 Porém tu, ó Israel, servo meu, tu Jacob, a quem elegi e tu semente de Abrahão, meu amigo?
[Yahweh says], “[You people of] Israel [are like] my servants; you are [descendants of] Jacob, whom I chose; [you are] descendants of Abraham, who [I said is] my friend.
9 Tu a quem tomei desde os fins da terra, e te chamei d'entre os seus mais excellentes, e te disse: Tu és o meu servo, a ti te escolhi e nunca te rejeitei.
I summoned you from very distant places [DOU] on the earth, and I said ‘I [want you to] serve me; I have chosen you, and I will not reject you.’
10 Não temas, porque eu estou comtigo; não te assombres, porque eu sou teu Deus: eu te esforço, e te ajudo, e te sustento com a dextra da minha justiça.
Do not be afraid, because I will (be with/help) you. Do not be discouraged, because I am your God. I will enable you to be strong, and I will help you; I will hold you up with my powerful arm by which you will be rescued.
11 Eis que, envergonhados e confundidos serão todos os que se indignaram contra ti: tornar-se-hão como nada, e os que contenderem comtigo, perecerão.
It is certain that all those who are angry with you [Israeli people] will be disgraced [DOU]. Those who oppose you will be wiped out; they will all die.
12 Buscal-os-has, porém não os acharás; porém os que pelejarem comtigo, tornar-se-hão como nada, e como coisa que não é nada, os que guerrearem comtigo.
If you search for those who tried to conquer you, you will not find them, [because they will all have disappeared]. Those who attacked you will not exist [any more].
13 Porque eu, o Senhor teu Deus, te tomo pela tua mão direita; e te digo: Não temas, que eu te ajudo.
[It will be as though] I will hold you up by your right hand. I am Yahweh, your God, and I say to you, ‘Do not be afraid, [because] I will help you.’
14 Não temas, ó bicho Jacob, povosinho d'Israel; eu te ajudo, diz o Senhor, e o teu redemptor é o Sancto d'Israel.
Although you people of Israel [DOU] [think that you are as insignificant as] worms, do not be afraid [of your enemies], because I will help you. I am Yahweh, the one who rescues you; I am the Holy One of Israel.
15 Eis que te puz por trilho agudo novo, que tem dentes agudos: os montes trilharás e moerás; e os outeiros tornarás como a folhelho.
[I will cause] you to be like [MET] a (threshing sledge/big piece of metal that has sharp teeth for separating grain from chaff). You will tear [your enemies to bits], causing them to be like bits of chaff on the mountains.
16 Tu os padejarás e o vento os levará, e o tufão os espalhará, porém tu te alegrarás no Senhor e te gloriarás no Sancto d'Israel.
You will toss them up into the air, and a strong wind will blow them away [DOU]. [When that happens], you will rejoice about what I [have done for you]; you will praise me, the Holy One of Israel.
17 Os afflictos e necessitados buscam aguas, mas nenhumas ha, e a sua lingua se secca de sêde: eu o Senhor os ouvirei, eu o Deus d'Israel os não desampararei.
When poor and needy people need water and they have no water, and their tongues are very dry because they are very thirsty, I, Yahweh, will come and help them. I, the God to whom you Israeli people belong, will never abandon them.
18 Abrirei rios em logares altos, e fontes no meio dos valles: tornarei o deserto em tanques de aguas, e a terra secca em mananciaes d'aguas.
I will cause rivers to flow for them on the barren hills. I will give them fountains in the valleys. I will fill [HYP] the desert with pools of water. Water from springs will flow into rivers, and the rivers will flow across the dry ground.
19 Plantarei no deserto o cedro, a arvore de sitta, e a murta, e a oliveira: juntamente porei no ermo a faia, o olmeiro e o alamo;
I will plant [trees] in the desert— cedar [trees], acacia [trees], myrtle [trees], olive [trees], cypress [trees], fir [trees], and pine [trees].
20 Para que todos vejam, e saibam, e considerem, e juntamente entendam que a mão do Senhor fez isto, e o Sancto d'Israel o creou.
[I will do that] in order that people who see it will think about it, and they will know and understand [DOU] that it is [I], Yahweh, who have done it; it is what [I], the Holy One of Israel, have done.
21 Produzi a vossa demanda, diz o Senhor: trazei as vossas firmes razões, diz o Rei de Jacob.
[I], Yahweh, the true king of Israel say [to you nations], “Tell what your idols can do for you!
22 Produzam e annunciem-nos as coisas que hão de acontecer: annunciae-nos quaes foram as coisas passadas, para que attentemos para ellas, e saibamos o fim d'ellas; ou fazei-nos ouvir as coisas futuras.
Bring them here to tell us what is going to happen! Ask them to tell us what things happened long ago, in order that we may think about those things, and learn if those things that they predicted really happened. Or, ask them to tell us about the future, in order that we can know what will happen.
23 Annunciae-nos as coisas que ainda hão de vir, para que saibamos que sois deuses: ou fazei bem, ou fazei mal, para que nos assombremos, e juntamente o veremos.
[Yes], those idols should tell us what will happen in the future. If they do that, we will know that they are really gods. Tell them to do something—either something good or something bad! Tell them to do something that will cause us to be amazed and afraid!
24 Eis que sois menos do que nada e a vossa obra é menos do que nada: abominação é quem vos escolhe.
But [that is impossible, because] idols are absolutely worthless [HYP]; they can do nothing, and I detest those who decide [to worship] idols.”
25 Desperto a um do norte, que ha de vir do nascimento do sol, e invocará o meu nome; e virá sobre os magistrados, como sobre o lodo, e, como o oleiro pisa o barro, os pisará.
“[But] I have incited/urged a ruler who will come [with his army] from the north. I have summoned him to come from [his country, which is] east [of Israel], and I have given him my authority [MTY]. I will [enable his army to conquer other rulers]; they will trample those leaders like [SIM] a man who makes clay pots first tramples the clay.
26 Quem annunciou isto desde o principio, para que o possamos saber, ou desde antes, para que digamos: Justo é? Porém não ha quem annuncie, nem tão pouco quem manifeste, nem tão pouco quem ouça as vossas palavras.
(Who told you people long ago that this would happen?/No one told you people long ago that this would happen!) [RHQ] (Who predicted it, with the result that we can say, ‘What he predicted was correct!’?/No one predicted it, with the result that we can say, ‘What he predicted was correct!’) [RHQ] No one else said that it would happen.
27 Eu, o primeiro, sou o que digo a Sião: Eis que ali estão: e a Jerusalem darei um annunciador de boas novas.
I was the first one to tell [the people of] Jerusalem, ‘Listen to this! I have appointed a messenger to tell good news to you!’
28 Porque olhei, porém ninguem havia; nem mesmo entre estes conselheiro algum havia a quem perguntasse ou que me respondesse palavra.
None of your idols told you that [DOU]. And when I asked them questions, none of them was able to give me any answers.
29 Eis que todos são vaidade; as suas obras não são nada; as suas imagens de fundição são vento e nada.
Think about it: Those idols are all useless, worthless [DOU] things. They are [as meaningless as] [MET] the wind.”
