Isaías 42
1 Eis aqui o meu Servo, a quem sustenho, o meu Eleito, em quem se apraz a minha alma; puz o meu espirito sobre elle; juizo produzirá aos gentios.
[Yahweh says, “I want you people to know about] my servant, whom I encourage. I have chosen him, and I am pleased with him. I have given him my Spirit, and he will make certain that all the people-groups do what is right/just.
2 Não clamará, nem alçará a sua voz, nem fará ouvir a sua voz na praça.
He will not [show his power by] shouting [DOU] or by talking very loudly.
3 A canna trilhada não quebrará, nem apagará o pavio que fumega: com verdade produzirá o juizo;
He will not get rid of [anyone who is weak like] [MET] a smashed reed, and he will not [end the life of anyone who is helpless like] [MET] someone would extinguish a dimly burning wick [of an oil lamp]. He will faithfully/continually make sure that judges decide cases justly.
4 Não se encobrirá, nem será quebrantado, até que ponha na terra o juizo: e as ilhas aguardarão a sua doutrina.
He will not become exhausted or discouraged all during the time that he is causing things to be done justly throughout the earth. Even [people living on the islands in] [MTY] the oceans will confidently wait for [him to teach them] his laws.”
5 Assim diz Deus, o Senhor, que creou os céus, e os estendeu, e espraiou a terra, e a tudo quanto produz: que dá a respiração ao povo que habita n'ella, e o espirito aos que andam n'ella.
Yahweh our God created the sky and spread it out. He also created the earth and everything on it. He gives breath to all the people on the earth; he causes them to live [DOU]. [And he is the one who says to his special servant],
6 Eu o Senhor te chamei em justiça, e te tomarei pela mão, e te guardarei, e te darei por concerto do povo, e para luz dos gentios;
“I, Yahweh, have chosen you to show people that I always act righteously/fairly. I will grasp your hand and protect you, and I will present you to [my Israeli] people to be the one who will put into effect my agreement with them. [You will be like] a light to the [other] nations.
7 Para abrir os olhos cegos, para tirar da prisão os presos, e da casa do carcere os que jazem em trevas.
You will enable blind [IDM] people to see, you will free those who are in prison (OR, who are bound [by the guilt of their sins]) [MET] and release those who are in dark dungeons.
8 Eu sou o Senhor; este é o meu nome; a minha gloria pois a outrem não darei, nem o meu louvor ás imagens de esculptura.
I am Yahweh; that is my name. I will not allow anyone else to receive the honor that only I deserve. And I will not allow idols to be praised like only I should be praised.
9 Eis que as coisas d'antes já vieram, e as novas eu vos annuncio, e, antes que venham á luz, vol-as faço ouvir.
Everything that I have prophesied has happened, and now I will tell about other things that will happen. I will tell you things that will happen before they happen.”
10 Cantae ao Senhor um cantico novo, e o seu louvor desde o fim da terra: como tambem vós os que navegaes pelo mar, e tudo quanto ha n'ella; vós, ilhas, e seus habitadores.
Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to praise him throughout the world! All you people who sail across the oceans, and all you creatures that live in the oceans, and all you people who live on islands far away, sing!
11 Alcem a voz o deserto e as suas cidades, com as aldeias que Kedar habita: exultem os que habitam nas rochas, e clamem do cume dos montes.
You people who live in towns in the desert, sing loudly! You people who live in the Kedar [area in the north of Arabia], you rejoice also! You people in Sela [city in Edom], you also should sing joyfully; shout [to praise him] from the tops of your mountains!
12 Dêem a gloria ao Senhor, e annunciem o seu louvor nas ilhas.
Even people who live on distant islands should honor Yahweh and sing to praise him.
13 O Senhor como valente sairá, como homem de guerra despertará o zelo: exultará, e fará grande arruido, e sujeitará a seus inimigos.
[It will be as though] Yahweh will march out like [SIM] a mighty soldier; he will show that he is very angry. He will shout a battle-cry, and [then] he will defeat all his enemies.
14 Já ha muito me calei; estive posto em silencio, e me retive: darei gritos como a que está de parto, e a todos os assolarei e juntamente devorarei.
[He will say], “I have remained silent [DOU] for a long time; I have restrained myself [from doing what I need to do]. But now, like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby, I will cry out and gasp and pant.
15 Os montes e outeiros tornarei em deserto, e toda a sua herva farei seccar, e tornarei os rios em ilhas, e as lagoas seccarei.
I will level off the hills and mountains, and I will cause all the plants and trees to dry up. I will cause the rivers to become small streams, and little islands will appear in them, and I will cause all the pools to become dry.
16 E guiarei os cegos pelo caminho que nunca conheceram, os farei caminhar pelas veredas que não conheceram: tornarei as trevas em luz perante elles, e as coisas tortas farei direitas. Estas coisas lhes farei, e nunca os desampararei.
[My people who have been taken to Babylonia are like] [MET] blind people, [but] I will lead them along a road on which they have not walked before, on a road that they have not seen before. They have felt [very helpless, as though] they were walking in the darkness, but I will take away that darkness and I will make smooth the road that is in front of them. Those are the things that I will do for them; I will not abandon them.
17 Mas serão tornados atraz e confundir-se-hão de vergonha os que confiam em imagens de esculptura, e dizem ás imagens de fundição: Vós sois nossos deuses.
But those who trust in carved idols, and say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be completely humiliated/disgraced.”
18 Surdos, ouvi, e vós, cegos, olhae, para que possaes ver.
You [Israeli people who have acted toward God like] deaf [people], listen [to what Yahweh says]! “You [who have been like] [MET] blind [people], look!
19 Quem é cego, senão o meu servo, ou surdo como o meu mensageiro, a quem envio? e quem é cego como o perfeito, e cego como o servo do Senhor?
No people are [RHQ] as blind as my people, who [should have been] serving me. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] deaf people as [the Israelis, who should have been] my messengers. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] blind people as those whom I chose to serve me.
20 Bem vêdes vós muitas coisas, porém vós as não guardaes: ainda que abre os ouvidos, comtudo nada ouve
You see and know what are the right things to do, but you do not do them. You hear [what I say to you], but you do not pay attention.”
21 O Senhor se agradava d'elle por amor da sua justiça: engrandeceu pela lei, e o fez glorioso.
Because Yahweh is righteous, he has honored his glorious laws.
22 Porém este é um povo roubado e saqueado: todos estão enlaçados em cavernas, e escondidos nas casas dos carceres: são postos por preza, e ninguem ha que os livre, por despojo, e ninguem diz: Restitue.
But [the armies of Babylon have destroyed Jerusalem] and have completely (plundered/taken away) [DOU] all the valuable things, and they have captured Yahweh’s people and taken them away and put them in prison. They have been captured easily, because there was no one to protect them; there was no one to say that they should be allowed to return home.
23 Quem ha entre vós que ouça isto? que attenda e ouça o que ha de ser depois?
Who among you will listen carefully to these things? Who will pay attention from now on?
24 Quem entregou a Jacob por despojo, e a Israel aos roubadores? porventura não foi o Senhor, aquelle contra quem peccámos, e nos caminhos do qual não queriam andar e não davam ouvidos á sua lei?
Who allowed the valuable possessions of the people of Israel to be stolen [RHQ, DOU]? It was Yahweh, because he is he one against whom we had sinned; we did not conduct our lives like he wanted us to, and we did not obey his laws.
25 Pelo que derramou sobre elles a indignação da sua ira, e a força da guerra, e lhes poz labaredas em redor: porém n'isso não attentaram; e os queimou, porém não pozeram n'isso o coração.
Therefore, he was extremely angry with us, and he caused our soldiers to be destroyed in battles. [It was as though] [MET] he lit a fire around us, but we did not understand [what he was trying to tell us]. [His being angry with us was like] a fire that would burn us up, but we did not pay attention [IDM].
