Isaías 46
1 Já Bel abatido está, já Nebo se encurvou, os seus idolos são postos sobre os animaes e sobre as bestas: as cargas dos vossos fardos são canceira para as bestas já cançadas.
[It is as though] Bel and Nebo, the statues of the gods [of Babylonia], are bowing down as those statues are put on animals and carried away! The statues are heavy burdens and will cause the animals to become tired [SAR]!
2 Juntamente se encurvaram e se abateram; não poderam escapar da carga, mas a sua alma entrou em captiveiro.
[It seems like] both gods are bowing down; not only can they not save themselves, but they themselves are being (exiled/taken to another country)!
3 Ouvi-me, ó casa de Jacob, e todo o residuo da casa de Israel; vós a quem trouxe nos braços desde o ventre, e levei desde a madre.
[Yahweh says], “You descendants of Jacob who were exiled, [I am not like the gods of Babylonia that must be carried]; [instead, it is as though] I have carried you since you first became a nation [MET]. I carried you [even] before you became a nation.
4 E até á velhice eu serei o mesmo, e ainda até ás cãs eu vos trarei: eu o fiz, e eu vos levarei, e eu vos trarei, e vos guardarei.
I will be your God, and I will carry you for many years, until [it is as though] [MET] your nation is an old man with gray hair. I caused [you to become a nation], and I will sustain you and rescue you.
5 A quem me fareis similhante, e com quem me egualareis, e me comparareis, para que sejamos similhantes?
There is certainly [RHQ] no one to whom I can be compared. There is [RHQ] no one who is equal to me [DOU].
6 Gastam o oiro da bolsa, e pesam a prata com as balanças: alugam o ourives, e d'aquillo faz um deus, e diante d'elle se prostram e se inclinam.
[So it is stupid/ridiculous that] some people pour out gold and silver from their bags and weigh it on a scale. [Then] they hire a man who makes things from gold to make an idol from it. [After he makes an idol], they bow down and worship it!
7 Sobre os hombros o tomam, o levam, e o põem no seu logar; ali está em pé, do seu logar não se move: e, se alguem clama a elle, resposta nenhuma dá, nem o livra da sua tribulação.
They lift it up and carry it on their shoulders. They put it in a [special] place, and it stays there. It cannot move! And when someone prays to it, it does not answer. So [obviously] it cannot rescue anyone from his troubles!
8 Lembrae-vos d'isto, e tende animo: reconduzi-o ao coração, ó prevaricadores.
[You people of Judah], do not forget this; keep thinking about it, you sinful people!
9 Lembrae-vos das coisas passadas desde a antiguidade: que eu sou Deus, e não ha outro Deus, não ha outro similhante a mim;
Think about the things [that I did] long ago. Only I am God; I am God, and there is no one like me.
10 Que annuncio o fim desde o principio, e desde a antiguidade as coisas que ainda não succederam; que digo: O meu conselho será firme, e farei toda a minha vontade;
Only I can tell what will happen in the future before it occurs; I tell it long before it happens. I will accomplish everything that I plan to accomplish, and I will do everything that I want to do.
11 Que chamo a ave de rapina desde o oriente, e o homem do meu conselho desde terras remotas; porque assim o disse, e assim o farei vir; eu o formei, e tambem o farei.
So I will summon [someone to come] from the east [like a swift and powerful] eagle; he will come from a distant country. He will accomplish what I want him to. [He is the one who] will do what I have said that I want him to do, what I have planned.
12 Ouvi-me, ó duros de coração, os que estaes longe da justiça.
You stubborn people [of Israel], [you think that] it will be a long time before you are allowed to return to your own country.
13 Faço chegar a minha justiça, e não estará ao longe, e a minha salvação não tardará: mas estabelecerei em Sião a salvação, e em Israel a minha gloria.
But I will rescue you, and it will not be a long time [before that happens]. I will do it soon. I will rescue Jerusalem and show to you Israeli [people] that I am glorious.”
