Isaías 41
1 Calai-vos perante mim, ó ilhas, e os povos renovem as forças: cheguem-se, e então falem: cheguemo-nos juntos a juízo.
Let the islands be silent before me, and let the nations take new strength. Let them draw near, and then speak. Let us apply for judgment together.
2 Quem suscitou do oriente o justo? e o chamou para o seu pé? quem deu as nações à sua face? e o fez dominar sobre reis? ele os entregou à sua espada como o pó, e como pragana arrebatada do vento ao seu arco.
Who has raised up a just man from the east, and has called him to follow him? He will place the nations under his gaze, and he will rule over kings. He will cause them to be like dust before his sword, like chaff driven by the wind before his bow.
3 Perseguiu-os, e passou em paz, por uma vereda por onde com os seus pés nunca tinha caminhado.
He will pursue them. He will pass by in peace. No trace will appear after his feet.
4 Quem obrou e fez isto, chamando as gerações desde o princípio? eu o Senhor, o primeiro, e com os últimos eu mesmo.
Who has worked and accomplished these things, calling to the generations from the beginning? “It is I, the Lord! I am the first and the last.”
5 As ilhas o viram, e temeram: os fins da terra tremeram: aproximaram-se, e vieram.
The islands saw it and were afraid. The ends of the earth were stupefied. They drew near and arrived.
6 Um ao outro ajudou, e ao seu companheiro disse: Esforça-te.
Each one will help his neighbor and will say to his brother, “Be strengthened.”
7 E o artífice animou ao ourives, e o que alisa com o martelo ao que bate na safra, dizendo da soldadura: Boa é. Então com pregos o firma, para que não venha a mover-se.
The coppersmith striking with the mallet encouraged him who was forging at that time, saying, “It is ready for soldering.” And he strengthened it with nails, so that it would not be moved.
8 Porém tu, ó Israel, servo meu, tu Jacob, a quem elegi e tu semente de Abraão, meu amigo?
But you, O Israel, are my servant, O Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of my friend Abraham.
9 Tu a quem tomei desde os fins da terra, e te chamei dentre os seus mais excelentes, e te disse: Tu és o meu servo, a ti te escolhi e nunca te rejeitei.
For his sake, I have taken you from the ends of the earth, and I have called you from its distant places. And I said to you: “You are my servant. I have chosen you, and I have not cast you aside.”
10 Não temas, porque eu estou contigo; 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, for I am with you. Do not turn away, for I am your God. I have strengthened you, and I have assisted you, and the right hand of my just one has upheld you.
11 Eis que, envergonhados e confundidos serão todos os que se indignaram contra ti: tornar-se-ão como nada, e os que contenderem contigo, perecerão.
Behold, all who fight against you shall be confounded and ashamed. They will be as if they did not exist, and the men who contradict you will perish.
12 Busca-los-ás, porém não os acharás; porém os que pelejarem contigo, tornar-se-ão como nada, e como coisa que não é nada, os que guerrearem contigo.
You will seek them, and you will not find them. The men who rebel against you will be as if they did not exist. And the men who make war against you will be like something that has been consumed.
13 Porque eu, o Senhor teu Deus, te tomo pela tua mão direita; e te digo: Não temas, que eu te ajudo.
For I am the Lord your God. I take you by your hand, and I say to you: Do not be afraid. I have helped you.
14 Não temas, ó bicho Jacob, povosinho de Israel; eu te ajudo, diz o Senhor, e o teu redentor é o Santo de Israel.
Fear not, O worm of Jacob, you who are dead within Israel. I have helped you, says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15 Eis que te pus por trilho agudo novo, que tem dentes agudos: os montes trilharás e moerás; e os outeiros tornarás como a folhelho.
I have established you like a new threshing cart, having serrated blades. You will thresh the mountains and crush them. And you will turn the hills into chaff.
16 Tu os padejarás e o vento os levará, e o tufão os espalhará, porém tu te alegrarás no Senhor e te glóriarás no Santo de Israel.
You will winnow them, and the wind will blow them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. And you shall exult in the Lord; you shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
17 Os aflitos e necessitados buscam águas, mas nenhumas há, e a sua língua se seca de sede: eu o Senhor os ouvirei, eu o Deus de Israel os não desampararei.
The indigent and the poor are seeking water, but there is none. Their tongue has been dried up by thirst. I, the Lord, will heed them. I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.
18 Abrirei rios em lugares altos, e fontes no meio dos vales: tornarei o deserto em tanques de águas, e a terra seca em mananciais de águas.
I will open rivers in the high hills, and fountains in the midst of the plains. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the impassable land into streams of water.
19 Plantarei no deserto o cedro, a árvore de sitta, e a murta, e a oliveira: juntamente porei no ermo a faia, o olmeiro e o álamo;
I will plant the cedar in a deserted place, with the thorn, and the myrtle, and the olive tree. In the desert, I will plant the pine, and the elm, and the box tree together,
20 Para que todos vejam, e saibam, e considerem, e juntamente entendam que a mão do Senhor fez isto, e o Santo de Israel o criou.
so that they may see and know, acknowledge and understand, together, that the hand of the Lord has accomplished this, and that the Holy One of Israel has created it.
21 Produzi a vossa demanda, diz o Senhor: trazei as vossas firmes razões, diz o Rei de Jacob.
Bring your case forward, says the Lord. Bring it here, if you have anything to allege, says the King of Jacob.
22 Produzam e anunciem-nos as coisas que hão de acontecer: anunciai-nos quais foram as coisas passadas, para que atentemos para elas, e saibamos o fim delas; ou fazei-nos ouvir as coisas futuras.
Let them approach and announce to us the things that will occur. Announce to us the things that were before. And we will apply our heart to them, and we will know their end. And so, reveal to us the things that will occur.
23 Anunciai-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.
Announce the things that will occur in the future, and we will know that you are gods. Likewise, accomplish good or evil, if you are able, and let us speak of it and see it together.
24 Eis que sois menos do que nada e a vossa obra é menos do que nada: abominação é quem vos escolhe.
Behold, you exist out of nothing, and your work is from what does not exist; he who has chosen you is an abomination.
25 Desperto a um do norte, que há 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.
I have raised up one from the north, and he will arrive from the rising of the sun. He will call upon my name, and he will reduce magistrates to mud, like a potter working with clay.
26 Quem anunciou isto desde o princípio, para que o possamos saber, ou desde antes, para que digamos: Justo é? Porém não há quem anuncie, nem tão pouco quem manifeste, nem tão pouco quem ouça as vossas palavras.
Who has announced this from its rising, so that we may know it, or from its beginning, so that we may say, “You are just.” There is no one who either announces, or predicts, or hears your words.
27 Eu, o primeiro, sou o que digo a Sião: Eis que ali estão: e a Jerusalém darei um anunciador de boas novas.
The first one will say to Zion: “Behold, they are here,” and to Jerusalem, “I will present an evangelist.”
28 Porque olhei, porém ninguém havia; nem mesmo entre estes conselheiro algum havia a quem perguntasse ou que me respondesse palavra.
And I saw, and there was no one among any of them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word.
29 Eis que todos são vaidade; as suas obras não são nada; as suas imagens de fundição são vento e nada.
Behold, they are all unjust, and their works are empty. Their idols are wind and emptiness.
