< Isaías 49 >
1 Ouvi-me, ilhas, e escutai vós, povos de longe: O Senhor me chamou desde o ventre, desde as entranhas de minha mãe fez menção do meu nome.
All you people who live on islands [in the ocean] and in other distant areas, pay attention [DOU] to what I will say! Yahweh called/chose me before I was born; he chose/appointed me when I was still in my mother’s womb.
2 E fez a minha boca como uma espada aguda, com a sombra da sua mão me cobriu: e me pôs como uma flecha limpa, e me escondeu na sua aljava.
[When I grew up], he caused my messages to be like [SIM] a sharp sword. He has protected me with his hand [SYN]. [He protects me] [MET] like someone protects sharp arrows in a quiver.
3 E me disse: Tu és meu servo: e Israel aquele por quem hei de ser glorificado.
He said to me, “You will serve my Israeli [people], and you will cause people to honor me.”
4 Porém eu disse: Debalde tenho trabalhado, inútil e vãmente gastei as minhas forças: todavia o meu direito está perante o Senhor, e o meu galardão perante o meu Deus
I replied, “My work has been useless; I have used my strength, but I have accomplished nothing worthwhile; everything that I have done has been (in vain/useless). However, Yahweh can honor me as he pleases; my God is the one who will reward me [as I deserve].”
5 E agora diz o Senhor, que me formou desde o ventre para seu servo, que lhe tornasse a trazer Jacob a ele; porém Israel não se deixará ajuntar: contudo aos olhos do Senhor serei glorificado, e o meu Deus será a minha força.
Yahweh formed me when I was in [my mother’s] womb in order that I would serve him; he appointed me to bring [the people of] Israel back to himself [DOU]. Yahweh has honored me, and he is the one who has caused me to be strong.
6 Disse mais: Pouco é que sejas o meu servo, para restaurares as tribos de Jacob, e tornares a trazer os guardados em Israel: também te dei para luz dos gentios, para seres a minha salvação até à extremidade da terra.
He says to me, “It is not enough for you to serve me by bringing the descendants of Jacob back to worship me again [DOU]; I also want you to be like [MET] a light for the non-Jews; I want you to take my [my message] about how to be saved to [people] all over the world.”
7 Assim diz o Senhor, o redentor de Israel, o seu Santo, à alma desprezada, ao que a gente abomina, ao servo dos que dominam: Os reis o verão, e se levantarão, também os príncipes, e diante de ti se inclinarão, por amor do Senhor, que é fiel, e do Santo de Israel, que te escolheu.
Yahweh, the one who saves us, the Holy God of us Israeli [people], says to the one who was despised and rejected by the [people of many] nations, the one who is the slave of rulers, “[Some day] kings will stand up to respect you when they see you, and princes will bow down before you because [you serve] me, Yahweh, the one who faithfully [does what I promise]. I am the Holy God to whom you Israelis belong, the one who has chosen you.”
8 Assim diz o Senhor: No tempo favorável te ouvi e no dia da salvação te ajudei, e te guardarei, e te darei por concerto do povo, para restaurares a terra, para fazer possuir as herdades assoladas;
This is also what Yahweh says: “At a time when it pleases me, I will answer your prayers. On the day when you will be rescued [from your oppressors], I will help you. I will protect you and enable you to establish an agreement with other nations. And by what you do, I will re-establish your nation of Israel and allow you to live/settle again in your land that was abandoned.
9 Para dizeres aos presos: saí; e aos que estão em trevas: aparecei: pastarão nos caminhos, e em todos os lugares altos haverá o seu pasto.
I will say to those who were captured [and (exiled/taken to Babylonia)], ‘Leave [Babylonia] and return to your own country!’ And I will say to those who are in dark prisons, ‘Come out into the light!’ When that happens, they will again be like [MET] sheep that eat grass in green pastures, on hills where [previously] there was no grass.
10 Nunca terão fome nem sede, nem a calma nem o sol os afligirá; porque o que se compadece deles os guiará, e os levará mansamente aos mananciais das águas.
They will not be hungry or thirsty [any more]; the hot sun will not beat upon them again [DOU]. I, Yahweh, will act mercifully toward them and lead them; I will lead them to where there are springs of cool water.
11 E tornarei a todos os meus montes em caminho; e as minhas veredas serão levantadas.
And I will cause the mountains to become [as though they were] level roads, and I will prepare good highways [for my people to travel on, to return to Jerusalem].
12 Eis que estes virão de longe, e eis que aqueles do norte, e do ocidente, e aqueles outros da terra Sinim.
My people will return from far away; some will come from the north, some from the west, some from southern Egypt.”
13 Exultai, ó céus, e alegra-te tu, terra, e vós, montes, estalai com júbilo, porque já o Senhor consolou o seu povo, e dos seus aflitos se compadecerá.
[Because of what Yahweh has promised to do], everything should shout joyfully— the sky and the earth and the mountains should sing, because Yahweh comforts his people, and he will pity those who are suffering.
14 Porém Sião diz: Já me desamparou o Senhor, e o Senhor se esqueceu de mim.
[The people of] Jerusalem say, “Yahweh has abandoned us; he has forgotten about us.”
15 Porventura pode uma mulher esquecer-se tanto de seu filho que cria, que se não compadeça dele, do filho do seu ventre? ora ainda que esta se esquecesse dele, contudo eu me não esquecerei de ti
But [Yahweh replies], “That is not true! (Can a woman forget the infant that she is nursing?/A woman certainly cannot forget the infant that she is nursing!) [RHQ] (Can she stop being kind to the child to whom she has given birth?/She certainly cannot stop being kind to the child to whom she has given birth!) [RHQ] But even if a woman would do that, I will not forget you!
16 Eis que em ambas as palmas das minhas mãos te tenho gravado: os teus muros estão continuamente perante mim.
Note that I have written your [names] on the palms of my hands; in my mind I can always see the walls of your city.
17 Os teus filhos apressuradamente virão, porém os teus destruidores e os teus assoladores sairão para fora de ti.
Soon your children will be returning there (OR, Those who rebuild your city will work more quickly than those who destroyed it), and all those who destroyed your city will leave.
18 Levanta os teus olhos ao redor, e olha: todos estes que se ajuntam veem a ti: vivo eu, diz o Senhor, que de todos estes te vestirás, como dum ornamento, e te cingirás deles como noiva.
You will look around and see all of your children coming back to you. As surely as I live, they will be around you [for you to show to people] like [SIM] a bride shows her wedding ornaments!
19 Porque nos teus desertos, e nos teus lugares solitários, e na tua terra destruída, agora te verás apertada de moradores, e os que te devoravam se apartarão para longe de ti.
Your land has been ruined and caused to become desolate/abandoned [DOU], but [some day] it will be filled with people, and those who conquered you will be far away.
20 E ainda até os filhos da tua orfandade dirão aos teus ouvidos: Mui estreito é para mim este lugar; aparta-te de mim, para que possa habitar nele.
The children who were born while you were (exiled/in Babylonia) [MET] will return [to Jerusalem] and say, ‘This city is too small for us; We need more space to live in!’
21 E dirás no teu coração: Quem me gerou estes? pois eu estava desfilhada e solitária; entrara em cativeiro, e me retirara; pois quem me criou estes? eis que eu só fui deixada de resto? e estes onde estavam?
Then you will think to yourselves [MTY], ‘It is amazing that we have [RHQ] all these children! Most of our children were dead, and the rest were exiled. We were left here alone; so we do not know [RHQ] where all these children have come from! Who raised them?'”
22 Assim diz o Senhor: Eis que levantarei a minha mão para as nações, e aos povos arvorarei a minha bandeira: então trarão os teus filhos nos braços, e as tuas filhas serão levadas sobre os ombros.
This is what Yahweh our God says: “Watch! [It is as though] I will lift up my hand to signal to those who are not Israelis. And they will carry your little sons and daughters on their shoulders and bring them back to you.
23 E os reis serão os teus aios, e as suas princezas as tuas amas; diante de ti se inclinarão com o rosto em terra, e lamberão o pó dos teus pés, e saberás que eu sou o Senhor, que os que confiam em mim não serão confundidos.
Kings will serve you and will tutor/teach your children, and their queens will take care of your young children. They will prostrate themselves in front of you and [humble themselves by] licking the dust off your feet. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do]; and those who trust in me will never be disappointed.”
24 Porventura se tiraria a preza ao valente? ou os presos dum justo escapariam?
There is no one [RHQ] who can snatch valuable things from a soldier who has captured those things [in a war]; there is no one [RHQ] who can force a (tyrant/cruel man) to free the people whom he has captured.
25 Porém assim diz o Senhor: Por certo que os presos se tirarão ao valente, e a preza do tirano escapará; porque eu contenderei com os teus contendedores, e os teus filhos eu remirei.
But Yahweh says this: “[Some day], those who have been captured will be freed, and the valuable things that (tyrants/cruel men) have snatched from others will be returned, because I will fight against those who fight against you, and I will rescue your children.
26 E sustentarei os teus opressores com a sua própria carne, e com o seu próprio sangue se embriagarão, como com mosto; e toda a carne saberá que eu sou o Senhor, o teu Salvador e o teu redentor, o Forte de Jacob.
And I will cause your enemies to destroy themselves [MET] instead of murdering others. When that happens, everyone [in the world] will know that I, Yahweh, am the one who saves you, the one who rescues you from your enemies; everyone will know that I am the mighty God to whom [you descendants of] [MTY] Jacob belong.”