Isaías 21
1 Revelação sobre o deserto do mar: Assim como os turbilhões de vento passam pelo Negueve, assim algo vem do deserto, de uma terra temível.
[I received] this message [from Yahweh about Babylonia], [a land that is] near the [Persian] Gulf [but which will soon be] a desert. [An army] will soon come from the desert to invade that land; it is an army that causes its enemies to be terrified, an army that will come like a whirlwind from the south.
2 Uma visão terrível me foi informada: o enganador engana, e o destruidor destrói. Levanta-te, Elão! Faze o cerco, Média! [Pois] estou pondo fim em todos os gemidos que ela [causou].
Yahweh showed me a terrifying vision. [In the vision I saw an army] that will betray/deceive people and steal their possessions [after they conquer them]. [Yahweh said], “You armies from Elam and Media, surround [Babylon] and prepare to attack it! I will cause the groaning [and suffering] that Babylon caused to cease!”
3 Por isso meus lombos estão cheios de sofrimento; fui tomado por dores, tais como as dores de parto; fiquei perturbado ao ouvir, e estou horrorizado de ver.
Because of that, my body is full of pain; my pain is like the pain that women who are giving birth experience. When I hear about and see [what God is planning to do], I am shocked.
4 Meu coração se estremece, o terror me apavora; o anoitecer, que eu desejava, [agora] me causa medo.
I cannot think straight/correctly, and I tremble. I was eager for it to be nighttime, but now it is night, and I am horrified.
5 Eles preparam a mesa, estendem tapetes, comem e bebem. Levantai-vos, príncipes! Passai óleo nos escudos!
[In the vision I saw that the leaders of Babylonia] were preparing a great feast. They had spread rugs [for people to sit on]; everyone was eating and drinking. [But] they should get up and prepare their shields, [because they are about to be attacked]!
6 Porque assim me disse o Senhor: Vai, põe um vigilante, [e] ele diga o que estiver vendo.
Then Yahweh said to me, “Put a watchman [on the wall of Jerusalem], and tell him to shout/proclaim what he sees.
7 Caso ele veja uma carruagem, um par de cavaleiros, pessoas montadas em asnos, [ou] pessoas montadas em camelos, ele deve prestar atenção, muita atenção.
Tell him to watch for chariots pulled by pairs of horses, and [men riding] camels and donkeys, [coming from Babylon]. Tell the watchman to watch and listen carefully!”
8 E ele gritou [como] um leão: Senhor, na torre de vigia estou continuamente de dia; e em minha guarda me ponho durante noites inteiras.
[So I did that], and one day the watchman called out, “Day after day I have stood on this watchtower, and I have continued to watch during the day and during the night.
9 E eis que está vindo uma carruagem de homens, um par de cavaleiros. Então ele respondeu: Caiu! Caiu a Babilônia, e todas as imagens esculpidas de seus deuses foram quebradas contra a terra.
Now, I saw a man riding in a chariot pulled by two horses. [I called out to him], and he answered/shouted, ‘Babylon has been destroyed! All the idols in Babylon lie in pieces on the ground!’”
10 Ó meu [povo] debulhado por batidas, e trigo de minha eira! O que ouvi do SENHOR dos exércitos, Deus de Israel, isso eu vos disse.
My people [in Judah], [the army of Babylon has caused] you to suffer greatly [as though] [MET] you were grain that was threshed and (winnowed/thrown up into the air for the wind to blow away the chaff). [But now] I have told you what the Commander of the armies of angels the God whom we Israelis [worship], told me [about Babylon].
11 Revelação sobre Dumá: Alguém está gritando de Seir. Guarda, o que houve de noite? Guarda, o que houve de noite?
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Edom: Someone from Edom has been calling/shouting to me saying, “Watchman, how long will it be before the night is ended? [DOU]”
12 O guarda disse: Vem a manhã, e também a noite; se quereis perguntar, perguntai; voltai-vos, e vinde.
[I], the watchman, replied, “It will [soon] be morning, but after that, it will [soon] be night again. If you want to inquire [again about what will happen in our country], come back and inquire again.”
13 Revelação sobre a Arábia: Nos matos da Arábia passareis a noite, ó caravanas de dedanitas.
[I received] this message about Arabia: Give this message to people traveling in caravans from Dedan [town in northwest Arabia], who camp in the scrub there. Tell them to bring water for those who are thirsty.
14 Saí ao encontro dos sedentos com água; os moradores da terra de Temá com seu pão encontram aos que estavam fugindo;
And you people who live in Tema [city in northwest Arabia], must bring food for the (refugees/people who are fleeing from their enemies).
15 Pois fogem de diante de espadas, de diante da espada desembainhada, e diante do arco armado, e de diante do peso da guerra.
They are fleeing in order not to be killed by [their enemies’] swords and not to be shot in battles by arrows.
16 Porque assim me disse o Senhor: Dentro de um ano (tal como ano de empregado), será arruinada toda a glória de Quedar.
Yahweh said to me, “Exactly one year from now, all the greatness of the Kedar [area in Arabia] will end.
17 E os que restarem do número de flecheiros, os guerreiros dos filhos de Quedar, serão reduzidos a poucos. Pois assim disse o SENHOR, Deus de Israel.
Only a few of their soldiers who know well how to shoot arrows will remain alive. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”
