Isaías 22
1 Revelação sobre o vale da visão: O que há contigo, agora, para que tenhas subido toda aos terraços?
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Jerusalem, about the valley where [Yahweh showed me] this vision. Why is everyone foolishly running up to their [flat] rooftops?
2 Tu cheia de barulhos, cidade tumultuada, cidade alegre! Teus mortos não morreram pela espada, nem morreram na guerra.
Everyone in the city [seems to] be shouting. [There are a lot of] corpses [in the city], [but they] were not killed by [their enemies’] swords. They did not die in battles; [instead, they died from diseases and hunger].
3 Todos os teus líderes juntamente fugiram; foram presos sem [nem usarem] o arco; todos os teus que foram achados juntamente foram amarrados, [ainda que] tenham fugido para longe.
All the leaders of the city fled. [But then] they were captured because they did not have bows [and arrows to defend themselves]. Your [soldiers tried to] flee while the enemy [army] was still far away, but they also were captured.
4 Por isso eu disse: Desviai vossa vista de mim, [pois] chorarei amargamente; não insistais em me consolar pela destruição da filha do meu povo.
That is why I said, “Allow me to cry alone; do not try to comfort me [about my people being slaughtered].”
5 Pois foi dia de alvoroço, de atropelamento, e de confusão, proveniente do Senhor DEUS dos exércitos, no vale da visão; [dia] de muros serem derrubados, e de gritarem ao monte.
The Commander of the armies of angels has [chosen] a time when there will be a great uproar, [soldiers] marching, and people being terrified in the valley [where I received this] vision. [It will be a time when our city] walls will be battered down and [the people’s] cries [for help] will be heard in the mountains.
6 E Elão tomou a aljava, [e] houve homens em carruagens, e cavaleiros. Quir descobriu os escudos.
The armies from Elam and Kir [in Media] will attack, driving chariots and carrying shields.
7 E foi que teus melhores vales se encheram de carruagens de guerra; e cavaleiros se puseram em posição de ataque junto ao portão.
Our beautiful valleys will be filled with [our enemies’] chariots and the men who drive the chariots will stand outside [our city] gates.
8 E tiraram a cobertura de Judá; e naquele dia olhastes para as armas da casa do bosque.
The walls that protect [the cities in] Judah will fall down. You [people of Jerusalem] will run to get the weapons [that are stored in the building called] “the Hall of the Forest”.
9 E vistes as brechas [dos muros] da cidade de Davi, que eram muitas; e ajuntastes águas no tanque de baixo.
You will see that there are many breaks/holes in the walls of Jerusalem. You will store water in the lower pool [in the city].
10 Também contastes as casas de Jerusalém; e derrubastes casas para fortalecer os muros.
You will inspect the houses in Jerusalem, and [some of] them you will tear down to use the stones to repair the [city] wall.
11 Fizestes também um reservatório entre os dois muros para as águas do tanque velho; porém não destes atenção para aquele que fez estas coisas, nem olhastes para aquele que as formou desde a antiguidade.
Between the walls [of the city] you will build a reservoir to [store] water from the old pool. But you will never request help from the one who made the city; you have never depended on Yahweh, who planned this city long ago.
12 E naquele dia o Senhor DEUS dos exércitos chamou ao choro, ao lamento, ao raspar de cabelos, e ao vestir de saco.
The Commander of the armies of angels told you to weep and mourn; he told you to shave your heads and to wear rough sackcloth to show that you were sorry for the sins that you had committed.
13 E eis aqui alegria e festejo, matando vacas e degolando ovelhas, comendo carne, bebendo vinho, [e dizendo]: Comamos e bebamos, porque amanhã morreremos!
But instead of doing that, you were happy and celebrating; you slaughtered cattle and sheep, [in order to cook their] meat and eat it and drink wine. You said, “Let’s eat and drink [all that we want to], because [it is possible that] we will die tomorrow!”
14 Mas o SENHOR dos exércitos se revelou a meus ouvidos, [dizendo]: Certamente esta maldade não vos será perdoada até que morrais, diz o Senhor DEUS dos exércitos.
[So] the Commander of the armies of angels revealed this to me: “I will never forgive my people for sinning like this!”
15 Assim disse o Senhor DEUS dos exércitos: Vai, visita este mordomo, Sebna, que administra a casa [real],
The Commander of the armies of angels said this [to me]: “Go to Shebna, the official who supervises the workers in the palace, and give this message to him:
16 [E dize-lhe]: O que é que tens aqui? Ou quem tu tens aqui, [que te dá direito] a cavares aqui tua sepultura, [como] quem cava em lugar alto sua sepultura, e talha na rocha morada para si?
'[Who do you think you are?] Who gave you the authority to build a beautiful tomb where you will be buried, chiseling it out of the rocky cliff high above this valley?
17 Eis que o SENHOR te lançará fora, ó homem, e te agarrará!
You [think that you are] [IRO] a great man, but Yahweh is about to hurl you away. [It will be as though] he will seize you,
18 Certamente ele te lançará rodando, como uma bola numa terra larga e espaçosa. Ali morrerás, e ali [estarão] tuas gloriosas carruagens, [para] desonra da casa do teu senhor.
and roll/crumple you into a ball and throw you away into a large distant land. You will die [and be buried] there, and your beautiful chariots will stay there [in the hands of your enemies]. And [because of what happens to you], your master, [the king], will be [very] ashamed/disgraced.
19 E te removerei de tua posição, e te arrancarei de teu assento.
Yahweh will force you to quit working in the palace; you will be demoted from your important position.
20 E será naquele dia, que chamarei a meu servo Eliaquim, filho de Hilquias.
Then I will summon Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who has served serve me [well], to replace you.
21 E eu o vestirei com tua túnica, e porei nele o teu cinto, e entregarei teu governo nas mãos dele, e ele será como um pai aos moradores de Jerusalém e à casa de Judá.
I will allow him to wear your robe, and to fasten your sash around him, and I will give to him the authority that you had. He will be like [MET] a father to the people of Jerusalem and [all the other] towns in Judah.
22 E porei a chave da casa de Davi sobre seu ombro; quando ele abrir, e ninguém fechará; e quando ele fechar, ninguém abrirá.
I will give to him authority [MTY] over [what happens in] the palace where King David [lived]; when he decides something [MET], no one will be able to oppose it; when he refuses to do something, no one will be able to force him to do it.
23 E eu o fincarei [como] a um prego em um lugar firme; e ele será um trono de honra à casa de seu pai.
I will cause his family to be greatly respected, because I will put him firmly in his position [as supervisor of the workers in the palace], like [SIM] a nail that is firmly hammered into a wall.
24 E nele pendurarão toda a honra da casa de seu pai, dos renovos e dos descendentes, todos as vasilhas menores; desde as vasilhas de taças, até todas as vasilhas de jarros.
Others will enable him to have much responsibility, with the result that all the members of his family, even the most insignificant ones, will be honored.'”
25 Naquele dia, - diz o SENHOR dos exércitos, - o prego fincado em lugar firme será tirado; e será cortado, e cairá; e a carga que nele está será cortada; porque [assim] o SENHOR disse.
[But] the Commander of the armies of angels also says, “[Shebna is like] [MET] a peg that is firmly fastened to the wall. But there will be a time when I will [remove him from his position]; he will lose his power/influence, and everything that he promoted [MET] will fail. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”
