Isaías 26
1 Naquele dia, se cantará este cântico na terra de Judá: Temos uma cidade forte! [Deus lhe] pôs a salvação por muros e antemuros.
Some day, [people in] Judah will sing this song: Our city [of Jerusalem] is strong! Yahweh protects our city; He is like [MET] a wall that surrounds it.
2 Abri as portas, para que por elas entre a nação justa, que guarda fidelidades.
Open the gates of the city for people who are righteous; allow people who faithfully [obey Yahweh] to enter the city.
3 Tu guardarás em completa paz aquele que tem firme entendimento, pois ele confia em ti.
Yahweh, those who trust in you, those who firmly resolve to never doubt you, you will enable them to feel perfectly peaceful.
4 Confiai no SENHOR para sempre, pois no SENHOR DEUS está a rocha eterna.
[So] always trust in Yahweh, because Yahweh, [our God], is forever [like] [MET] a huge rock [under which we are sheltered/protected/safe].
5 Pois ele abate aos que habitam em lugares altos, a cidade elevada; certamente ele a abaixará até o chão, e a derrubará até o pó.
He humbles proud people and destroys cities whose people are arrogant. He causes those cities to collapse into the dust/dirt.
6 Pés a pisotearão; os pés dos afligidos, os passos dos pobres.
[When that happens], poor and oppressed people will trample on the ruins.
7 O caminho do justo é todo plano; tu [que és] reto nivelas o andar do justo.
[But as for] righteous people, Yahweh, you do what is right; [it is as though] you cause the paths where they walk to be level and smooth.
8 Também no caminho dos teus juízos esperamos em ti; em teu nome e em tua lembrança está o desejo de [nossa] alma.
Yahweh, by obeying your laws we show that we trust you to help us; and what we desire is that you will be honored/praised/exalted.
9 Com minha alma te desejei de noite, e [com] meu espírito dentro de mim te busquei de madrugada; pois quando teus juízos [estão] sobre a terra, os moradores do mundo aprendem a justiça.
[All] through the night I [SYN] desire to know you better, and each morning I still want to be with you. [Only] when you come to judge [and punish] people who live on the earth will they learn to do what is right.
10 [Ainda] que se faça favor ao perverso, nem assim ele aprende a justiça; [até] na terra dos corretos ele pratica maldade, e não dá atenção à majestade do SENHOR.
[But] your acting kindly toward wicked people does not cause them to do what is good. [Even] in places where people do what is right, the wicked people continue to do what is evil, and they do not realize that you, Yahweh, are great.
11 Ó SENHOR, tua mão está levantada, mas eles não [a] veem; [porém] eles verão e serão envergonhados pelo zelo [que tens] do [teu] povo; e o fogo consumirá a teus adversários.
Yahweh, [it is as though] your fist is raised up [ready to strike them], but they do not realize that. Show them that you are very eager to help your people. If your enemies would realize that, they would be ashamed; allow your fire to burn them up [because they are] your enemies.
12 Ó SENHOR, tu nos fornecerá paz; pois todos os nossos feitos tu fizeste por nós.
Yahweh, [we desire that] you will allow things to go well for us; everything that we have done is what you have enabled us to do.
13 Ó SENHOR nosso Deus, outros senhores fora de ti nos dominaram; mas somente em ti, em teu nome, mantínhamos nossos pensamentos.
Yahweh, our God, others have ruled over us, but you [MTY] are the only one whom we honor.
14 Eles estão mortos, não [voltarão] a viver; fantasmas não ressuscitarão; por isso tu os visitaste e os destruíste, e eliminaste toda a memória deles.
Those who ruled us are [now] gone; they are dead; their spirits have left this earth, and they will not become alive [again]. You punished those rulers and got rid of them, and people do not even remember them any more.
15 Tu, SENHOR, engrandeceste esta nação; engrandeceste esta nação, [e] te fizeste glorioso; alargaste os limites da terra.
Yahweh, you have enabled our nation to become great; we are more in [now], and we have more land, [so we] thank/praise you.
16 Ó SENHOR, na aflição eles te buscaram; [quando] tu os castigaste, uma oração eles sussurraram.
Yahweh, when we were distressed, we asked you [to help us]; when you disciplined/punished us, we were able only to whisper when we prayed to you.
17 Tal como a grávida quando chega a hora do parto, sofre e dá gritos por suas dores, assim fomos nós diante de tua presença, SENHOR.
Like pregnant women writhe and cry out when they are giving birth, we suffered very much, too.
18 Concebemos e tivemos dores, porém geramos [nada além] de vento. Não trouxemos libertação à terra, nem os moradores do mundo caíram.
We had severe pain, but nothing good resulted [MET] from it. We have not rescued our people [from being conquered by our enemies], and we have not given birth to children [who will rule the world correctly] (OR, not defeated the armies [that have attacked other nations].
19 Os teus mortos viverão, [junto com] meu cadáver, [assim] ressuscitarão; festejai e sede alegres, vós que habitais no pó! Pois o teu orvalho [é] orvalho de luz, e a terra gerará de si [seus] mortos.
But Yahweh’s people who have died will become alive [again], their corpses will become alive! Those whose bodies lie in graves will rise and shout joyfully! His light will be [like] dew that falls on his people who have died, who are [now] in the place where the dead people are, [and will cause them to become alive again].
20 Vai, ó povo meu; entra em teus quartos, e fecha tuas portas ao redor de ti; esconde-te por um momento, até que a ira tenha passado.
But now, my people/fellow-citizens, go home and lock your doors! Hide for a short time, until [Yahweh] is no longer angry.
21 Porque eis que o SENHOR sairá de seu lugar para punir a maldade dos moradores da terra sobre eles; e a terra mostrará seus sangues, e não mais cobrirá seus mortos.
Listen to this: Yahweh will come from heaven to punish [all] the people on the earth for the sins that they have committed. People will be able to see [PRS] the (blood of those/the people) who have been murdered; their murderers will no longer be able to hide.
