Isaías 37
1 E aconteceu que, quando o rei Ezequias ouviu [isso], ele rasgou suas roupas, cobriu-se de saco, e entrou na casa do SENHOR.
And it happened that, when king Hezekiah had heard this, he rent his garments, and he wrapped himself in sackcloth, and he entered the house of the Lord.
2 Então ele enviou Eliaquim o administrador da casa real, Sebna o escriba, e os anciãos dos sacerdotes, cobertos de sacos, ao profeta Isaías, filho de Amoz.
And he sent Eliakim, who was over the house, and Shebna, the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah, the son of Amoz, the prophet.
3 E lhe disseram: Assim diz Ezequias: Este dia é um dia de angústia, de repreensão, e de blasfêmia; pois os filhos chegaram ao parto, porém não há força para que possam nascer.
And they said to him: “Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy. For the sons have arrived at the time for birth, but there is not enough strength to bring them forth.
4 Talvez o SENHOR venha a ouvir as palavras de Rabsaqué, a quem seu senhor, o rei da Assíria, enviou, para afrontar ao Deus vivente; e repreenda as palavras que o SENHOR teu Deus tem ouvido. Faze, pois, oração pelos restantes, que [ainda] se encontram.
Perhaps, somehow, the Lord your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of the Assyrians, his lord, has sent to blaspheme the living God, and will rebuke the words that the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, lift up your prayers on behalf of the remnant which has been left behind.”
5 E os servos do rei vieram até Isaías,
And so the servants of king Hezekiah went to Isaiah.
6 E Isaías lhes disse: Assim direis a vosso senhor: Assim diz o SENHOR: Não temas das palavras que ouviste, com as quais os servos do rei da Assíria me blasfemaram.
And Isaiah said to them: “You shall say this to your lord: Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid to face the words that you have heard, by which the servants of the king of the Assyrians blasphemed me.
7 Eis que porei nele um espírito de tal maneira que, quando ouvir um rumor, ele voltará à sua terra; e eu o derrubarei pela espada em sua [própria] terra.
Behold, I will send a spirit to him, and he will hear a message, and he will return to his own land. And I will cause him to fall by the sword, in his own land.”
8 Então Rabsaqué voltou, e achou ao rei da Assíria lutando contra Libna, pois tinha ouvido que ele [já] tinha saído de Laquis.
Then Rabshakeh returned, and he found the king of the Assyrians fighting against Libnah. For he had heard that he had set out from Lachish.
9 E ele, ao ouvir dizer que Tiraca, rei de Cuxe, tinha saído para fazer guerra contra ele, então, após ouvir, enviou mensageiros a Ezequias, dizendo:
And he heard from Tirhakah, the king of Ethiopia: “He has gone forth so that he may fight against you.” And when he had heard this, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying:
10 Assim falareis a Ezequias, rei de Judá, dizendo: Que teu Deus, em quem confias, não te engane, dizendo: Jerusalém não será entregue nas mãos do rei da Assíria.
“You shall say this to Hezekiah, the king of Judah, saying: Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying: ‘Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.’
11 Eis que tens ouvido o que os reis da Assíria fizeram a todas as terras, destruindo-as por completo. E tu, escaparias?
Behold, you have heard about all that the kings of the Assyrians have done to all the lands that they have conquered, and so, how can you be delivered?
12 Por acaso as livraram os deuses das nações as quais meus pais destruíram, tal como Gozã, Harã e Rezefe, e os filhos de Éden que estavam em Telassar?
Have the gods of the nations rescued those whom my fathers have conquered: Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden who were at Telassar?
13 Onde está o rei da Hamate, o rei de Arpade, o rei de Sefarvaim, ou Hena e Iva?
Where is the king of Hamath and the king of Arpad, or the king of the city of Sepharvaim, or of Hena and Ivvah?”
14 E Ezequias, recebendo as cartas das mãos dos mensageiros, e tendo as lido, subiu à casa do SENHOR, e Ezequias as estendeu perante o SENHOR.
And Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers, and he read it, and he went up to the house of the Lord, and Hezekiah spread it out in the sight of the Lord.
15 Então Ezequias orou ao SENHOR, dizendo:
And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying:
16 Ó SENHOR dos exércitos, Deus de Israel, que habitas entre os querubins; tu, só tu, és Deus de todos os reinos da terra; tu fizeste os céus e a terra.
“O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel who sits upon the Cherubim: you alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
17 Inclina teu ouvido, ó SENHOR, e ouve; abre os teus olhos, SENHOR, e olha; e ouve todas as palavras de Senaqueribe que ele enviou para afrontar o Deus vivente.
O Lord, incline your ear and listen. O Lord, open your eyes and see. And hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to blaspheme the living God.
18 É verdade, SENHOR, que os reis da Assíria assolaram a todas as terras e seus territórios,
For truly, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste to countries and territories.
19 E lançaram seus deuses ao fogo, porque não eram deuses, mas sim obras de mãos humanas, madeira e pedra; por isso os destruíram.
And they have cast their gods into the fire. For these were not gods, but the works of men’s hands, of wood and of stone. And they broke them into pieces.
20 Agora, SENHOR nosso Deus, livra-nos das mãos dele, [e] assim todos os reinos da terra saberão que tu, só tu, és o SENHOR.
And now, O Lord our God, save us from his hand. And let all the kingdoms of the earth acknowledge that you alone are Lord.”
21 Então Isaías, filho de Amós, mandou dizer a Ezequias: Assim diz o SENHOR, Deus de Israel: Quanto ao que me pediste sobre Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria,
And Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah, saying: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Because of what you have prayed to me about Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians,
22 Esta é a palavra que o SENHOR falou sobre ele: A virgem, a filha de Sião, te despreza, zomba de ti; a filha de Jerusalém balança a cabeça após ti.
this is the word that the Lord has spoken over him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and mocked you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
23 A quem afrontaste? [De quem] blasfemaste? E contra quem levantaste a voz, e levantaste aos olhos arrogantemente? Contra o Santo de Israel!
Whom have you insulted? And whom have you blasphemed? And against whom have you lifted up your voice and raised up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel!
24 Por meio de teus servos afrontaste ao Senhor, e disseste: Com a minha multidão de carruagens eu subi aos cumes dos montes, aos lugares remotos do Líbano; e cortarei seus altos cedros, e seus melhores ciprestes, e virei a seu extremo cume, ao bosque de seu campo fértil.
By the hand of your servants, you have reproached the Lord. And you have said: ‘With a multitude of my four-horse chariots, I have ascended the heights of the mountains adjoining Lebanon. And I will cut down its lofty cedars and its choice pine trees. And I will reach the top of its summit, to the forest of its Carmel.
25 Eu cavei, e bebi as águas; e com as plantas dos meus pés secarei todos os rios do Egito.
I dug deep, and I drank water, and I dried up all the river banks with the sole of my foot.’
26 Por acaso não ouviste que desde muito antes eu fiz isto, e deste os dias antigos o tinha planejado? Agora eu fiz isto acontecer, para que tu fosses o que destruirias as cidades fortificadas, [reduzindo-as] a amontoados de ruínas.
Have you not heard what I have done to it in past times? In ancient times, I formed it. And now I have brought it forth. And it has been made so that the hills and the fortified cities would fight together, unto its destruction.
27 Por isso os moradores delas, com as mãos impotentes, ficaram atemorizados e envergonhados; eram [como] a erva do campo, e a grama verde, o capim dos telhados e o trigo queimado antes de crescer.
Their inhabitants had unsteady hands. They trembled and were confused. They became like the plants of the field, and the grass of the pastures, and like the weeds on the rooftops, which wither before they are mature.
28 Porém eu sei o teu sentar, o teu sair, o teu entrar, e o teu furor contra mim.
I know your habitation, and your arrival, and your departure, and your madness against me.
29 Por causa de teu furor contra mim, e teu tumulto que subiu aos meus ouvidos, por isso porei meu anzol em teu nariz, e meu freio em tua boca; e te farei voltar pelo caminho em que vieste.
When you became angry against me, your arrogance rose up to my ears. Therefore, I will place a ring in your nose, and a bit between your lips. And I will turn you back on the road by which you arrived.
30 E isto será por sinal para ti, [Ezequias]: este ano se comerá daquilo que nascer de si mesmo, e no segundo ano do que daí proceder; porém no terceiro ano semeai e colhei; e plantai vinhas, e comei seus frutos.
But this shall be a sign for you: Eat, in this year, whatever springs up on its own. And in the second year, eat fruits. But in the third year, sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
31 Pois os sobreviventes da casa de Judá, o remanescente, voltará a formar raízes abaixo, e dará fruto acima.
And what will be saved from the house of Judah, and what is left behind, will form deep roots, and will bear high fruits.
32 Porque de Jerusalém sairá o remanescente, e do monte de Sião os que sobreviverem; o zelo do SENHOR dos exércitos fará isto.
For from Jerusalem, a remnant shall go forth, and salvation from mount Zion. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.
33 Portanto assim diz o SENHOR quanto ao rei da Assíria: Ele não entrará nesta cidade, nem lançará flecha nela; nem também virá diante dela com escudo, nem levantará cerco contra ela.
For this reason, thus says the Lord about the king of the Assyrians: He will not enter this city, nor shoot an arrow into it, nor overtake it with a shield, nor dig a rampart all around it.
34 Pelo mesmo caminho que veio, nele voltará; mas nesta cidade ele não entrará, diz o SENHOR;
He will return on the road by which he arrived. And into this city, he will not enter, says the Lord.
35 Porque eu defenderei esta cidade para a livrar, por causa de mim e por causa do meu servo Davi.
And I will protect this city, so that I may save it for my own sake, and for the sake of David, my servant.”
36 Então o anjo do SENHOR saiu, e feriu no acampamento dos assírios cento e oitenta mil [deles]; e levantando-se pela manhã cedo, eis que todos eram cadáveres.
Then the Angel of the Lord went forth and struck down, in the camp of the Assyrians, one hundred eighty-five thousand. And they arose in the morning, and behold, all these were dead bodies.
37 Assim Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, partiu-se, e foi embora, voltou, e ficou em Nínive.
And Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians, departed and went away. And he returned and lived at Nineveh.
38 E sucedeu que, enquanto ele estava prostrado na casa de seu deus Nisroque, seus filhos Adrameleque e Sarezer o feriram a espada; então eles escaparam para a terra de Ararate; e Esar-Hadom, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.
And it happened that, as he was adoring his god in the temple of Nisroch, his sons, Adramelech and Sharezer, struck him with the sword. And they fled into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon, his son, reigned in his place.
