Isaías 43
1 Porém agora assim diz o SENHOR, o teu Criador, ó Jacó, e o teu Formador, ó Israel: Não temas, porque eu te resgatei; chamei a ti por teu nome; tu és meu.
But now, you people of Israel, listen to Yahweh, the one who established your nation. The one who caused you to become a nation [DOU] says this: “Do not be afraid, because I previously rescued you. I enabled you to have a personal relationship with me [MTY], and you belong to me.
2 Quando passares pelas águas, estarei contigo; e [ao passares] pelos rios, eles não te submergirão; quando passares pelo fogo, não te queimarás, nem a chamas arderão em ti.
When you [experience dangerous situations], and [you feel like] [MET] you are crossing deep rivers, I will be with you. When you have very big troubles/difficulties, you will [LIT] be able to endure them. When [people try to kill you like they tried to kill Daniel’s three friends by] throwing them in a fire, you will not [die, just like Daniel’s three friends were not] burned up,
3 Porque eu sou o SENHOR teu Deus, o Santo de Israel, teu Salvador; dei ao Egito, a Cuxe, e a Seba como teu resgate, em teu lugar.
because I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, the one who rescues you. I will enable [the army of the emperor of Persia] to conquer Egypt instead of conquering you; similarly I will enable them to conquer Ethiopia, and Seba [in Arabia], in order that you can be saved.
4 Visto que foste precioso em meus olhos, [assim] foste glorificado, e eu te amei; por isso dei homens em troca de ti, e povos em troca de tua alma.
I will cause other countries to be conquered, instead of your country; I will trade them for you, in order that you will not be killed, because you are very precious [DOU] to me and because I love you.
5 Não temas, pois estou contigo; eu trarei tua semente desde o oriente, e te ajuntarei desde o ocidente.
Do not be afraid, because I am with you. [Some day] I will gather your descendants from the east and from the west.
6 Direi ao norte: Dá!, E ao sul: Não retenhas! Trazei meus filhos de longe, e minhas filhas desde os confins da terra;
I will command the [rulers of the nations to] the north and to the south, ‘Allow all the people of Israel to return [to their country], from the most distant places on the earth.
7 Todos os chamados do meu nome, e os que criei para minha gloria; eu os formei; sim, eu os fiz.
Allow all those who belong to me [MTY] to return, because I have caused them to become a nation in order that they would honor me; I am the one who has done that [DOU].’
8 Trazei ao povo cego, que tem olhos; e aos surdos, que tem ouvidos.
Summon the people who have eyes but [it is as though] they are blind; summon those who have ears but [because they do not listen to me, it is as though] they are deaf.
9 Todas as nações se reúnam, e os povos se ajuntem. Quem deles isto isto anuncia, e nos faz ouvir as coisas do passado? Mostrem suas testemunhas, para que se justifiquem, e se ouça, e se diga: É verdade.
Gather people of all nations together, ones from all people-groups, [and ask them this]: ‘Has any of their idols foretold the things that are happening now? And can any of them predict what will happen in the future?’ Then bring people who will testify and say ‘I heard them predict things, and what they predicted was what happened,’ [but they will be lying].”
10 Vós sois minhas testemunhas (diz o SENHOR); e meu servo, a quem escolhi; para que saibais, e creiais em mim, e entendais que eu sou o próprio, e [que] antes de mim nenhum Deus se formou, e depois de minha nenhum haverá.
But Yahweh says, “You people of Israel (are my witnesses/know what I have done), and you are the ones who serve me. I chose you in order that you would know me, believe in me, and understand that I am the only one who is [truly] God. There is no other [true] God. There was no other [true] God previously, and there will never be another [true] God.
11 Eu, eu sou o SENHOR; e fora de mim não há salvador.
I, [only] I, am Yahweh, and there is no other one who can save you.
12 Eu anunciei, eu salvei, e eu fiz ouvir, e deus estrangeiro não houve entre vós, e vós sois minhas testemunhas, (diz o SENHOR), que eu sou Deus.
I said that I would rescue [your ancestors], and then I rescued them, and I proclaimed [that I had done it]. No foreign god among you did that! And you are witnesses that only I, Yahweh, am God.
13 E desde antes de haver dia, eu o sou; e ninguém há que possa livrar das minhas mãos. Eu estou agindo, quem pode impedir?
I am God, the one who has existed forever and who will exist forever; no one can snatch people from my hand, and no one can alter/change what I have done.”
14 Assim diz o SENHOR o teu Redentor, o Santo de Israel: Por causa de vós eu enviei [inimigos] a Babilônia, e a todos eu os fiz descerem [como] fugitivos, inclusive os Caldeus, nos navios em que se orgulhavam.
Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, is the one who rescues you; and this is what he says: “For your sake, I will send [an army] to [attack] Babylon. They will force the people of that city to flee in ships which they have been proud of.
15 Eu sou o SENHOR, vosso Santo; o Criador de Israel, o vosso Rei.
I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the one who caused Israel to become a nation, and the one who is really your king.
16 Assim diz o SENHOR, aquele que preparou no mar um caminho, e nas águas impetuosas uma vereda;
I am Yahweh, the one who opened a path through the water, making a road through the [Red] Sea.
17 Aquele que trouxe carruagens e cavalos, exército e forças; [todos] juntamente caíram, e não mais se levantaram; estão extintos, foram apagados como um pavio:
Then I summoned the great army [of Egypt] to come with all their chariots and horses. [But when they tried to pursue my people], I caused the waves to flow over them [and they drowned]; their lives ended [like the light of a candle ends when someone] [MET] snuffs out the wick.
18 Não vos lembreis das coisas passadas, nem considereis as antigas;
But do not think [only] about what happened in the past, long ago [DOU].
19 Eis que farei uma coisa nova, agora surgirá; por acaso não a reconhecereis? Pois porei um caminho no deserto, [e] rios na terra vazia.
Instead, consider the new thing that I am going to do. I have already started to do it; can you see it? I am going to make a road through the desert. And I will cause there to be streams in the wasteland/desert.
20 Os animais do campo me honrarão; os chacais e os filhotes de avestruz; porque porei águas no deserto, rios na terra vazia, para dar de beber a meu povo, meu escolhido.
The jackals/wolves and owls and other wild creatures will thank me for giving them water in the desert. I will cause streams to appear in the dry desert in order that my people, the ones whom I have chosen, will have water;
21 Este povo formei para mim, eles declararão louvor a mim.
I will do that for the people whom I have created [and chosen] to belong to me, and [some day] they will cause many others to praise me.
22 Porém tu não me invocaste, ó Jacó; pois te cansaste de mim, ó Israel.
But now, you descendants of Jacob, you refuse to request my help. It seems that you people of Israel have become tired of worshiping me.
23 Não me trouxeste o gado miúdo de teus holocaustos, nem me honraste [com] teus sacrifícios; eu não vos oprimi com ofertas, nem te cansei com incenso.
You have not brought to me sheep or goats for offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar]; you have not honored me by [bringing to me any] sacrifices, even though the offerings of grain and incense [that I asked you] to bring to me were not a burden to you.
24 Não me compraste com dinheiro cana aromática, nem me saciaste com a gordura de teus sacrifícios; mas me oprimiste com teus pecados, [e] me cansaste com tuas maldades.
You have bought for me fragrant reeds, and you have brought me the fat from your sacrifices. But these have not pleased me, because you have burdened me by all the sins that you have committed, and made me weary because of all (your iniquities/the wrong things that you have done).
25 Eu, eu sou o que anulo tuas transgressões por causa de mim; e te teus pecados eu não me lembro.
I am the one who is able to forgive you for all your sins; I am the only one who can do that, with the result that I will never think about them again.
26 Faze-me lembrar, entremos em juízo juntos; mostra [teus argumentos], para que possas te justificar.
Tell me what I have done that you do not like. Do you think that when you state your case, you will prove that you (are innocent/have done nothing wrong) [IRO]?
27 Teu primeiro pai pecou; e teus intérpretes transgrediram contra mim.
No, [what has happened is that] the first ancestor of you Israelis sinned [against me], and since then, all your leaders have rebelled against me.
28 Por isso profanei os líderes do santuário, e entreguei Jacó à desgraça, e Israel à humilhação.
That is why I have caused your priests to be disgraced; and I have allowed others to destroy you people of Israel and caused you to be despised.”
