< Isaías 58 >
1 Clama em alta voz, não te retenhas; levanta tua voz como trombeta; e anuncia a meu povo sua transgressão, e à casa de Jacó seus pecados.
[Yahweh said to me], “Shout loudly! Shout like [SIM] a loud trumpet! Shout to warn my Israeli people about their sins [DOU]!
2 Porém eles me buscam diariamente, e tem prazer em conhecer os meus caminhos, como [se fossem] um povo que pratica justiça, e não abandona o juízo de seu Deus; perguntam-me pelos juízos de justiça, e tem prazer em se achegarem a Deus.
They worship me every day; [they come to my temple because they say that] they are eager to know what I want them to do. They act as though they are a nation that does things that are righteous, who would never abandon their God. They request me to decide matters justly, and they delight to come to worship me.
3 [Eles dizem: ] Por que nós jejuamos, e tu não dás atenção a isso? [Por que] afligimos nossas almas, e tu não o reconheces? Eis que nos dia em que jejuais, continuais a buscar [apenas] aquilo que vos agrada, e sobrecarregais todos os que trabalham para vós.
[They say], ‘We have (fasted/abstained from eating food) to please you, but you did not [RHQ] notice our doing that. We humbled ourselves, but you did not [RHQ] pay any attention!’ I will tell you why I did not pay attention. It is because when you fast, you do it only to please yourselves, and you act cruelly toward all your workers.
4 Eis que jejuais para brigas e discussões, e para dardes socos de maldade; não jejueis como [fazeis] hoje, para que vossa vossa voz seja ouvida no alto.
You fast, but you also quarrel and fight [with each other] with your fists. [Doing things like that while] you fast will [certainly] not cause [me] to hear your prayers [where I am], high in heaven.
5 Seria este o jejum que eu escolheria, que o homem um dia aflija sua alma, incline sua cabeça como o junco, e estenda debaixo [de si] saco e cinza? Chamarias tu a isto jejum e dia agradável ao SENHOR?
You [act as though] [IRO] you humble yourselves [RHQ] by bowing your heads like [SIM] [the tops of] reeds bend [when the wind blows], and you wear [RHQ] rough clothes and cover your heads with ashes [like people do when they are grieving]. That is what you do when you are fasting, but do you really think [RHQ] that will please me?
6 Por acaso não é este o jejum que eu escolheria: que soltes os nós de perversidade, que desfaças as amarras do jugo, e que libertes aos oprimidos, e quebres todo jugo?
No, that is not the kind of fasting that I desire. What I really want [RHQ] is for you to free those who have been unjustly put in prison [DOU], and to encourage those who are (treated cruelly/oppressed); I want you to free those who have been oppressed in any way.
7 Por acaso não é [também] que repartas teu pão com o faminto, e aos pobres desamparados recolhas em casa, [e] vendo ao nu, que o cubras, e não te escondas de tua carne?
I want you to [RHQ] share your food with those who are hungry and to allow those who have no houses to stay in your houses. Give clothes to those who do not have clothes, and do not hide from your relatives who need help from you.
8 [Quando fizeres isto], então tua luz surgirá como o amanhecer, e tua cura logo chegará; e tua justiça irá adiante de ti; a glória do SENHOR será tua retaguarda.
If you do those things, [what you do for others will be like] [SIM] a light that shines when it dawns. The troubles [that have been caused by your sins] will end quickly. Others will know about your righteous behavior, and with my glorious presence I will protect you from behind [like I protected the Israeli people when they left Egypt].
9 Então clamarás, e o SENHOR [te] responderá; gritarás, e dirá: Eis-me aqui; se tirares do meio de ti o jugo, o estender de dedo, e o falar perversidade.
Then you will call out to me, and I will [quickly] answer [and say that I will help you].’ Stop (oppressing people/treating people cruelly); stop falsely accusing people; and stop saying evil [things about people].
10 E se abrires tua alma ao faminto, e fartares à alma afligida; então tua luz nascerá das trevas, e tua escuridão será como o meio-dia.
Give food to those who are hungry, and give to people who are afflicted/suffering the things that they need. [Your doing that will be like] [MET] a light that shines in the darkness; instead of doing evil to people [MET], [the good things that you do for them will be like] [SIM] sunshine at noontime.
11 E o SENHOR te guiará continuamente, fartará a tua alma [mesmo] em grandes secas, e fortalecerá teus ossos; e tu serás como um jardim regado, como um manancial de águas, cujas águas nunca faltam.
[I], Yahweh, will guide you continually, and I will give you good things to satisfy you. I will enable you to remain strong and healthy. You will be like [SIM] a garden that is well watered, like [SIM] a spring that never dries up.
12 E os que de ti [procederem] edificarão os lugares antes arruinados, e levantarás os fundamentos das gerações [passadas]; e te chamarão reparador das coisas que se romperam, e restaurador das ruas para se morar.
[Your people] will rebuild the cities that were destroyed long ago; they will build [houses] on top of the old foundations. People will say that you are the ones who are repairing the holes [in the city walls], and who are repairing the streets where people live.
13 Se quanto ao sábado recusares fazer tua vontade no meu santo dia, e chamares ao sábado de agradável, santificado ao SENHOR, e glorioso, e tu o honrares, não seguindo teus caminhos, [nem] buscando tua própria vontade, falando [o que não se deve],
Do not travel [MTY] long distances on Sabbath/rest days, and on Sabbath days do not do only the things that you delight to do. Enjoy the Sabbath days, and consider them to be delightful. The Sabbath days are my holy days. Honor me, Yahweh, in everything that you do [on the Sabbath days]. Do not talk about and do things [only] to please yourselves. If you do all the things that I have just now told you to do,
14 Então tu te agradarás no SENHOR, e te farei montar sobre as alturas da terra; e te darei sustento com a herança de teu pai Jacó; porque [assim] a boca do SENHOR falou.
I will enable you to be joyful. I will greatly honor you; [I will honor you everywhere!] I will give to you the [blessings] that I gave to your ancestor Jacob. [Those things will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”