Isaiah 10
1 Terrible things will happen to you judges who are unjust and who make unfair laws.
Ai dos que ordenam ordenanças injustas, e dos que prescrevem trabalho aos escrivães.
2 You refuse to help poor people, and you do not allow them to get the things that they should get. You [allow people to] steal things from widows and do unfair things to orphans.
Para desviarem aos pobres do seu direito, e para arrebatarem o direito dos aflitos do meu povo, para despojarem as viúvas e para roubarem os órfãos!
3 When I punish you by sending people from distant lands to cause you to experience disasters, (to whom will you run to get help?/there will be no one who can help you.) [RHQ] Your valuable possessions will certainly [not be safe] [RHQ] anywhere.
Mas que fareis vós-outros no dia da visitação, e da assolação, que há de vir de longe? a quem vos refugiareis para obter socorro, e onde deixareis a vossa glória?
4 You will be able only to stumble along as you are taken away with other prisoners, or [else] your corpses will lie on the ground with others who have been killed. But even after that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry with you. He will still be ready to strike you again with his fist.
Sem que cada um se abata entre as prezas, e caia entre os mortos? Com tudo isto a sua ira se não apartou, mas ainda está estendida a sua mão.
5 [Yahweh says], “Terrible things will happen to Assyria. [It is true that their army] is like a rod/club [DOU] with which I [punish other nations] because I am very angry with those nations [DOU].
Ai da Assyria! a vara da minha ira: porque a minha indignação é o bordão nas suas mãos.
6 [Sometimes] I send the armies of Assyria to attack a godless nation, to fight against [other] people who have caused me to be angry. I send them to capture people and to seize and take away their possessions, and to trample them like [SIM] people walk on mud in the streets.
Envia-lo-ei contra uma nação hipócrita, e contra o povo do meu furor lhe darei ordem, para que lhe roube o roubo, e lhe despoje o despojo, e o ponha para ser pisado aos pés, como a lama das ruas:
7 But the [king of Assyria] does not understand, he does not realize [that he is only like a weapon in my hand]. He wants [only] to destroy people, to get rid of many nations.
Ainda que ele não cuide assim, nem o seu coração assim o imagine: antes no seu coração intentará destruir e desarraigar nações não poucas.
8 He says, ‘All of my army commanders will soon be kings [of these nations that I conquer]!
Porque diz: Porventura todos os meus príncipes não são eles reis?
9 We destroyed Calno [city] like we destroyed Carchemish [city], We destroyed Hamath [city] like we destroyed Arpad [city]; we destroyed Samaria just like we destroyed Damascus.
Não é Calno como Carchemis? não é Hamath como Arphad? e Samaria como Damasco?
10 We were able to destroy [all] those kingdoms [that were full] of idols, kingdoms whose idols were greater than the idols in Jerusalem and Samaria.
Como a minha mão achou os reinos dos ídolos, ainda que as suas imagens de vulto fossem melhores do que as de Jerusalém e de que as de Samaria.
11 So we will defeat Jerusalem and destroy the idols that are there, just like we destroyed Samaria and the idols that were there!’
Porventura como fiz a Samaria e aos seus ídolos, não faria eu também assim a Jerusalém e aos seus ídolos?
12 [But, I, Yahweh, say that] after I [have used Assyria to] finish what I want to do to punish the people in Jerusalem [DOU], I will punish the king of Assyria because he has been very proud and arrogant/boastful [DOU].
Porque acontecerá que, havendo o Senhor acabado toda a sua obra no monte de Sião e em Jerusalém, então visitarei o fruto da arrogante grandeza do coração do rei da Assyria e a pompa da altivez dos seus olhos.
13 He says, ‘By my own great power [MTY] I have done these things. I have been able to do them because I am very wise and very intelligent. My army removed the barriers [at the borders] of nations and carried away all their valuable things. My army has knocked down their kings like [SIM] a ferocious bull would.
Porquanto disse: Com a força da minha mão o fiz, e com a minha sabedoria, porque sou entendido: e terei os limites dos povos, e roubei a sua provisão, e como valente abati aos moradores.
14 Like [MET] a farmer reaches into a bird’s nest [to take away the eggs], we have taken away the treasures of other countries [DOU]. The people were not like birds that would flap their wings or chirp loudly [to protest about their eggs being stolen]; the people did not object at all [to their treasures being stolen].’
E achou a minha mão as riquezas dos povos como a um ninho, e como se ajuntam os ovos deixados, assim eu ajuntei a toda a terra, e não houve quem movesse a aza, ou abrisse a boca, ou chilrasse.
15 [But I, Yahweh, say that] an axe certainly cannot [RHQ] boast about being stronger than the person who uses it, and a saw is not greater than the person who uses it. A rod cannot control the one who holds it [RHQ], and a wooden club cannot lift up a person [RHQ]. [So the king of Assyria should not boast that he has done these things with his own wisdom and strength].
Porventura glóriar-se-á o machado contra o que corta com ele? ou presumirá a serra contra o que puxa por ela? como se o bordão movesse aos que o levantam, ou a vara se levantasse como não sendo pau?
16 And [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, will send a plague among the proud soldiers of Assyria; it will be like [MET] a fire that will kill them and get rid of their glory/wealth.
Pelo que o Senhor, o Senhor dos exércitos, enviará magreza entre os seus gordos, e debaixo da sua glória acenderá incêndio, como incêndio de fogo.
17 [I], Yahweh, who am like [MET] a light for the people of Israel, will be the fire; [I], the Holy One, will be like a flame. [The soldiers of Assyria are like] [MET] thorns and briers, and I will burn them up in one night.
Porque a Luz de Israel virá a ser por fogo e o seu Santo por labareda, que abraze e consuma os seus espinheiros e as suas sarças num dia.
18 There are glorious forests and fertile farmlands in Assyria, but I will completely destroy them; they will be like [SIM] a [very] sick person who shrivels up and then dies.
Também consumirá a glória da sua brenha, e do seu campo fértil, desde a alma até à carne, e será como quando o porta-bandeira se desmaia.
19 There will be very few trees left in those forests; even a child will be able to count them.”
E o resto das árvores da sua brenha será tão pouco em número, que um menino as possa escrever.
20 In the future there will be only a few people left in Israel; not many descendants of Jacob will still be alive. [But] they will no longer rely on [the king of Assyria], [the king of the nation] that tried to destroy them. Instead, they will faithfully/sincerely trust in Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
E acontecerá naquele dia que os resíduos de Israel, e os escapados da casa de Jacob, nunca mais se estribarão sobre o que os feriu: antes se estribarão verdadeiramente sobre o Senhor, o Santo de Israel.
21 Those Israelis will return to their mighty God.
Os resíduos se converterão, os resíduos, digo, de Jacob, ao Deus forte.
22 [Now], the people of Israel are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, but only a few of them will return [from the countries to which they were exiled]. Yahweh has decided to destroy [most of the Israelis] and that is what [he must do because he is completely] just/righteous.
Porque ainda que o teu povo, ó Israel, seja como a areia do mar, todavia só um resto dele se converterá: já a destruição está determinada, trasbordando em justiça.
23 [Yes, ] the Commander of the armies of angels has [already] decided to destroy the entire land [of Israel].
Porque determinada já a destruição, o Senhor Jehovah dos exércitos a executará no meio de toda esta terra.
24 This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “My people in Jerusalem, do not be afraid of the army of Assyria when they beat you with rods and clubs, like the men of Egypt did [to your ancestors long ago].
Pelo que assim diz o Senhor Jehovah dos exércitos: Não temas, povo meu, que habitas em Sião, à Assyria, quando te ferir com a vara, e contra ti levantar o seu bordão ao modo dos egípcios,
25 Soon I will no longer be angry with you, and [then] I will be angry with the people of Assyria and destroy them!”
Porque daqui a bem pouco se cumprirão a minha indignação e a minha ira, para os consumir.
26 The Commander of the armies of angels will whip them. He will do to them like he did when he helped Gideon [and his 300 soldiers] to defeat the [army of the] Midian people-group, and like he did when he showed his mighty power [MTY] [by causing the army of Egypt to drown] in the [Red] Sea.
Porque o Senhor dos exércitos levantará um açoite contra ele, qual a matança de Midian junto à rocha de Oreb, e qual a sua vara sobre o mar, que levantará ao modo dos egípcios.
27 Some day, Yahweh will cause the army of Assyria to stop oppressing you, [his people]; he will end your suffering and your being slaves of the people of Assyria [MET]; he will take away the load that you people of Judah have been carrying, and cause things to go well for you.
E acontecerá, no mesmo dia, que tirará a sua carga do teu ombro, e o seu jugo do teu pescoço: e o jugo será despedaçado por amor do ungido.
28 [The army of Assyria will enter northern Judah] near Aiath [town], they will go through Migron [town] and store their supplies at Micmash [town north of Jerusalem].
Já vem chegando a Aiath, já vai passando por Migron, e em Michmas lança a sua bagagem.
29 They will cross through a mountain pass and set up their tents at Geba [town]. [People in] Ramah [town] will tremble [because of being afraid]. [The people of] Gibeah [town], where King Saul [was born], will [all] run away.
Já vão passando o vau, já se alojam em Geba: já Rama treme, e Gibeah de Saul vai fugindo.
30 You people of Gallim [town] will cry out [for help]. You will shout to [the people of] Laish [city near Jerusalem] to warn them! [The people of] Anathoth [town] will suffer a lot.
Grita altamente com a tua voz, ó filha de Gallim! ouve ó Lais! ó tu pobre Anathoth.
31 [The people of] Madmenah [town north of Jerusalem will all] be running away, and [the people of] Gebim [town close to Jerusalem] will be trying to hide.
Já Madmena se foi, os moradores de Gebim vão fugindo em bandos.
32 The soldiers of Assyria will stop at Nob [city outside Jerusalem]. They will shake their fists [as they threaten the people] on Zion Hill in Jerusalem.
Ainda um dia parará em Nob: moverá a sua mão contra o monte da filha de Sião, o outeiro de Jerusalém.
33 But listen to this! The Commander of the armies of angels with his great power will destroy [MET] the mighty army of Assyria. [It is as though they are] a huge tree [MET] that he will cut down.
Porém eis que o Senhor Jehovah dos exércitos decotará os ramos com violência, e os de alta estatura serão cortados, e os altivos serão abatidos.
34 He will destroy the [soldiers of Assyria] like men use big axes to cut down the tall trees in the forests of Lebanon.
E cortará com o ferro a espessura da brenha, e o líbano cairá à mão de um poderoso.
