Isaiah 48
1 [Yahweh says], “You descendants [MTY] of Jacob, who are [also] descendants of Judah and are now called [the people of] Israel, Listen to me! You make solemn promises using my name, Yahweh, and you request that I, the God to whom you Israeli people belong, [will hear you], but you do not do it sincerely.
Ouvi isto, casa de Jacob, que vos chamaes do nome d'Israel, e saistes das aguas de Judah, que juraes pelo nome do Senhor, e fazeis menção do Deus de Israel, porém não em verdade nem em justiça.
2 You say that you live in the holy city [of Jerusalem], and [you insincerely say] that you are relying on me, the God to whom you [people of] Israel belong, the one who is the Commander of the armies of angels.
E até da sancta cidade se nomeiam, e se firmam sobre o Deus de Israel; o Senhor dos Exercitos é o seu nome.
3 Long ago I [MTY] predicted what would happen [DOU]. And then suddenly, I caused those things to happen.
As coisas passadas já desde então annunciei, e procederam da minha bocca, e eu as fiz ouvir: apressuradamente as fiz, e vieram.
4 I knew that you people are very stubborn; I knew that your heads are [MET] [as hard as] iron or brass [DOU].
Porque eu sabia que eras duro, e a tua cerviz um nervo de ferro, e a tua testa de bronze.
5 That is why I told you those things long ago. Long before they occurred, I announced that they would occur, in order that [when they happened] you could not say ‘Our idols did it; our statue made of wood and our idol made of metal caused them to happen.’
Por isso t'o annunciei desde então, e t'o fiz ouvir antes que viesse, para que porventura não dissesses: O meu idolo fez estas coisas, ou a minha imagem de esculptura, ou a minha imagem de fundição as mandou.
6 You have heard those things [that I predicted] and now you have seen that they have all occurred, so why do you not admit it [RHQ]? Now I will tell you new things, things that you have not known previously.
Já o tens ouvido; olha bem para tudo isto; porventura assim vós o não annunciareis? desde agora te faço ouvir coisas novas e occultas, e que nunca conheceste.
7 I am causing them to happen now; they are not things I did long ago. So you cannot say, ‘We already knew about those things.’
Agora foram creadas, e não desde então, e antes d'este dia não as ouviste, para que porventura não digas: Eis que já eu as sabia.
8 [I will tell you about] things that you have never heard about or understood before. Even long ago you did not pay attention to me [IDM]. I know that you act very deceitfully/treacherously; you have rebelled against me since you first became a nation [MTY].
Nem tu as ouviste, nem tu as conheceste, nem tão pouco desde então foi aberto o teu ouvido, porque eu sabia que obrarias muito perfidamente, e que foste chamado prevaricador desde o ventre.
9 But, for my own sake, in order that I will be honored, I will not punish [MTY] you immediately and I will not completely get rid of you.
Por amor do meu nome dilatarei a minha ira, e por amor do meu louvor me refrearei para comtigo, para que te não venha a cortar.
10 I have purified you, but not the way [people refine] silver. Instead, I have caused you to suffer very much [to get rid of your impure behavior], like [MET] [people put metal in a very hot] furnace [to get rid of the impurities].
Eis que já te purifiquei, porém não como a prata: escolhi-te na fornalha da afflicção.
11 But for my [MTY] own sake I will delay punishing you more; I will do it for my own sake in order that my reputation will not be damaged [RHQ]. I will not allow any [person or any idol] to be honored as I [deserve to be] honored.”
Por amor de mim, por amor de mim o farei, porque como seria profanado o meu nome? e a minha honra não a darei a outrem.
12 “You descendants [MTY] of Jacob, you people of Israel whom I have chosen, listen to me! [Only] I am God; I am the one who begins everything and who causes everything to end.
Dá-me ouvidos, ó Jacob, e tu, ó Israel, a quem chamei; eu sou o mesmo, eu o primeiro, eu tambem o ultimo.
13 I [SYN] am the one who laid the foundation of the earth. I stretched out the sky with my hand. And when I tell [the stars] to appear, they all do what I tell them.
Tambem a minha mão fundou a terra, e a minha dextra mediu os céus a palmos; eu os chamarei, e apparecerão juntos.
14 All of you, gather together and listen to me. None of your idols has [RHQ] told this to you: I, Yahweh, have chosen [Cyrus] to assist me, and he will do to Babylon what I want him to do, and his army will get rid of [the army of] Babylonia.
Ajuntae-vos todos vós, e ouvi: Quem ha, d'entre elles, que annunciasse estas coisas? O Senhor o amou, e executará a sua vontade contra Babylonia, e o seu braço será contra os chaldeos.
15 I have said it; I have summoned [Cyrus]. I have appointed him, and he will accomplish everything that he attempts to do.
Eu, eu o tenho dito; tambem já eu o chamei, e o farei vir, e farei prospero o seu caminho.
16 Come close to me and listen to what I say. Long ago [MTY] I told you plainly/clearly [LIT] [what would happen], and when those things occurred, I was [causing them to happen].” And now Yahweh the Lord and his Spirit have sent me [to give you a message].
Chegae-vos a mim, ouvi isto: Não fallei em occulto desde o principio, mas desde o tempo em que aquillo se fez eu estava ali, e agora o Senhor Jehovah me enviou o seu Espirito.
17 This is what Yahweh, the one who saves you, the Holy God of [us] Israelis, says: “I am Yahweh, your God; I teach you what is important for you [to know]; I direct you and lead you to the roads that you should walk on [MET].
Assim diz o Senhor, o teu Redemptor, o Sancto de Israel: Eu sou o Senhor, o teu Deus, que te ensina o que é util, e te guia pelo caminho em que deves andar.
18 I wish that you had paid attention to my commands! If you had done that, things would have gone well for you like [SIM] a river that flows gently; you would have been successful again and again, like [SIM] waves that come without ceasing.
Ah! se déras ouvidos aos meus mandamentos! então seria a tua paz como o rio, e a tua justiça como as ondas do mar.
19 Your descendants would have been [as many as] [MET] the grains of sand [on the seashore] [which no one can count]. I would not have needed to get rid of you; the country of [MTY] [Israel] would not have been destroyed.”
Tambem a tua semente seria como a areia, e os que procedem das tuas entranhas como o burgalhão d'ella, cujo nome nunca seria cortado nem destruido da minha face.
20 [However, now I tell you], leave Babylon! Flee from [being slaves of the people of] Babylonia! Proclaim this message joyfully; send it to the most remote/distant places on the earth: Yahweh freed the people of Israel [from being slaves in Egypt].
Sahi de Babylonia, fugi de entre os chaldeos. E annunciae com voz de jubilo; fazei ouvir isso, e levae-o até ao fim da terra: dizei: O Senhor remiu a seu servo Jacob.
21 They were not thirsty when he led them through the desert, because he split open the rock and caused water to gush/flow out for them [to drink].
E não tinham sêde, quando os levava pelos desertos; fez-lhes correr agua da rocha: fendendo elle as rochas, as aguas manavam d'ellas.
22 “But things will not go well [like that] for wicked people,” says Yahweh.
Porém os impios não teem paz, disse o Senhor.
