1 E o justo perece sem que ninguém se aperceba; as pessoas de bem são arrebatadas e ninguém se importa;
2 por causa do mal, o justo é arrebatado para entrar na paz; repousam sobre seus leitos aqueles que seguiam o caminho reto.
3 E vós, aproximai-vos, filhos da feiticeira, descendência da mulher adúltera e devassa!
4 De quem vos escarneceis? A quem fazeis caretas e mostrais a língua? Não sois filhos do pecado, raça bastarda?
5 Vós vos abrasais sob os arvoredos de terebintos e sob qualquer árvore verde; vós imolais crianças no leito das torrentes e nas cavernas dos rochedos.
6 As pedras polidas da torrente, eis o que te toca, sim, eis o teu quinhão; tu lhes ofereces libações, preparas-lhes oferendas. {Posso a isso resignar-me?}
7 Sobre o cume de elevada montanha preparas teu leito, e é aí que sobes para oferecer sacrifícios.
8 Por trás da porta e seus umbrais, colocas teu emblema, porque não foi para mim que tu te descobriste, que estendeste a cama onde subiste; vais assalariar para ti aqueles com quem desejas ter negócios; admirando o ídolo, multiplicaste com eles as prostituições.
9 Depois corres a Melec com óleos, és pródiga em aromas, envias ao longe teus mensageiros, e os fazes descer à morada dos mortos.
10 De tanto andar assim, tu te fatigas, sem jamais dizer: já basta; encontras ainda força, e segues sem parar.
11 A quem temias então? De quem tinhas medo, para ser infiel, para não te lembrares de mim nem te preocupares comigo? Sem dúvida eu me calava e fechava os olhos; por isso tu não me temias.
12 Pois bem, vou mostrar o que valem tua justiça e tuas obras! Elas não te servirão de coisa alguma,
13 quando pedires socorro. E não te salvarão teus ídolos: todos serão levados pelo vento. Um sopro as carregará. Aquele, porém, que contar comigo herdará a terra, e possuirá meu monte santo.
14 {Será dito:} Abri, abri a estrada, aplanai-a! Retirai do caminho de meu povo todo obstáculo!
15 Porque eis o que diz o Altíssimo, cuja morada é eterna e o nome santo: Habitando como Santo uma elevada morada, auxilio todavia o homem atormentado e humilhado; venho reanimar os humildes, e levantar os ânimos abatidos.
16 Realmente, não desejo controvérsias sem fim, nem persistir sempre no descontentamento, senão o espírito desfalecerá diante de mim, assim como as almas que criei.
17 Por causa do crime de meu povo me irritei um momento; feri-o, dando-lhe as costas na minha indignação, enquanto o rebelde agia segundo sua fantasia.
18 Vi sua conduta, disse o Senhor, e o curarei. Vou guiá-lo e consolá-lo,
19 vou fazer assomar aos lábios dos aflitos a ação de graças. Paz, paz àquele que está longe e àquele que está perto.
20 Mas os ímpios são como um mar encapelado, que não pode acalmar-se, cujas ondas revolvem lodo e lama.
21 Não há paz para os ímpios, diz meu Deus.
1 The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace.
2 They are at rest in their last resting-places, every one going straight before him.
3 But come near, you sons of her who is wise in secret arts, the seed of her who is false to her husband, and of the loose woman.
4 Of whom do you make sport? against whom is your mouth open wide and your tongue put out? are you not uncontrolled children, a false seed,
5 You who are burning with evil desire among the oaks, under every green tree; putting children to death in the valleys, under the cracks of the rocks?
6 Among the smooth stones of the valley is your heritage; they, even they, are your part: even to them have you made a drink offering and a meal offering. Is it possible for such things to be overlooked by me?
7 You have put your bed on a high mountain: there you went up to make your offering.
8 And on the back of the doors and on the pillars you have put your sign: for you have been false to me with another; you have made your bed wide, and made an agreement with them; you had a desire for their bed where you saw it
9 And you went to Melech with oil and much perfume, and you sent your representatives far off, and went as low as the underworld.
10 You were tired with your long journeys; but you did not say, There is no hope: you got new strength, and so you were not feeble.
11 And of whom were you in fear, so that you were false, and did not keep me in mind, or give thought to it? Have I not been quiet, keeping myself secret, and so you were not in fear of me?
12 I will make clear what your righteousness is like and your works; you will have no profit in them.
13 Your false gods will not keep you safe in answer to your cry; but the wind will take them, they will be gone like a breath: but he who puts his hope in me will take the land, and will have my holy mountain as his heritage.
14 And I will say, Make it high, make it high, get ready the way, take the stones out of the way of my people.
15 For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.
16 For I will not give punishment for ever, or be angry without end: for from me breath goes out; and I it was who made the souls.
17 I was quickly angry with his evil ways, and sent punishment on him, veiling my face in wrath: and he went on, turning his heart from me.
18 I have seen his ways, and I will make him well: I will give him rest, comforting him and his people who are sad.
19 I will give the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is near and to him who is far off, says the Lord; and I will make him well.
20 But the evil-doers are like the troubled sea, for which there is no rest, and its waters send up earth and waste.
21 There is no peace, says my God, for the evil-doers.