Eclesiástico, 49

1. A memória de Josias é como uma composição de aromas preparada pelo perfumista.

1. Then the prophet Elijah arose like a fire, and his word burned like a torch.

2. Em toda boca, sua lembrança é doce como o mel, como uma melodia em um festim regado de vinho.

2. He brought a famine upon them, and by his zeal he made them few in number.

3. Foi divinamente destinado a levar o povo à penitência, e robusteceu a piedade numa época de pecado.

3. By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens, and also three times brought down fire.

4. Voltou o coração para o Senhor e fez desaparecer as abominações da impiedade.

4. How glorious you were, O Elijah, in your wondrous deeds! And who has the right to boast which you have?

5. Exceto Davi, Ezequias e Josias, todos pecaram:

5. You who raised a corpse from death and from Hades, by the word of the Most High;

6. os reis de Judá abandonaram a Lei do Altíssimo, e desprezaram o temor de Deus;

6. who brought kings down to destruction, and famous men from their beds;

7. por isso, tiveram de entregar a outros o seu reino, e a sua glória a uma nação estrangeira.

7. who heard rebuke at Sinai and judgments of vengeance at Horeb;

8. Os inimigos queimaram a cidade eleita, a cidade santa, transformaram suas ruas em um deserto, conforme o que predissera Jeremias,

8. who anointed kings to inflict retribution, and prophets to succeed you.

9. pois eles maltrataram aquele que havia sido consagrado profeta desde o ventre de sua mãe, para derrubar, para destruir, para arruinar, mas depois reedificar e renovar.

9. You who were taken up by a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot with horses of fire;

10. Foi Ezequiel quem teve essa visão gloriosa, que o Senhor lhe mostrou num carro de querubins.

10. you who are ready at the appointed time, it is written, to calm the wrath of God before it breaks out in fury, to turn the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.

11. Pois ele anunciou com uma chuva a sorte dos inimigos, assim como os bens reservados àquele que seguiam o caminho reto.*

11. Blessed are those who saw you, and those who have been adorned in love; for we also shall surely live.

12. Quanto aos doze profetas, refloresçam os seus ossos em seus túmulos, pois fortaleceram Jacó, e redimiram-se da servidão por uma fé corajosa.*

12. It was Elijah who was covered by the whirlwind, and Elisha was filled with his spirit; in all his days he did not tremble before any ruler, and no one brought him into subjection.

13. Como engrandecer a glória de Zorobabel? Foi ele como um anel na mão direita.

13. Nothing was too hard for him, and when he was dead his body prophesied.

14. Do mesmo modo Josué, filho de Josedec; eles que, em seus dias, reconstruíram a casa de Deus, e tornaram a levantar o Templo Santo do Senhor, destinado a uma glória eterna.

14. As in his life he did wonders, so in death his deeds were marvelous.

15. Neemias viverá por longo tempo na recordação; ele reergueu nossas muralhas arruinadas, restabeleceu nossas portas e nossos trincos, e reedificou nossas casas.

15. For all this the people did not repent, and they did not forsake their sins, till they were carried away captive from their land and were scattered over all the earth; the people were left very few in number, but with rulers from the house of David.

16. Ninguém nasceu no mundo comparável a Henoc, pois ele também foi arrebatado desta terra;*

16. Some of them did what was pleasing to God, but others multiplied sins.

17. nem comparável a José, nascido para ser o príncipe de seus irmãos e o sustentáculo de sua raça, o governador de seus irmãos, e o esteio de seu povo.

17. Hezekiah fortified his city, and brought water into the midst of it; he tunneled the sheer rock with iron and built pools for water.

18. Seus ossos foram conservados com cuidado: depois de sua morte fizeram profecia.

18. In his days Sennacherib came up, and sent the Rabshakeh; he lifted up his hand against Zion and made great boasts in his arrogance.

19. Set e Sem foram glorificados entre os homens, porém, acima de qualquer ser vivo da Criação, acha-se Adão.

19. Then their hearts were shaken and their hands trembled, and they were in anguish, like women in travail.

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20. But they called upon the Lord who is merciful, spreading forth their hands toward him; and the Holy One quickly heard them from heaven, and delivered them by the hand of Isaiah.

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21. The Lord smote the camp of the Assyrians, and his angel wiped them out.

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22. For Hezekiah did what was pleasing to the Lord, and he held strongly to the ways of David his father, which Isaiah the prophet commanded, who was great and faithful in his vision.

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23. In his days the sun went backward, and he lengthened the life of the king.

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24. By the spirit of might he saw the last things, and comforted those who mourned in Zion.

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25. He revealed what was to occur to the end of time, and the hidden things before they came to pass.