Profecia contra a Etiópia
1Ai da terra do zumbido de insetos18.1 Ou gafanhotos
ao longo dos rios da Etiópia18.1 Hebraico: de Cuxe.,
2que manda emissários pelo mar
em barcos de papiro sobre as águas.
Vão, ágeis mensageiros,
a um povo alto e de pele macia,
a um povo temido pelos que estão perto
e pelos que estão longe,
nação agressiva e de fala estranha,
cuja terra é dividida por rios.
3Todos vocês, habitantes do mundo,
vocês que vivem na terra,
quando a bandeira for erguida
sobre os montes, vocês a verão,
e, quando soar a trombeta,
vocês a ouvirão.
4Assim diz o Senhor:
“Do lugar onde moro ficarei olhando, quieto
como o ardor do sol reluzente,
como a nuvem de orvalho no calor do tempo da colheita”.
5Pois, antes da colheita, quando a floração der lugar ao fruto
e as uvas amadurecerem,
ele cortará os brotos com a podadeira
e tirará os ramos longos.
6Serão todos entregues aos abutres das montanhas
e aos animais selvagens;
as aves se alimentarão deles todo o verão,
e os animais selvagens, todo o inverno.
7Naquela ocasião, dádivas serão trazidas ao Senhor dos Exércitos
da parte de um povo alto e de pele macia,
da parte de um povo temido pelos que estão perto
e pelos que estão longe,
nação agressiva e de fala estranha,
cuja terra é dividida por rios.
As dádivas serão trazidas ao monte Sião, ao local do nome do Senhor dos Exércitos.
A Prophecy Against Cush
1How terrible it will be for the land
whose armies are like large numbers of flying insects!
That land is along the rivers of Cush.
2Its people send messengers on the Nile River.
They travel over the water in papyrus boats.
Messengers, hurry back home!
Go back to your people,
who are tall and have smooth skin.
Everyone is afraid of them.
They are warriors whose language is different from ours.
Their land is divided up by rivers.
3Pay attention, all you people of the world!
Listen, all you who live on earth!
Banners will be lifted up on the mountains.
And you will see them.
Trumpets will be blown.
And you will hear them.
4The Lord says to me,
“I will look down from heaven, where I live.
I will be as quiet as summer heat in the sunshine.
I will be as quiet as a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
5A farmer cuts off new growth with pruning knives.
He cuts down spreading branches and takes them away.
He does it before the grapes are harvested.
That’s when the blooms are gone and the grapes are ripe.
In the same way, the Lord will cut off the nations
that are gathered against his people.
6Their dead bodies will be left for the birds of the mountains to eat.
They will be left for the wild animals.
The birds will eat the dead bodies all summer long.
The wild animals will eat them all through the winter.
7At that time gifts will be brought to the Lord who rules over all.
The people who are tall and have smooth skin will bring them.
Everyone is afraid of those people.
They are warriors whose language is different from ours.
Their land is divided up by rivers.
They will bring their gifts to Mount Zion. That’s where the Lord who rules over all has put his Name.
