1 Pôr-me-ei na minha torre de vigia, colocar-me-ei sobre a fortaleza e vigiarei para ver o que Deus me dirá e que resposta eu terei à minha queixa. 2 O Senhor me respondeu e disse: Escreve a visão, grava-a sobre tábuas, para que a possa ler até quem passa correndo. 3 Porque a visão ainda está para cumprir-se no tempo determinado, mas se apressa para o fim e não falhará; se tardar, espera-o, porque, certamente, virá, não tardará. 4 Eis o soberbo! Sua alma não é reta nele; mas o justo viverá pela sua fé. 5 Assim como o vinho é enganoso, tampouco permanece o arrogante, cuja gananciosa boca se escancara como o sepulcro e é como a morte, que não se farta; ele ajunta para si todas as nações e congrega todos os povos.

6 Não levantarão, pois, todos estes contra ele um provérbio, um dito zombador? Dirão:

Ai daquele que acumula o que não é seu (até quando?), e daquele que a si mesmo se carrega de penhores! 7 Não se levantarão de repente os teus credores? E não despertarão os que te hão de abalar? Tu lhes servirás de despojo. 8 Visto como despojaste a muitas nações, todos os mais povos te despojarão a ti, por causa do sangue dos homens e da violência contra a terra, contra a cidade e contra todos os seus moradores.

9 Ai daquele que ajunta em sua casa bens mal adquiridos, para pôr em lugar alto o seu ninho, a fim de livrar-se das garras do mal! 10 Vergonha maquinaste para a tua casa; destruindo tu a muitos povos, pecaste contra a tua alma. 11 Porque a pedra clamará da parede, e a trave lhe responderá do madeiramento.

12 Ai daquele que edifica a cidade com sangue e a fundamenta com iniquidade! 13 Não vem do Senhor dos Exércitos que as nações labutem para o fogo e os povos se fatiguem em vão? 14 Pois a terra se encherá do conhecimento da glória do Senhor, como as águas cobrem o mar.

15 Ai daquele que dá de beber ao seu companheiro, misturando à bebida o seu furor, e que o embebeda para lhe contemplar as vergonhas! 16 Serás farto de opróbrio em vez de honra; bebe tu também e exibe a tua incircuncisão; chegará a tua vez de tomares o cálice da mão direita do Senhor, e ignomínia cairá sobre a tua glória. 17 Porque a violência contra o Líbano te cobrirá, e a destruição que fizeste dos animais ferozes te assombrará, por causa do sangue dos homens e da violência contra a terra, contra a cidade e contra todos os seus moradores.

18 Que aproveita o ídolo, visto que o seu artífice o esculpiu? E a imagem de fundição, mestra de mentiras, para que o artífice confie na obra, fazendo ídolos mudos?

19 Ai daquele que diz à madeira: Acorda! E à pedra muda: Desperta! Pode o ídolo ensinar? Eis que está coberto de ouro e de prata, mas, no seu interior, não há fôlego nenhum. 20 O Senhor, porém, está no seu santo templo; cale-se diante dele toda a terra.

1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will speak with me, and what I shall answer concerning my complaint. 2 And Jehovah answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it. 3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.

4 Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith. 5 Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples. 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges! 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booty unto them? 8 Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

9 Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil! 10 Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul. 11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity! 13 Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity? 14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, to thee that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! 16 Thou art filled with shame, and not glory: drink thou also, and be as one uncircumcised; the cup of Jehovah’s right hand shall come round unto thee, and foul shame shall be upon thy glory. 17 For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of the beasts, which made them afraid; because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

18 What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? 19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. 20 But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

1 I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint. [^1]

2 Then the LORD replied: "Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald "may run with it.

3 For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it "will certainly come and will not delay.

4 "See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires are not upright — but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness "—

5 indeed, wine betrays him; he is arrogant and never at rest. Because he is as greedy as the grave and like death is never satisfied, he gathers to himself all the nations and takes captive all the peoples.

6 "Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying, "'Woe to him who piles up stolen goods and makes himself wealthy by extortion! How long must this go on?'

7 Will not your creditors suddenly arise? Will they not wake up and make you tremble? Then you will become their prey.

8 Because you have plundered many nations, the peoples who are left will plunder you. For you have shed human blood; you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

9 "Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, setting his nest on high to escape the clutches of ruin!

10 You have plotted the ruin of many peoples, shaming your own house and forfeiting your life.

11 The stones of the wall will cry out, and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.

12 "Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by injustice!

13 Has not the LORD Almighty determined that the people's labor is only fuel for the fire, that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?

14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.

15 "Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk, so that he can gaze on their naked bodies!

16 You will be filled with shame instead of glory. Now it is your turn! Drink and let your nakedness be exposed "! The cup from the LORD's right hand is coming around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.

17 The violence you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and your destruction of animals will terrify you. For you have shed human blood; you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

18 "Of what value is an idol carved by a craftsman? Or an image that teaches lies? For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.

19 Woe to him who says to wood, 'Come to life!' Or to lifeless stone, 'Wake up!' Can it give guidance? It is covered with gold and silver; there is no breath in it."

20 The LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him.