Wisdom 18

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	Biblia Matos Soares
1 But your saints were your greatest light, and they heard your voice, but did not see your form. And because they themselves did not also suffer the same things, they praised you greatly.	1 Entretanto (Senhor) os teus santos tinham uma luz brilhantíssima; (os Egípcios) ouviam a sua voz, porém não viam a sua forma, e, apesar dos sofrimentos passados, proclamavam-nos (aos Israelitas) venturosos.
2 And those who were wounded before, gave thanks, because they were no longer being wounded, and because they had petitioned for this gift, that there would be this difference.	2 Davam-lhes graças porque, depois de haverem sido ofendidos, não se vingavam, e pediam-lhes perdão de os haverem tratado como inimigos.
3 Because of this, they had a burning column of fire as a guide on the unknown way, and you displayed a harmless sun of a good hospitality.	3 Tu deste (Senhor), em vez das trevas, uma coluna de fogo (aos teus fiéis), como guia num caminho desconhecido, como sol inofensivo na sua gloriosa peregrinação.
4 The others, indeed, deserved to be deprived of the light and to endure a prison of darkness, who watched for an opportunity to imprison your sons, by whom the incorruptible light of the law was beginning to be given to future generations.	4 Bem mereciam ser privados da luz e sofrer um cárcere de trevas, aqueles que tinham encerrado em prisões os teus filhos, por meio dos quais devia ser dada ao mundo a luz incorruptível da tua lei.
5 When they thought to kill the babes of the just, one son having been exposed and set free, to their disgrace, you took away a multitude of their sons and destroyed them all together in a mighty water.	5 Quando eles resolveram matar os filhos dos justos, e foi salvo um destes meninos que tinha sido exposto, tu Ihes tiraste, para seu castigo, a multidão de seus filhos, e juntos os destruístes no abismo das águas.
6 For that night was known beforehand by our fathers, so that, knowing the truth of the oaths in which they had trusted, they might be more peaceful in their souls.	6 Aquela noite tinha sido conhecida, de antemão por nossos pais para que, sabendo eles com verdade a que promessas deram crédito, ficassem os seus ânimos mais corajosos.
7 Yet your people received not only the salvation of the just, but also the destruction of the unjust.	7 E assim o teu povo esperou a salvação dos justos e o extermínio dos injustos.
8 For just as you wounded our adversaries, so also did you greatly esteem calling us forth.	8 Da mesma forma que tu castigaste os nossos adversários, assim também, chamando-nos a ti, nos engrandeceste.
9 For the just children of goodness were secretly offering sacrifice, and in agreement they administered the law of justice, so that both good and bad would be able to receive justice, and so that you might now approve of their chanting to the father.	9 Os justos, filhos dos bons, ofereciam-te, em segredo, o sacrifício, e estabeleciam de comum acordo este pacto divino: Que (no mundo) os santos participariam igualmente tanto dos bens como dos males, cantando já os hinos de seus pais.
10 On the other hand, a dissimilar voice was resounding from the enemies, and a lamentable wailing was heard for the children who were being cried over.	10 (Ao mesmo tempo) ouviam-se as vozes confusas dos seus inimigos, e os lamentáveis prantos dos que choravam a morte dos meninos.
11 But the same punishment afflicted the servant with the master, and the common man endured the same as the king.	11 Com a mesma pena foram afligidos o servo e o senhor, e o homem plebeu padeceu o mesmo que o rei.
12 Therefore, all were the same, with one name for death, and the dead were innumerable. For neither were the living sufficient to bury the dead, because, with a single effort, their most illustrious nation was exterminated.	12 Todos, igualmente, tinham inumeráveis mortos, feridos com a mesma morte. Nem já os vivos bastavam para os enterrar, porque, num instante, foi exterminada a parte mais nobre da nação.
13 For they would not believe anything because of the drugs; then truly, at the beginning, when the extermination of the firstborn happened, they pledged the people to belong to God.	13 Então os que tinham incrédulos, por causa dos seus sortilégios, logo que sucedeu o extermínio dos primogênitos, confessaram que aquele era o povo de Deus.
14 For, when a quiet silence surrounded all things, and when the course of the night was passing the middle of its journey,	14 Quando tudo repousava num profundo silêncio, e a noite estava no meio do seu curso,
15 your almighty word from heaven leapt down from your royal throne, as a fierce warrior in the midst of the land of extermination,	15 a tua palavra omnipotente, baixando do céu, do trono real, saltou de improviso ao meio da terra condenada ao extermínio, como um implacável guerreiro,
16 as a sharp sword carrying your unfeigned authority, and standing, filled all things with death, and, standing on the earth, reached all the way up to touch heaven.	16 levando, como aguda espada, o teu irrevogável decreto; estando de pé tudo encheu de morte, e, pisando a terra, chegava até ao céu.
17 Then, incessant visions of nightmares disturbed them, and unexpected fears overcame them.	17 Então foram imediatamente perturbados por visões de sonhos horríveis, e temores inesperados os assaltaram.
18 And another was thrown down elsewhere half-alive; and so, by means of that which was dying, the cause of death was revealed.	18 Arrojados para um lado e para outro, semimortos, manifestavam a causa da morte que os atingia.
19 For the visions that disturbed them had forewarned of these things, lest they should perish and not know why they suffered these evils.	19 As visões, que os perturbavam, tinham-lhes revelado isso, para não suceder que morressem sem saber a causa dos males que sofriam.
20 Yet, at that time, the trial of death touched even the just, and there was a disturbance of the multitude in the wilderness, but your wrath did not continue for long.	20 É verdade que também feriu os justos uma prova de morte, e no deserto houve uma mortandade na multidão, mas a (tua) ira não durou muito tempo.
21 For a blameless man, prospering, is to be entreated for your people, bringing forth the shield of your service, through prayer and incense, making prayerful supplication, he withstands anger, and so establishes an end to the necessary difficulty, revealing that he is your servant.	21 porque um homem irrepreensível se apressou a interceder pelo povo, servindo-se das armas do seu ministério, a oração e a expiação do incenso. Atalhou os progressos da tua ira e pôs fim ao flagelo, mostrando que era teu servo.
22 Yet he outlasted the disturbance, not by virtue of the body, nor by force of arms, but, with a word, he subdued those who were troubling him, commemorating the oaths and covenant of the parents.	22 Não dominou a sedição com a força do corpo, nem com o poder das armas, mas sim com a sua palavra deteve o (anjo) exterminador, recordando os juramentos feitos aos patriarcas e a aliança.
23 For when they were now fallen down dead by heaps one upon another, he stood between them and cut off their attack, and he divided those who controlled the path to the living.	23 Quando já os mortos jaziam uns sobre os outros, ele, metendo-se de permeio, deteve a cólera e cortou-lhe o caminho que ia ter aos vivos.
24 For, within the garment of shame which he held, the world was all together, and the great deeds of the parents were engraved on four orders of stones, and your majesty was engraved on the crown of his head.	24 Na vestidura talar que trazia estava simbolizado todo o mundo; os nomes gloriosos dos antepassados estavam gravados nas quatro ordens de pedras (preciosas), e a tua soberania estava gravada no diadema da sua cabeça.
25 Yet he who was exterminating yielded even to those he frightened. For one trial of wrath was sufficient.	25 Diante destas coisas retrocedeu o exterminador porque bastava esta simples amostra da ira divina.