Judges 18
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Juízes 18
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| In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the Danites were looking for a heritage for themselves, to be their living-place; for up to that time no distribution of land had been made to them among the tribes of Israel. | Naqueles dias não havia rei em Israel; a tribo dos danitas buscava para si herança em que habitar; porque até então não lhe havia caído a sua herança entre as tribos de Israel. |
| So the children of Dan sent five men from among their number, strong men, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to take a look at the land and make a search through it; and they said to them, Go and make a search through the land; and they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, where they made a stop for the night. | E de Zorá e Estaol os filhos de Dã enviaram cinco homens da sua tribo, escolhidos dentre todo o povo, homens valorosos, para espiar e reconhecer a terra; e lhes disseram: Ide, reconhecei a terra. E chegaram eles à região montanhosa de Efraim, à casa de Mica, e passaram ali a noite. |
| When they were near the house of Micah, hearing a voice which was not strange to them, that of the young Levite, they went out of their road to his place, and said to him, How did you come here? and what are you doing in this place? and why are you here? | Pois, estando eles perto da casa de Mica, reconheceram a voz do mancebo levita; e, dirigindo-se para lá, lhe perguntaram: Quem te trouxe para cá? que estás fazendo aqui? e que é isto que tens aqui? |
| And he said to them, This is what Micah did for me, and he gave me payment and I became his priest. | E ele lhes respondeu: Assim e assim me tem feito Mica; ele me assalariou, e eu lhe sirvo e sacerdote. |
| Then they said, Do get directions from God for us, to see if the journey on which we are going will have a good outcome. | Então lhe disseram: Consulta a Deus, para que saibamos se será próspero o caminho que seguimos. |
| And the priest said to them, Go in peace: your way is guided by the Lord. | Ao que lhes disse o sacerdote: Ide em paz; perante o Senhor está o caminho que seguis. |
| Then the five men went on their way and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, living without thought of danger, like the Zidonians, quiet and safe; for they had everything on earth for their needs, and they were far from the Zidonians and had no business with Aram. | Então foram-se aqueles cinco homens, e chegando a Laís, viram o povo que havia nela, como vivia em segurança, conforme o costume dos sidônios, quieto e desprecavido; não havia naquela terra falta de coisa alguma; era um povo rico e, estando longe dos sidônios, não tinha relações com ninguém. |
| So they came back to their brothers in Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers said to them, What news have you? | Então voltaram a seus irmãos, em Zorá e Estaol, os quais lhes perguntaram: Que dizeis vós? |
| And they said, Up! and let us go against Laish; for we have seen the land, and it is very good: why are you doing nothing? Do not be slow to go in and take the land for your heritage. | Eles responderam: Levantai-vos, e subamos contra eles; porque examinamos a terra, e eis que é muito boa. E vós estareis aqui tranqüilos? Não sejais preguiçosos em entrardes para tomar posse desta terra. |
| When you come there you will come to a people living without thought of danger; and the land is wide, and God has given it into your hands: a place where there is everything on earth for man's needs. | Quando lá chegardes, achareis um povo desprecavido, e a terra é muito espaçosa; pois Deus vos entregou na mão um lugar em que não há falta de coisa alguma que há na terra. |
| So six hundred men of the Danites from Zorah and Eshtaol went out armed with instruments of war. | Então seiscentos homens da tribo dos danitas partiram de Zorá e Estaol, munidos de armas de guerra. |
| And they went up and put up their tents in Kiriath-jearim in Judah: so that place is named Mahaneh-dan to this day. It is to the west of Kiriath-jearim. | E, tendo subido, acamparam-se em Quiriate-Jearim, em Judá; pelo que esse lugar ficou sendo chamado Maané-Dã, até o dia de hoje; eis que está ao ocidente de Quiriate-Jearim. |
| From there they went on to the hill-country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah. | Dali passaram à região montanhosa de Efraim, e chegaram à casa de Mica. |
| Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the country of Laish, said to their brothers, Have you knowledge that in these houses there is an ephod and family gods and a pictured image and a metal image? So now you see what to do. | Então os cinco homens que tinham ido espiar a terra de Laís disseram a seus irmãos: Sabeis vós que naquelas casas há um éfode, e terafins, e uma imagem esculpida e uma de fundição? Considerai, pois, agora o que haveis de fazer. |
| And turning from their road they came to the house of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and said to him, Is it well with you? | Então se dirigiram para lá, e chegaram à casa do mancebo, o levita, à casa de Mica, e o saudaram. |
| And the six hundred armed men of the Danites took their places by the doorway. | E os seiscentos homens dos danitas, munidos de suas armas de guerra, ficaram à entrada da porta. |
| Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the land, went in and took the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image; and the priest was by the doorway with the six hundred armed men. | Mas subindo os cinco homens que haviam espiado a terra, entraram ali e tomaram a imagem esculpida, e éfode, os terafins e a imagem de fundição, ficando o sacerdote em pé à entrada da porta, com os seiscentos homens armados. |
| And when they went into Micah's house and took out the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image, the priest said to them, What are you doing? | Quando eles entraram na casa de Mica, e tomaram a imagem esculpida, o éfode, os terafins e a imagem de fundição, perguntou-lhes o sacerdote: Que estais fazendo? |
| And they said to him, Be quiet; say nothing, and come with us and be our father and priest; is it better for you to be priest to one man's house or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel? | E eles lhe responderam: Cala-te, põe a mão sobre a boca, e vem conosco, e sê-nos por pai e sacerdote. Que te é melhor? ser sacerdote da casa dum só homem, ou duma tribo e duma geração em Israel? |
| Then the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod and the family gods and the pictured image and went with the people. | Então alegrou-se o coração do sacerdote, o qual tomou o éfode, os terafins e a imagem esculpida, e entrou no meio do povo. |
| So they went on their way again, putting the little ones and the oxen and the goods in front of them. | E, virando-se, partiram, tendo posto diante de si os pequeninos, o gado e a bagagem. |
| When they had gone some way from the house of Micah, the men from the houses near Micah's house came together and overtook the children of Dan, | Estando eles já longe da casa de Mica, os homens que estavam nas casas vizinhas à dele se reuniram, e alcançaram os filhos de Dã. |
| Crying out to them. And the Danites, turning round, said to Micah, What is your trouble, that you have taken up arms? | E clamaram após os filhos de Dã, os quais, virando-se, perguntaram a Mica: Que é que tens, visto que vens com tanta gente? |
| And he said, You have taken my gods which I made, and my priest, and have gone away; what is there for me now? Why then do you say to me, What is your trouble? | Então ele respondeu: Os meus deuses que eu fiz, vós me tomastes, juntamente com o sarcerdote, e partistes; e agora, que mais me fica? Como, pois, me dizeis: Que é que tens ? |
| And the children of Dan said to him, Say no more, or men of bitter spirit may make an attack on you, causing loss of your life and the lives of your people. | Mas os filhos de Dã lhe disseram: Não faças ouvir a tua voz entre nós, para que porventura homens violentos não se lancem sobre vós, e tu percas a tua vida, e a vida dos da tua casa. |
| Then the children of Dan went on their way; and when Micah saw that they were stronger than he, he went back to his house. | Assim seguiram o seu caminho os filhos de Dã; e Mica, vendo que eram mais fortes do que ele, virou-se e voltou para sua casa. |
| And they took that which Micah had made, and his priest, and came to Laish, to a people living quietly and without thought of danger, and they put them to the sword without mercy, burning down their town. | Eles, pois, levaram os objetos que Mica havia feito, e o sacerdote que estava com ele e, chegando a Laís, a um povo quieto e desprecavido, passaram-no ao fio da espada, e puseram fogo à cidade. |
| And they had no saviour, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with Aram; and it was in the valley which is the property of Beth-rehob. And building up the town again they took it for their living-place. | E ninguém houve que o livrasse, porquanto estava longe de Sidom, e não tinha relações com ninguém; a cidade estava no vale que está junto a Bete-Reobe. Depois, reedificando-a, habitaram nela, |
| And they gave the town the name of Dan, after Dan their father, who was the son of Israel: though the town had been named Laish at first. | e chamaram-lhe Dã, segundo o nome de Dã, seu pai, que nascera a Israel; era, porém, dantes o nome desta cidade Laís. |
| (And the children of Dan put up the pictured image for themselves; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of the Danites till the day when the ark was taken prisoner.) | Depois os filhos de Dã levantaram para si aquela imagem esculpida; e Jônatas, filho de Gérsom, o filho de Moisés, ele e seus filhos foram sacerdotes da tribo dos danitas, até o dia do cativeiro da terra. |
| And they put up for themselves the image which Micah had made, and it was there all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. | Assim, pois, estabeleceram para si a imagem esculpida que Mica fizera, por todo o tempo em que a casa de Deus esteve em Siló. |
