Juízes 20
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Judges 20
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| Então saíram todos os filhos de Israel, desde Dã até Berseba, e desde a terra de Gileade, e a congregação, como se fora um só homem, se ajuntou diante do senhor em Mizpá. | Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah. |
| Os homens principais de todo o povo, de todas as tribos de Israel, apresentaram-se na assembléia do povo de Deus; eram quatrocentos mil homens de infantaria que arrancavam da espada. | And the chiefs of the people, out of all the tribes of Israel, took their places in the meeting of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen armed with swords. |
| . E disseram os filhos de Israel: Dizei-nos, de que modo se cometeu essa maldade? | (Now the children of Benjamin had word that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the children of Israel said, Make clear how this evil thing took place. |
| Então respondeu o levita, marido da mulher que fora morta, e disse: Cheguei com a minha concubina a Gibeá, que pertence a Benjamim, para ali passar a noite; | Then the Levite, the husband of the dead woman, said in answer, I came to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin, I and my servant-wife, for the purpose of stopping there for the night. |
| e os cidadãos de Gibeá se levantaram contra mim, e cercaram e noite a casa em que eu estava; a mim intentaram matar, e violaram a minha concubina, de maneira que morreu. | And the townsmen of Gibeah came together against me, going round the house on all sides by night; it was their purpose to put me to death, and my servant-wife was violently used by them and is dead. |
| Então peguei na minha concubina, dividi-a em pedaços e os enviei por todo o país da herança de Israel, porquanto cometeram tal abominação e loucura em Israel: | So I took her, cutting her into parts which I sent through all the country of the heritage of Israel: for they have done an act of shame in Israel. |
| Eis aqui estais todos vós, ó filhos de Israel; dai a vossa palavra e conselho neste caso. | Here you all are, you children of Israel; give now your suggestions about what is to be done. |
| Então todo o povo se levantou como um só homem, dizendo: Nenhum de nós irá à sua tenda, e nenhum de nós voltará a sua casa. | Then all the people got up as one man and said, Not one of us will go to his tent or go back to his house: |
| Mas isto é o que faremos a Gibeá: subiremos contra ela por sorte; | But this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by the decision of the Lord; |
| tomaremos, de todas as tribos de Israel, dez homens de cada cem, cem de cada mil, e mil de cada dez mil, para trazerem mantimento para o povo, a fim de que, vindo ele a Gibeá de Benjamim, lhe faça conforme toda a loucura que ela fez em Israel. | And we will take ten men out of every hundred, through all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, a thousand out of every ten thousand, to get food for the people, so that they may give to Gibeah of Benjamin the right punishment for the act of shame they have done in Israel. |
| Assim se ajuntaram contra essa cidade todos os homens de Israel, unidos como um só homem. | So all the men of Israel were banded together against the town, united like one man. |
| Então as tribos de Israel enviaram homens por toda a tribo de Benjamim, para lhe dizerem: Que maldade é essa que se fez entre vós? | And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin saying, What is this evil which has been done among you? |
| Entregai-nos, pois, agora aqueles homens, filhos de Belial, que estão em Gibeá, para que os matemos, e extirpemos de Israel este mal. Mas os filhos de Benjamim não quiseram dar ouvidos à voz de seus irmãos, os filhos de Israel; | Now give up those good-for-nothing persons in Gibeah so that we may put them to death, clearing away the evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not give ear to the voice of their brothers, the children of Israel. |
| pelo contrário, das suas cidades se ajuntaram em Gibeá, para saírem a pelejar contra os filhos de Israel: | And the children of Benjamin came together from all their towns to Gibeah, to go to war with the children of Israel. |
| Ora, contaram-se naquele dia dos filhos de Benjamim, vindos das suas cidades, vinte e seis mil homens que arrancavam da espada, afora os moradores de Gibeá, de que se sentaram setecentos homens escolhidos. | And the children of Benjamin who came that day from the towns were twenty-six thousand men armed with swords, in addition to the people of Gibeah, numbering seven hundred of the best fighting-men, |
| Entre todo esse povo havia setecentos homens escolhidos, canhotos, cada um dos quais podia, com a funda, atirar uma pedra a um fio de cabelo, sem errar. | Who were left-handed, able to send a stone at a hair without error. |
| Contaram-se também dos homens de Israel, afora os de Benjamim, quatrocentos mil homens que arrancavam da espada, e todos eles homens de guerra. | And the men of Israel, other than Benjamin, were four hundred thousand in number, all armed with swords; they were all men of war. |
| Então, levantando-se os filhos de Israel, subiram a Betel, e consultaram a Deus, perguntando: Quem dentre nós subirá primeiro a pelejar contra Benjamim ? Respondeu o Senhor: Judá subirá primeiro. | And they got up and went up to Beth-el to get directions from God, and the children of Israel said, Who is to be the first to go up to the fight against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah is to go up first. |
| Levantaram-se, pois, os filhos de Israel pela manhã, e acamparam contra Gibeá. | So the children of Israel got up in the morning and put themselves in position against Gibeah. |
| E os homens de Israel saíram a pelejar contra os benjamitas, e ordenaram a batalha contra eles ao pé de Gibeá. | And the men of Israel went out to war against Benjamin (and the men of Israel put their forces in fighting order against them at Gibeah). |
| Então os filhos de Benjamim saíram de Gibeá, e derrubaram por terra naquele dia vinte e dois mil homens de Israel. | Then the children of Benjamin came out from Gibeah, cutting down twenty-two thousand of the Israelites that day. |
| Mas esforçou-se o povo, isto é, os homens de Israel, e tornaram a ordenar a batalha no lugar onde no primeiro dia a tinham ordenado. | But the people, the men of Israel, taking heart again, put their forces in order and took up the same position as on the first day. |
| E subiram os filhos de Israel, e choraram perante o Senhor até a tarde, e perguntaram-lhe: Tornaremos a pelejar contra os filhos de Benjamim, nosso irmão? E disse o Senhor: Subi contra eles. | Now the children of Israel went up, weeping before the Lord till evening, requesting the Lord and saying, Am I to go forward again to the fight against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him. |
| Avançaram, pois, os filhos de Israel contra os filhos de Benjamim, no dia seguinte. | So the children of Israel went forward against the children of Benjamin the second day. |
| Também os de Benjamim, nesse mesmo dia, saíram de Gibeá ao seu encontro e derrubaram por terra mais dezoito mil homens, sendo todos estes dos que arrancavam da espada. | And the second day Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah, cutting down eighteen thousand men of the children of Israel, all swordsmen. |
| Então todos os filhos de Israel, o exército todo, subiram e, vindo a Betel, choraram; estiveram ali sentados perante o Senhor, e jejuaram aquele dia até a tarde; e ofereceram holocaustos e ofertas pacíficas perante ao Senhor. | Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up to Beth-el, weeping and waiting there before the Lord, going without food all day till evening, and offering burned offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord. |
| Consultaram, pois, os filhos de Israel ao Senhor (porquanto a arca do pacto de Deus estava ali naqueles dias; | And the children of Israel made request to the Lord, (for the ark of the agreement of the Lord was there in those days, |
| e Finéias, filho de Eleazar, filho de Arão, lhe assistia), e perguntaram: Tornaremos ainda a sair à pelejar contra os filhos de Benjamim, nosso irmão, eu desistiremos? Respondeu o Senhor: Subi, porque amanhã vo-los entregarei nas mãos. | And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, was in his place before it,) and said, Am I still to go on with the fight against the children of Benjamin my brother, or am I to give it up? And the Lord said, Go on; for tomorrow I will give him into your hands. |
| Então Israel pôs emboscadas ao redor de Gibeá. | So Israel put men secretly all round Gibeah to make a surprise attack on it. |
| E ao terceiro dia subiram os filhos de Israel contra os filhos de Benjamim e, como das outras vezes, ordenaram a batalha junto a Gibeá. | And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in fighting order against Gibeah as before. |
| Então os filhos de Benjamim saíram ao encontro do povo, e foram atraídos da cidade. e começaram a ferir o povo como das outras vezes, matando uns trinta homens de Israel, pelos caminhos, um dos quais sobe para Betel, e o outro para Gibeá pelo campo. | And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, moving away from the town; and as before, at their first attack, they put to death about thirty men of Israel on the highways, of which one goes up to Beth-el and the other to Gibeah, and in the open country. |
| Pelo que disseram os filhos de Benjamim: Vão sendo derrotados diante de nós como dantes. Mas os filhos de Israel disseram: Fujamos, e atraiamo-los da cidade para os caminhos. | And the children of Benjamin said, They are giving way before us as at first. But the children of Israel said, Let us go in flight and get them away from the town, into the highways. |
| Então todos os homens de Israel se levantaram do seu lugar, e ordenaram a batalha em Baal-Tamar; e a emboscada de Israel irrompeu do seu lugar, a oeste de Geba. | So all the men of Israel got up and put themselves in fighting order at Baal-tamar: and those who had been waiting secretly to make a surprise attack came rushing out of their place on the west of Geba. |
| Vieram contra Gibeá dez mil homens escolhidos de todo o Israel, e a batalha tornou-se rude; porém os de Gibeá não sabiam que o mal lhes sobrevinha. | And they came in front of Gibeah, ten thousand of the best men in all Israel, and the fighting became more violent; but the children of Benjamin were not conscious that evil was coming on them. |
| Então o Senhor derrotou a Benjamim diante dos filhos de Israel, que destruíram naquele dia vinte e cinco mil e cem homens de Benjamim, todos estes dos que arrancavam da espada. | Then the Lord sent sudden fear on Benjamin before Israel; and that day the children of Israel put to death twenty-five thousand, one hundred men of Benjamin, all of them swordsmen. |
| Assim os filhos de Benjamim viram que estavam derrotados; pois os homens de Israel haviam cedido terreno aos benjamitas, porquanto estavam confiados na emboscada que haviam posto contra Gibea; | So the children of Benjamin saw that they were overcome: and the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, putting their faith in the watchers who were to make the surprise attack on Gibeah. |
| e a emboscada, apressando-se, acometeu a Gibeá, e prosseguiu contra ela, ferindo ao fio da espada toda a cidade: | And the watchers, rushing on Gibeah and overrunning it, put all the town to the sword without mercy. |
| Ora, os homens de Israel tinham determinado com a emboscada um sinal, que era fazer levantar da cidade uma grande nuvem de fumaça. | Now the sign fixed between the men of Israel and those making the surprise attack was that when they made a pillar of smoke go up from the town, |
| Viraram-se, pois, os homens de Israel na peleja; e já Benjamim cemeçara a atacar es homens de Israel, havendo morto uns trinta deles; pelo que diziam: Certamente vão sendo derrotados diante de nós, como na primeira batalha. | The men of Israel were to make a turn about in the fight. And Benjamin had overcome and put to death about thirty of the men of Israel, and were saying, Certainly they are falling back before us as in the first fight. |
| Mas quando o sinal começou a levantar-se da cidade, numa coluna de fumaça, os benjamitas olharam para trás de si, e eis que toda a cidade subia em fumaça ao céu. | Then the sign went up out of the town in the pillar of smoke, and the Benjamites, turning back, saw all the town going up in smoke to heaven. |
| Nisso os homens de Israel se viraram contra os de Benjamim, os quais pasmaram, pois viram que o mal lhes sobreviera. | And the men of Israel had made a turn about, and the men of Benjamin were overcome with fear, for they saw that evil had overtaken them. |
| Portanto, virando as costas diante dos homens de Israel, fugiram para o caminho do deserto; porém a peleja os apertou; e os que saíam das cidades os destruíam no meio deles. | So turning their backs on the men of Israel, they went in the direction of the waste land; but the fight overtook them; and those who came out of the town were heading them off and putting them to the sword. |
| Cercaram os benjamitas e os perseguiram, pisando-os desde Noá até a altura de Gibeá para o nascente do sol. | And crushing Benjamin down, they went after them, driving them from Nohah as far as the east side of Gibeah. |
| Assim caíram de Benjamim dezoito mil homens, sendo todos estes homens valorosos. | Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin came to their death, all strong men of war. |
| Então os restantes, virando as costas fugiram para deserto, até a penha de Rimom; mas os filhos de Israel colheram deles pelos caminhos ainda cinco mil homens; e, seguindo-os de perto até Gidom, mataram deles mais dois mil. | And turning, they went in flight to the rock of Rimmon in the waste land: and on the highways five thousand of them were cut off by the men of Israel, who, pushing on hard after them to Geba, put to death two thousand more. |
| E, todos, os de Benjamim que caíram naquele dia oram vinte e cinco mil homens que arrancavam da espada, todos eles homens valorosos. | So twenty-five thousand of the swordsmen of Benjamin came to their end that day, all strong men of war. |
| Mas seiscentos homens viraram as costas e, fugindo para o deserto, para a penha de Rimom, ficaram ali quatro meses. | But six hundred men, turning back, went in flight to the rock of Rimmon in the waste land, and were living on the rock of Rimmon for four months. |
| E os homens de Israel voltaram para os filhos de Benjamim, e os passaram ao fio da espada, tanto os homens da cidade como os animais, tudo quanto encontraram; e a todas as cidades que acharam puseram fogo. | And the men of Israel, turning again against the children of Benjamin, put to the sword without mercy all the towns and the cattle and everything there was, burning every town which came into their hands. |
