1 Samuel 23
1 And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing-floors.
E foi anunciado a David, dizendo: Eis que os philisteus pelejam contra Keila, e saqueiam as eiras.
2 Therefore David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Jehovah said to David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
E consultou David ao Senhor, dizendo: Irei eu, e ferirei a estes philisteus? E disse o Senhor a David: vai, e ferirás aos philisteus, e livrarás a Keila.
3 And David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
Porém os homens de David lhe disseram: Eis que tememos aqui em Judá, quanto mais indo a Keila contra os esquadrões dos philisteus.
4 Then David inquired of Jehovah yet again. And Jehovah answered him, and said, Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand.
Então David tornou a consultar ao Senhor, e o Senhor lhe respondeu, e disse: Levanta-te, desce a Keila, porque te dou os philisteus na tua mão.
5 And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
Então David partiu com os seus homens a Keila, e pelejou contra os philisteus, e levou os gados, e fez grande estrago entre eles: e David livrou os moradores de Keila.
6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
E sucedeu que, quando Abiathar, filho de Achimelech, fugiu para David, a Keila, desceu com o éfode na mão.
7 And it was told Saul that David came to Keilah. And Saul said, God has delivered him into my hand, for he is shut in by entering into a town that has gates and bars.
E foi anunciado a Saul que David era vindo a Keila, e disse Saul: Deus o entregou nas minhas mãos, pois está encerrado, entrando numa cidade de portas e ferrolhos.
8 And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
Então Saul mandou chamar a todo o povo à peleja, para que descessem a Keila, para cercar a David e os seus homens.
9 And David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod.
Sabendo pois David, que Saul maquinava este mal contra ele, disse a Abiathar, sacerdote: Traze aqui o éfode.
10 Then said David, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thy servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah to destroy the city for my sake.
E disse David: Ó Senhor, Deus de Israel, teu servo decerto tem ouvido que Saul procura vir a Keila, para destruir a cidade por causa de mim.
11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down as thy servant has heard? O Jehovah, the God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And Jehovah said, He will come down.
Entregar-me-ão os cidadãos de Keila na sua mão? descerá Saul, como o teu servo tem ouvido? ah Senhor Deus de Israel! fa-lo saber ao teu servo. E disse o Senhor: Descerá.
12 Then David said, Will the men of Keilah deliver up me and my men into the hand of Saul? And Jehovah said, They will deliver thee up.
Disse mais David: entregar-me-iam os cidadãos de Keila, a mim e aos meus homens, nas mãos de Saul? E disse o Senhor: Entregariam.
13 Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah, and he ceased to go forth.
Então se levantou David com os seus homens, uns seiscentos, e sairam de Keila, e foram-se aonde puderam: e sendo anunciado a Saul, que David escapara de Keila, cessou de sair contra ele.
14 And David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand.
E David permaneceu no deserto, nos lugares fortes, e ficou em um monte no deserto de Ziph: e Saul o buscava todos os dias, porém Deus não o entregou na sua mão.
15 And David saw that Saul came out to seek his life, and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the forest.
Vendo pois David, que Saul sairá à busca da sua vida, David esteve no deserto de Ziph, num bosque.
16 And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the forest, and strengthened his hand in God.
Então se levantou Jonathan, filho de Saul, e foi para David ao bosque, e confortou a sua mão em Deus;
17 And he said to him, Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee. And thou shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to thee. And that, Saul my father also knows.
E disse-lhe: Não temas, que não te achará a mão de Saul, meu pai, porém tu reinarás sobre Israel, e eu serei contigo o segundo: o que também Saul meu pai, bem sabe.
18 And those two made a covenant before Jehovah. And David abode in the forest, and Jonathan went to his house.
E ambos fizeram aliança perante o Senhor: David ficou no bosque, e Jonathan voltou para a sua casa.
19 Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
Então subiram os zipheus a Saul, a Gibeah, dizendo: Não se escondeu David entre nós, nos lugares fortes no bosque, no outeiro de Hachila, que está à mão direita de Jesimon?
20 Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of thy soul to come down, and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand.
Agora pois, ó rei, apressadamente desce conforme a todo o desejo da tua alma; por nós fica entregar-mo-lo nas mãos do rei.
21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah, for ye have had compassion on me.
Então disse Saul: benditos sejais vós do Senhor, porque vos compadecestes de mim.
22 Go, I pray you, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there, for it is told me that he deals very shrewdly.
Ide pois, e diligenciai ainda mais, e sabei e notai o lugar que frequenta, e quem o tenha visto ali; porque me foi dito que é astutíssimo.
23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come ye again to me of a certainty. And I will go with you, and it shall come to pass, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.
Pelo que atentai bem, e informai-vos acerca de todos os esconderijos, em que ele se esconde; e então voltai para mim com toda a certeza, e ir-me-ei convosco; e há de ser que, se estiver naquela terra, o buscarei entre todos os milhares de Judá.
24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul, but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.
Então se levantaram eles, e se foram a Ziph, diante de Saul: David porém e os seus homens estavam no deserto de Maon, na campanha, à direita de Jesimon.
25 And Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David. Therefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
E Saul e os seus homens se foram em busca dele; o que anunciaram a David, e desceu para aquela penha, e ficou no deserto de Maon: o que ouvindo Saul, seguiu a David para o deserto de Maon.
26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain. And David made haste to get away for fear of Saul. For Saul and his men encompassed David and his men round about to take them.
E Saul ia desta banda do monte, e David e os seus homens da outra banda do monte: e sucedeu que David se apressou a escapar de Saul; Saul porém e os seus homens cercaram a David e aos seus homens, para lançar mão deles.
27 But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Hasten thee, and come, for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land.
Então veio um mensageiro a Saul, dizendo: Apressa-te, e vem, porque os philisteus com ímpeto entraram na terra.
28 So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.
Pelo que Saul voltou de perseguir a David, e foi-se ao encontro dos philisteus: por esta razão aquele lugar se chamou Sela-hammahlecoth.
29 And David went up from there, and dwelt in the strongholds of En-gedi.
E subiu David dali, e ficou nos lugares fortes de Engedi.
