Judges 21
1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin to wife.
Ora tinham jurado os homens d'Israel em Mispah, dizendo: Nenhum de nós dará sua filha por mulher aos benjamitas.
2 And the people came to Bethel, and sat there till evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept bitterly.
Veiu pois o povo a Beth-el, e ali ficaram até á tarde diante de Deus: e levantaram a sua voz, e prantearam com grande pranto,
3 And they said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, why has this come to pass in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?
E disseram: Ah! Senhor Deus d'Israel, porque succedeu isto em Israel, que hoje falte uma tribu em Israel?
4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
E succedeu que, no dia seguinte, o povo pela manhã se levantou, e edificou ali um altar; e offereceram holocaustos e offertas pacificas.
5 And the sons of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that did not come up in the assembly to Jehovah? For they had made a great oath concerning him who did not come up to Jehovah to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
E disseram os filhos d'Israel: Quem de todas as tribus d'Israel não subiu ao ajuntamento ao Senhor? Porque se tinha feito um grande juramento ácerca dos que não viessem ao Senhor a Mispah, dizendo: Morrerá certamente.
6 And the sons of Israel regretted for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
E arrependeram-se os filhos d'Israel ácerca de Benjamin, seu irmão, e disseram: Cortada é hoje d'Israel uma tribu.
7 What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
Que faremos, ácerca de mulheres, com os que ficaram de resto, pois nós temos jurado pelo Senhor que nenhuma de nossas filhas lhes dariamos por mulheres?
8 And they said, Which one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to Jehovah to Mizpah? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.
E disseram: Ha alguma das tribus d'Israel que não subisse ao Senhor a Mispah? E eis que ninguem de Jabes de Gilead viera ao arraial, á congregação.
9 For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.
Porquanto o povo se contou: e eis que nenhum dos moradores de Jabes de Gilead se achou ali.
10 And the congregation sent there twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.
Então o ajuntamento enviou lá doze mil homens dos mais valentes, e lhes ordenou, dizendo: Ide, e ao fio da espada feri aos moradores de Jabes de Gilead, e ás mulheres e aos meninos.
11 And this is the thing that ye shall do: Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that has lain by man.
Porém isto é o que haveis de fazer: A todo o macho e a toda a mulher que se houver deitado com um homem totalmente destruireis.
12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known man by lying with him, and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
E acharam entre os moradores de Jabes de Gilead quatrocentas moças virgens, que não conheceram homem deitando-se com macho: e as trouxeram ao arraial, a Silo, que está na terra de Canaan.
13 And the whole congregation sent and spoke to the sons of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.
Então todo o ajuntamento enviou, e fallou aos filhos de Benjamin, que estavam na penha de Rimmon, e lhes proclamou a paz.
14 And Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead. And even so they were not sufficient for them.
E ao mesmo tempo voltaram os benjamitas; e deram-lhes as mulheres que haviam guardado com vida, das mulheres de Jabes de Gilead: porém estas ainda lhes não bastaram.
15 And the people regretted for Benjamin, because Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
Então o povo se arrependeu por causa de Benjamin: porquanto o Senhor tinha feito abertura nas tribus d'Israel.
16 Then the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
E disseram os anciãos do ajuntamento: Que faremos ácerca de mulheres para os que ficaram de resto? pois as mulheres são destruidas de Benjamin.
17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.
Disseram mais: A herança dos que ficaram de resto é de Benjamin, e nenhuma tribu de Israel deve ser destruida.
18 However we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the sons of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin.
Porém nós não lhes poderemos dar mulheres de nossas filhas, porque os filhos d'Israel juraram, dizendo: Maldito aquelle que der mulher aos benjamitas.
19 And they said, Behold, there is a feast of Jehovah from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
Então disseram: Eis que de anno em anno ha solemnidade do Senhor em Silo, que se celebra para o norte de Beth-el, da banda do nascente do sol, pelo caminho alto que sobe de Beth-el a Sichem, e para o sul de Lebona.
20 And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
E mandaram aos filhos de Benjamin, dizendo: Ide, e emboscae-vos nas vinhas,
21 and watch. And, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch for you every man his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
E olhae, e eis ahi, saindo as filhas de Silo a dançar em ranchos, sahi vós das vinhas, e arrebatae-vos cada um sua mulher das filhas de Silo, e ide-vos á terra de Benjamin.
22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, Grant them graciously to us, because we took not for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did ye give them to them, else ye would now be guilty.
E será que, quando seus paes ou seus irmãos vierem a litigar comnosco, nós lhes diremos: Por amor de nós, tende compaixão d'elles, pois n'esta guerra não tomámos mulheres para cada um d'elles: porque não lh'as déstes vós, para que agora ficasseis culpados?
23 And the sons of Benjamin did so, and took for them wives, according to their number, of those who danced, whom they carried off. And they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them.
E os filhos de Benjamin o fizeram assim, e levaram mulheres conforme ao numero d'elles, das que arrebatavam dos ranchos que dançavam: e foram-se, e voltaram á sua herança, e reedificaram as cidades, e habitaram n'ellas.
24 And the sons of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance.
Tambem os filhos d'Israel partiram então d'ali, cada um para a sua tribu e para a sua geração: e sairam d'ali, cada um para a sua herança.
25 In those days there was no king in Israel. Every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
N'aquelles dias não havia rei em Israel: porém cada um fazia o que parecia recto aos seus olhos.
