< Judges 7 >

1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him, rose up early and encamped beside the spring of Harod. Midian’s camp was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
Então Jerubbaal (que é Gideon) se levantou de madrugada, e todo o povo que com ele havia, e se acamparam junto à fonte de Harod; de maneira que tinha o arraial dos midianitas para o norte, pelo outeiro de Moreh no vale.
2 The LORD said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel brag against me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
E disse o Senhor a Gideon: Muito é o povo que está contigo, para eu dar aos midianitas em sua mão; a fim de que Israel se não glorie contra mim, dizendo: A minha mão me livrou.
3 Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of the people returned, and ten thousand remained.
Agora pois apregoa aos ouvidos do povo, dizendo: Quem for covarde e medroso, volte, e vá-se apressadamente das montanhas de Gilead. Então voltaram do povo vinte e dois mil, e dez mil ficaram.
4 The LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many people. Bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. It shall be, that those whom I tell you, ‘This shall go with you,’ shall go with you; and whoever I tell you, ‘This shall not go with you,’ shall not go.”
E disse o Senhor a Gideon: Ainda muito povo há; faze-os descer às águas, e ali tos provarei: e será que, daquele de que eu te disser: Este irá contigo, esse contigo irá; porém de todo aquele, de que eu te disser: Este não irá contigo, esse não irá.
5 So he brought down the people to the water; and the LORD said to Gideon, “Everyone who laps of the water with his tongue, like a dog laps, you shall set him by himself; likewise everyone who bows down on his knees to drink.”
E fez descer o povo às águas. Então o Senhor disse a Gideon: Qualquer que lamber as águas com a sua língua, como as lambe o cão, esse porás à parte; como também a todo aquele que se abaixar de joelhos a beber.
6 The number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water.
E foi o número dos que lamberam, levando a mão à boca, trezentos homens; e todo o resto do povo se abaixou de joelhos a beber as águas.
7 The LORD said to Gideon, “I will save you by the three hundred men who lapped, and deliver the Midianites into your hand. Let all the other people go, each to his own place.”
E disse o Senhor a Gideon: Com estes trezentos homens que lamberam as águas vos livrarei, e darei os midianitas na tua mão; pelo que toda a outra gente se vá cada um ao seu lugar.
8 So the people took food in their hand, and their trumpets; and he sent all the rest of the men of Israel to their own tents, but retained the three hundred men; and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
E o povo tomou na sua mão a provisão e as suas buzinas, e enviou a todos os outros homens de Israel cada um à sua tenda, porém os trezentos homens reteve: e estava o arraial dos midianitas abaixo no vale.
9 That same night, the LORD said to him, “Arise, go down into the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
E sucedeu que, naquela mesma noite, o Senhor lhe disse: Levanta-te, e desce ao arraial, porque o tenho dado na tua mão.
10 But if you are afraid to go down, go with Purah your servant down to the camp.
E, se ainda temes descer, desce tu e teu moço Pura ao arraial;
11 You will hear what they say; and afterward your hands will be strengthened to go down into the camp.” Then went he down with Purah his servant to the outermost part of the armed men who were in the camp.
E ouvirás o que dizem, e então se esforçarão as tuas mãos e descerás ao arraial. Então desceu ele com o seu moço Pura até ao extremo das sentinelas que estavam no arraial.
12 The Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is on the seashore for multitude.
E os midianitas, e amalequitas, e todos os filhos do oriente jaziam no vale como gafanhotos em multidão: e eram inumeráveis os seus camelos, como a areia que há na praia do mar em multidão.
13 When Gideon had come, behold, there was a man telling a dream to his fellow. He said, “Behold, I dreamed a dream; and behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, came to the tent, and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.”
Chegando pois Gideon, eis que estava contando um homem ao seu companheiro um sonho, e dizia: Eis que um sonho sonhei, eis que um pão de cevada torrado rodava pelo arraial dos midianitas, e chegava até às tendas, e as feriu, e cairam, e as transtornou de cima para baixo; e ficaram abatidas.
14 His fellow answered, “This is nothing other than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel. God has delivered Midian into his hand, with all the army.”
E respondeu o seu companheiro, e disse: Não é isto outra coisa, senão a espada de Gideon, filho de Joás, varão israelita. Deus tem dado na sua mão aos midianitas, e a todo este arraial.
15 It was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, that he worshiped. Then he returned into the camp of Israel and said, “Arise, for the LORD has delivered the army of Midian into your hand!”
E sucedeu que, ouvindo Gideon a narração deste sonho, e a sua explicação, adorou: e tornou ao arraial de Israel, e disse: levantai-vos, porque o Senhor tem dado o arraial dos midianitas nas vossas mãos.
16 He divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.
Então repartiu os trezentos homens em três esquadrões: e deu-lhes a cada um nas suas mãos buzinas, e cântaros vazios, com tochas neles acesas.
17 He said to them, “Watch me, and do likewise. Behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so you shall do.
E disse-lhes: olhai para mim e fazei como eu fizer: e eis que chegando eu ao extremo do arraial, será que, como eu fizer, assim fareis vós.
18 When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and shout, ‘For the LORD and for Gideon!’”
Tocando eu e todos os que comigo estiverem a buzina, então também vós tocareis a buzina ao redor de todo o arraial, e direis: Pelo Senhor, e Gideon.
19 So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch. Then they blew the trumpets and broke in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands.
Chegou pois Gideon, e os cem homens que com ele iam, ao extremo do arraial, ao princípio da guarda da meia noite, havendo-se já posto as guardas: e tocaram as buzinas, e partiram os cântaros, que tinham nas mãos.
20 The three companies blew the trumpets, broke the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands with which to blow; and they shouted, “The sword of the LORD and of Gideon!”
Assim tocaram os três esquadrões as buzinas, e partiram os cântaros; e tinham nas suas mãos esquerdas as tochas acesas, e nas suas mãos direitas as buzinas, que tocavam: e exclamaram: Espada do Senhor, e de Gideon.
21 They each stood in his place around the camp, and all the army ran; and they shouted, and put them to flight.
E ficou-se cada um no seu lugar ao redor do arraial: então todo o exército deitou a correr, e, gritando, fugiram.
22 They blew the three hundred trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow and against all the army; and the army fled as far as Beth Shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath.
Tocando pois os trezentos as buzinas, o Senhor tornou a espada dum contra o outro, e isto em todo o arraial: e o exército fugiu para Zererath, até Beth-sitta até aos limites de Abel-mehola, acima de Tabbath.
23 The men of Israel were gathered together out of Naphtali, out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued Midian.
Então os homens de Israel, de Naphtali, e de Aser e de todo o Manasseh foram convocados, e perseguiram aos midianitas.
24 Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against Midian and take the waters before them as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan!” So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together and took the waters as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan.
Também Gideon enviou mensageiros a todas as montanhas de Ephraim, dizendo: Descei ao encontro dos midianitas, e tomai-lhes as águas até Beth-bara, a saber, o Jordão. Convocados pois todos os homens de Ephraim, tomaram-lhes as águas até Beth-bara e o Jordão.
25 They took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at Oreb’s rock, and Zeeb they killed at Zeeb’s wine press, as they pursued Midian. Then they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.
E prenderam a dois príncipes dos midianitas, a Oreb e a Zeeb; e mataram a Oreb na penha de Oreb, e a Zeeb mataram no lagar de Zeeb, e perseguiram aos midianitas: e trouxeram as cabeças de Oreb e de Zeeb a Gideon, de além do Jordão.

< Judges 7 >