2 Samuel 16
1 And when David had gone a little way past the top of the slope, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, came to him, with two asses on which were two hundred cakes of bread and a hundred stems of dry grapes and a hundred summer fruits and a skin of wine.
E passando David um pouco mais adiante do cume, eis que Ziba, o moço de Mephiboseth, veiu encontrar-se com elle, com um par de jumentos albardados, e sobre elles duzentos pães, com cem cachos de passas, e cem de fructas de verão e um odre de vinho.
2 And David said to Ziba, What is your reason for this? And Ziba said, The asses are for the use of the king's people, and the bread and the fruit are food for the young men; and the wine is for drink for those who are overcome by weariness in the waste land.
E disse o rei a Ziba: Que pretendes com isto? E disse Ziba: Os jumentos são para a casa do rei, para se montarem n'elles; e o pão e as fructas de verão para comerem os moços; e o vinho para beberem os cançados no deserto.
3 And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said, He is still at Jerusalem: for he said, Today Israel will give back to me the kingdom of my father.
Então disse o rei: Ora, onde está o filho de teu senhor? E disse Ziba ao rei: Eis que ficou em Jerusalem; porque disse: Hoje me restaurará a casa de Israel o reino de meu pae.
4 Then the king said to Ziba, Truly everything which was Mephibosheth's is yours. And Ziba said, I give honour to my lord, may I have grace in your eyes, my lord, O king!
Então disse o rei a Ziba: Eis que teu é tudo quanto tem Mephiboseth. E disse Ziba: Eu me inclino, que eu ache graça em teus olhos, ó rei meu senhor.
5 And when King David came to Bahurim, a man of Saul's family named Shimei, the son of Gera, came out from there, calling curses after him.
E, chegando o rei David a Bahurim, eis que d'ali saiu um homem da linhagem da casa de Saul, cujo nome era Simei, filho de Gera, e, saindo, ia amaldiçoando.
6 And he sent stones at David and at all the king's servants and at all the people and at all the men of war by his side, on the right hand and on the left.
E apedrejava com pedras a David, e a todos os servos do rei David: ainda que todo o povo e todos os valentes iam á sua direita e á sua esquerda.
7 And Shimei said, with curses, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, you good-for-nothing:
E, amaldiçoando-o Simei, assim dizia: Sae, sae, homem de sangue, e homem de Belial:
8 The Lord has sent punishment on you for all the blood of the family of Saul, whose kingdom you have taken; and the Lord has given the kingdom to Absalom, your son: now you yourself are taken in your evil, because you are a man of blood.
O Senhor te deu agora a paga de todo o sangue da casa de Saul, em cujo logar tens reinado; já deu o Senhor o reino na mão de Absalão teu filho; e eis-te agora na tua desgraça, porque és um homem de sangue.
9 Then Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said to the king, Is this dead dog to go on cursing my lord the king? let me go over and take off his head.
Então disse Abisai, filho de Zeruia, ao rei: Porque amaldiçoaria este cão morto ao rei meu senhor? Deixa-me passar, e lhe tirarei a cabeça.
10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Let him go on cursing, for the Lord has said, Put a curse on David, and who then may say, Why have you done so?
Disse porém o rei: Que tenho eu comvosco, filhos de Zeruia? Ora deixae-o amaldiçoar; pois o Senhor lhe disse: Amaldiçôa a David; quem pois diria: Porque assim fizeste?
11 And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, You see how my son, the offspring of my body, has made designs against my life: how much more then may this Benjamite do so? Let him be, and let him go on cursing; for the Lord has given him orders.
Disse mais David a Abisai, e a todos os seus servos: Eis que meu filho, que saiu das minhas entranhas, procura a minha morte: quanto mais ainda este filho de Jemini? Deixae-o, que amaldiçoe; porque o Senhor lh'o disse.
12 It may be that the Lord will take note of my wrongs, and give me back good in answer to his cursing of me today.
Porventura o Senhor olhará para a minha miseria: e o Senhor me pagará com bem sua maldição d'este dia
13 So David and his men went on their way: and Shimei went by the hillside parallel with them, cursing and sending stones and dust at him.
Proseguiam pois o seu caminho, David e os seus homens: e tambem Simei ia ao longo do monte, defronte d'elle, caminhando e amaldiçoando, e atirava pedras contra elle, e levantava poeira.
14 And the king and his people came tired to Jordan, and took their rest there.
E o rei e todo o povo que ia com elle chegaram cansados, e refrescaram-se ali.
15 And Absalom and the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
Absalão pois, e todo o povo, os homens de Israel, vieram a Jerusalem: e Achitophel com elle.
16 Then Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom and said, Long life to the king, long life to the king!
E succedeu que, chegando Husai, o archita, amigo de David, a Absalão, disse Husai a Absalão: Viva o rei, viva o rei!
17 And Absalom said, Is this your love for your friend? why did you not go with your friend?
Porém Absalão disse a Husai: É esta a tua beneficencia para com o teu amigo? Porque não foste com o teu amigo?
18 And Hushai said to Absalom, Not so; I am for that man whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel have taken as king, and I will take my place with him.
E disse Husai a Absalão: Não, porém d'aquelle que eleger o Senhor, e todo este povo, e todos os homens de Israel, d'elle serei e com elle ficarei.
19 And more than this! where is my place as a servant? is it not before his son? as I have been your father's servant, so will I be yours.
E, demais d'isto, a quem serviria eu? Porventura não seria diante de seu filho? Como servi diante de teu pae, assim serei diante de ti.
20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your opinion now, what are we to do?
Então disse Absalão a Achitophel: Dae conselho entre vós sobre o que devemos fazer.
21 And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's women who are here looking after his house; then all Israel will have the news that you are hated by your father, and the hands of your supporters will be strong.
E disse Achitophel a Absalão: Entra ás concubinas de teu pae, que deixou para guardarem a casa; e assim todo o Israel ouvirá que te fizeste aborrecivel para com teu pae; e se esforçarão as mãos de todos os que estão comtigo.
22 So they put up the tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father's women before the eyes of all Israel.
Estenderam pois para Absalão uma tenda no terrado: e entrou Absalão ás concubinas de seu pae, perante os olhos de todo o Israel.
23 In those days the opinions of Ahithophel were valued as highly as if through him a man might get direction from God; so were they valued by David as much as by Absalom.
E era o conselho de Achitophel, que aconselhava n'aquelles dias, como se a palavra de Deus se consultara: tal era todo o conselho de Achitophel, assim para com David como para com Absalão.
