Kings I 6
1 And the ark was seven months in the country of the Philistines, and their land brought forth swarms of mice.
E esteve a arca do SENHOR na terra dos filisteus sete meses.
2 And the Philistines call their priests, and their prophets, and their enchanters, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the Lord? teach us wherewith we shall send it away to its place.
Então os filisteus, chamando os sacerdotes e adivinhos, perguntaram: Que faremos da arca do SENHOR? Declarai-nos como a devemos tornar a enviar a seu lugar.
3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the covenant of the Lord God of Israel, do not on any account send it away empty, but by all means render to it an offering for the plague; and then shall ye be healed, and an atonement shall be made for you: should not his hand be [thus] stayed from off you?
E eles disseram: Se enviais a arca do Deus de Israel, não a envieis vazia; mas lhe pagareis a expiação: e então sereis sãos, e conhecereis por que não se afastou de vós sua mão.
4 And they say, What [is] the offering for the plague [which] we shall return to it? and they said,
E eles disseram: E que será a expiação que lhe pagaremos? E eles responderam: Conforme o número dos príncipes dos filisteus, cinco chagas de ouro, e cinco ratos de ouro, porque a mesma praga que todos têm, têm também vossos príncipes.
5 According to the number of the lords of the Philistines, five golden emerods, for the plague was on you, and on your rulers, and on the people; and golden mice, the likeness of the mice that destroy your land: and ye shall give glory to the Lord, that he may lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
Fareis, pois, as formas de vossas chagas, e as formas de vossos ratos que destroem a terra, e dareis glória ao Deus de Israel: talvez aliviará sua mão de sobre vós, e de sobre vossos deuses, e de sobre vossa terra.
6 And why do ye harden your hearts, as Egypt and Pharao hardened their hearts? [was it] not [so] when he mocked them, [that] they let the people go, and they departed?
Mas por que endureceis vosso coração, como os egípcios e Faraó endureceram seu coração? Depois que os houve assim tratado, não os deixaram que se fossem, e se foram?
7 And now take wood and make a new wagon, and take two cows, that have calved for the first time, without their calves; and do ye yoke the cows to the wagon, and lead away the calves from behind them home.
Fazei, pois, agora um carro novo, e tomai logo duas vacas que criem, às quais não haja sido posto jugo, e preparai as vacas ao carro, e fazei voltar de detrás delas seus bezerros a casa.
8 And ye shall take the ark and put it on the wagon; and ye shall restore to it the golden articles for the trespass-offering in a coffer by the side of it: and ye shall let it go, and sent it away, and ye shall depart.
Tomareis logo a arca do SENHOR, e a poreis sobre o carro; e ponde em uma caixa ao lado dela as joias de ouro que lhe pagais em expiação: e a deixareis que se vá.
9 And ye shall see, if it shall go the way of its coasts along by Baethsamys, he has brought upon us this great affliction; and if not, then shall we know that his hand has not touched us, but this [is a] chance [which] has happened to us.
E olhai: se sobe pelo caminho de seu termo a Bete-Semes, ele nos fez este mal tão grande; e se não, teremos certeza de que não foi sua mão que nos feriu, mas nos foi coincidência.
10 And the Philistines did so; and they took two cows that had calved for the first time, and yoked them to the waggon, and shut up their calves at home.
E aqueles homens o fizeram assim; pois tomando duas vacas que criavam, prepararam-nas ao carro, e encerraram em casa seus bezerros.
11 And they set the ark of the Lord, and the coffer, and the golden mice, on the waggon.
Logo puseram a arca do SENHOR sobre o carro, e a caixa com os ratos de ouro e com as formas de suas chagas.
12 And the cows went straight on the way to the way of Baethsamys, they went along one track; and laboured, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after it as far as the coasts of Baethsamys.
E as vacas se encaminharam pelo caminho de Bete-Semes, e iam por um mesmo caminho andando e bramando, sem desviar-se nem à direita nem à esquerda: e os príncipes dos filisteus foram atrás elas até o termo de Bete-Semes.
13 And the men of Baethsamys were reaping the wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark of the Lord, and rejoiced to meet it.
E os de Bete-Semes ceifavam o trigo no vale; e levantando seus olhos viram a arca, e alegraram-se quando a viram.
14 And the waggon entered into the field of Osee, which was in Baethsamys, and they set there by it a great stone; and they split the wood of the waggon, and offered up the cows for a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord.
E o carro veio ao campo de Josué Bete-Semita, e parou ali porque ali havia uma grande pedra; e eles cortaram a madeira do carro, e ofereceram as vacas em holocausto ao SENHOR.
15 And the Levites brought up the ark of the Lord, and the coffer with it, and the golden articles upon it, and placed them on the great stone, and the men of Baethsamys offered whole-burnt-offerings and meat offerings on that day to the Lord.
E os levitas baixaram a arca do SENHOR, e a caixa que estava junto a ela, na qual estavam as joias de ouro, e puseram-nas sobre aquela grande pedra; e os homens de Bete-Semes sacrificaram holocaustos e mataram vítimas ao SENHOR naquele dia.
16 And the five lords of the Philistines saw, and returned to Ascalon in that day.
O qual vendo os cinco príncipes dos filisteus, voltaram a Ecrom o mesmo dia.
17 And these [are] the golden emerods which the lords of the Philistines gave as a trespass-offering to the Lord; for Azotus one, for Gaza one, for Ascalon one, for Geth one, for Accaron one.
Estas, pois, são as chagas de ouro que pagaram os filisteus ao SENHOR em expiação: por Asdode uma, por Gaza uma, por Asquelom uma, por Gate uma, por Ecrom uma;
18 And the golden mice according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines, belonging to the five lords, from the fenced city to the village of the Pherezite, and to the great stone, on which they placed the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that was in the field of Osee the Baethsamysite.
E ratos de ouro conforme ao número de todas as cidades dos filisteus pertencentes aos cinco príncipes, desde as cidades fortes até as aldeias sem muro; e até a grande pedra sobre a qual puseram a arca do SENHOR, pedra que está no campo de Josué, bete-semita, até hoje.
19 And the sons of Jechonias were not pleased with the men of Baethsamys, because they saw the ark of the Lord; and [the Lord] smote among them seventy men, and fifty thousand men: and the people mourned, because the Lord had inflicted on the people, a very great plague.
Então feriu Deus aos de Bete-Semes, porque haviam olhado no arca do SENHOR; feriu no povo cinquenta mil e setenta homens. E o povo pôs luto, porque o SENHOR lhe havia ferido de tão grande praga.
20 And the men of Baethsamys said, Who shall be able to pass before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall the ark of the Lord go up from us?
E disseram os de Bete-Semes: Quem poderá estar diante do SENHOR o Deus santo? e a quem subirá desde nós?
21 And they send messengers to the inhabitants of Cariathiarim, saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of the Lord, go down and take it home to yourselves.
E enviaram mensageiros aos de Quriate-Jearim, dizendo: Os filisteus devolveram a arca do SENHOR: descei, pois, e levai-a a vós.
