< Judges 8 >

1 And the men of Ephraim said to Gedeon, What [is] this [that] you have done to us, in that you did not call us when you went to fight with Madiam? and they chode with him sharply.
Então os homens d'Ephraim lhes disseram: Que é isto que nos fizeste, que não nos chamas te, quando foste pelejar contra os midianitas? E contenderam com elle fortemente.
2 And he said to them, What have I now done in comparison of you? [is] not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
Porém elle lhes disse: Que mais fiz eu agora do que vós? não são porventura os rabiscos d'Ephraim melhores do que a vindima d'Abiezer?
3 The Lord has delivered into your hand the princes of Madiam, Oreb and Zeb; and what could I do in comparison of you? Then was their spirit calmed towards him, when he spoke this word.
Deus vos deu na vossa mão aos principes dos midianitas, Oreb e Zeeb; que mais pude eu logo fazer do que vós? então a sua ira se abrandou para com elle, quando fallou esta palavra.
4 And Gedeon came to Jordan, and went over, himself and the three hundred with him, hungry, yet pursuing.
E, como Gideon veiu ao Jordão, passou com os trezentos homens que com elle estavam, já cançados, mas ainda perseguindo.
5 And he said to the men of Socchoth, Give, I pray you, bread to feed this people that follow me; because they are faint, and behold, I am following after Zebee and Salmana, kings of Madiam.
E disse aos homens de Succoth: Dae, peço-vos, alguns pedaços de pão ao povo, que segue as minhas pisadas: porque estão cançados, e eu vou em alcance de Zebah e Salmuna, reis dos midianitas.
6 And the princes of Socchoth said, [Are] the hands of Zebee and Salmana now in your hand, that we should give bread to your host?
Porém os principes de Succoth disseram: Está já a palma da mão de Zebah e Salmuna na tua mão, para que demos pão ao teu exercito?
7 And Gedeon said, Therefore when the Lord gives Zebee and Salmana into my hand, then will I tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and the Barkenim.
Então disse Gideon: Pois quando o Senhor dér na minha mão a Zebah e a Salmuna, trilharei a vossa carne com os espinhos do deserto, e com os abrolhos.
8 And he went up thence to Phanuel, and spoke to them likewise: and the men of Phanuel answered him as the men of Socchoth [had] answered him.
E d'ali subiu a Penuel, e fallou-lhes da mesma maneira: e os homens de Penuel lhe responderam como os homens de Succoth lhe haviam respondido.
9 And Gedeon said to the men of Phanuel, When I return in peace, I will break down this tower.
Pelo que tambem fallou aos homens de Penuel, dizendo: Quando eu voltar em paz, derribarei esta torre.
10 And Zebee and Salmana [were] in Carcar, and their host [was] with them, about fifteen thousand, all that were left of all the host of the aliens; and they that fell [were] a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew the sword.
Estavam pois Zebah e Salmuna em Carcor, e os seus exercitos com elles, uns quinze mil homens, todos os que ficavam do exercito dos filhos do oriente: e os que cairam foram cento e vinte mil homens, que arrancavam a espada.
11 And Gedeon went up by the way of them that lived in tents, eastward of Nabai and Jegebal; and he struck the host, and the host was secure.
E subiu Gideon pelo caminho dos que habitavam em tendas, para o oriente de Nobah e Jogbehah: e feriu aquelle exercito, porquanto o exercito estava descuidado.
12 And Zebee and Salmana fled; and he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Madiam, Zebee and Salmana, and discomfited all the army.
E fugiram Zebah e Salmuna; porém elle os perseguiu, e tomou presos a ambos os reis dos midianitas a Zebah e a Salmuna, e afugentou a todo o exercito.
13 And Gedeon the son of Joas returned from the battle, down from the battle of Ares.
Voltando pois Gideon, filho de Joás, da peleja, antes do nascer do sol,
14 And he took prisoner a young lad of the men of Socchoth, and questioned him; and he wrote to him the names of the princes of Socchoth and of their elders, seventy-seven men.
Tomou preso a um moço dos homens de Succoth, e lhe fez perguntas: o qual descreveu os principes de Succoth, e os seus anciãos, setenta e sete homens.
15 And Gedeon came to the princes of Socchoth, and said, Behold Zebee and Salmana, about whom you reproached me, saying, [Are] the hands of Zebee and Salmana now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men that are faint?
Então veiu aos homens de Succoth, e disse: Vedes aqui a Zebah e a Salmuna, dos quaes desprezivelmente me deitastes em rosto, dizendo: Está já a palma da mão de Zebah e Salmuna na tua mão, para que dêmos pão aos teus homens, já cançados?
16 And he took the elders of the city with the thorns of the wilderness and the Barkenim, and with them he tore the men of the city.
E tomou os anciãos d'aquella cidade, e os espinhos do deserto, e os abrolhos: e com elles ensinou aos homens de Succoth.
17 And he overthrew the tower of Phanuel, and killed the men of the city.
E derribou a torre de Penuel, e matou os homens da cidade.
18 And he said to Zebee and Salmana, Where [are] the men whom you killed in Thabor? and they said, As you, so [were] they, according to the likeness of the son of a king.
Depois disse a Zebah e a Salmuna: Que homens eram os que matastes em Tabor? E disseram: Qual tu, taes eram elles; cada um ao parecer, como filhos d'um rei.
19 And Gedeon said, They were my brethren and the sons of my mother: [as] the Lord lives, if you had preserved them alive, I would not have slain you.
Então disse elle: Meus irmãos eram, filhos de minha mãe: vive o Senhor, que, se os tivesseis deixado em vida, eu não vos mataria a vós
20 And he said to Jether his firstborn, Rise and kill them; but the lad drew not his sword, for he was afraid, for he was yet very young.
E disse a Jether, seu primogenito: Levanta-te, mata-os. Porém o mancebo não arrancou da sua espada, porque temia; porquanto ainda era mancebo.
21 And Zebee and Salmana said, Rise you and fall upon us, for your power [is] as that of a man; and Gedeon arose, and killed Zebee and Salmana: and he took the round ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.
Então disseram Zebah e Salmuna: Levanta-te tu, e accommette-nos; porque, qual o homem, tal a sua valentia. Levantou-se pois Gideon, e matou a Zebah e a Salmuna, e tomou as lunetas, que estavam aos pescoços dos seus camelos.
22 And the men of Israel said to Gedeon, Rule, [my] lord, over us, both you, and your son, and your son's son; for you have saved us out of the hand of Madiam.
Então os homens de Israel disseram a Gideon: Domina sobre nós, tanto tu, como teu filho e o filho de teu filho: porquanto nos livraste da mão dos midianitas.
23 And Gedeon said to them, I will not rule, and my son shall not rule amongst you; the Lord shall rule over you.
Porém Gideon lhes disse: Sobre vós eu não dominarei, nem tão pouco meu filho sobre vós dominará: o Senhor sobre vós dominará.
24 And Gedeon said to them, I will make a request of you, and do you give me every man an earring out of his spoils: for they had golden earrings, for they were Ismaelites.
E disse-lhes mais Gideon: Uma petição vos farei: dae-me cada um de vós os pendentes do seu despojo (porque tinham pendentes de oiro, porquanto eram ishmaelitas).
25 And they said, We will certainly give them: and he opened his garment, and each man cast therein an earring of his spoils.
E disseram elles: De boamente os daremos. E estenderam uma capa, e cada um d'elles deitou ali um pendente do seu despojo.
26 And the weight of the golden earrings which he asked, was a thousand and seven hundred pieces of gold, besides the crescents, and the chains, and the garments, and the purple cloths that were on the kings of Madiam, and besides the chains that were on the necks of their camels.
E foi o pezo dos pendentes d'oiro, que pediu, mil e setecentos siclos d'oiro, afóra as lunetas, e as cadeias, e os vestidos de purpura, que traziam os reis dos midianitas, e afóra as colleiras que os camelos traziam ao pescoço.
27 And Gedeon made an ephod of it, an set it in his city in Ephratha; and all Israel went there a whoring after it, and it became a stumbling block to Gedeon and his house.
E fez Gideon d'elle um ephod, e pôl-o na sua cidade, em Ophra; e todo o Israel fornicou ali após d'elle: e foi por tropeço a Gideon e á sua casa.
28 And Madiam, was straitened before the children of Israel, and they did not lift up their head any more; and the land had rest forty years in the days of Gedeon.
Assim foram abatidos os midianitas diante dos filhos d'Israel, e nunca mais levantaram a sua cabeça: e socegou a terra quarenta annos nos dias de Gideon.
29 And Jerobaal the son of Joas went and sat in his house.
E foi-se Jerubbaal, filho de Joás, e habitou em sua casa.
30 And Gedeon had seventy sons begotten of his body, for he had many wives.
E teve Gideon setenta filhos, que procederam da sua côxa: porque tinha muitas mulheres.
31 And his concubine was in Sychem, and she also bore him a son, and gave him the name Abimelech.
E sua concubina, que estava em Sichem, lhe pariu tambem um filho: e poz-lhe por nome Abimelech.
32 And Gedeon son of Joas died in his city, and he was buried in the sepulchre of Joas his father in Ephratha of Abi-Esdri.
E falleceu Gideon, filho de Joás, n'uma boa velhice: e foi sepultado no sepulchro de seu pae Joás, em Ophra dos abi-ezritas.
33 And it came to pass when Gedeon was dead, that the children of Israel turned, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made for themselves a covenant with Baal that he should be their god.
E succedeu que, como Gideon falleceu, os filhos d'Israel se tornaram, e fornicaram após dos baalins: e pozeram a Baal-berith por deus.
34 And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God who had delivered them out of the hand of all that afflicted them round about.
E os filhos d'Israel se não lembraram do Senhor seu Deus, que os livrara da mão de todos os seus inimigos em redor.
35 And they did not deal mercifully with the house of Jerobaal, (the same is Gedeon) according to all the good which he did to Israel.
Nem usaram de beneficencia com a casa de Jerubbaal, a saber, de Gideon, conforme a todo o bem que elle usara com Israel.

< Judges 8 >