< 2 Samuel 16 >
1 And when David had passed a little beyond the top of the mountain, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, appeared to meet him, with two donkeys, which were burdened with two hundred loaves, and one hundred bunches of dried grapes, and one hundred masses of dried figs, 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 the king said to Ziba, “What do you intend to do with these things?” And Ziba responded: “The donkeys are for the household of the king, so that they may sit. And the loaves and dried figs are for your servants to eat. But the wine is for anyone to drink who may be faint in the desert.”
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, “Where is the son of your lord?” And Ziba answered the king: “He remained in Jerusalem, saying, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore the kingdom of my father to me.’”
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 And the king said to Ziba, “All the things which were for Mephibosheth are now yours.” And Ziba said, “I beg you that I may find grace before you, my lord the 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 Then king David went as far as Bahurim. And behold, a man from the kindred of the house of Saul, named Shimei, the son of Gera, went out from there. And going out, he continued on, and he was cursing,
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 throwing stones against David and against all the servants of king David. And all the people and all the warriors were traveling to the right and to the left sides of the king.
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 so, as he was cursing the king, Shimei said: “Go away, go away, you man of blood, and you man of Belial!
E, amaldiçoando-o Simei, assim dizia: Sae, sae, homem de sangue, e homem de Belial:
8 The Lord has repaid you for all the blood of the house of Saul. For you have usurped the kingdom in place of him. And so, the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of Absalom, your son. And behold, your evils press close upon you, 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: “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go and cut 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 is it to me and to all of you, O sons of Zeruiah? Permit him, so that he may curse. For the Lord has commanded him to curse David. And who is the one who would dare to say, ‘Why has he 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 the king said to Abishai and to all his servants: “Behold, my son, who went forth from my loins, is seeking my life. How much more does a son of Benjamin do so now? Permit him, so that he may curse, in accord with the command of the Lord.
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 Perhaps the Lord may look with favor upon my affliction, and the Lord may repay me good, in place of the cursing of this day.”
Porventura o Senhor olhará para a minha miseria: e o Senhor me pagará com bem sua maldição d'este dia
13 And so, David continued walking along the way, and his associates with him. But Shimei was advancing along the ridge of the mountain on the side opposite him, cursing and throwing stones at him, and scattering dirt.
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 the entire people with him, being weary, went and refreshed themselves there.
E o rei e todo o povo que ia com elle chegaram cansados, e refrescaram-se ali.
15 But Absalom and all his people entered into Jerusalem. Moreover, Ahithophel was with him.
Absalão pois, e todo o povo, os homens de Israel, vieram a Jerusalem: e Achitophel com elle.
16 And when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, had gone to Absalom, he said to him: “May you be well, O king! May you be well, O 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 to him: “Is this your kindness to 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 responded to Absalom: “By no means! For I will be his, whom the Lord has chosen. And I, and all this people, and all of Israel, will remain 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 But then too, I declare this: whom should I serve? Is it not the son of the king? Just as I have been subject to your father, so will I be subject to you also.”
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, “Present a counsel as to what we ought to do.”
Então disse Absalão a Achitophel: Dae conselho entre vós sobre o que devemos fazer.
21 And Ahithophel said to Absalom: “Enter to the concubines of your father, whom he left behind in order to care for the house. Thus, when all of Israel will hear that you disgraced your father, their hands may be strengthened with you.”
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 Therefore, they spread a tent for Absalom on the rooftop. And he entered to the concubines of his father in the sight 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 Now the counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was treated as if one were consulting God. So was every counsel of Ahithophel, both when he was with David, and when he was with 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.