Judges 8
1 And the men of Ephraim said to him, “What is this, that you wanted to do, so that you would not call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they rebuked him strongly, and came close to using violence.
Então os homens de Ephraim lhes disseram: Que é isto que nos fizeste, que não nos chamas te, quando foste pelejar contra os midianitas? E contenderam com ele fortemente.
2 And he responded to them: “But what could I have done that would be so great as what you have done? Is not one bunch of grapes of Ephraim better than the vintages of Abiezer?
Porém ele lhes disse: Que mais fiz eu agora do que vós? não são porventura os rabiscos de Ephraim melhores do que a vindima de Abiezer?
3 The Lord has delivered into your hands the leaders of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. What could I have done that would be so great as what you have done?” And when he had said this, their spirit, which was swelling up against him, was quieted.
Deus vos deu na vossa mão aos príncipes dos midianitas, Oreb e Zeeb; que mais pude eu logo fazer do que vós? então a sua ira se abrandou para com ele, quando falou esta palavra.
4 And when Gideon had arrived at the Jordan, he crossed over it with the three hundred men who were with him. And they were so weary that they were unable to pursue those who were fleeing.
E, como Gideon veio ao Jordão, passou com os trezentos homens que com ele estavam, já cançados, mas ainda perseguindo.
5 And he said to the men of Succoth, “I beg you, give bread to the people who are with me, for they are greatly weakened, so that we may be able to pursue Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
E disse aos homens de Succoth: dai, 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 The leaders of Succoth answered, “Perhaps the palms of the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna are in your hand, and for this reason, you request that we give bread to your army.”
Porém os príncipes de Succoth disseram: Está já a palma da mão de Zebah e Salmuna na tua mão, para que demos pão ao teu exército?
7 And he said to them, “So then, when the Lord will have delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will thresh your flesh with the thorns and briers of the desert.”
Então disse Gideon: Pois quando o Senhor der na minha mão a Zebah e a Salmuna, trilharei a vossa carne com os espinhos do deserto, e com os abrolhos.
8 And going up from there, he arrived at Penuel. And he spoke to the men of that place similarly. And they also answered him, just as the men of Succoth had answered.
E dali subiu a Penuel, e falou-lhes da mesma maneira: e os homens de Penuel lhe responderam como os homens de Succoth lhe haviam respondido.
9 And so he said to them also, “When I will have returned as a victor in peace, I will destroy this tower.”
Pelo que também falou aos homens de Penuel, dizendo: Quando eu voltar em paz, derribarei esta torre.
10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were resting with their entire army. For fifteen thousand men were left out of all the troops of the eastern people. And one hundred twenty thousand warriors that drew the sword had been cut down.
Estavam pois Zebah e Salmuna em Carcor, e os seus exércitos com eles, uns quinze mil homens, todos os que ficavam do exército dos filhos do oriente: e os que cairam foram cento e vinte mil homens, que arrancavam a espada.
11 And Gideon ascended by the way of those who were dwelling in tents, to the eastern part of Nobah and Jogbehah. And he struck the camp of the enemies, who were confident and were suspecting nothing adverse.
E subiu Gideon pelo caminho dos que habitavam em tendas, para o oriente de Nobah e Jogbehah: e feriu aquele exército, porquanto o exército estava descuidado.
12 And Zebah and Zalmunna fled. And Gideon pursued and overtook them, sending their entire army into confusion.
E fugiram Zebah e Salmuna; porém ele os perseguiu, e tomou presos a ambos os reis dos midianitas a Zebah e a Salmuna, e afugentou a todo o exército.
13 And returning from the war before sunrise,
Voltando pois Gideon, filho de Joás, da peleja, antes do nascer do sol,
14 he took a boy from among the men of Succoth. And he asked him the names of the leaders and elders of Succoth. And he described seventy-seven men.
Tomou preso a um moço dos homens de Succoth, e lhe fez perguntas: o qual descreveu os príncipes de Succoth, e os seus anciãos, setenta e sete homens.
15 And he went to Succoth, and he said to them: “Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, over whom you rebuked me, saying: ‘Perhaps the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna are in your hands, and for this reason, you request that we give bread to men who are languishing and weakened.’”
Então veio aos homens de Succoth, e disse: Vedes aqui a Zebah e a Salmuna, dos quais desprezivelmente me deitastes em rosto, dizendo: Está já a palma da mão de Zebah e Salmuna na tua mão, para que demos pão aos teus homens, já cançados?
16 Therefore, he took the elders of the city, and, using the thorns and briers of the desert, he threshed them with these, and he cut the men of Succoth to pieces.
E tomou os anciãos daquela cidade, e os espinhos do deserto, e os abrolhos: e com eles ensinou aos homens de Succoth.
17 He also overturned the tower of Penuel, and he killed the men of the city.
E derribou a torre de Penuel, e matou os homens da cidade.
18 And he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men were those whom you killed at Tabor?” They responded, “They were like you, and one of them was like the son of a king.”
Depois disse a Zebah e a Salmuna: Que homens eram os que matastes em Tabor? E disseram: Qual tu, tais eram eles; cada um ao parecer, como filhos dum rei.
19 He answered them: “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the Lord lives, if you had preserved them, I would not kill you.”
Então disse ele: 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 son, “Rise up, and put them to death.” But he did not draw his sword. For he was afraid, being still a boy.
E disse a Jether, seu primogênito: Levanta-te, mata-os. Porém o mancebo não arrancou da sua espada, porque temia; porquanto ainda era mancebo.
21 And Zebah and Zalmunna said: “You should rise up and rush against us. For the strength of a man is in accord with his age.” Gideon rose up, and he killed Zebah and Zalmunna. And he took the ornaments and studs, with which the necks of the royal camels are usually adorned.
Então disseram Zebah e Salmuna: Levanta-te tu, e acomete-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 all the men of Israel said to Gideon: “You should rule over us, and your son, and your son’s son. For you freed us from the hand of Midian.”
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 he said to them: “I will not rule over you. Neither shall my son rule over you. Instead, 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 he said to them: “I petition one request from you. Give me the earrings from your spoils.” For the Ishmaelites were accustomed to wear gold earrings.
E disse-lhes mais Gideon: Uma petição vos farei: dai-me cada um de vós os pendentes do seu despojo (porque tinham pendentes de ouro, porquanto eram ishmaelitas).
25 They responded, “We are very willing to give them.” And spreading a cloak on the ground, they cast upon it the earrings from the spoils.
E disseram eles: De boamente os daremos. E estenderam uma capa, e cada um deles deitou ali um pendente do seu despojo.
26 And the weight of the earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold, aside from the ornaments, and necklaces, and purple garments, which the kings of Midian were accustomed to use, and aside from the gold chains on the camels.
E foi o peso dos pendentes de ouro, que pediu, mil e setecentos siclos de ouro, a fora as lunetas, e as cadeias, e os vestidos de púrpura, que traziam os reis dos midianitas, e a fora as coleiras que os camelos traziam ao pescoço.
27 And Gideon made an ephod from these, and he kept it in his city, Ophrah. And all of Israel committed fornication with it, and it became a ruin to Gideon and to all his house.
E fez Gideon dele um éfode, e pô-lo na sua cidade, em Ophra; e todo o Israel fornicou ali após dele: e foi por tropeço a Gideon e à sua casa.
28 But Midian was humbled before the sons of Israel. Neither were they able any longer to lift up their necks. But the land rested for forty years, while Gideon presided.
Assim foram abatidos os midianitas diante dos filhos de Israel, e nunca mais levantaram a sua cabeça: e sossegou a terra quarenta anos nos dias de Gideon.
29 And so Jerubbaal, the son of Joash, went and lived in his own house.
E foi-se Jerubbaal, filho de Joás, e habitou em sua casa.
30 And he had seventy sons, who went forth from his own thigh. For he had many wives.
E teve Gideon setenta filhos, que procederam da sua coxa: porque tinha muitas mulheres.
31 But his concubine, whom he had in Shechem, bore him a son named Abimelech.
E sua concubina, que estava em Sichem, lhe pariu também um filho: e pôs-lhe por nome Abimelech.
32 And Gideon, the son of Joash, died in a good old age, and he was buried in the sepulcher of his father, at Ophrah, of the family of Ezri.
E faleceu Gideon, filho de Joás, numa boa velhice: e foi sepultado no sepulcro de seu pai Joás, em Ophra dos abi-ezritas.
33 But after Gideon died, the sons of Israel turned away, and they committed fornication with the Baals. And they struck a covenant with Baal, so that he would be their god.
E sucedeu que, como Gideon faleceu, os filhos de Israel se tornaram, e fornicaram após dos baalins: e puseram a Baal-berith por deus.
34 And they did not remember the Lord their God, who rescued them from the hands of all their enemies on all sides.
E os filhos de Israel se não lembraram do Senhor seu Deus, que os livrara da mão de todos os seus inimigos em redor.
35 Neither did they show mercy to the house of Jerubbaal Gideon, in accord with all the good that he had done for Israel.
Nem usaram de beneficência com a casa de Jerubbaal, a saber, de Gideon, conforme a todo o bem que ele usara com Israel.
