Judges 18
1 In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought for themselves an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day [their lot] had not fallen to them for inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
N'aquelles dias não havia rei em Israel: e nos mesmos dias a tribu dos daneos buscava para si herança para habitar; porquanto até áquelle dia entre as tribus d'Israel lhe não havia caido em herança bastante sorte
2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men of their whole number, men of valour, from Zoreah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to examine it; and they said to them, Go, examine the land. And they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
E enviaram os filhos de Dan da sua tribu cinco homens dos seus confins, homens valorosos, de Zora e de Estaol, a espiar e rastejar a terra; e lhes disseram: Ide, rastejae a terra. E vieram á montanha d'Ephraim, até á casa de Micah, e passaram ali a noite.
3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man, the Levite; and they turned in thither, and said to him, Who brought thee hither? and what doest thou in this [place]? and what hast thou here?
E quando elles estavam junto da casa de Micah, conheceram a voz do mancebo, do levita; e chegaram-se para lá, e lhe disseram: Quem te trouxe aqui, que fazes aqui, e que é o que tens aqui?
4 And he said to them, Thus and thus has Micah done to me; and he has hired me, and I am his priest.
E elle lhes disse: Assim e assim me tem feito Micah; pois me tem alugado, e eu lhe sirvo de sacerdote.
5 And they said to him, Inquire, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way on which we go shall be prosperous.
Então lhe disseram: Ora pergunta a Deus, para que possamos saber se prosperará o caminho que levamos.
6 And the priest said to them, Go in peace: before Jehovah is your way on which ye go.
E disse-lhes o sacerdote: Ide em paz; o caminho que levardes está perante o Senhor.
7 And the five men departed, and came to Laish; and they saw the people that were therein, dwelling securely, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and no one was in the land who possessed authority, that might put [them] to shame in anything; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had nothing to do with [any] man.
Então foram-se aquelles cinco homens, e vieram a Lais; e viram que o povo que havia no meio d'ella estava seguro, conforme ao costume dos sidonios, quieto e confiado; nem havia possessor algum do reino que por causa alguma envergonhasse a alguem n'aquella terra: tambem estavam longe doa sidonios, e não tinham que fazer com ninguem.
8 — And they came to their brethren at Zoreah and Eshtaol. And their brethren said to them, What [say] ye?
Então voltaram a seus irmãos, a Zora e a Estaol: e seus irmãos lhes disseram: Que dizeis vós?
9 And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good; and ye are still! Be not slothful to go, to enter to take possession of the land.
E elles disseram: Levantae-vos, e subamos a elles; porque examinámos a terra, e eis que é muitissimo boa; pois estareis tranquillos? não sejaes preguiçosos em irdes para entrar a possuir esta terra.
10 When ye go in, ye shall come to a people secure, and the land is spacious in every direction; for God has given it into your hands; [it is] a place where there is no want of anything that is on the earth.
Quando lá chegardes, vereis a um povo confiado, e a terra é larga de extensão; porque Deus vol-a entregou na mão; logar em que não ha falta de coisa alguma que ha na terra.
11 And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zoreah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war.
Então partiram d'ali, da tribu dos daneos, de Zora e d'Estaol, seiscentos homens armados de armas de guerra.
12 And they went up and encamped in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah; therefore they call that place Mahaneh-Dan to this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.
E subiram, e acamparam-se em Kiriath-jearim, em Judah; pelo que chamaram a este logar Mahaneh-dan, até ao dia de hoje; eis que está por detraz de Kiriath-jearim.
13 And they passed thence to mount Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
E d'ali passaram á montanha d'Ephraim; e vieram até á casa de Micah.
14 Then the five men that had gone to spy out the country of Laish spoke and said to their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? And now ye know what to do.
Então responderam os cinco homens, que foram espiar a terra de Lais, e disseram a seus irmãos: Sabeis vós tambem que n'aquellas casas ha um ephod, e terafins, e imagem de esculptura e de fundição? vêde pois agora o que haveis de fazer
15 And they turned thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and inquired after his welfare.
Então foram-se para lá, e vieram á casa do mancebo, o levita, em casa de Micah, e o saudaram.
16 And the six hundred men of the children of Dan, girded with their weapons of war, stood at the entrance of the gate.
E os seiscentos homens, que eram dos filhos de Dan, armados de suas armas de guerra, ficaram á entrada da porta.
17 And the five men that had gone to spy out the land went up, entered in thither, [and] took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men that were girded with weapons of war.
Porém subindo os cinco homens, que foram espiar a terra, entraram n'ella, e tomaram a imagem d'esculptura, o ephod, e os terafins, e a imagem de fundição, ficando o sacerdote em pé á entrada da porta, com os seiscentos homens que estavam armados com as armas de guerra.
18 And these came into Micah's house, and took the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. And the priest said to them, What do ye?
Entrando elles pois em casa de Micah, e tomando a imagem de esculptura, e o ephod, e os terafins, e a imagem de fundição, disse-lhes o sacerdote: Que estaes fazendo?
19 And they said to him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for thee to be a priest for the house of one man, or to be priest for a tribe and a family in Israel?
E elles lhe disseram: Cala-te, põe a mão na bocca, e vem comnosco, e sê-nos por pae e sacerdote: é-te melhor que sejas sacerdote da casa d'um só homem, do que ser sacerdote d'uma tribu e d'uma geração em Israel
20 Then the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
Então alegrou-se o coração do sacerdote, e tomou o ephod, e os terafins, e a imagem de esculptura: e entrou no meio do povo.
21 And they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the baggage before them.
Assim viraram, e partiram: e os meninos, e o gado, e a bagagem puzeram diante de si.
22 They were already far from the house of Micah, when the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
E, estando já longe da casa de Micah, os homens que estavam nas casas junto á casa de Micah, se convocaram, e alcançaram os filhos de Dan.
23 And they cried to the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said to Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
E clamaram após dos filhos de Dan, os quaes viraram os seus rostos, e disseram a Micah: Que tens, que assim te convocaste?
24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away; and what have I more? and what is this that ye say to me, What aileth thee?
Então elle disse: Os meus deuses, que eu fiz, me tomastes, juntamente com o sacerdote, e vos fostes; que mais me fica agora? Como pois me dizeis: Que é o que tens?
25 And the children of Dan said to him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest men of exasperated spirit run upon you, and thou lose thy life and the lives of thy household.
Porém os filhos de Dan lhe disseram: Não nos faças ouvir a tua voz, para que porventura homens de animo amargoso não se lancem sobre vós, e tu percas a tua vida, e a vida dos da tua casa
26 And the children of Dan went their way; and Micah saw that they were too strong for him, and he turned and went back to his house.
Assim seguiram o seu caminho os filhos de Dan: e Micah, vendo que eram mais fortes do que elle, voltou, e tornou-se a sua casa.
27 And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest that he had had, and came upon Laish, upon a people quiet and secure; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burned the city with fire.
Elles pois tomaram o que Micah tinha feito, e o sacerdote que tivera, e vieram a Lais, a um povo quieto e confiado, e os feriram ao fio da espada, e queimaram a cidade a fogo.
28 And there was no deliverer, for it was far from Zidon, and they had nothing to do with [any] man; and it [lay] in the valley that is by Beth-rehob. And they built the city and dwelt therein.
E ninguem houve que os livrasse, porquanto estavam longe de Sidon, e não tinham que fazer com ninguem, e a cidade estava no valle que está junto a Beth-rechob: depois reedificaram a cidade e habitaram n'ella.
29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; howbeit Laish was the name of the city at the first.
E chamaram o nome da cidade Dan, conforme ao nome de Dan, seu pae, que nascera a Israel: sendo porém d'antes o nome d'esta cidade Lais.
30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image; and Jehonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses; he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
E os filhos de Dan levantaram para si aquella imagem de esculptura: e Jonathan, filho de Gerson, o filho de Manasseh, elle e seus filhos foram sacerdotes da tribu dos daneos, ate ao dia do captiveiro da terra.
31 And they set up for themselves Micah's graven image, which he had made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
Assim pois a imagem d'esculptura que fizera Micah, estabeleceram entre si, todos os dias que a casa de Deus esteve em Silo.
