Judges 8
1 And the men of Ephraim said to him: What is this that thou meanest to do, that thou wouldst not call us when thou wentest to fight against Madian? and they chid him sharply and almost offered violence.
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 answered them: What could I have done like to that which you have done? Is not one bunch of grapes of Ephraim better than the vintages 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 hath delivered into your bands the princes of Madian, Oreb and Zeb: what could I have done like to what you have done? And when he had said this, their spirit was appeased, with which they swelled against him.
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 when Gedeon was come to the Jordan, he passed over it with the three hundred men, that were with him: who were so weary that they could not pursue after them that fled.
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 Soccoth: Give, I beseech you, bread to the people that is with me, for they are faint: that we may pursue Zebee, and Salmana the kings of Madian.
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 The princes of Soccoth answered: Peradventure the palms of the hands of Zebee and Salmana are in thy hand, and therefore thou demandest that we should give bread to thy army.
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 he said to them: When the Lord therefore shall have delivered Zebee and Salmana into my hands, I will thresh your flesh with the thorns and briers of the desert.
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 going up from thence, he came to Phanuel: and he spoke the like things to the men of that place. And they also answered him, as the men of Soccoth had answered.
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 He said therefore to them also: When I shall return a conqueror in peace, I will destroy this tower.
Pelo que tambem fallou aos homens de Penuel, dizendo: Quando eu voltar em paz, derribarei esta torre.
10 But Zebee and Salmana were resting with all their army. For fifteen thousand men were left of all the troops of the eastern people, and one hundred and twenty thousand warriors that drew the sword, were slain.
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 dwelt in tents, on the east of Nobe and Jegbaa, and smote the camp of the enemies, who were secure, and suspected no hurt.
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 Gedeon pursued and took them, all their host being put in confusion.
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 returning from the battle before the sun rising,
Voltando pois Gideon, filho de Joás, da peleja, antes do nascer do sol,
14 He took a boy of the men of Soccoth: and he asked him the names of the princes and ancients of Soccoth, and he described unto him 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 he came to Soccoth and said to them: Behold Zebee and Salmana, concerning whom you upbraided me, saying: Peradventure the hands of Zebee and Salmana, are in thy hands, and therefore thou demandest that we should give bread to the men that are weary and 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 So he took the ancients of the city and thorns and briers of the desert, and tore them with the same, and cut in pieces the men of Soccoth.
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 demolished the tower of Phanuel, and slew 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: What manner of men were they whom you slew in Thabor? They answered: They were like thee, and one of them as 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 He answered them: They were my brethren, the sons of my mother. As the Lord liveth, if you had saved them, I would not kill 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 eldest son: Arise, and slay them. But he drew not his sword: for he was afraid, being but yet a boy.
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: Do thou rise, and run upon us: because the strength of a man is according to his age: Gedeon rose up and slew Zebee and Salmana: and he took the ornaments and bosses, with which the necks of the camels of kings are wont to be adorned.
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 all the men of Israel said to Gedeon: Rule thou over us and thy son, and thy son’s son: because thou hast delivered us from the hand of Madian.
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, but 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 desire one request of you: Give me the earlets of your spoils. For the Ismaelites were accustomed to wear golden earlets.
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 They answered: We will give them most willingly. And spreading a mantle on the ground, they cast upon it the earlets of the 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 earlets that he requested, was a thousand seven hundred sicles of gold, besides the ornaments, and jewels, and purple raiment which the kings of Madian were went to use, and besides the golden chains that were about the camels’ necks.
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 thereof, and put it in his city Ephra. And all Israel committed fornication with it, and it became a ruin to Gedeon and to all 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 But Madian was humbled before the children of Israel, neither could they any more lift up their beads: but the land rested for forty years, while Gedeon presided.
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 So Jerobaal the son of Joas went, and dwelt in his own house.
E foi-se Jerubbaal, filho de Joás, e habitou em sua casa.
30 And he had seventy sons, who came out of his thigh, for he had many wives.
E teve Gideon setenta filhos, que procederam da sua côxa: porque tinha muitas mulheres.
31 And his concubine, that he had in Sichem, bore him a son, whose name was Abimelech.
E sua concubina, que estava em Sichem, lhe pariu tambem um filho: e poz-lhe por nome Abimelech.
32 And Gedeon the son of Joas died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father in Ephra of the family of Ezri.
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 But after Gedeon was dead, the children of Israel turned again, and committed fornication with Baalim. And they made 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 they remembered not the Lord their God, who delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies 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 Neither did they shew mercy to the house of Jerobaal Gedeon, according to all the good things he had done 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.
