Judges 9
1 And Abimelech the son of Jerobaal went to Sichem to his mother’s brethren and spoke to them, and to all the kindred of his mother’s father, saying:
E Abimelech, filho de Jerubbaal, foi-se a Sichem, aos irmãos de sua mãe, e fallou-lhes e a toda a geração da casa do pae de sua mãe, dizendo:
2 Speak to all the men of Sichem: whether is better for you that seventy men all the sons of Jerobaal should rule over you, or that one man should rule over you? And withal consider that I am your bone, and your flesh.
Fallae, peço-vos, aos ouvidos de todos os cidadãos de Sichem: Qual é melhor para vós, que setenta homens, todos os filhos de Jerubbaal, dominem sobre vós, ou que um homem sobre vós domine? lembrae-vos tambem de que sou osso vosso e carne vossa
3 And his mother’s brethren spoke of him to all the men of Sichem, all these words, and they inclined their hearts after Abimelech, saying: He is our brother:
Então os irmãos de sua mãe fallaram ácerca d'elle perante os ouvidos de todos os cidadãos de Sichem todas aquellas palavras: e o coração d'elles se inclinou após de Abimelech, porque disseram: É nosso irmão.
4 And they gave him seventy weight of silver out of the temple of Baalberith: wherewith he hired to himself men that were needy, and vagabonds, and they followed him.
E deram-lhe setenta peças de prata, da casa de Baal-berith: e com ellas alugou Abimelech uns homens ociosos e levianos, que o seguiram.
5 And he came to his father’s house in Ephra, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerobaal, seventy men, upon one stone: and there remained only Joatham the youngest son of Jerobaal, who was hidden.
E veiu á casa de seu pae, a Ophra, e matou a seus irmãos, os filhos de Jerubbaal, setenta homens, sobre uma pedra. Porém Jotham, filho menor de Jerubbaal, ficou, porque se tinha escondido.
6 And all the men of Sichem were gathered together, and all the families of the city of Mello: and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak that stood in Sichem.
Então se ajuntaram todos os cidadãos de Sichem, e toda a casa de Millo; e foram, e levantaram a Abimelech por rei, junto ao carvalho alto que está perto de Sichem.
7 This being told to Joatham, he went and stood on the top of mount Garizim: and lifting up his voice, he cried, and said: Hear me, ye men of Sichem, so may God hear you.
E, dizendo-o a Jotham, foi-se, e poz-se no cume do monte de Gerizim, e levantou a sua voz, e clamou, e disse-lhes: Ouvi-me a mim, cidadãos de Sichem, e Deus vos ouvirá a vós:
8 The trees went to anoint a king over them: and they said to the olive tree: Reign thou over us.
Foram uma vez as arvores a ungir para si um rei: e disseram á oliveira: Reina tu sobre nós.
9 And it answered: Can I leave my fatness, which both gods and men make use of, to come to be promoted among the trees?
Porém a oliveira lhes disse: Deixaria eu a minha gordura, que Deus e os homens em mim prezam, e iria a labutar sobre as arvores?
10 And the trees said to the fig tree: Come thou and reign over us.
Então disseram as arvores á figueira: Vem tu, e reina sobre nós.
11 And it answered them: Can I leave my sweetness, and my delicious fruits, and go to be promoted among the other trees?
Porém a figueira lhes disse: Deixaria eu a minha doçura, o meu bom fructo, e iria labutar sobre as arvores?
12 And the trees said to the vine: Come thou and reign over us.
Então disseram as arvores á videira: Vem tu, e reina sobre nós.
13 And it answered them: Can I forsake my wine, that cheereth God and men, and be promoted among the other trees?
Porém a videira lhes disse: Deixaria eu o meu mosto, que alegra a Deus e aos homens, e iria labutar sobre as arvores?
14 And all the trees said to the bramble: Come thou and reign over us.
Então todas as arvores disseram ao espinheiro: Vem tu, e reina sobre nós.
15 And it answered them: If indeed you mean to make me king, come ye and rest under my shadow: but if you mean it not, let fire come out from the bramble, and devour the cedars of Libanus.
E disse o espinheiro ás arvores: Se, na verdade, me ungis por rei sobre vós, vinde, e confiae-vos debaixo da minha sombra: mas se não, saia fogo do espinheiro que consuma os cedros do Libano.
16 Now therefore if you have done well, and without sin in appointing Abimelech king over you, and have dealt well with Jerobaal, and with his house, and have made a suitable return for the benefits of him, who fought for you,
Agora, pois, se é que em verdade e sinceridade obrastes, fazendo rei a Abimelech, e se bem fizestes para com Jerubbaal e para com a sua casa, e se com elle usastes conforme ao merecimento das suas mãos;
17 And exposed his life to dangers, to deliver you from the hands of Madian,
Porque meu pae pelejou por vós, e desprezou a sua vida, e vos livrou da mão dos midianitas:
18 And you are now risen up against my father’s house, and have killed his sons seventy men upon one stone, and have made Abimelech the son of his handmaid king over the inhabitants of Sichem, because he is your brother:
Porém vós hoje vos levantastes contra a casa de meu pae, e matastes a seus filhos, setenta homens, sobre uma pedra: e a Abimelech, filho da sua serva, fizestes reinar sobre os cidadãos de Sichem, porque é vosso irmão;
19 If therefore you have dealt well, and without fault with Jerobaal, and his house, rejoice ye this day in Abimelech, and may he rejoice in you.
Pois, se em verdade e sinceridade usastes com Jerubbaal e com a sua casa hoje, alegrae-vos com Abimelech, e tambem elle se alegre comvosco:
20 But if unjustly: let fire come out from him, and consume the inhabitants of Sichem, and the town of Mello: and let fire come out from the men of Sichem, and from the town of Mello, and devour Abimelech.
Mas, se não, saia fogo de Abimelech, e consuma aos cidadãos de Sichem, e á casa de Millo: e saia fogo dos cidadãos de Sichem, e da casa de Millo, que consuma a Abimelech.
21 And when he had said thus he fled, and went into Bera: and dwelt there for fear of Abimelech his brother.
Então partiu Jotham, e fugiu, e foi-se a Beer: e ali habitou por medo de Abimelech, seu irmão.
22 So Abimelech reigned over Israel for three years.
Havendo pois Abimelech dominado tres annos sobre Israel,
23 And the Lord sent a very evil spirit between Abimelech and the inhabitants of Sichem: who began to detest him,
Enviou Deus um mau espirito entre Abimelech e os cidadãos de Sichem: e os cidadãos de Sichem se houveram aleivosamente contra Abimelech;
24 And to leave the crime of the murder of the seventy sons of Jerobaal, and the shedding of their blood upon Abimelech their brother, and upon the rest of the princes of the Sichemites, who aided him.
Para que a violencia feita aos setenta filhos de Jerubbaal viesse, e o seu sangue caisse sobre Abimelech, seu irmão, que os matara, e sobre os cidadãos de Sichem, que lhe corroboraram as mãos, para matar a seus irmãos.
25 And they set an ambush against him on the top of the mountains: and while they waited for his coming, they committed robberies, taking spoils of all that passed by: and it was told Abimelech.
E os cidadãos de Sichem pozeram contra elle quem lhe armasse emboscadas sobre os cumes dos montes; e a todo aquelle que passava pelo caminho junto a elles o assaltavam: e contou-se a Abimelech.
26 And Gaal the son of Obed came with his brethren, and went over to Sichem. And the inhabitants of Sichem taking courage at his coming,
Veiu tambem Gaal, filho de Ebed, com seus irmãos, e passaram para dentro de Sichem: e os cidadãos de Sichem se fiaram d'elle.
27 Went out into the fields, wasting the vineyards, and treading down the grapes: and singing and dancing they went into the temple of their god, and in their banquets and cups they cursed Abimelech.
E sairam ao campo, e vindimaram as suas vinhas, e pisaram as uvas, e fizeram canções de louvor: e foram á casa de seu Deus, e comeram, e beberam, e amaldiçoaram a Abimelech.
28 And Gaal the son of Obed cried: Who is Abimelech, and what is Sichem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerobaal, and hath made Zebul his servant ruler over the men of Emor the father of Sichem? Why then shall we serve him?
E disse Gaal, filho d'Ebed: Quem é Abimelech, e qual é Sichem, para que o servissemos? não é porventura filho de Jerubbaal? e não é Zebul o seu mordomo? servi antes aos homens de Hemor, pae de Sichem; pois por que razão nós o serviriamos a elle?
29 Would to God that some man would put this people under my hand, that I might remove Abimelech out of the way. And it was said to Abimelech: Gather together the multitude of an army, and come.
Ah! se este povo estivera na minha mão, eu expelliria a Abimelech. E a Abimelech se disse: Multiplica o teu exercito, e sae.
30 For Zebul the ruler of the city, hearing the words of Gaal, the son of Obed, was very angry,
E, ouvindo Zebul, o maioral da cidade, as palavras de Gaal, filho d'Ebed, se accendeu a sua ira;
31 And sent messengers privately to Abimelech, saying: Behold Gaal the son of Obed is come into Sichem with his brethren, and endeavoureth to set the city against thee.
E enviou astutamente mensageiros a Abimelech, dizendo: Eis que Gaal, filho d'Ebed, e seus irmãos vieram a Sichem, e eis que elles fortificam esta cidade contra ti.
32 Arise therefore in the night with the people that is with thee and he hid in the field:
Levanta-te pois de noite, tu e o povo que tiveres comtigo, e põe emboscadas no campo.
33 And betimes in the morning at sun rising set upon the city. And when he shall come out against thee with his people, do to him what thou shalt be able.
E levanta-te pela manhã ao sair o sol, e dá de golpe sobre a cidade: e eis que, saindo elle e o povo que tiver com elle contra ti, faze-lhe assim como alcançar a tua mão.
34 Abimelech therefore arose with all his army by night, and laid ambushes near Sichem in four places.
Levantou-se pois Abimelech, e todo o povo que com elle havia, de noite, e pozeram emboscadas a Sichem, com quatro tropas.
35 And Gaal the son of Obed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city. And Abimelech rose up, and all his army with him from the places of the ambushes.
E Gaal, filho d'Ebed, saiu, e poz-se á entrada da porta da cidade: e Abimelech, e todo o povo que com elle havia, se levantou das emboscadas.
36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul: Behold a multitude cometh down from the mountains. And he answered him: Thou seest the shadows of the mountains as if they were the heads of men, and this is thy mistake.
E, vendo Gaal aquelle povo, disse a Zebul: Eis que desce gente dos cumes dos montes. Zebul, ao contrario, lhe disse: As sombras dos montes vês por homens.
37 Again Gaal said: Behold there cometh people down from the middle of the land, and one troop cometh by the way that looketh towards the oak.
Porém Gaal ainda tornou a fallar, e disse: Eis ali desce gente do meio da terra, e uma tropa vem do caminho do carvalho de Meonenim.
38 And Zebul said to him: Where is now thy mouth wherewith thou saidst? Who is Abimelech that we should serve him? Is not this the people which thou didst despise? Go out, and fight against him.
Então lhe disse Zebul: Onde está agora a tua bocca, com a qual dizias: Quem é Abimelech, para que o servissemos? não é este porventura o povo que desprezaste? sae pois, peço-te, e peleja contra elle.
39 So Gaal went out in the sight of the people of Sichem, and fought against Abimelech,
E saiu Gaal á vista dos cidadãos de Sichem, e pelejou contra Abimelech.
40 Who chased and put him to flight, and drove him to the city: and many were slain of his people, even to the gate of the city:
E Abimelech o perseguiu, porquanto fugiu de diante d'elle: e muitos feridos cairam até á entrada da porta da cidade,
41 And Abimelech sat down in Ruma: but Zebul drove Gaal, and his companions out of the city, and would not suffer them to abide in it.
E Abimelech ficou em Aruma. E Zebul expelliu a Gaal e a seus irmãos, para que não podessem habitar em Sichem.
42 So the day following the people went out into the field. And it was told Abimelech.
E succedeu no dia seguinte que o povo saiu ao campo, e o disseram a Abimelech.
43 And he took his army, and divided it into three companies, and laid ambushes in the fields. And seeing that the people came out of the city, he arose and set upon them,
Então tomou o povo, e o repartiu em tres tropas, e poz emboscadas no campo: e olhou, e eis que o povo sahia da cidade, e levantou-se contra elles, e os feriu.
44 With his own company, assaulting and besieging the city: whilst the two other companies chased the enemies that were scattered about the field.
Porque Abimelech, e as tropas que com elle havia, deram n'elles de improviso, e pararam á entrada da porta da cidade: e as outras duas tropas deram de improviso sobre todos quantos estavam no campo, e os feriram.
45 And Abimelech assaulted the city all that day: and took it, and killed the inhabitants thereof, and demolished it, so that he sowed salt in it.
E Abimelech pelejou contra a cidade todo aquelle dia, e tomou a cidade, e matou o povo que n'ella havia: e assolou a cidade, e a semeou de sal.
46 And when they who dwelt in the tower of Sichem had heard this, they went into the temple of their god Berith where they had made a covenant with him, and from thence the place had taken its name, and it was exceeding strong.
O que ouvindo todos os cidadãos da torre de Sichem, entraram na fortaleza, em casa do deus Berith.
47 Abimelech also hearing that the men of the tower of Sichem were gathered together,
E contou-se a Abimelech que todos os cidadãos da torre de Sichem se haviam congregado.
48 Went up into mount Selmon he and all his people with him: and taking an axe, he cut down the bough of a tree, and laying it on his shoulder and carrying it, he said to his companions: What you see me do, do you out of hand.
Subiu pois Abimelech ao monte de Salmon, elle e todo o povo que com elle havia: e Abimelech tomou na sua mão machados, e cortou um ramo das arvores, e o levantou, e pôl-o ao seu hombro, e disse ao povo, que com elle havia: O que me vistes fazer apressae-vos a fazel-o assim como eu.
49 So they cut down boughs from the trees, every man as fast as he could, and followed their leader. And surrounding the fort they set it on fire: and so it came to pass that with the smoke and with the fire a thousand persons were killed, men and women together, of the inhabitants of the tower of Sichem.
Assim pois tambem todo o povo, cada um cortou o seu ramo, e seguiram a Abimelech, os puzeram junto da fortaleza, e queimaram a fogo a fortaleza com elles: de maneira que todos os da torre de Sichem morreram, uns mil homens e mulheres.
50 Then Abimelech departing from thence came to the town of Thebes, which he surrounded and besieged with his army.
Então Abimelech foi-se a Thebes, e sitiou a Thebes, e a tomou.
51 And there was in the midst of the city a high tower, to which both the men and the women were fled together, and all the princes of the city, and having shut and strongly barred the gate, they stood upon the battlements of the tower to defend themselves.
Havia porém no meio da cidade uma torre forte; e todos os homens e mulheres, e todos os cidadãos da cidade se acolheram a ella, e fecharam após de si as portas, e subiram ao telhado da torre.
52 And Abimelech coming near the tower, fought stoutly: and approaching to the gate, endeavoured to set fire to it:
E Abimelech veiu até á torre, e a combateu: e chegou-se até á porta da torre, para a queimar a fogo.
53 And behold a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.
Porém uma mulher lançou um pedaço d'uma mó sobre a cabeça d'Abimelech: e quebrou-lhe o craneo.
54 And he called hastily to his armourbearer, and said to him: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest it should be said that I was slain by a woman. He did as he was commanded, and slew him.
Então chamou logo ao moço, que levava as suas armas, e disse-lhe: Desembainha a tua espada, e mata-me; para que se não diga de mim: Uma mulher o matou. E seu moço o atravessou, e elle morreu.
55 And when he was dead, all the men of Israel that were with him, returned to their homes.
Vendo pois os homens de Israel que já Abimelech era morto, foram-se cada um para o seu logar.
56 And God repaid the evil, that Abimelech had done against his father, killing his seventy brethren.
Assim Deus fez tornar sobre Abimelech o mal que tinha feito a seu pae, matando a seus setenta irmãos.
57 The Sichemites also were rewarded for what they had done, and the curse of Joatham the son of Jerobaal came upon them.
Como tambem todo o mal dos homens de Sichem fez tornar sobre a cabeça d'elles: e a maldição de Jotham, filho de Jerubbaal, veiu sobre elles.
