Judges 7
1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
Então Jerubbaal (que é Gideon) se levantou de madrugada, e todo o povo que com elle havia, e se acamparam junto á fonte d'Harod; de maneira que tinha o arraial dos midianitas para o norte, pelo outeiro de Moreh no valle.
2 And the LORD said to Gideon, The people that are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, My own hand has saved me.
E disse o Senhor a Gideon: Muito é o povo que está comtigo, para eu dar aos midianitas em sua mão; a fim de que Israel se não glorie contra mim, dizendo: A minha mão me livrou.
3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
Agora pois apregoa aos ouvidos do povo, dizendo: Quem fôr cobarde e medroso, volte, e vá-se apressadamente das montanhas de Gilead. Então voltaram do povo vinte e dois mil, e dez mil ficaram.
4 And the LORD said to Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down to the water, and I will try them for you there: and it shall be, that of whom I say to you, This shall go with you, the same shall go with you; and of whomsoever I say to you, This shall not go with you, the same shall not go.
E disse o Senhor a Gideon: Ainda muito povo ha; faze-os descer ás aguas, e ali t'os provarei: e será que, d'aquelle de que eu te disser: Este irá comtigo, esse comtigo irá; porém de todo aquelle, de que eu te disser: Este não irá comtigo, esse não irá.
5 So he brought down the people to the water: and the LORD said to Gideon, Every one that laps of the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, him shall you set by himself; likewise every one that bows down on his knees to drink.
E fez descer o povo ás aguas. Então o Senhor disse a Gideon: Qualquer que lamber as aguas com a sua lingua, como as lambe o cão, esse porás á parte; como tambem a todo aquelle que se abaixar de joelhos a beber.
6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water.
E foi o numero dos que lamberam, levando a mão á bocca, trezentos homens; e todo o resto do povo se abaixou de joelhos a beber as aguas.
7 And the LORD said to Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand: and let all the other people go every man to his place.
E disse o Senhor a Gideon: Com estes trezentos homens que lamberam as aguas vos livrarei, e darei os midianitas na tua mão; pelo que toda a outra gente se vá cada um ao seu logar.
8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man to his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
E o povo tomou na sua mão a provisão e as suas buzinas, e enviou a todos os outros homens de Israel cada um á sua tenda, porém os trezentos homens reteve: e estava o arraial dos midianitas abaixo no valle.
9 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said to him, Arise, get you down to the host; for I have delivered it into your hand.
E succedeu que, n'aquella mesma noite, o Senhor lhe disse: Levanta-te, e desce ao arraial, porque o tenho dado na tua mão.
10 But if you fear to go down, go you with Phurah your servant down to the host:
E, se ainda temes descer, desce tu e teu moço Pura ao arraial;
11 And you shall hear what they say; and afterward shall your hands be strengthened to go down to the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant to the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
E ouvirás o que dizem, e então se esforçarão as tuas mãos e descerás ao arraial. Então desceu elle com o seu moço Pura até ao extremo das sentinellas que estavam no arraial.
12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
E os midianitas, e amalekitas, e todos os filhos do oriente jaziam no valle como gafanhotos em multidão: e eram innumeraveis os seus camelos, como a areia que ha na praia do mar em multidão.
13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream to his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, see, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came to a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
Chegando pois Gideon, eis que estava contando um homem ao seu companheiro um sonho, e dizia: Eis que um sonho sonhei, eis que um pão de cevada torrado rodava pelo arraial dos midianitas, e chegava até ás tendas, e as feriu, e cairam, e as transtornou de cima para baixo; e ficaram abatidas.
14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand has God delivered Midian, and all the host.
E respondeu o seu companheiro, e disse: Não é isto outra coisa, senão a espada de Gideon, filho de Joás, varão israelita. Deus tem dado na sua mão aos midianitas, e a todo este arraial.
15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD has delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
E succedeu que, ouvindo Gideon a narração d'este sonho, e a sua explicação, adorou: e tornou ao arraial de Israel, e disse: Levantae-vos, porque o Senhor tem dado o arraial dos midianitas nas vossas mãos.
16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
Então repartiu os trezentos homens em tres esquadrões: e deu-lhes a cada um nas suas mãos buzinas, e cantaros vasios, com tochas n'elles accesas.
17 And he said to them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall you do.
E disse-lhes: Olhae para mim e fazei como eu fizer: e eis que chegando eu ao extremo do arraial, será que, como eu fizer, assim fareis vós.
18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow you the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
Tocando eu e todos os que comigo estiverem a buzina, então tambem vós tocareis a buzina ao redor de todo o arraial, e direis: Pelo Senhor, e Gideon.
19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came to the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers that were in their hands.
Chegou pois Gideon, e os cem homens que com elle iam, ao extremo do arraial, ao principio da guarda da meia noite, havendo-se já posto as guardas: e tocaram as buzinas, e partiram os cantaros, que tinham nas mãos.
20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow with: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
Assim tocaram os tres esquadrões as buzinas, e partiram os cantaros; e tinham nas suas mãos esquerdas as tochas accesas, e nas suas mãos direitas as buzinas, que tocavam: e exclamaram: Espada do Senhor, e de Gideon.
21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.
E ficou-se cada um no seu logar ao redor do arraial: então todo o exercito deitou a correr, e, gritando, fugiram.
22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, to Tabbath.
Tocando pois os trezentos as buzinas, o Senhor tornou a espada d'um contra o outro, e isto em todo o arraial: e o exercito fugiu para Zererath, até Beth-sitta até aos limites de Abel-mehola, acima de Tabbath.
23 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.
Então os homens de Israel, de Naphtali, e d'Aser e de todo o Manasseh foram convocados, e perseguiram aos midianitas.
24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters to Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters to Bethbarah and Jordan.
Tambem Gideon enviou mensageiros a todas as montanhas d'Ephraim, dizendo: Descei ao encontro dos midianitas, e tomae-lhes as aguas até Beth-bara, a saber, o Jordão. Convocados pois todos os homens d'Ephraim, tomaram-lhes as aguas até Beth-bara e o Jordão.
25 And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb on the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the wine press of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
E prenderam a dois principes dos midianitas, a Oreb e a Zeeb; e mataram a Oreb na penha d'Oreb, e a Zeeb mataram no lagar de Zeeb, e perseguiram aos midianitas: e trouxeram as cabeças d'Oreb e de Zeeb a Gideon, d'além do Jordão.
