< Judges 18 >

1 IN those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them 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 from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they 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 unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest 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 unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath 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 unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way 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 unto them, Go in peace: before the Lord is your way wherein ye go.
E disse-lhes o sacerdote: Ide em paz; o caminho que levardes está perante o Senhor.
7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business 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 unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto 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, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess 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, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in 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 Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed 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 pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto 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 unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.
E d'ali passaram á montanha d'Ephraim; e vieram até á casa de Micah.
14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have 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 thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
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 appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering 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 went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed 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 went into Micah’s house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto 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 unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine 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 unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto 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 And 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 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
Assim viraram, e partiram: e os meninos, e o gado, e a bagagem puzeram diante de si.
22 And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, 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 unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto 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 unto 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 unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with 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 when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto 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 the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt 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, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a 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 unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish 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 Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, 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 them up Micah’s graven image, which he 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.

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