Judges 18
1 In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the Danites was looking for an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day, their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.
Naqueles dias não havia rei em Israel: e nos mesmos dias a tribo dos daneus buscava para si herança para habitar; porquanto até àquele dia entre as tribos de Israel lhe não havia caído em herança bastante sorte
2 The people of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said to them, "Go, explore the land." They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and stayed there.
E enviaram os filhos de Dan da sua tribo cinco homens dos seus confins, homens valorosos, de Zora e de Estaol, a espiar e rastejar a terra; e lhes disseram: Ide, rastejai a terra. E vieram à montanha de Ephraim, até à 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 that direction, and said to him, "Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? And what is your business here?"
E quando eles 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 He said to them, "Thus and so has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest."
E ele lhes disse: Assim e assim me tem feito Micah; pois me tem alugado, e eu lhe sirvo de sacerdote.
5 They said to him, "Please ask counsel 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 The priest said to them, "Go in peace. The LORD will watch over you on your journey."
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 who were there, and how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no one in the land possessing authority that might trouble them in anyway, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with Aram.
Então foram-se aqueles cinco homens, e vieram a Lais; e viram que o povo que havia no meio dela estava seguro, conforme ao costume dos sidônios, quieto e confiado; nem havia possessor algum do reino que por causa alguma envergonhasse a alguém naquela terra: também estavam longe doa sidônios, e não tinham que fazer com ninguém.
8 They came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers said to them, "What do you say?"
Então voltaram a seus irmãos, a Zora e a Estaol: e seus irmãos lhes disseram: Que dizeis vós?
9 They said, "Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have entered and journeyed in the land as far as Laish, and we saw the people how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, and they were far from the Sidonians, and they had no dealings with Aram. But arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and look, it is very good. Will you do nothing? Do not hesitate to go and to enter in to possess the land.
E eles disseram: levantai-vos, e subamos a eles; porque examinamos a terra, e eis que é muitíssimo boa; pois estareis tranquilos? não sejais preguiçosos em irdes para entrar a possuir esta terra.
10 When you go, you shall come to a secure people, and the land is large; for God has given it into your hand, 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 vo-la entregou na mão; lugar em que não há falta de coisa alguma que há na terra.
11 Then the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men armed with weapons of war, set forth from there.
Então partiram dali, da tribo dos daneus, de Zora e de Estaol, seiscentos homens armados de armas de guerra.
12 They went up, and camped in Kiriath Jearim, in Judah. Therefore they called that place Mahaneh Dan to this day; look, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.
E subiram, e acamparam-se em Kiriath-jearim, em Judá; pelo que chamaram a este lugar Mahaneh-dan, até ao dia de hoje; eis que está por detraz de Kiriath-jearim.
13 They passed there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
E dali passaram à montanha de Ephraim; e vieram até à casa de Micah.
14 Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered, and said to their brothers, "Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and an engraved image, and a molten image? Now therefore consider what you have to do."
Então responderam os cinco homens, que foram espiar a terra de Lais, e disseram a seus irmãos: Sabeis vós também que naquelas casas há um éfode, e terafins, e imagem de escultura e de fundição? vede pois agora o que haveis de fazer
15 They turned aside there, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.
Então foram-se para lá, e vieram à casa do mancebo, o levita, em casa de Micah, e o saudaram.
16 The six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the people of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.
E os seiscentos homens, que eram dos filhos de Dan, armados de suas armas de guerra, ficaram à entrada da porta.
17 The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
Porém subindo os cinco homens, que foram espiar a terra, entraram nela, e tomaram a imagem de escultura, o éfode, e os terafins, e a imagem de fundição, ficando o sacerdote em pé à entrada da porta, com os seiscentos homens que estavam armados com as armas de guerra.
18 And these went into Micah's house, and took the engraved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. And the priest said to them, "What are you doing?"
Entrando eles pois em casa de Micah, e tomando a imagem de escultura, e o éfode, e os terafins, e a imagem de fundição, disse-lhes o sacerdote: Que estais fazendo?
19 They said to him, "Hold your peace, lay your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?"
E eles lhe disseram: Cala-te, põe a mão na boca, e vem conosco, e sê-nos por pai e sacerdote: é-te melhor que sejas sacerdote da casa dum só homem, do que ser sacerdote de uma tribo e de uma geração em Israel
20 The priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the engraved image, and the molten image, and went in the midst of the people.
Então alegrou-se o coração do sacerdote, e tomou o éfode, e os terafins, e a imagem de escultura: e entrou no meio do povo.
21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the livestock and the goods before them.
Assim viraram, e partiram: e os meninos, e o gado, e a bagagem puseram diante de si.
22 They were some distance from the house of Micah, and look, Micah and the men who were in the houses near Micah's house gathered together and overtook the people of Dan.
E, estando já longe da casa de Micah, os homens que estavam nas casas junto à casa de Micah, se convocaram, e alcançaram os filhos de Dan.
23 They cried to the people of Dan. They turned their faces, and said to Micah, "What's wrong with you, that you come with such a company?"
E clamaram após dos filhos de Dan, os quais viraram os seus rostos, e disseram a Micah: Que tens, que assim te convocaste?
24 He said, "You have taken away my gods which I made for myself, and the priest, and have gone away, and what more do I have? How then do you say to me, 'What's wrong with you?'"
Então ele 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 The people of Dan said to him, "Do not let your voice be heard among us, or angry men will attack you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household."
Porém os filhos de Dan lhe disseram: Não nos faças ouvir a tua voz, para que porventura homens de ânimo amargoso não se lancem sobre vós, e tu percas a tua vida, e a vida dos da tua casa
26 The people of Dan went their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, 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 ele, voltou, e tornou-se a sua casa.
27 They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire.
Eles 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 There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone, and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city, and lived there.
E ninguém houve que os livrasse, porquanto estavam longe de Sidon, e não tinham que fazer com ninguém, e a cidade estava no vale que está junto a Beth-rechob: depois reedificaram a cidade e habitaram nela.
29 They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor, who was born to Israel. However the name of the city was originally Laish.
E chamaram o nome da cidade Dan, conforme ao nome de Dan, seu pai, que nascera a Israel: sendo porém de antes o nome desta cidade Lais.
30 The people of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image. And Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the exile from the land.
E os filhos de Dan levantaram para si aquela imagem de escultura: e Jonathan, filho de Gerson, o filho de Manasseh, ele e seus filhos foram sacerdotes da tribo dos daneus, ate ao dia do cativeiro da terra.
31 So they set up for themselves Micah's engraved image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
Assim pois a imagem de escultura que fizera Micah, estabeleceram entre si, todos os dias que a casa de Deus esteve em Silo.
