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.

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 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 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 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 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 He said to them, "Thus and so has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest."

E elle 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 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 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 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 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 vol-a entregou na mão; logar em que não ha falta de coisa alguma que ha 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 d'ali, da tribu dos daneos, de Zora e d'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 Judah; pelo que chamaram a este logar 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 d'ali passaram á montanha d'Ephraim; e vieram até á 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 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 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 á 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 á 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 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 took the engraved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. And the priest said to them, "What are you doing?"

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 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 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 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 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 livestock and the goods before them.

Assim viraram, e partiram: e os meninos, e o gado, e a bagagem puzeram 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 á 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 quaes 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 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 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 animo 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 elle, 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.

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 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 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 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 pae, que nascera a Israel: sendo porém d'antes o nome d'esta 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 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 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 d'esculptura que fizera Micah, estabeleceram entre si, todos os dias que a casa de Deus esteve em Silo.