Judges 8
1 The men of Ephraim said to him, "Why have you done such a thing to us, not calling us when you went to fight with Midian?" And they argued with him fiercely.
Então os homens d'Ephraim lhes disseram: Que é isto que nos fizeste, que não nos chamas te, quando foste pelejar contra os midianitas? E contenderam com elle fortemente.
2 He said to them, "What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn't the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
Porém elle lhes disse: Que mais fiz eu agora do que vós? não são porventura os rabiscos d'Ephraim melhores do que a vindima d'Abiezer?
3 God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what was I able to do in comparison with you?" Then their anger subsided toward him, when he had said that.
Deus vos deu na vossa mão aos principes dos midianitas, Oreb e Zeeb; que mais pude eu logo fazer do que vós? então a sua ira se abrandou para com elle, quando fallou esta palavra.
4 Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men who were with him, exhausted and famished.
E, como Gideon veiu ao Jordão, passou com os trezentos homens que com elle estavam, já cançados, mas ainda perseguindo.
5 He said to the men of Succoth, "Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian."
E disse aos homens de Succoth: Dae, peço-vos, alguns pedaços de pão ao povo, que segue as minhas pisadas: porque estão cançados, e eu vou em alcance de Zebah e Salmuna, reis dos midianitas.
6 The princes of Succoth said, "Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?"
Porém os principes de Succoth disseram: Está já a palma da mão de Zebah e Salmuna na tua mão, para que demos pão ao teu exercito?
7 Gideon said, "Therefore when YHWH has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will thresh your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers."
Então disse Gideon: Pois quando o Senhor dér na minha mão a Zebah e a Salmuna, trilharei a vossa carne com os espinhos do deserto, e com os abrolhos.
8 He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in like manner; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
E d'ali subiu a Penuel, e fallou-lhes da mesma maneira: e os homens de Penuel lhe responderam como os homens de Succoth lhe haviam respondido.
9 He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, "When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower."
Pelo que tambem fallou aos homens de Penuel, dizendo: Quando eu voltar em paz, derribarei esta torre.
10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the army of the Kedemites; for there fell one hundred twenty thousand men who drew sword.
Estavam pois Zebah e Salmuna em Carcor, e os seus exercitos com elles, uns quinze mil homens, todos os que ficavam do exercito dos filhos do oriente: e os que cairam foram cento e vinte mil homens, que arrancavam a espada.
11 And Gideon went up by the way of those who dwell in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, opposite Zebah, and struck the army, when the army was unsuspecting.
E subiu Gideon pelo caminho dos que habitavam em tendas, para o oriente de Nobah e Jogbehah: e feriu aquelle exercito, porquanto o exercito estava descuidado.
12 Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he pursued after them, and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and routed the entire army.
E fugiram Zebah e Salmuna; porém elle os perseguiu, e tomou presos a ambos os reis dos midianitas a Zebah e a Salmuna, e afugentou a todo o exercito.
13 Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.
Voltando pois Gideon, filho de Joás, da peleja, antes do nascer do sol,
14 He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described for him the officials of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men.
Tomou preso a um moço dos homens de Succoth, e lhe fez perguntas: o qual descreveu os principes de Succoth, e os seus anciãos, setenta e sete homens.
15 He came to the men of Succoth, and said, "Look Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, "Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?"
Então veiu aos homens de Succoth, e disse: Vedes aqui a Zebah e a Salmuna, dos quaes desprezivelmente me deitastes em rosto, dizendo: Está já a palma da mão de Zebah e Salmuna na tua mão, para que dêmos pão aos teus homens, já cançados?
16 He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he threshed the men of Succoth.
E tomou os anciãos d'aquella cidade, e os espinhos do deserto, e os abrolhos: e com elles ensinou aos homens de Succoth.
17 He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.
E derribou a torre de Penuel, e matou os homens da cidade.
18 Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, "What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?" They answered, "As you are, so were they; each one resembled the son of a king."
Depois disse a Zebah e a Salmuna: Que homens eram os que matastes em Tabor? E disseram: Qual tu, taes eram elles; cada um ao parecer, como filhos d'um rei.
19 He said, "They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As YHWH lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you."
Então disse elle: Meus irmãos eram, filhos de minha mãe: vive o Senhor, que, se os tivesseis deixado em vida, eu não vos mataria a vós
20 He said to Jether his firstborn, "Get up, and kill them." But the youth did not draw his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
E disse a Jether, seu primogenito: Levanta-te, mata-os. Porém o mancebo não arrancou da sua espada, porque temia; porquanto ainda era mancebo.
21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Rise up yourself, and kill us, for a man is judged by his strength." Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments that were on their camels' necks.
Então disseram Zebah e Salmuna: Levanta-te tu, e accommette-nos; porque, qual o homem, tal a sua valentia. Levantou-se pois Gideon, e matou a Zebah e a Salmuna, e tomou as lunetas, que estavam aos pescoços dos seus camelos.
22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us, both you, and your son, and your son's son also; for you have saved us out of the hand of Midian."
Então os homens de Israel disseram a Gideon: Domina sobre nós, tanto tu, como teu filho e o filho de teu filho: porquanto nos livraste da mão dos midianitas.
23 Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: YHWH shall rule over you."
Porém Gideon lhes disse: Sobre vós eu não dominarei, nem tão pouco meu filho sobre vós dominará: o Senhor sobre vós dominará.
24 Gideon said to them, "I would make a request of you, that you would give me every man the earrings from his plunder." (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
E disse-lhes mais Gideon: Uma petição vos farei: dae-me cada um de vós os pendentes do seu despojo (porque tinham pendentes de oiro, porquanto eram ishmaelitas).
25 They answered, "We will willingly give them." They spread a garment, and every one of them threw an earring from his plunder.
E disseram elles: De boamente os daremos. E estenderam uma capa, e cada um d'elles deitou ali um pendente do seu despojo.
26 The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred pieces of gold, besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.
E foi o pezo dos pendentes d'oiro, que pediu, mil e setecentos siclos d'oiro, afóra as lunetas, e as cadeias, e os vestidos de purpura, que traziam os reis dos midianitas, e afóra as colleiras que os camelos traziam ao pescoço.
27 Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel prostituted themselves after it there; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.
E fez Gideon d'elle um ephod, e pôl-o na sua cidade, em Ophra; e todo o Israel fornicou ali após d'elle: e foi por tropeço a Gideon e á sua casa.
28 So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and did not become a threat again. The land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
Assim foram abatidos os midianitas diante dos filhos d'Israel, e nunca mais levantaram a sua cabeça: e socegou a terra quarenta annos nos dias de Gideon.
29 Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.
E foi-se Jerubbaal, filho de Joás, e habitou em sua casa.
30 Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body; for he had many wives.
E teve Gideon setenta filhos, que procederam da sua côxa: porque tinha muitas mulheres.
31 His secondary wife who was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
E sua concubina, que estava em Sichem, lhe pariu tambem um filho: e poz-lhe por nome Abimelech.
32 Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
E falleceu Gideon, filho de Joás, n'uma boa velhice: e foi sepultado no sepulchro de seu pae Joás, em Ophra dos abi-ezritas.
33 It happened, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the prostitute after the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god.
E succedeu que, como Gideon falleceu, os filhos d'Israel se tornaram, e fornicaram após dos baalins: e pozeram a Baal-berith por deus.
34 The children of Israel did not remember YHWH their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;
E os filhos d'Israel se não lembraram do Senhor seu Deus, que os livrara da mão de todos os seus inimigos em redor.
35 neither did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.
Nem usaram de beneficencia com a casa de Jerubbaal, a saber, de Gideon, conforme a todo o bem que elle usara com Israel.
