Judges 7
1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the spring of Harod: and the camp of Midian was 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 ele havia, e se acamparam junto à fonte de Harod; de maneira que tinha o arraial dos midianitas para o norte, pelo outeiro de Moreh no vale.
2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
E disse o Senhor a Gideon: Muito é o povo que está contigo, 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, Whosoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart 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 for covarde 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 unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
E disse o Senhor a Gideon: Ainda muito povo há; faze-os descer às águas, e ali tos provarei: e será que, daquele de que eu te disser: Este irá contigo, esse contigo irá; porém de todo aquele, de que eu te disser: Este não irá contigo, esse não irá.
5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.
E fez descer o povo às águas. Então o Senhor disse a Gideon: Qualquer que lamber as águas com a sua língua, como as lambe o cão, esse porás à parte; como também a todo aquele que se abaixar de joelhos a beber.
6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
E foi o número dos que lamberam, levando a mão à boca, trezentos homens; e todo o resto do povo se abaixou de joelhos a beber as águas.
7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the people go every man unto his place.
E disse o Senhor a Gideon: Com estes trezentos homens que lamberam as águas vos livrarei, e darei os midianitas na tua mão; pelo que toda a outra gente se vá cada um ao seu lugar.
8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the men of Israel every man unto his tent, but retained the three hundred men: and the camp 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 à sua tenda, porém os trezentos homens reteve: e estava o arraial dos midianitas abaixo no vale.
9 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down into the camp; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
E sucedeu que, naquela mesma noite, o Senhor lhe disse: Levanta-te, e desce ao arraial, porque o tenho dado na tua mão.
10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Purah thy servant down to the camp:
E, se ainda temes descer, desce tu e teu moço Pura ao arraial;
11 and thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down into the camp. Then went he down with Purah his servant unto the outermost part of the armed men that were in the camp.
E ouvirás o que dizem, e então se esforçarão as tuas mãos e descerás ao arraial. Então desceu ele com o seu moço Pura até ao extremo das sentinelas que estavam no arraial.
12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the sea shore for multitude.
E os midianitas, e amalequitas, e todos os filhos do oriente jaziam no vale como gafanhotos em multidão: e eram inumeráveis os seus camelos, como a areia que há na praia do mar em multidão.
13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came unto the tent, and smote it that it fell, and turned it upside down, 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 às 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: into his hand God hath 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 he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
E sucedeu que, ouvindo Gideon a narração deste sonho, e a sua explicação, adorou: e tornou ao arraial de Israel, e disse: levantai-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 into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.
Então repartiu os trezentos homens em três esquadrões: e deu-lhes a cada um nas suas mãos buzinas, e cântaros vazios, com tochas neles acesas.
17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.
E disse-lhes: olhai 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 the trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, For the LORD and for Gideon.
Tocando eu e todos os que comigo estiverem a buzina, então também 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 unto the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands.
Chegou pois Gideon, e os cem homens que com ele iam, ao extremo do arraial, ao princípio da guarda da meia noite, havendo-se já posto as guardas: e tocaram as buzinas, e partiram os cântaros, que tinham nas mãos.
20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD and of Gideon.
Assim tocaram os três esquadrões as buzinas, e partiram os cântaros; e tinham nas suas mãos esquerdas as tochas acesas, 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 they shouted, and put [them] to flight.
E ficou-se cada um no seu lugar ao redor do arraial: então todo o exército deitou a correr, e, gritando, fugiram.
22 And they blew the three hundred trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow, and against all the host: and the host fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
Tocando pois os trezentos as buzinas, o Senhor tornou a espada dum contra o outro, e isto em todo o arraial: e o exército fugiu para Zererath, até Beth-sitta até aos limites de Abel-mehola, acima de Tabbath.
23 And the men of Israel were gathered together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after Midian.
Então os homens de Israel, de Naphtali, e de Aser e de todo o Manasseh foram convocados, e perseguiram aos midianitas.
24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, Come down against Midian, and take before them the waters, as far as Beth-barah, even Jordan. So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and took the waters as far as Beth-barah, even Jordan.
Também Gideon enviou mensageiros a todas as montanhas de Ephraim, dizendo: Descei ao encontro dos midianitas, e tomai-lhes as águas até Beth-bara, a saber, o Jordão. Convocados pois todos os homens de Ephraim, tomaram-lhes as águas até Beth-bara e o Jordão.
25 And they took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian: and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond Jordan.
E prenderam a dois príncipes dos midianitas, a Oreb e a Zeeb; e mataram a Oreb na penha de Oreb, e a Zeeb mataram no lagar de Zeeb, e perseguiram aos midianitas: e trouxeram as cabeças de Oreb e de Zeeb a Gideon, de além do Jordão.
