2 Samuel 2
1 Some time after that, David asked Yahweh, “Should I go back to [live in] one of the towns in Judah?” Yahweh replied, “Yes, go up there.” Then David asked, “To which town should I go?” Yahweh replied, “To Hebron.”
E sucedeu depois disto que David consultou ao Senhor, dizendo: Subirei a alguma das cidades de Judá? E disse-lhe o Senhor: Sobe. E disse David: Para onde subirei? E disse: Para Hebron.
2 So David went up there, taking his two wives, Ahinoam who was from Jezreel [city], and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel [city].
E subiu David para lá, e também as suas duas mulheres, Achinoam. a jizreelita, e Abigail, a mulher de Nabal, o carmelita.
3 He also took the men who had been with him, and their families. They all started to live in villages near Hebron.
Fez também David subir os homens que estavam com ele, cada um com a sua família: e habitaram nas cidades de Hebron.
4 Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and [one of] them poured olive oil on David’s head [to show they were appointing him to be] [MTY] the king of the tribe [MTY] of Judah. When David found out that the people of Jabesh [town] in [the] Gilead [region] had buried Saul’s body,
Então vieram os homens de Judá, e ungiram ali a David rei sobre a casa de Judá. E deram avisos a David, dizendo: Os homens de Jabez-gilead são os que sepultaram a Saul.
5 he sent messengers to the men of Jabesh to tell them this: “I desire/hope that Yahweh will bless you for having shown, by burying the body of Saul your king, that you were loyal to him.
Então enviou David mensageiros aos homens de Jabez-gilead, e disse-lhes: benditos sejais vós do Senhor, que fizestes tal beneficência a vosso senhor, a Saul, e o sepultastes!
6 Now I also desire/hope that Yahweh will faithfully love you and be loyal to you. And I will do good things for you because of what you have done [for Saul].
Agora, pois, o Senhor use convosco de beneficência e fidelidade: e também eu vos farei este bem, porquanto fizestes isto.
7 Now, although Saul your king is dead, be strong and courageous, like the people of Judah, who have appointed me to be their king.”
Esforcem-se pois agora as vossas mãos, e sede homens valentes, pois Saul, vosso senhor, é morto, mas também os da casa de Judá já me ungiram a mim rei sobre si.
8 [While this was happening], Ner’s son Abner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ishbosheth and went across [the Jordan River] to Mahanaim [town].
Porém Abner, filho de Ner, capitão do exército de Saul, tomou a Isboseth, filho de Saul, e o fez passar a Mahanaim,
9 There Abner proclaimed that Ishbosheth was now the king of [the] Gilead [region] and of the tribe of Asher and the region of Jezreel and the tribes of Ephraim and Benjamin. That meant that he was the king of all of the people of Israel.
E o constituiu rei sobre Gilead, e sobre os assuritas, e sobre Jizreel, e sobre Ephraim, e sobre Benjamin, e sobre todo o Israel.
10 Ishbosheth was 40 years old when he started to rule over the people of Israel. He ruled them for two years. But the tribe of Judah (was loyal to David/wanted David to be their king),
Da idade de quarenta anos era Isboseth, filho de Saul, quando começou a reinar sobre Israel, e reinou dois anos: mas os da casa de Judá seguiam a David.
11 and he ruled them for seven and a half years while he was living in Hebron.
E foi o número dos dias que David reinou em Hebron, sobre a casa de Judá, sete anos e seis meses.
12 [One day] Abner and the officials of Isbosheth went from Mahanaim [across the Jordan River] to Gibeon [city].
Então saiu Abner, filho de Ner, com os servos de Isboseth, filho de Saul, de Mahanaim a Gibeon.
13 Joab, whose mother was Zeruiah, and some of David’s officials [went from Hebron to Gibeon, and] met at the pool there. They all sat down, the one group on one side of the pool and the other group on the other side.
Sairam também Joab, filho de Zeruia, e os servos de David, e se encontraram uns com os outros perto do tanque de Gibeon: e pararam estes desta banda do tanque, e os outros daquela banda do tanque.
14 Abner said to Joab, “Let’s tell some of our young men to fight each other!” Joab replied, “Okay!”
E disse Abner a Joab: Deixa levantar os mancebos, e joguem diante de nós. E disse Joab: Levantem-se.
15 So twelve men from the tribe of Benjamin fought for Ishbosheth, against twelve of David’s soldiers.
Então se levantaram, e passaram, por conta, doze de Benjamin, da parte de Isboseth, filho de Saul, e doze dos servos de David.
16 Each of them grabbed the head of the man against whom he was fighting, and thrust his sword into that man’s side. The result was that all 24 of them fell down dead. So that area in Gibeon is now called ‘Field of Swords’.
E cada um lançou mão da cabeça do outro, meteu-lhe a espada pela ilharga, e cairam juntamente: de onde se chamou àquele lugar Helkath-hazzurim, que está junto a Gibeon.
17 Then [the others started to fight]. It was a very fierce battle. Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by David’s soldiers.
E seguiu-se naquele dia uma crua peleja: porém Abner e os homens de Israel foram feridos diante dos servos de David.
18 Zeruiah’s three sons were there [on that day]: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was able to run very fast; he could run as fast as a wild gazelle/antelope.
E estavam ali os três filhos de Zeruia, Joab, Abisai, e Asael: e Asael era ligeiro de pés, como uma das cabras montezes que há no campo.
19 Asahel started to pursue Abner. He ran straight toward Abner, without stopping.
E Asael perseguiu a Abner: e não declinou de detraz de Abner, nem para a direita nem para a esquerda.
20 Abner looked behind him, and said “Is that you, Asahel?” Asahel replied, “Yes!”
E Abner, olhando para traz, disse: És tu este Asael? E disse ele: Eu sou.
21 Abner yelled at him, “Turn to one side or the other, [and pursue someone else]!” But Asahel would not stop pursuing Abner.
Então lhe disse Abner: Desvia-te para a direita, ou para a esquerda, e lança mão dum dos mancebos, e toma os seus despojos. Porém Asael não quis desviar-se de detraz dele.
22 So Abner yelled at him again, “Stop (chasing after/pursuing) me! (Why should I kill you?/It would not be good for me to kill you!) [RHQ] If I did that, (how could I (face/be reconciled with) your brother Joab?/it would be very difficult for me to (face/be reconciled with) your brother Joab.) [RHQ]”
Então Abner tornou a dizer a Asael: Desvia-te de detraz de mim: por que hei de eu ferir-te e dar contigo em terra? e como levantaria eu o meu rosto diante de Joab teu irmão?
23 But Asahel refused to stop pursuing Abner. So Abner [suddenly turned and] thrust the butt end of his spear into Asahel’s stomach. Because he thrust it very strongly, that end of the spear [went though Asahel’s body and] came out at his back, and he fell to the ground, dead. All the other soldiers who came to the place where his body was lying stopped and stood there, [stunned].
Porém, não se querendo ele desviar, Abner o feriu com o couto da lança pela quinta costela, e a lança lhe saiu por detraz, e caiu ali, e morreu naquele mesmo lugar; e sucedeu que todos os que chegavam ao lugar onde Asael caiu e morreu paravam.
24 But Joab and Abishai continued to pursue Abner. At sunset they came to Ammah Hill, which is east of Giah, along the road to the desert near Gibeon.
Porém Joab e Abisai perseguiram a Abner: e pôs-se o sol, chegando eles ao outeiro de Amma, que está diante de Giah, junto ao caminho do deserto de Gibeon.
25 The men from the tribe of Benjamin gathered around Abner in one group, and stood at the top of a hill.
E os filhos de Benjamin se ajuntaram detraz de Abner, e fizeram um batalhão, e puseram-se no cume dum outeiro.
26 Then Abner called out to Joab, saying “Are we going to continue to fight forever [RHQ]? Do you not realize that [if we continue fighting], the result will be very bad [RHQ]? We are all descendants of Jacob. [So we should stop fighting each other] (How long will it be until you tell your soldiers to stop pursuing us?/Tell your soldiers to stop pursuing us.)” [RHQ]
Então Abner gritou a Joab, e disse: Consumirá a espada para sempre? não sabes tu que por fim haverá amargura? e até quando não as de dizer ao povo que se torne de detraz de seus irmãos?
27 Joab replied, “Just as surely as God lives, if you had not said that, my soldiers would have continued pursuing your men until tomorrow morning!”
E disse Joab: Vive Deus, que, se não tivesses falado, já desde pela manhã o povo teria cessado cada um de perseguir a seu irmão.
28 So Joab blew a trumpet [to signal that they should stop fighting]. So all his men did that. They did not pursue the soldiers of Israel any more, and they stopped fighting.
Então Joab tocou a bozina, e todo o povo parou, e não perseguiram mais a Israel: e tão pouco pelejaram mais.
29 That night Abner and his soldiers went through the Jordan [River] Valley. They crossed the Jordan [River] and marched all the next morning, and they finally arrived at Mahanaim.
E caminharam Abner e os seus homens toda aquela noite pela planície: e, passando o Jordão, caminharam por todo o Bithron, e vieram a Mahanaim.
30 Joab [and his soldiers] stopped pursuing Abner. And when he gathered all his soldiers together, he found out that in addition to Asahel, only 19 of them had been killed in the battle.
Também Joab se tornou de detraz de Abner, e ajuntou todo o povo: e dos servos de David faltaram dezenove homens, e Asael.
31 But David’s soldiers had killed 360 of Abner’s men, all from the tribe of Benjamin.
Porém os servos de David feriram dentre os de Benjamin, e dentre os homens de Abner, a trezentos e sessenta homens, que ali ficaram mortos.
32 [Some of Joab’s soldiers] took Asahel’s body and buried it in the tomb where his father had been buried, in Bethlehem. Then they marched all during the night, and at dawn they arrived [back home] at Hebron.
E levantaram a Asael, e sepultaram-no na sepultura de seu pai, que estava em Beth-lehem: e Joab e seus homens caminharam toda aquela noite, e amanheceu-lhes em Hebron.
