2 Samuel 21
1 During the time that David [ruled], there was a famine [in Israel] for three years. David prayed to Yahweh about it. And Yahweh said, “[In order for the famine to end], Saul’s family needs to be punished [MTY] because Saul killed many people from Gibeon [city].”
Houve uma fome nos dias de David durante três anos, ano após ano; e David procurou a face de Yahweh. Yahweh disse: “É por Saul, e por sua casa sangrenta, porque ele matou os gibeonitas”.
2 The people of Gibeon were not Israelis; they were a small group of the Amor people-group whom the Israelis had solemnly promised to protect. But Saul had tried to kill all of them because he (was very zealous/wanted very much) to enable the people of Judah and Israel [to be the only ones living in that land]. So the king summoned the leaders of Gibeon
O rei chamou os gibeonitas e disse-lhes (agora os gibeonitas não eram dos filhos de Israel, mas do remanescente dos amorreus, e os filhos de Israel lhes haviam jurado; e Saul procurou matá-los em seu zelo pelos filhos de Israel e Judá);
3 and said to them, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends/up for what was done to your people, in order that you will bless us who belong to Yahweh?”
e Davi disse aos gibeonitas: “O que devo fazer por vocês? E com o que devo fazer expiação, para que possais abençoar a herança de Javé”?
4 They replied, “You cannot settle our quarrel with Saul and his family by giving us silver or gold. And we do not have the right to kill any Israelis.” So David asked, “Then/So what do you say that I should do for you?”
Os gibeonitas lhe disseram: “Não é questão de prata ou ouro entre nós e Saul ou sua casa; tampouco nos cabe a nós colocar qualquer homem à morte em Israel”. Ele disse: “Eu farei por você o que você disser”.
5 They replied, “Saul [wanted to] get rid of us. He wanted to annihilate/kill all of us, in order that none of us would live anywhere in Israel.
Disseram ao rei: “O homem que nos consumiu e que conspirou contra nós, que devemos ser destruídos de permanecer em qualquer das fronteiras de Israel,
6 Hand over to us seven of Saul’s descendants. We will hang them where Yahweh is worshiped in Gibeon, our town, the town where Saul, whom Yahweh previously chose to be king, lived.” The king replied, “Okay, I will hand them over to you.”
que sete homens de seus filhos nos sejam entregues, e os penduraremos a Javé em Gibeá de Saul, o escolhido de Javé”. O rei disse: “Eu lhes darei”.
7 The king did not hand over to them Saul’s grandson Mephibosheth, because of what he and [Mephibosheth’s father] Jonathan had solemnly promised to each other.
Mas o rei poupou Mephibosheth, filho de Jonathan, filho de Saul, por causa do juramento de Yahweh que estava entre eles, entre David e Jonathan, filho de Saul.
8 Instead, he took Armoni and another man named Mephibosheth, the two sons that Saul’s slave wife Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, had given birth to, and the five sons that Saul’s daughter Merab had given birth to. Merab’s husband was Adriel, the son of a man named Barzillai from Meholah [town].
Mas o rei levou os dois filhos de Rizpah, a filha de Aiá, que ela deu a Saul, Armoni e Mephibosheth; e os cinco filhos de Merab, a filha de Saul, que ela deu a Adriel, filho de Barzillai, o meholatita.
9 David handed those men over to the men from Gibeon. Then they hanged those seven men on a hill where they worshiped Yahweh. They were all killed during the time of the year that the people started to harvest the barley.
Ele os entregou nas mãos dos gibeonitas; e eles os enforcaram na montanha antes de Yahweh, e todos os sete caíram juntos. Eles foram mortos nos dias da colheita, nos primeiros dias, no início da colheita da cevada.
10 Then Rizpah took coarse cloth made from goats’ hair, and spread it on the rock [where the corpses lay]. She stayed there from the time that people started to harvest the barley until the rains started. She did not allow any birds to come near the corpses during the day, and she did not allow any animals to come near during the night.
Rizpah a filha de Aiah pegou pano de saco e o espalhou para si mesma sobre a rocha, desde o início da colheita até a água derramada sobre eles do céu. Ela não permitiu que as aves do céu descansassem sobre eles de dia, nem que os animais do campo descansassem sobre eles à noite.
11 When someone told David what Rizpah had done,
David foi informado do que Rizpah, a filha de Aiah, a concubina de Saul, havia feito.
12 he went with some of his servants to Jabesh in [the] Gilead [region] and got the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan. The people of Jabesh had stolen their bones from the (plaza/public square) in Beth-Shan [city], where the men from Philistia had hanged them previously, on the day that they had killed Saul and Jonathan on Gilboa [Mountain].
Então Davi foi e levou os ossos de Saul e os ossos de Jônatas seu filho dos homens de Jabesh Gilead, que os haviam roubado da rua de Beth Shan, onde os filisteus os haviam enforcado no dia em que os filisteus mataram Saul em Gilboa;
13 David and his men took the bones of Saul and Jonathan, and they also took the bones of the seven men [from Gibeon] whom the men from Philistia had hanged.
e ele trouxe de lá os ossos de Saul e os ossos de Jônatas seu filho. Eles também reuniram os ossos daqueles que foram enforcados.
14 They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan in Zela [town] in the land of [the tribe of] Benjamin. Doing all that the king commanded, they buried their bones in the tomb where Saul’s father Kish [was buried]. After that, [because] God [saw that Saul’s family had been punished to pay for Saul’s murder of many people from Gibeon, he] answered the Israelis’ prayers for their land, and caused the famine to end.
Eles enterraram os ossos de Saul e de Jônatas seu filho no país de Benjamim em Zela, no túmulo de Kish, seu pai; e realizaram tudo o que o rei ordenou. Depois disso, Deus respondeu à oração pela terra.
15 The army of Philistia again started to fight against the army of Israel. And David and his soldiers went to fight the Philistines. During the battle, David became weary.
Os filisteus voltaram a ter guerra com Israel; e David desceu, e seus servos com ele, e lutou contra os filisteus. Davi desmaiou;
16 One of the Philistia men thought that he could kill David. His name was Ishbi-Benob. He was a descendant of [a group of] giants. He carried a bronze spear that weighed about (7-1/2 pounds/3-1/2 kg.), and he also had a new sword.
e Ishbibenob, que era dos filhos do gigante, cuja lança pesava trezentos siclos de bronze, estando ele armado com uma nova espada, pensou que mataria Davi.
17 But Abishai came to help David, and attacked the giant and killed him. Then David’s soldiers forced him to promise that he would not go with them into a battle again. They said to him, “[If you die, and none of your descendants become king, that would be like] [MET] extinguishing the last light in Israel.”
Mas Abishai, filho de Zeruiah, o ajudou, atingiu o filisteu e o matou. Então os homens de Davi juraram-lhe, dizendo: “Não saia mais conosco para lutar, para que não apague a lâmpada de Israel”.
18 Some time after that, there was a battle with the army of Philistia near Gob [village]. During the battle, Sibbecai, from [the] Hushah [clan], killed Saph, one of the descendants of the Rapha giants.
Depois disso, houve novamente uma guerra com os filisteus de Gob. Então Sibbecai, o Hushathite, matou Saph, que era dos filhos do gigante.
19 [Later] there was another battle with the army of Philistia at Gob. During that battle, Elhanan, the son of Jaare-Oregim from Bethlehem, killed [the brother of] Goliath from Gath [city]; Goliath’s spear shaft/handle was (very thick, like the bar on a weaver’s loom/over two inches thick).
Houve novamente guerra com os filisteus em Gob, e Elhanan, o filho de Jaare-Oregim, o belemita, matou Golias, o irmão de Gittita, cujo bastão era como uma lança de tecelão.
20 Later there was another battle near Gath. There was a (huge man/giant) there who liked to fight [in battles]. He had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. He was descended from [the] Rapha [giants].
Houve novamente uma guerra em Gate, onde havia um homem de grande estatura, que tinha seis dedos em cada mão e seis dedos dos pés em cada pé, vinte e quatro em número, e ele também nasceu para o gigante.
21 But when he (made fun of/ridiculed) the men in the Israeli [army], Jonathan, the son of David’s [older] brother Shimeah, killed him.
Quando ele desafiou Israel, Jonathan, filho de Shimei, irmão de David, o matou.
22 Those four men were some of the descendants of the Rapha giants who had lived in Gath, who were killed [MTY] by David and his soldiers.
Estes quatro nasceram para o gigante em Gate; e caíram pela mão de Davi e pela mão de seus servos.
