Judges 21
1 When the Israeli men gathered at Mizpah [before the battle started], they vowed, “None of us will ever allow one of our daughters to marry any man from the tribe of Benjamin!”
Agora os homens de Israel haviam jurado em Mizpah, dizendo: “Nenhum de nós dará sua filha a Benjamin como esposa”.
2 But now the Israelis went to Bethel and they cried loudly to Yahweh all day, until the sun went down.
O povo veio a Betel e sentou-se lá até a noite diante de Deus, e levantou a voz, e chorou severamente.
3 They kept saying, “Yahweh, God of us Israeli people, [it is as though] one of the tribes of us Israelis does not exist any more! (Why has this happened to us?/It is terrible that this has happened to us!)” [RHQ]
Eles disseram: “Yahweh, o Deus de Israel, por que isso aconteceu em Israel, que deveria faltar uma tribo em Israel hoje?
4 Early the next morning the people built an altar. Then they completely burned some sacrifices [on the altar], and also offered other sacrifices to maintain fellowship with God.
No dia seguinte, o povo levantou-se cedo e construiu ali um altar, e ofereceu holocaustos e ofertas de paz.
5 Then, because they had vowed that anyone who did not meet with them at Mizpah [to help fight the men of the tribe of Benjamin] would be killed, they asked among themselves, “Were there any of the tribes of Israel who did not come to Mizpah to meet with us in the presence of Yahweh?”
As crianças de Israel disseram: “Quem está lá entre todas as tribos de Israel que não subiram à assembléia para Yahweh? Pois tinham feito um grande juramento a respeito daquele que não subiu a Iavé a Mizpá, dizendo: “Ele certamente será morto”.
6 The Israelis felt sorry for their fellow Israelis from the tribe of Benjamin. They said, “Today one of our Israeli tribes (has disappeared/no longer exists).
Os filhos de Israel choraram por Benjamim, seu irmão, e disseram: “Há uma tribo isolada de Israel hoje.
7 Yahweh heard us solemnly declare that we would not allow any of our daughters to marry any man from the tribe of Benjamin. What can we do to make certain that the men of the tribe of Benjamin who were not killed will have wives?”
Como forneceremos esposas para aqueles que permanecerem, já que juramos por Javé que não as daremos de nossas filhas às esposas”?
8 Then [one of] them asked, “What group from any of the tribes of Israel did not send any men here to Mizpah?”
Eles disseram: “Qual é a das tribos de Israel que não chegaram a Iavé para Mizpá?”. Eis que ninguém veio de Jabesh Gilead ao acampamento para a assembléia.
9 [They realized that] when the soldiers were counted, there was no one from Jabesh-Gilead [city] who had come there.
Pois quando o povo foi contado, eis que não havia lá nenhum dos habitantes de Jabesh Gilead.
10 So all the Israelis decided to send 12,000 very good soldiers to Jabesh-Gilead to kill the people there with their swords, even to kill the married women and children.
A congregação enviou doze mil dos homens mais corajosos para lá, e ordenou-lhes, dizendo: “Ide e golpeai os habitantes de Jabesh Gilead com o fio da espada, com as mulheres e os pequenos”.
11 [They told this to those men]: “This is what you must do: You must kill every man in Jabesh-Gilead. You must also kill every married woman. [But do not kill the unmarried women].”
Isto é o que você deve fazer: destruirá totalmente todo homem e toda mulher que se deitou com um homem”.
12 So those soldiers [went to Jabesh-Gilead and killed all the men, married women, and children. But they] found 400 unmarried young women there. So they brought them to their camp at Shiloh, in Canaan, [across the river from the Gilead area that belonged to the tribe of Benjamin].
Encontraram entre os habitantes de Jabesh Gilead quatrocentos jovens virgens que não tinham conhecido o homem deitado com ele; e os trouxeram para o acampamento em Shiloh, que fica na terra de Canaã.
13 Then all the Israelis [who had gathered] sent a message to the 600 men who were at Rimmon Rock. They said that they would like to make peace with them.
A congregação inteira enviou e falou às crianças de Benjamin que estavam na rocha de Rimmon, e lhes proclamou a paz.
14 So the men came back from Rimmon Rock. The Israelis gave to them the women from Jabesh-Gilead whom they had not killed. But there were [only 400 women. But there were] not enough women [for those 600 men].
Benjamin voltou naquela época; e eles lhes deram as mulheres que haviam salvo vivas das mulheres de Jabesh Gilead. Ainda não havia o suficiente para elas.
15 The Israelis [still] felt sorry for the men of the tribe of Benjamin, because Yahweh had (decimated/almost wiped out) one of the Israeli tribes.
O povo se entristeceu por Benjamin, porque Yahweh havia feito uma brecha nas tribos de Israel.
16 The Israeli leaders said, “We have killed all the married women of the tribe of Benjamin. Where can we get women to be wives of the men who are still alive?
Então os anciãos da congregação disseram: “Como forneceremos esposas para os que permanecem, uma vez que as mulheres são destruídas fora de Benjamim”?
17 These men must have wives to give birth to children, in order that their families will continue. If that does not happen, all the people of one of the tribes of Israel will die.
Eles disseram: “Deve haver uma herança para aqueles que escaparam de Benjamim, que uma tribo não seja apagada de Israel”.
18 But we cannot allow our daughters to marry these men, because we vowed that Yahweh will curse anyone who gives one of his daughters to become a wife of any man of the tribe of Benjamin.”
However, não podemos dar-lhes esposas de nossas filhas, pois os filhos de Israel haviam jurado, dizendo: “Maldito seja aquele que dá uma esposa a Benjamim”.
19 Then [one of] them (had an idea/thought of something that they could do). He said, “Every year there is a festival to honor Yahweh at Shiloh, which is north of Bethel and east of the road that extends from Bethel to Shechem, and it is south of Lebonah [city].”
Eles disseram: “Eis que há uma festa de Yahweh de ano a ano em Shiloh, que fica ao norte de Betel, no lado leste da rodovia que sobe de Betel a Shechem, e no sul de Lebonah”.
20 So the Israeli leaders told the men of the tribe of Benjamin, “[When it is the time for that festival], go to Shiloh and hide in the vineyards.
Eles comandaram as crianças de Benjamin, dizendo: “Vá e espere nos vinhedos,
21 Keep watching for the young women to come out of the city to dance. [When they come out], all of you should run out of the vineyards. Each of you can seize one of the young women of Shiloh. Then you can all return to your homes [with those women].
e veja, e veja, se as filhas de Shiloh saírem para dançar nas danças, então saia dos vinhedos, e cada homem pegue sua esposa das filhas de Shiloh, e vá para a terra de Benjamin.
22 If their fathers or brothers come to us and complain [about what you have done], we will say to them, ‘Be kind to the men of the tribe of Benjamin. When we fought them, we did not leave any women alive to become their wives, and you did not give those young women to the men from the tribe of Benjamin. [They stole them]. So you will not be guilty, [even though you said that you would not allow any of your daughters to marry one of them].’”
Será, quando seus pais ou seus irmãos vierem reclamar conosco, que lhes diremos: 'Conceda-lhes graciosamente, porque não tomamos para cada homem sua esposa em batalha, nem vocês as deram a eles; caso contrário, agora seriam culpados'”.
23 So that is what the men of the tribe of Benjamin did. [They went to Shiloh at the time of the festival]. And when the young women were dancing, each man caught one of them and took her away and married her. Then they took their wives back to the land that God had given to them. They rebuilt their cities [that had been burned down], and they lived there.
Os filhos de Benjamin o fizeram, e levaram esposas para si, de acordo com seu número, daqueles que dançaram, que carregaram. Foram e voltaram à sua herança, construíram as cidades e viveram nelas.
24 The other Israelis went to their homes in the areas where their tribes and clans lived, the areas that God had allotted to them.
Os filhos de Israel partiram de lá naquela época, cada homem para sua tribo e para sua família, e cada um deles saiu de lá para sua própria herança.
25 At that time, the Israeli people did not have a king. Everyone did what they themselves thought was right.
Naquela época, não havia rei em Israel. Cada um fazia o que era certo aos seus próprios olhos.
