Numbers 13
1 Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Yahweh falou a Moisés, dizendo:
2 “Send some men to Canaan [land] to explore it. That is the land that I will give to you Israelis. Send men who are leaders in their tribes.”
“Manda homens, para que espiem a terra de Canaã, que eu dou aos filhos de Israel. De cada tribo de seus pais, enviareis um homem, cada um príncipe entre eles”.
3 So Moses/I did what Yahweh commanded him/me. He/I sent out twelve Israeli men who were all leaders of their tribes. He/I sent them from their/our camp at Paran in the desert.
Moisés os enviou do deserto de Paran de acordo com o mandamento de Yahweh. Todos eles eram homens que eram chefes dos filhos de Israel.
4 These are the names of the men [and the tribes they belonged to: ] Shammua, the son of Zaccur, from the tribe of Reuben;
Estes eram seus nomes: Da tribo de Reuben, Shammua o filho de Zaccur.
5 Shaphat, the son of Hori, from the tribe of Simeon;
Da tribo de Simeão, Shaphat o filho de Hori.
6 Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah;
Da tribo de Judá, Calebe o filho de Jefoné.
7 Igal, the son of Joseph, from the tribe of Issachar;
Da tribo de Issachar, Igal o filho de José.
8 Hoshea, the son of Nun, from the tribe of Ephraim;
Da tribo de Efraim, Hoshea o filho de Freira.
9 Palti, the son of Raphu, from the tribe of Benjamin;
Da tribo de Benjamin, Palti o filho de Raphu.
10 Gaddiel, the son of Sodi, from the tribe of Zebulun;
Da tribo de Zebulun, Gaddiel o filho de Sodi.
11 Gaddi, the son of Susi, from the tribe of Manasseh;
Da tribo de José, da tribo de Manasseh, Gaddi o filho de Susi.
12 Ammiel, the son of Gemalli, from the tribe of Dan;
Da tribo de Dan, Ammiel o filho de Gemalli.
13 Sethur, the son of Michael, from the tribe of Asher;
Da tribo de Asher, Sethur o filho de Michael.
14 Nahbi, the son of Vophsi, from the tribe of Naphtali;
Da tribo de Naftali, Nahbi o filho de Vophsi.
15 and Geuel, the son of Maki, from the tribe of Gad.
Da tribo de Gad, Geuel o filho de Machi.
16 Those are the names of the men whom Moses/I sent out to explore Canaan. [Before they left], Moses/I gave Hoshea a new name, Joshua, [which means ‘Yahweh is the one who saves].’
Estes são os nomes dos homens que Moisés enviou para espionar a terra. Moisés chamou Hoshea de filho de Freira Josué.
17 Before Moses/I sent them to explore Canaan, he/I said to them, “Go through the southern part of Canaan, and then go [north] into the hilly area.
Moisés os enviou para espionar a terra de Canaã, e lhes disse: “Subam por aqui pelo Sul, e subam para a região montanhosa”.
18 See what the land is like. See if the people who live there are strong or weak. See if there are many people or only a few people.
Veja a terra, o que é; e as pessoas que nela habitam, se são fortes ou fracas, se são poucas ou muitas;
19 Find out what kind of land they live in [RHQ]. Is it good or bad? Find out about the towns in which they live [RHQ]. Do they have walls around them or not?
e em que terra habitam, se é boa ou má; e em que cidades habitam, se em acampamentos, ou em fortalezas;
20 Find out about the soil [RHQ]. Is it (fertile/good for growing crops) or not? Find out if there are trees there [RHQ]. Try to bring back some of the fruit that grows in that land.” [He/I said that because] it was the beginning of the time to harvest grapes.
e o que é a terra, se é fértil ou pobre, se há madeira nela, ou não. Seja corajoso e traga alguns dos frutos da terra”. Agora era a época das primeiras uvas maduras.
21 So those men went to Canaan. They went [through the entire land], from the Zin desert [in the south] all the way to Rehob [town] near Lebo-Hamath [in the north].
Então eles subiram, e espiaram a terra desde o deserto de Zin até Rehob, até a entrada de Hamath.
22 In the south, they went to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, [huge men] descended from Anak, lived. Hebron was a city that was built seven years before Zoan [city] was built in Egypt.
Eles subiram pelo Sul e chegaram a Hebron; e Ahiman, Sheshai e Talmai, os filhos de Anak, estavam lá. (Agora Hebron foi construída sete anos antes de Zoan no Egito.)
23 In one valley, they cut from a grapevine one cluster of grapes. [Because it was very large, they needed] two men to carry it on a pole. They also picked some pomegranates and some figs [to carry back to their camp].
Eles chegaram ao vale de Eshcol, e cortaram de lá um ramo com um cacho de uvas, e o carregaram em um bastão entre dois. Eles também trouxeram algumas das romãs e figos.
24 They called that place Eshcol [which means ‘cluster’] because they had cut that [huge] cluster of grapes there.
Aquele lugar foi chamado o vale do Escol, por causa do cacho que as crianças de Israel cortaram de lá.
25 After they explored the land for 40 days, they returned to their camp.
Eles voltaram de espionar a terra ao final de quarenta dias.
26 They came to Aaron and Moses/me and the rest of the Israeli people in the desert at Paran. They reported to everyone what they had seen. They also showed them the fruit that they had brought back.
Eles foram e vieram a Moisés, a Aarão e a toda a congregação dos filhos de Israel, ao deserto de Paran, a Cades; e trouxeram de volta notícias para eles e para toda a congregação. Eles lhes mostraram o fruto da terra.
27 But this is what they reported to Moses/me: “We arrived in the land that you sent us to explore. It is truly a beautiful land, and it is very fertile [IDM]. Here is some of the fruit.
Eles lhe disseram, e disseram: “Viemos à terra para onde vocês nos enviaram”. Certamente ela flui com leite e mel, e este é o seu fruto”.
28 But the people who live there are very strong. Their cities are large and are surrounded by walls. We even saw some of the [huge] descendants of Anak there.
Entretanto, as pessoas que habitam a terra são fortes, e as cidades são fortificadas e muito grandes. Além disso, vimos lá os filhos de Anak.
29 The descendants of Amalek live in the southern part [of the land], and the descendants of Heth, Jebus, and Amor live in the hilly area [to the north]. The descendants of Canaan live along the coast of the [Mediterranean] sea and along the Jordan [River].”
Amalek mora na terra do Sul. O hitita, o jebusita, e o amorreu habitam na região montanhosa. Os cananeus habitam junto ao mar, e ao longo da margem do Jordão”.
30 [When they said that, the people were afraid and started to cry out very loudly]. But Caleb told the people who were standing near Moses/me to be quiet. Then he said, “We should go there and take the land, because we are certainly able to conquer it!”
Caleb, que se aproximou do povo antes de Moisés, disse: “Vamos subir imediatamente e possuí-lo, pois somos bem capazes de superá-lo”!
31 But the men who had gone with him said, “No, we cannot attack [and defeat] those people! They are much stronger than we are!”
Mas os homens que subiram com ele disseram: “Não somos capazes de subir contra o povo; pois eles são mais fortes do que nós”.
32 So those men gave to the Israeli people a bad report about the land that they had explored. They said, “The land that we explored is very large; we cannot conquer it. And all the people whom we saw are very tall.
Eles trouxeram à tona um relato maligno da terra que tinham espionado aos filhos de Israel, dizendo: “A terra, pela qual fomos espioná-la, é uma terra que devora seus habitantes; e todas as pessoas que vimos nela são homens de grande estatura.
33 We even saw the descendants of Nephili there. The descendants of Anak [whom we saw there] are descended from the giant Nephili people. When we saw them, we felt [as small] as grasshoppers [SIM], and they thought that we looked like grasshoppers too!”
Lá vimos os nefilins, os filhos de Anak, que vêm dos nefilins. Estávamos à nossa própria vista como gafanhotos, e assim estávamos à vista deles”.
