1 Samuel 12
1 Então disse Samuel a todo o Israel: Eis que ouvi a vossa voz em tudo quanto me dissestes, e puz sobre vós um rei.
And Samuel said to all Israel, You see that I have given ear to everything you said to me, and have made a king over you.
2 Agora, pois, eis que o rei vae diante de vós, e já envelheci e encaneci, e eis que meus filhos estão comvosco, e eu tenho andado diante de vós desde a minha mocidade até ao dia de hoje
And now, see, the king is before you: and I am old and grey-headed, and my sons are with you: I have been living before your eyes from my early days till now.
3 Eis-me aqui, testificae contra mim perante o Senhor, e perante o seu ungido, a quem o boi tomei, a quem o jumento tomei, e a quem defraudei, a quem tenho opprimido, e de cuja mão tenho tomado presente e com elle encobri os meus olhos, e vol-o restituirei.
Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.
4 Então disseram: Em nada nos defraudaste, nem nos opprimiste, nem tomaste coisa alguma da mão de ninguem.
And they said, You have never been untrue to us or cruel to us; you have taken nothing from any man.
5 E elle lhes disse: O Senhor seja testemunha contra vós, e o seu ungido seja hoje testemunha, que nada tendes achado na minha mão. E disse o povo: Seja testemunha.
Then he said, The Lord is witness against you, and the man on whom he has put the holy oil is witness this day that you have seen no wrong in me. And they said, He is witness.
6 Então disse Samuel ao povo: O Senhor é o que fez a Moysés e a Aarão, e tirou a vossos paes da terra do Egypto.
And Samuel said to the people, The Lord is witness, who gave authority to Moses and Aaron, and who took your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
7 Agora pois ponde-vos aqui em pé, e contenderei comvosco perante o Senhor, sobre todas as justiças do Senhor, que fez a vós e a vossos paes.
Keep your places now, while I take up the argument with you before the Lord, and give you the story of the righteousness of the Lord, which he has made clear by his acts to you and to your fathers.
8 Havendo entrado Jacob no Egypto, vossos paes clamaram ao Senhor, e o Senhor enviou a Moysés e a Aarão, que tiraram a vossos paes do Egypto, e os fizeram habitar n'este logar.
When Jacob and his sons had come into Egypt, and were crushed by the Egyptians, the prayers of your fathers came up to the Lord, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who took your fathers out of Egypt, and he put them into this place.
9 Porém esqueceram-se do Senhor seu Deus: então os vendeu á mão de Sisera, cabeça do exercito de Hazor, e em mão dos philisteos, e em mão do rei dos moabitas, que pelejaram contra elles.
But they were false to the Lord their God, and he gave them up into the hands of Sisera, captain of the army of Jabin, king of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the king of Moab, who made war against them.
10 E clamaram ao Senhor, e disseram: Peccámos, pois deixámos ao Senhor, e servimos aos baalins e astaroths: agora pois livra-nos da mão de nossos inimigos, e te serviremos.
Then crying out to the Lord, they said, We have done evil, because we have been turned away from the Lord, worshipping the Baals and the Astartes: but now, make us safe from those who are against us and we will be your servants.
11 E o Senhor enviou a Jerubbaal, e a Bedan, e a Jefte, e a Samuel; e livrou-vos da mão de vossos inimigos em redor, e habitastes seguros.
So the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak and Jephthah and Samuel and took you out of the power of those who were fighting against you on every side, and made you safe.
12 E vendo vós que Nahas, rei dos filhos de Ammon, vinha contra vós, me dissestes: Não, mas reinará sobre nós um rei: sendo porém o Senhor vosso Deus, o vosso Rei.
And when you saw that Nahash, the king of the Ammonites, was coming against you, you said to me, No more of this; we will have a king for our ruler: when the Lord your God was your king.
13 Agora pois vedes ahi o rei que elegestes e que pedistes; e eis que o Senhor tem posto sobre vós um rei.
Here, then, is the king marked out by you: the Lord has put a king over you.
14 Se temerdes ao Senhor, e o servirdes, e derdes ouvidos á sua voz, e não fordes rebeldes ao dito do Senhor, assim vós, como o rei que reina sobre vós, seguireis o Senhor vosso Deus.
If in the fear of the Lord you are his servants, hearing his voice and not going against the orders of the Lord, but being true to the Lord your God, you and the king ruling over you, then all will be well:
15 Mas se não derdes ouvidos á voz do Senhor, mas antes fordes rebeldes ao dito do Senhor, a mão do Senhor será contra vós, como o era contra vossos paes
But if you do not give ear to the voice of the Lord, but go against his orders, then the hand of the Lord will be against you and against your king for your destruction, as it was against your fathers.
16 Ponde-vos tambem agora aqui, e vêde esta grande coisa que o Senhor vae fazer diante dos vossos olhos.
Now keep where you are and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes.
17 Não é hoje a sega dos trigos? clamarei pois ao Senhor, e dará trovões e chuva; e sabereis e vereis que é grande a vossa maldade que tendes feito perante o Senhor, pedindo para vós um rei.
Is it not now the time of the grain cutting? My cry will go up to the Lord and he will send thunder and rain: so that you may see and be conscious of your great sin which you have done in the eyes of the Lord in desiring a king for yourselves.
18 Então invocou Samuel ao Senhor, e o Senhor deu trovões e chuva n'aquelle dia; pelo que todo o povo temeu em grande maneira ao Senhor e a Samuel.
So Samuel made prayer to the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people were in fear of the Lord and of Samuel.
19 E todo o povo disse a Samuel: Roga pelos teus servos ao Senhor teu Deus, para que não venhamos a morrer: porque a todos os nossos peccados temos accrescentado este mal, de pedirmos para nós um rei.
And all the people said to Samuel, Make prayer for us to the Lord your God so that death may not overtake us: for in addition to all our sins we have done this evil, in desiring a king.
20 Então disse Samuel ao povo: Não temaes; vós tendes commettido todo este mal; porém não vos desvieis de detraz do Senhor, mas servi ao Senhor com todo o vosso coração.
Then Samuel said to the people, Have no fear: truly you have done evil, but do not be turned away from the Lord; be his servants with all your heart;
21 E não vos desvieis; pois seguirieis as vaidades, que nada aproveitam, e tão pouco vos livrarão, porque vaidades são.
And do not go from the right way turning to those false gods in which there is no profit and no salvation, for they are false.
22 Pois o Senhor não desamparará o seu povo, por causa do seu grande nome: porque aprouve ao Senhor fazer-vos o seu povo.
For the Lord will not give his people up, because of the honour of his name; for it was the Lord's pleasure to make of you a people for himself.
23 E quanto a mim, longe de mim que eu peque contra o Senhor, deixando de orar por vós: antes vos ensinarei o caminho bom e direito.
And as for me, never will I go against the orders of the Lord by giving up my prayers for you: but I will go on teaching you the good and right way.
24 Tão sómente temei ao Senhor, e servi-o fielmente com todo o vosso coração: porque vede quão grandiosas coisas vos fez.
Only go in the fear of the Lord, and be his true servants with all your heart, keeping in mind what great things he has done for you.
25 Porém, se perseverardes em fazer mal, perecereis, assim vós como o vosso rei.
But if you still do evil, destruction will overtake you and your king.
