2 Samuel 17

1 Disse mais Achitophel a Absalão: Deixa-me escolher doze mil homens, e me levantarei, e seguirei após David esta noite.

Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Allow me to choose 12,000 men, and I will leave [with them] tonight to pursue David.

2 E virei sobre elle, pois está cançado e frouxo das mãos: e o espantarei, e fugirá todo o povo que está com elle; e então ferirei o rei só.

We will attack him while he is tired and discouraged, and cause him to be very frightened. All the soldiers who are with him will run away. We will kill only the king.

3 E farei tornar a ti todo o povo; pois o homem a quem tu buscas é como se tornassem todos; assim todo o povo estará em paz.

Then we will bring back all his soldiers to you, like [SIM] a (bride/woman comes to her husband when she is married). You are wanting to kill only one man; so the other people will not be harmed.”

4 E esta palavra pareceu boa aos olhos de Absalão, e aos olhos de todos os anciãos de Israel.

Absalom and all the Israeli leaders [who were with him] thought that what Ahithophel said would be good to do.

5 Disse porém Absalão: Chamae agora tambem a Husai o archita: e ouçamos tambem o que elle dirá.

But Absalom said, “Summon Hushai also, and we will hear what he suggests.”

6 E, chegando Husai a Absalão, lhe fallou Absalão, dizendo: D'esta maneira fallou Achitophel: faremos conforme á sua palavra? Se não, falla tu.

So when Hushai arrived, Absalom told him what Ahithophel had suggested. Then he asked Hushai, “What do you think we should do? If you do not think that we should do what Ahithophel suggests, tell us [what you think that we should do].”

7 Então dise Husai a Absalão: O conselho que Achitophel esta vez aconselhou não é bom

Hushai replied, “This time what Ahithophel has suggested is not good advice.

8 Disse mais Husai: Bem conheces tu a teu pae, e a seus homens, que são valorosos, e que estão com o espirito amargurado, como a ursa no campo, roubada dos cachorros: e tambem teu pae é homem de guerra, e não passará a noite com o povo

You know that your father and the men who are with him are strong soldiers, and that now they are very angry, like [SIM] a mother bear whose cubs have been stolen from her. Furthermore, your father knows how to fight because he has fought in many battles. He will not stay with his troops during the night.

9 Eis que agora estará escondido n'alguma cova, ou em qualquer outro logar: e será que, caindo no principio alguns d'entre elles, cada um que o ouvir então dirá: Houve derrota no povo que segue a Absalão.

Right now he is probably already hiding in one of the pits, or in some other place. [If his soldiers start to attack your soldiers, and] if they kill some of them, whoever hears about that will say ‘Many of the soldiers with Absalom have been killed!’

10 Então até o homem valente, cujo coração é como coração de leão, sem duvida desmaiará; porque todo o Israel sabe que teu pae é valoroso, e homens valentes os que estão com elle.

Then your other soldiers, even if they are as fearless [SIM, IDM] as lions, they will become very afraid. Do not forget that everyone in Israel knows that your father is a great/strong soldier, and that the soldiers who are with him are also very brave/courageous.

11 Eu porém aconselho que com toda a pressa se ajunte a ti todo o Israel desde Dan até Ber-seba, em multidão como a areia do mar: e tu em pessoa vás com elle á peleja.

“So what I suggest is that you summon all the Israeli soldiers, from Dan [in the far north] to Beersheba [in the far south]. They will be as many as the grains of sand on the seashore [HYP]. And then you yourself lead us into the battle.

12 Então viremos a elle, em qualquer logar que se achar, e facilmente viremos sobre elle, como o orvalho cae sobre a terra: e não ficará d'elle e de todos os homens que estão com elle nem ainda um só.

We will find [your father], wherever he is, and we will attack him [from all sides], like [SIM] dew covers all the ground. And neither he nor any of the soldiers who are with him will survive.

13 E, se elle se retirar para alguma cidade, todo o Israel trará cordas áquella cidade: e arrastal-a-hemos até ao ribeiro, até que não se ache ali nem uma só pedrinha.

If he escapes into some city, all our soldiers will bring ropes and pull that city down into the valley. As a result, not one stone will be left there [on top of the hill where that city was]!”

14 Então disse Absalão e todos os homens d'Israel: Melhor é o conselho de Husai, o archita, do que o conselho d'Achitophel (porém assim o Senhor o ordenara, para aniquilar o bom conselho d'Achitophel, para que o Senhor trouxesse o mal sobre Absalão).

Absalom and all the other Israeli men [who were with him] said, “What Hushai suggests is better than what Ahithophel suggested.” The reason that happened was that Yahweh had determined that if they would accept the good advice that Ahithophel had given them, [they would have been able to defeat/kill David]. But [as a result of their doing what Hushai suggested], Yahweh would cause a disaster to happen to Absalom.

15 E disse Husai a Zadok e a Abiathar, sacerdotes: Assim e assim aconselhou Achitophel a Absalão e aos anciãos d'Israel; porém assim e assim aconselhei eu

Then Hushai told the two priests, Zadok and Abiathar, what both he and Ahithophel had suggested to Absalom and the Israeli leaders.

16 Agora, pois, enviae apressadamente, e avisae a David, dizendo: Não passes esta noite nas campinas do deserto, e logo tambem passa á outra banda, para que o rei e todo o povo que com elle está não seja devorado.

Then he said to them, “Send [a message] quickly to David. Tell him to not stay at the place where people walk across the river, near the desert. Instead, he and his soldiers must cross [the Jordan River] immediately, in order that they will not be killed/wiped out.”

17 Estavam pois Jonathan e Ahimaas junto á fonte de Rogel: e foi uma creada, e lh'o disse, e elles foram, e o disseram ao rei David, porque não podiam ser vistos entrar na cidade,

[The priest’s two sons, ] Jonathan and Ahimaaz, were waiting at En-Rogel [Spring], outside Jerusalem. They did not [dare to] enter the city, because if someone saw them, [he would report it to Absalom]. [While they were at En-Rogel, ] a female servant [of the two priests] would frequently go to them and report to them [what was happening], and then they would go and report it to King David.

18 Mas viu-os todavia um moço, e avisou a Absalão; porém ambos logo partiram apressadamente, e entraram em casa de um homem, em Bahurim, o qual tinha um poço no seu pateo, e ali dentro desceram.

But a young man saw them, and went and reported it to Absalom. [They found out what the young man had done, ] so both of them left quickly and went to stay in the house of a man in Bahurim. That man had a well in his courtyard; so the two men went down into the well [to hide].

19 E tomou a mulher a tampa, e a estendeu sobre a bocca do poço, e espalhou grão descascado sobre ella: assim nada se soube.

The man’s wife took a cloth/mat and covered the well, and scattered grain on top of it in order that no one would know [that two men were hiding inside it].

20 Chegando pois os servos de Absalão á mulher, áquella casa, disseram: Onde estão Ahimaas e Jonathan? E a mulher lhes disse: Já passaram o váo das aguas. E, havendo-os buscado, e não os achando, voltaram para Jerusalem.

Some of Absalom’s soldiers [found out where the two men had gone. So they] went to the house, and asked the woman, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” She replied, “They crossed the river.” So the soldiers [crossed the river and] searched for them. But they could not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.

21 E succedeu que, depois que se foram, sairam do poço, e foram, e annunciaram a David; e disseram a David: Levantae-vos, e passae depressa as aguas, porque assim aconselhou contra vós Achitophel.

After they had gone, the two men came out of the well and went and reported to King David [what had happened and] what Ahithophel had suggested. Then they said to him, “Cross the river quickly!”

22 Então David e todo o povo que com elle estava se levantou, e passaram o Jordão: e já pela luz da manhã nem ainda faltava um só que não passasse o Jordão.

So David and all his soldiers quickly started to cross the Jordan [River], and by dawn they had all crossed to the other side.

23 Vendo pois Achitophel que se não tinha seguido o seu conselho, albardou o jumento, e levantou-se, e foi para sua casa e para a sua cidade, e deu ordem a sua casa, e se enforcou: e morreu, e foi sepultado na sepultura de seu pae.

When Ahithophel realized that Absalom was not going to do what he suggested, he put a saddle on his donkey and returned to his own town. He gave [to his family] instructions about his possessions, and then he hanged himself [because he knew that Absalom would be defeated and that he would be considered a traitor and be killed]. His body was buried in the tomb where his ancestors [had been buried].

24 E David veiu a Mahanaim; e Absalão passou o Jordão, elle e todo o homem d'Israel com elle,

David [and his soldiers] arrived at Mahanaim. And Absalom [and all his Israeli soldiers] also crossed the Jordan [River].

25 E Absalão constituiu a Amasa em logar de Joab sobre o arraial: e era Amasa filho de um homem cujo nome era Jethra, o israelita, o qual entrara a Abigal, filha de Nahas, irmã de Zeruia, mãe de Joab.

Absalom had appointed [his cousin] Amasa to be the commander of his army, instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Jether, a descendant of Ishmael. Amasa’s mother was Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and the sister of Joab’s mother Zeruiah.

26 Israel, pois, e Absalão acamparam na terra de Gilead.

Absalom and his Israeli soldiers set up their tents in [the] Gilead [region].

27 E succedeu que, chegando David a Mahanaim, Sobi, filho de Nahas, de Rabba, dos filhos de Ammon, e Machir, filho de Ammiel, de Lo-debar, e Barzillai, o gileadita, de Rogelim,

When David [and his soldiers] arrived at Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah [city] in the Ammon area, and Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-Debar [city], and Barzillai from Rogelim [town] in [the] Gilead [region]

28 Tomaram camas e bacias, e vasilhas de barro, e trigo, e cevada, e farinha, e grão torrado, e favas, e lentilhas, tambem torradas,

brought sleeping mats, bowls, clay pots, barley, wheat flour, parched grain, beans, and lentils to them.

29 E mel, e manteiga, e ovelhas, e queijos de vaccas, e os trouxeram a David e ao povo que com elle estava, para comerem, porque disseram: Este povo no deserto está faminto, e cançado, e sedento.

They brought honey and curds, sheep, and some cream/cheese for David and his soldiers to eat. They knew that David and his soldiers would be hungry and tired and thirsty [from marching] in the desert.