Êxodo 18

1 Ora Jethro, sacerdote de Midian, sogro de Moysés, ouviu todas as coisas que Deus tinha feito a Moysés e a Israel seu povo: como o Senhor tinha tirado a Israel do Egypto.

And Jethro priest of Midian, father-in-law of Moses, hears all that God has done for Moses and for His people Israel, that YHWH has brought out Israel from Egypt,

2 E Jethro, sogro de Moysés, tomou a Zippora, a mulher de Moysés, depois que elle lh'a enviara,

and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, takes Zipporah, wife of Moses, after her parting,

3 Com seus dois filhos, dos quaes um se chamava Gerson; porque disse: Eu fui peregrino em terra estranha;

and her two sons, of whom the name of one [is] Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a strange land”;

4 E o outro se chamava Eliezer; porque disse: O Deus de meu pae foi por minha ajuda, e me livrou da espada de Pharaó.

and the name of the other [is] Eliezer, for, “The God of my father [is] for my help, and He delivers me from the sword of Pharaoh.”

5 Vindo pois Jethro, o sogro de Moysés, com seus filhos e com sua mulher, a Moysés no deserto, ao monte de Deus, onde se tinha acampado,

And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, comes, and his sons, and his wife, to Moses, to the wilderness where he is encamping—the mountain of God;

6 Disse a Moysés: Eu, teu sogro Jethro, venho a ti, com tua mulher, e seus dois filhos com ella.

and he says to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, and your wife, and her two sons with her.”

7 Então saiu Moysés ao encontro de seu sogro, e inclinou-se, e beijou-o, e perguntaram um ao outro como estavam, e entraram na tenda.

And Moses goes out to meet his father-in-law, and bows himself, and kisses him, and they ask of one another of welfare, and come into the tent;

8 E Moysés contou a seu sogro todas as coisas que o Senhor tinha feito a Pharaó e aos egypcios por amor de Israel, e todo o trabalho que passaram no caminho, e como o Senhor os livrara.

and Moses recounts to his father-in-law all that YHWH has done to Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians, on account of Israel, all the travail which has found them in the way, and [how] YHWH delivers them.

9 E alegrou-se Jethro de todo o bem que o Senhor tinha feito a Israel, livrando-o da mão dos egypcios.

And Jethro rejoices for all the good which YHWH has done to Israel, whom He has delivered from the hand of the Egyptians;

10 E Jethro disse: Bemdito seja o Senhor, que vos livrou das mãos dos egypcios e da mão de Pharaó; que livrou a este povo de debaixo da mão dos egypcios.

and Jethro says, “Blessed [is] YHWH, who has delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of Pharaoh—who has delivered this people from under the hand of the Egyptians;

11 Agora sei que o Senhor é maior que todos os deuses: porque na coisa, em que se ensoberbeceram, os sobrepujou.

now I have known that YHWH [is] greater than all the gods, for in the thing they have acted proudly—[He is] above them!”

12 Então tomou Jethro, o sogro de Moysés, holocausto e sacrificios para Deus: e veiu Aarão, e todos os anciãos de Israel, para comerem pão com o sogro de Moysés diante de Deus.

And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, takes a burnt-offering and sacrifices [it] for God; and Aaron comes in, and all [the] elderly of Israel, to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses, before God.

13 E aconteceu que, ao outro dia, Moysés assentou-se para julgar o povo; e o povo estava em pé diante de Moysés desde a manhã até á tarde

And it comes to pass on the next day, that Moses sits to judge the people, and the people stand before Moses from the morning to the evening;

14 Vendo pois o sogro de Moysés tudo o que elle fazia ao povo, disse: Que é isto, que tu fazes as povo? porque te assentas só, e todo o povo está em pé diante de ti, desde a manhã até á tarde?

and the father-in-law of Moses sees all that he is doing for the people and says, “What [is] this thing which you are doing for the people? Why are you sitting by yourself, and all the people standing by you from morning until evening?”

15 Então disse Moysés a seu sogro: É porque este povo vem a mim, para consultar a Deus:

And Moses says to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to seek God;

16 Quando tem algum negocio vem a mim, para que eu julgue entre um e outro, e lhes declare os estatutos de Deus, e as suas leis.

when they have a matter, it has come to me, and I have judged between a man and his neighbor, and made known the statutes of God, and His laws.”

17 O sogro de Moysés porém lhe disse: Não é bom o que fazes.

And the father-in-law of Moses says to him, “The thing which you are doing [is] not good;

18 Totalmente desfallecerás, assim tu, como este povo que está comtigo: porque este negocio é mui difficil para ti; tu só não o podes fazer.

you surely wear away, both you, and this people which [is] with you, for the thing is too heavy for you, you are not able to do it by yourself.

19 Ouve agora minha voz, eu te aconselharei, e Deus será comtigo: Sê tu pelo povo diante de Deus, e leva tu as coisas a Deus;

Now listen to my voice, I counsel you, and God is with you: be for the people before God, and you have brought in the things to God;

20 E declara-lhes os estatutos e as leis, e faze-lhes saber o caminho em que devem andar, e a obra que devem fazer.

and you have warned them [concerning] the statutes and the laws, and have made known to them the way in which they go, and the work which they do.

21 E tu d'entre todo o povo procura homens capazes, tementes a Deus, homens de verdade, que aborrecem a avareza; e põe-n'os sobre elles por maioraes de mil, maioraes de cento, maioraes de cincoenta, e maioraes de dez;

And you provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and have placed [these] over them [for] heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,

22 Para que julguem este povo em tempo; e seja que todo o negocio pequeno elles o julguem: assim a ti mesmo te alliviarás da carga, e elles a levarão comtigo.

and they have judged the people at all times; and it has come to pass, they bring every great matter to you, and they judge every small matter themselves; and lighten it from off yourself, and they have borne with you.

23 Se isto fizeres, e Deus t'o mandar, poderás então subsistir: assim tambem todo este povo em paz virá ao seu logar.

If you do this thing, and God has commanded you, then you have been able to stand, and all this people also goes to its place in peace.”

24 E Moysés deu ouvidos á voz de seu sogro, e fez tudo quanto tinha dito;

And Moses listens to the voice of his father-in-law, and does all that he said,

25 E escolheu Moysés homens capazes, de todo o Israel, e os poz por cabeças sobre o povo: maioraes de mil, maioraes de cento, maioraes de cincoenta, e maioraes de dez.

and Moses chooses men of ability out of all Israel, and makes them chiefs over the people [for] heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,

26 E elles julgaram o povo em todo o tempo; o negocio arduo trouxeram a Moysés, e todo o negocio pequeno julgaram elles.

and they have judged the people at all times; they bring the hard matter to Moses, and they judge every small matter themselves.

27 Então despediu Moysés o seu sogro, o qual se foi á sua terra.

And Moses sends his father-in-law away, and he goes away to his own land.