Josué 8
1 Então disse o Senhor a Josué: Não temas, e não te espantes: toma comtigo toda a gente de guerra, e levanta-te, sobe a Hai: olha que te tenho dado na tua mão o rei d'Hai, e o seu povo, e a sua cidade, e a sua terra.
And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou discouraged: take with thee all the people of war, and arise, go up to 'Ai; see, I have given into thy hand the king of 'Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land.
2 Farás pois a Hai, e a seu rei, como fizeste a Jericó, e a seu rei: salvo que para vós saqueareis os seus despojos, e o seu gado: põe-te emboscadas á cidade, por detraz d'ella.
And thou shalt do to 'Ai and to its king as thou hast done unto Jericho and its king; only its spoil and its cattle shall ye take for booty unto yourselves; but lay thee an ambush for the city in its rear.
3 Então Josué levantou-se, e toda a gente de guerra, para subir contra Hai: e escolheu Josué trinta mil homens valentes e valorosos, e enviou-os de noite.
So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against 'Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valor, and sent them away by night.
4 E deu-lhes ordem, dizendo: Olhae, poreis emboscadas á cidade, por detraz da cidade; não vos alongueis muito da cidade: e todos vós estareis apercebidos.
And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, in the rear of the city; go not very far from the city; and be ye all ready;
5 Porém eu e todo o povo que está comigo nos achegaremos á cidade: e será que, quando nos sairem ao encontro, como d'antes, fugiremos diante d'elles.
And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city; and it shall come to pass that, when they come out against us, as at the first time, we will flee before them;
6 Deixae-os pois sair atraz de nós, até que os tiremos da cidade; porque dirão: Fogem diante de nós como d'antes. Assim fugiremos diante d'elles.
And they will come out after us, till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee from us as at the first time: and we will flee before them.
7 Então saireis vós da emboscada, e tomareis a cidade: porque o Senhor vosso Deus vol-a dará na vossa mão.
And then shall ye rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city; and the Lord your God will deliver it in into your hand.
8 E será que, tomando vós a cidade, poreis a cidade a fogo; conforme á palavra do Senhor fareis; olhae que vol-o tenho mandado.
And it shall be, that as soon as ye have seized the city, ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of the Lord shall ye do: see, I have commanded you.
9 Assim Josué os enviou, e elles se foram á emboscada; e ficaram entre Bethel e Hai, ao occidente d'Hai: porém Josué passou aquella noite no meio do povo.
And Joshua sent them off: and they went to lie in ambush, and remained between Beth-el and 'Ai, on the west side of 'Ai; but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
10 E levantou-se Josué de madrugada, e contou o povo: e subiram elle e os anciãos de Israel diante do povo contra Hai.
And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people, toward 'Ai.
11 Subiu tambem toda a gente de guerra, que estava com elle, e chegaram-se, e vieram fronteiros á cidade: e alojaram-se da banda do norte d'Hai; e havia um valle entre elle e Hai.
And all the people of war that were with him went up, and drew nigh, and came opposite the city, and encamped on the north side of 'Ai; and the valley was between them and 'Ai.
12 Tomou tambem alguns cinco mil homens, e pôl-os entre Bethel e Hai em emboscada, ao occidente da cidade.
And he took about five thousand men, and set them as an ambush between Beth-el and 'Ai, on the west side of 'Ai.
13 E pozeram o povo, todo o arraial que estava ao norte da cidade, e a sua emboscada ao occidente da cidade: e foi Josué aquella noite ao meio do valle.
And the people, all the camp that was on the north of the city, and its ambush on the west of the city got ready; and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
14 E succedeu que, vendo-o o rei d'Hai, se apressaram, e se levantaram de madrugada, e os homens da cidade sairam ao encontro d'Israel ao combate, elle e todo o seu povo, ao tempo assignalado, perante as campinas: porque elle não sabia, que se lhe houvesse posto emboscada detraz da cidade.
And it came to pass, when the king of 'Ai saw this, the men of the city hastened and rose up early, and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the plain; but he knew not that there was an ambush against him in the rear of the city.
15 Josué pois e todo o Israel se houveram como feridos diante d'elles, e fugiram pelo caminho do deserto.
And Joshua and Israel feigned themselves beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
16 Pelo que todo o povo, que estava na cidade, foi convocado para os seguir: e seguiram a Josué e foram attrahidos da cidade.
And all the people that were in 'Ai were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
17 E nem um só homem ficou em Hai, nem em Bethel, que não saisse após Israel: e deixaram a cidade aberta, e seguiram a Israel.
And there was not a man left in 'Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
18 Então o Senhor disse a Josué: Estende a lança que tens na tua mão, para Hai; porque a darei na tua mão. E Josué estendeu a lança, que estava na sua mão, para a cidade.
And the Lord said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward 'Ai; for into thy hand will I give it. And Joshua stretched out the spear which was in his hand toward the city.
19 Então a emboscada se levantou do seu logar apressadamente, e correram, estendendo elle a sua mão, e vieram á cidade, e a tomaram: e apressaram-se, e pozeram a cidade a fogo.
And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he stretched out his hand; and they entered into the city, and took possession of it, and hastened and set the city on fire.
20 E virando-se os homens de Hai para traz, olharam, e eis-que o fumo da cidade subia ao céu, e não tiveram logar para fugirem para uma parte nem outra: porque o povo, que fugia para o deserto, se tornou contra os que os seguiam.
And the men of 'Ai turned [and looked] behind them, and they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven; and they had no power to flee this way or that way; and the people that had fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
21 E vendo Josué e todo o Israel que a emboscada tomara a cidade, e que o fumo da cidade subia, tornaram, e feriram os homens d'Hai.
For when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had seized the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended: they turned back, and smote the men of 'Ai.
22 Tambem aquelles da cidade lhes sairam ao encontro, e assim cairam no meio dos israelitas, uns de uma, e outros de outra parte: e feriram-n'os, até que nenhum d'elles ficou, o que escapasse.
And the others issued out of the city against them; so that the Israelites had them in the middle, some on this side, and some on that side; and they smote them, until there was not left of them one that remained or escaped.
23 Porém ao rei d'Hai tomaram vivo, e o trouxeram a Josué.
And the king of 'Ai they caught alive, and brought him to Joshua.
24 E succedeu que, acabando os israelitas de matar todos os moradores d'Hai no campo, no deserto onde os tinham seguido, e havendo todos caido ao fio da espada, até todos serem consumidos, todo o Israel se tornou a Hai, e a pozeram a fio de espada.
And it came to pass, that, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of 'Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they had pursued them, and when they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, All the Israelites returned unto 'Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
25 E todos os que cairam aquelle dia, assim homens como mulheres, foram doze mil: todos moradores d'Hai.
And [the number of] all that fell in that day, both of men and women, was twelve thousand, all the people of 'Ai.
26 Porque Josué não retirou a sua mão, que estendera com a lança, até destruir totalmente a todos os moradores d'Hai.
And Joshua drew not back his hand, wherewith he had stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of 'Ai.
27 Tão sómente os israelitas saquearam para si o gado e os despojos da cidade, conforme á palavra do Senhor, que tinha ordenado a Josué.
Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took as booty unto themselves, according to the word of the Lord which he had commanded Joshua.
28 Queimou pois Josué a Hai: e a tornou n'um montão perpetuo, em assolamento, até ao dia d'hoje.
And Joshua burnt 'Ai, and made it a ruinous heap of desolation for ever, even unto this day,
29 E ao rei d'Hai enforcou n'um madeiro, até á tarde: e ao pôr do sol ordenou Josué, que o seu corpo se tirasse do madeiro; e o lançaram á porta da cidade, e levantaram sobre elle um grande montão de pedras, até ao dia d'hoje.
And the king of 'Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide; and at the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took his carcass down from the tree and cast it at the entrance of the city gate, and they raised over him a great heap of stones, [which is] even unto this day.
30 Então Josué edificou um altar ao Senhor Deus d'Israel, no monte d'Ebal,
Then did Joshua build an altar unto the Lord, the God of Israel on mount 'Ebal,
31 Como Moysés, servo do Senhor, ordenou aos filhos d'Israel, conforme ao que está escripto no livro da lei de Moysés, a saber: um altar de pedras inteiras, sobre o qual se não movera ferro: e offereceram sobre elle holocaustos ao Senhor, e sacrificaram sacrificios pacificos.
As Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no one had lifted up any iron tool; and they offered thereon burnt-offerings unto the Lord, and sacrificed peace-offerings.
32 Tambem escreveu ali em pedras uma copia da lei de Moysés, que já tinha escripto diante dos filhos d'Israel.
And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.
33 E todo o Israel, com os seus anciãos, e os seus principes, e os seus juizes, estavam d'uma e outra banda da arca, perante os sacerdotes levitas, que levavam a arca do concerto do Senhor, assim estrangeiros como naturaes; metade d'elles em frente do monte Gerizim, e a outra metade em frente do monte Ebal; como Moysés, servo do Senhor, ordenara, para abençoar primeiramente o povo de Israel.
And all Israel, and their elders, and the officers, and their judges, stood on this side and on that side of the ark, opposite the priests the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, the stranger no less than the native born: half of them turned toward mount Gerizzim, and the other half of them turned toward mount 'Ebal; as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded, to bless the people of Israel at first.
34 E depois leu em alta voz todas as palavras da lei, a benção e a maldição, conforme a tudo o que está escripto no livro da lei.
And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, all, just as it is written in the book of the law.
35 Palavra nenhuma houve, de tudo o que Moysés ordenara, que Josué não lesse perante toda a congregação d'Israel, e das mulheres, e dos meninos, e dos estrangeiros, que andavam no meio d'elles.
There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded, which Joshua did not read before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the stranger that walked in the midst of them.
