Josué 9
1 E succedeu que, ouvindo isto todos os reis, que estavam d'áquem do Jordão, nas montanhas, e nas campinas, em toda a costa do grande mar, em frente do Libano, os hetheos, e os amorrheos, os cananeos, os pherezeos, os heveos, e os jebuseos,
And it came to pass when all the kings who were on this side the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and along all the coast of the great sea as far as opposite to Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard [of it],
2 Se ajuntaram elles de commum accordo, para pelejar contra Josué e contra Israel.
that they assembled together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
3 E os moradores de Gibeon ouvindo o que Josué fizera com Jericó e com Hai,
And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
4 Usaram tambem d'astucia, e foram e se fingiram embaixadores: e tomaram saccos velhos sobre os seus jumentos, e odres de vinho velhos, e rotos, e remendados;
then they also acted with craft, and they went prepared as on a journey, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-flasks, old and rent and tied up;
5 E nos seus pés sapatos velhos e manchados, e vestidos velhos sobre si: e todo o pão que traziam para o caminho era secco e bolorento.
and old and patched sandals upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry [and] mouldy.
6 E vieram a Josué, ao arraial, a Gilgal, e lhe disseram, a elle e aos homens d'Israel: Vimos d'uma terra distante; fazei pois agora concerto comnosco.
And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, From a far country are we come; and now make a covenant with us.
7 E os homens d'Israel responderam aos heveos: Porventura habitaes no meio de nós; como pois faremos concerto comvosco?
And the men of Israel said to the Hivite, Perhaps thou dwellest in the midst of us, and how should I make a covenant with thee?
8 Então disseram a Josué: Nós somos teus servos. E disse-lhes Josué: Quem sois vós, e d'onde vindes?
And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
9 E lhe responderam: Teus servos vieram d'uma terra mui distante, por causa do nome do Senhor teu Deus: porquanto ouvimos a sua fama, e tudo quanto fez no Egypto;
And they said to him, From a very far country are thy servants come, because of the name of Jehovah thy God; for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
10 E tudo quanto fez aos dois reis dos amorrheos, que estavam d'além do Jordão, a Sehon rei de Hesbon, e a Og, rei de Basan, que estava em Astaroth.
and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon the king of Heshbon, and to Og the king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.
11 Pelo que nossos anciãos e todos os moradores da nossa terra nos fallaram, dizendo: Tomae comvosco em vossas mãos provisão para o caminho, e ide-lhes ao encontro: e dizei-lhes: Nós somos vossos servos; fazei pois agora concerto comnosco.
And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take victuals in your hand for the way, and go to meet them, and say to them, We are your servants, and now make a covenant with us.
12 Este nosso pão tomámos quente das nossas casas para nossa provisão, no dia em que saimos para vir a vós: e eil-o aqui agora já secco e bolorento:
This our bread we took warm for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; and now, behold, it is dry, and is become mouldy.
13 E estes odres, que enchemos de vinho, eram novos, e eil-os aqui já rotos: e estes nossos vestidos e nossos sapatos já se teem envelhecido, por causa do mui longo caminho.
And these flasks of wine which we filled new, behold, they are rent; and these our garments and our sandals are become old by reason of the very long journey.
14 Então aquelles homens tomaram da sua provisão: e não pediram conselho á bocca do Senhor.
And the men took of their victuals, but they did not inquire at the mouth of Jehovah.
15 E Josué fez paz com elles, e fez um concerto com elles, que lhes daria a vida: e os principes da congregação lhes prestaram juramento.
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the princes of the assembly swore unto them.
16 E succedeu que, ao fim de tres dias, depois de fazerem concerto com elles, ouviram que eram seus visinhos, e que moravam no meio d'elles.
And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt in their midst.
17 Porque, partindo os filhos de Israel, chegaram ás suas cidades ao terceiro dia: e suas cidades eram Gibeon, e Cefira, e Beeroth, e Kiriath-jearim.
And the children of Israel journeyed, and came to their cities on the third day; and their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.
18 E os filhos de Israel os não feriram; porquanto os principes da congregação lhes juraram pelo Senhor Deus de Israel: pelo que toda a congregação murmurava contra os principes.
And the children of Israel did not smite them, because the princes of the assembly had sworn unto them by Jehovah the God of Israel. Then all the assembly murmured against the princes.
19 Então todos os principes disseram a toda a congregação: Nós jurámos-lhes pelo Senhor Deus de Israel: pelo que não podemos tocal-os.
And all the princes said to all the assembly, We have sworn unto them by Jehovah the God of Israel, and now we may not touch them.
20 Isto, porém, lhes faremos: dar-lhes-hemos a vida; para que não haja grande ira sobre nós, por causa do juramento que já lhes temos jurado.
This we will do to them, and let them live, lest wrath come upon us, because of the oath which we swore unto them.
21 Disseram-lhes pois os principes: Vivam, e sejam rachadores de lenha e tiradores de agua para toda a congregação, como os principes lhes teem dito.
And the princes said to them, Let them live. And they were hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the assembly; as the princes had said to them.
22 E Josué os chamou, e fallou-lhes dizendo: Porque nos enganastes, dizendo: Mui longe de vós habitamos, morando vós no meio de nós?
And Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have ye deceived us, saying, We are very far from you; whereas ye dwell in our midst?
23 Agora pois sereis malditos: e d'entre vós não deixará de haver servos, nem rachadores de lenha, nem tiradores de agua, para a casa do meu Deus.
And now ye are cursed, and ye shall never cease to be bondmen, and hewers of wood, and drawers of water for the house of my God.
24 Então responderam a Josué, e disserem: Porquanto com certeza foi annunciado aos teus servos que o Senhor teu Deus ordenou a Moysés, seu servo, que a vós daria toda esta terra, e destruiria todos os moradores da terra diante de vós, tememos muito por nossas vidas por causa de vós; por isso fizemos assim
And they answered Joshua and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants how that Jehovah thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; and we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and did this thing.
25 E eis que agora estamos na tua mão: faze aquillo que te pareça bom e recto que se nos faça.
And now behold, we are in thy hand: as it is good and right in thine eyes to do to us, do.
26 Assim pois lhes fez: e livrou-os das mãos dos filhos de Israel, e não os mataram.
And he did so to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, and they did not slay them.
27 E, n'aquelle dia, Josué os deu como rachadores de lenha e tiradores de agua para a congregação e para o altar do Senhor, até ao dia de hoje, no logar que escolhesse.
And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the assembly, and for the altar of Jehovah, to this day, in the place which he should choose.
