Juízes 11
1 Era então Jefthe, o gileadita, valente e valoroso, porém filho d'uma prostituta: mas Gilead gerara a Jefthe.
[There was a man] from [the] Gilead [region] named Jephthah. He was a great warrior. His father was also named Gilead. But his mother was a prostitute.
2 Tambem a mulher de Gilead lhe pariu filhos, e, sendo os filhos d'esta mulher já grandes, expelliram a Jefthe, e lhe disseram: Não herdarás em casa de nosso pae, porque és filho d'outra mulher.
Gilead’s wife gave birth to several sons. When they grew up, they forced Jephthah to leave home, saying to him, “You are the son of a prostitute, [not the son of our mother]. So [when] our father [dies], you will not receive any of his property.”
3 Então Jefthe fugiu de diante de seus irmãos, e habitou na terra de Tob: e homens levianos se ajuntaram com Jefthe, e sahiam com elle.
So Jephthah ran away from his brothers, and he went to the Tob region. While he was there, some worthless men started to spend a lot of time with him.
4 E aconteceu que, depois d'alguns dias, os filhos d'Ammon pelejaram contra Israel.
Some time later, the Ammon people-group started to fight against the Israelis.
5 Aconteceu pois que, como os filhos d'Ammon pelejassem contra Israel, foram os anciãos de Gilead buscar a Jefthe da terra de Tob.
When that happened [DOU], the leaders of [the] Gilead [region] went to Jephthah to bring him back from the Tob region [to their area].
6 E disseram a Jefthe: Vem, e sê-nos por Cabeça: para que combatamos contra os filhos d'Ammon.
They said to him, “Come [with us] and lead our army, and [help us to] fight against the men from the Ammon people-group!”
7 Porém Jefthe disse aos anciãos de Gilead: Porventura não me aborrecestes a mim, e não me expellistes da casa de meu pae? porque pois agora viestes a mim, quando estaes em aperto?
But Jephthah replied, “You hated me [RHQ] previously! You forced me to leave my father’s house! So why are you coming to me now, [asking me to help you] when you are experiencing trouble?”
8 E disseram os anciãos de Gilead a Jefthe: Por isso tornamos a ti, para que venhas comnosco, e combatas contra os filhos d'Ammon: e nos sejas por Cabeça sobre todos os moradores de Gilead.
The leaders from Gilead replied, “[Yes, we are having trouble, and] that is the reason that we have come to you now. If you come with us and [help us to] fight against the Ammon people-group, [after we defeat them, we will appoint] you to be the leader of all us people in [the] Gilead [region].”
9 Então Jefthe disse aos anciãos de Gilead: Se me tornardes a levar para combater contra os filhos d'Ammon, e o Senhor m'os dér diante de mim, então eu vos serei por Cabeça?
Jephthah replied, “If I go back to Gilead with you to fight against the Ammon people-group, and if Yahweh helps us to defeat them, will you truly appoint me to be your leader?”
10 E disseram os anciãos de Gilead a Jefthe: O Senhor será testemunha entre nós, e assim o faremos conforme á tua palavra.
They replied, “Yahweh is listening to everything that we say. [So he will punish us] if we do not do everything that you tell us to do.”
11 Assim Jefthe foi-se com os anciãos de Gilead, e o povo o poz por Cabeça e principe sobre si: e Jefthe fallou todas as suas palavras perante o Senhor em Mispah.
So Jephthah went with them back to [the] Gilead [region], and the people appointed him to be their leader and the commander of their army. And Jephthah solemnly promised to Yahweh there at Mizpah [to serve him well].
12 E enviou Jefthe mensageiros ao rei dos filhos d'Ammon, dizendo: Que ha entre mim e ti, que vieste a mim a pelejar contra a minha terra?
Jephthah sent some messengers to the king of the Ammon people-group. They asked the king, “What have we [done to make you angry, with the result] that your army is coming to fight [against the people] in our land?”
13 E disse o rei dos filhos de Ammon aos mensageiros de Jefthe: Porquanto, saindo Israel do Egypto, tomou a minha terra, desde Arnon até Jabbok, e ainda até ao Jordão: torna-m'a pois agora em paz.
The king replied, “[We have come to fight against you Israelis because] you took our land when you came here from Egypt. You took all our land east of the Jordan [River], from the Arnon [River in the south] to the Jabbok [River in the north]. So if you now give it back to us, there (will be peace between us/we will not fight against you).”
14 Porém Jefthe proseguiu ainda em enviar mensageiros ao rei dos filhos d'Ammon,
[The messengers returned to Jephthah and told him what the king had said]. So Jephthah sent the messengers to the king again.
15 Dizendo-lhe: Assim diz Jefthe: Israel não tomou, nem a terra dos moabitas nem a terra dos filhos d'Ammon;
They said to him, “This is what Jephthah says: ‘It is not [true] that we Israelis took the land from the Moab people-group and the Ammon people-group.
16 Porque, subindo Israel do Egypto, andou pelo deserto até ao Mar Vermelho, e chegou até Cades.
When the Israeli people came out of Egypt, they walked through the desert to the Red Sea, and then [walked across it and traveled to Kadesh town at the border of the Edom region].
17 E Israel enviou mensageiros ao rei dos edomitas, dizendo: Rogo-te que me deixes passar pela tua terra. Porém o rei dos edomitas não lhe deu ouvidos; enviou tambem ao rei dos moabitas, o qual tambem não quiz: e assim Israel ficou em Cades.
They sent messengers to the king of the Edom people-group, to say to him, “Please allow us Israelis to walk across your land.” But the king of the Edom people-group refused. Later we sent the same message to the king of the Moab people-group, but he also refused to allow the Israelis to go through his land. So the Israelis stayed at Kadesh [for a long time].
18 Depois andou pelo deserto, e rodeou a terra dos edomitas e a terra dos moabitas, e veiu do nascente do sol á terra dos moabitas, e alojaram-se d'além d'Arnon; porém não entraram nos limites dos moabitas, porque Arnon é limite dos moabitas.
Then the Israelis went into the desert and walked outside the borders of the Edom and Moab regions. They walked east of the Moab region, east of the Arnon [River, which is the eastern border of the Moab region]. They did not cross that river to enter [the] Moab [region].
19 Mas Israel enviou mensageiros a Sehon, rei dos amorrheos, rei de Hesbon: e disse-lhe Israel: Deixa-nos, peço-te, passar pela tua terra até ao meu logar.
‘Then the Israelis sent a message to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who lived in Heshbon [city]. They asked him, “Will you please allow us Israeli people to cross through your land to arrive at the land to which we [are going].”
20 Porém Sehon não se fiou d'Israel para este passar nos seus limites; antes Sehon ajuntou todo o seu povo, e se acamparam em Jasa, e combateu contra Israel.
But Sihon did not trust the Israelis; [he thought that they would steal some of the things in his land]. So he gathered all his troops and they set up their tents at Jahaz [village] and then they attacked the Israelis.
21 E o Senhor Deus d'Israel deu a Sehon com todo o seu povo na mão d'Israel, e os feriram: e Israel tomou por herança toda a terra dos amorrheos que habitavam n'aquella terra.
But Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], enabled the Israeli army to defeat [IDM] Sihon and his army. Then they (took possession of/started to live in) all the land where the Amor people-group had lived.
22 E por herança tomaram todos os limites dos anciãos, desde Arnon até Jabbok, e desde o deserto até ao Jordão.
The Israelis took all the land that belonged to the Amor people-group, from the Arnon [River in the south] to the Jabbok [River in the north], and from the desert [in the east] to the Jordan [River in the west].
23 Assim o Senhor Deus d'Israel desapossou os amorrheos de diante do seu povo d'Israel: e os possuirias tu?
‘It was Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], who forced the Amor people-group to leave as the Israelis advanced. So do you now think that you can force the Israelis to leave [RHQ]?
24 Não possuirias tu aquelle que Camos, teu deus, desapossasse de diante de ti? assim possuiremos nós todos quantos o Senhor nosso Deus desapossar de diante de nós.
You take the land that your god Chemosh has given to you. And we will live in the land that Yahweh our God has given to us!
25 Agora pois és tu ainda melhor do que Balac, filho de Zippor, rei dos moabitas? porventura contendeu elle em algum tempo com Israel, ou pelejou alguma vez contra elles?
(You are no/Are you) better than Zippor’s son Balak, who was the king of the Moab people-group? He never [RHQ] quarreled with the Israeli people, and he never started to fight against us [RHQ]!
26 Emquanto Israel habitou trezentos annos em Hesbon e nas suas villas, e em Aroer e nas suas villas, em todas as cidades que estão ao longo d'Arnon, porque o não recuperastes n'aquelle tempo?
For 300 years the Israeli people have lived in Heshbon and Aroer [cities in your region], and in the surrounding towns, and in all the cities along the Arnon [River]. Why have you people of the Ammon people-group not taken back those cities during all those years [RHQ]?
27 Tão pouco pequei eu contra ti! porém tu usas mal comigo em pelejar contra mim: o Senhor, que é juiz, julgue hoje entre os filhos d'Israel e entre os filhos de Ammon.
We have not sinned against you, but you are sinning against me by attacking me [and my army]. I trust that Yahweh, the great judge, will decide whether we Israelis are right, or whether you people of the Ammon people-group are right.’”
28 Porém o rei dos filhos d'Ammon não deu ouvidos ás palavras de Jefthe, que lhe enviou.
But the king of the Ammon people-group did not pay attention to that message from Jephthah.
29 Então o espirito do Senhor veiu sobre Jefthe, e atravessou elle por Gilead e Manasseh: porque passou até Mispah de Gilead, e de Mispah de Gilead passou até aos filhos d'Ammon.
Then the Spirit of Yahweh took control of Jephthah. Jephthah went through [the] Gilead [region] and through the area where the tribe of Manasseh lived, [to enlist/gather men for his army]. [He finally gathered them together] in Mizpah [city] in [the] Gilead [region] to fight against the Ammon people-group.
30 E Jefthe votou um voto ao Senhor, e disse: Se totalmente deres os filhos d'Ammon na minha mão,
There Jephthah made a solemn promise to Yahweh. He said, “If you will enable my army to defeat [IDM] the Ammon people-group,
31 Aquillo que, saindo da porta de minha casa, me sair ao encontro, voltando eu dos filhos d'Ammon em paz, isso será do Senhor, e o offerecerei em holocausto.
when I return from the battle, I will sacrifice to you the first person who comes out of my house [to greet me]. It will be a sacrifice that will be completely burned [on the altar].”
32 Assim Jefthe passou aos filhos d'Ammon, a combater contra elles: e o Senhor os deu na sua mão.
Then Jephthah [and his men] went from Mizpah to attack the Ammon people-group, and Yahweh enabled his army to defeat them.
33 E os feriu com grande mortandade, desde Aroer até chegar a Minnith, vinte cidades, e até Abel-keramim; assim foram subjugados os filhos d'Ammon diante dos filhos d'Israel.
Jephthah and his men killed them, from Aroer [city] all the way to the area around the city of Minnith. They destroyed 20 cities, as far as [the city of] Abel Keramim. So the Israelis [completely] defeated the Ammon people-group.
34 Vindo pois Jefthe a Mispah, á sua casa, eis que a sua filha lhe saiu ao encontro com adufes e com danças: e era ella só a unica; não tinha outro filho nem filha.
When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, his daughter was the first one to come out of the house to meet him. She was [joyfully] playing a tambourine and dancing. She was his only child; he had no sons and no other daughters.
35 E aconteceu que, quando a viu, rasgou os seus vestidos, e disse: Ah! filha minha, muito me abateste, e és d'entre os que me turbam! porque eu abri a minha bocca ao Senhor, e não tornarei atraz.
When Jephthah saw his daughter, he tore his clothes [to show that he was very sad about what he was going to do]. He said to her, “My daughter, you have caused me to become very sad [DOU] because I made a solemn promise to Yahweh [to sacrifice the first one who came out of my house], and I must do what I promised.”
36 E ella lhe disse: Pae meu, abriste tu a tua bocca ao Senhor, faze de mim como saiu da tua bocca: pois o Senhor te vingou dos teus inimigos, os filhos d'Ammon.
His daughter said, “My father, you made a solemn promise to Yahweh. So you must do to me what you promised, because [you said that you would do that if] Yahweh helped you to defeat our enemies, the Ammon people-group.”
37 Disse mais a seu pae: Faça-se-me isto: deixa-me por dois mezes que vá, e desça pelos montes, e chore a minha virgindade, eu e as minhas companheiras.
Then she also said, “But allow me to do one thing. (First/before you do what you promised), allow me to go up into the hilly area and wander around for two months. Since I will never be married [and have children], allow me and my friends to go and cry together.”
38 E disse elle: Vae. E deixou-a ir por dois mezes: então foi-se ella com as suas companheiras, e chorou a sua virgindade pelos montes.
Jephthah replied, “All right, you may go.” So she left for two months. She and her friends stayed in the hills and they cried for her because she would never be married.
39 E succedeu que, ao fim de dois mezes, tornou ella para seu pae, o qual cumpriu n'ella o seu voto que tinha votado: e ella não conheceu varão; e d'aqui veiu o costume d'Israel,
After two months, she returned to her father Jephthah, and he did to her what he had vowed. So his daughter never was married. Because of that, the Israelis now have a custom.
40 Que as filhas d'Israel iam de anno em anno a lamentar a filha de Jefthe, o gileadita, por quatro dias no anno.
Every year the young Israeli women go [into the hills] for four days to remember [and cry about what happened to] the daughter of Jephthah.
