Juízes 18

1 N'aquelles dias não havia rei em Israel: e nos mesmos dias a tribu dos daneos buscava para si herança para habitar; porquanto até áquelle dia entre as tribus d'Israel lhe não havia caido em herança bastante sorte

In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the Danites sought for them an inheritance to dwell in, for to that day their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.

2 E enviaram os filhos de Dan da sua tribu cinco homens dos seus confins, homens valorosos, de Zora e de Estaol, a espiar e rastejar a terra; e lhes disseram: Ide, rastejae a terra. E vieram á montanha d'Ephraim, até á casa de Micah, e passaram ali a noite.

And the sons of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it. And they said to them, Go, search the land. And they came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, and lodged there.

3 E quando elles estavam junto da casa de Micah, conheceram a voz do mancebo, do levita; e chegaram-se para lá, e lhe disseram: Quem te trouxe aqui, que fazes aqui, e que é o que tens aqui?

When they were by the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young man the Levite. And they turned aside there, and said to him, Who brought thee here? And what are thou doing in this place? And what have thou here?

4 E elle lhes disse: Assim e assim me tem feito Micah; pois me tem alugado, e eu lhe sirvo de sacerdote.

And he said to them, Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest.

5 Então lhe disseram: Ora pergunta a Deus, para que possamos saber se prosperará o caminho que levamos.

And they said to him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

6 E disse-lhes o sacerdote: Ide em paz; o caminho que levardes está perante o Senhor.

And the priest said to them, Go in peace. Your way is before Jehovah in which ye go.

7 Então foram-se aquelles cinco homens, e vieram a Lais; e viram que o povo que havia no meio d'ella estava seguro, conforme ao costume dos sidonios, quieto e confiado; nem havia possessor algum do reino que por causa alguma envergonhasse a alguem n'aquella terra: tambem estavam longe doa sidonios, e não tinham que fazer com ninguem.

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were in it, how they dwelt in security, according to the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure, for there was none in the land possessing authority, that might put them to shame in anything. And they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.

8 Então voltaram a seus irmãos, a Zora e a Estaol: e seus irmãos lhes disseram: Que dizeis vós?

And they came to their brothers to Zorah and Eshtaol. And their brothers said to them, What say ye?

9 E elles disseram: Levantae-vos, e subamos a elles; porque examinámos a terra, e eis que é muitissimo boa; pois estareis tranquillos? não sejaes preguiçosos em irdes para entrar a possuir esta terra.

And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good, and are ye idle? Be not slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.

10 Quando lá chegardes, vereis a um povo confiado, e a terra é larga de extensão; porque Deus vol-a entregou na mão; logar em que não ha falta de coisa alguma que ha na terra.

When ye go, ye shall come to a people secure. And the land is large, for God has given it into your hand, a place where there is no want of anything that is on the earth.

11 Então partiram d'ali, da tribu dos daneos, de Zora e d'Estaol, seiscentos homens armados de armas de guerra.

And there set forth from there of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war.

12 E subiram, e acamparam-se em Kiriath-jearim, em Judah; pelo que chamaram a este logar Mahaneh-dan, até ao dia de hoje; eis que está por detraz de Kiriath-jearim.

And they went up, and encamped in Kiriath-jearim, in Judah. Therefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan, to this day. Behold, it is behind Kiriath-jearim.

13 E d'ali passaram á montanha d'Ephraim; e vieram até á casa de Micah.

And they passed from there to the hill-country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.

14 Então responderam os cinco homens, que foram espiar a terra de Lais, e disseram a seus irmãos: Sabeis vós tambem que n'aquellas casas ha um ephod, e terafins, e imagem de esculptura e de fundição? vêde pois agora o que haveis de fazer

Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish, answered and said to their brothers, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? Now therefore consider what ye have to do.

15 Então foram-se para lá, e vieram á casa do mancebo, o levita, em casa de Micah, e o saudaram.

And they turned aside there, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.

16 E os seiscentos homens, que eram dos filhos de Dan, armados de suas armas de guerra, ficaram á entrada da porta.

And the six hundred men girded with their weapons of war, who were of the sons of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.

17 Porém subindo os cinco homens, que foram espiar a terra, entraram n'ella, e tomaram a imagem d'esculptura, o ephod, e os terafins, e a imagem de fundição, ficando o sacerdote em pé á entrada da porta, com os seiscentos homens que estavam armados com as armas de guerra.

And the five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. And the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men girded with weapons of war.

18 Entrando elles pois em casa de Micah, e tomando a imagem de esculptura, e o ephod, e os terafins, e a imagem de fundição, disse-lhes o sacerdote: Que estaes fazendo?

And when these went into Micah's house, and fetched the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said to them, What do ye?

19 E elles lhe disseram: Cala-te, põe a mão na bocca, e vem comnosco, e sê-nos por pae e sacerdote: é-te melhor que sejas sacerdote da casa d'um só homem, do que ser sacerdote d'uma tribu e d'uma geração em Israel

And they said to him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for thee to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

20 Então alegrou-se o coração do sacerdote, e tomou o ephod, e os terafins, e a imagem de esculptura: e entrou no meio do povo.

And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

21 Assim viraram, e partiram: e os meninos, e o gado, e a bagagem puzeram diante de si.

So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them.

22 E, estando já longe da casa de Micah, os homens que estavam nas casas junto á casa de Micah, se convocaram, e alcançaram os filhos de Dan.

When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the sons of Dan.

23 E clamaram após dos filhos de Dan, os quaes viraram os seus rostos, e disseram a Micah: Que tens, que assim te convocaste?

And they cried out to the sons of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said to Micah, What troubles thee that thou come with such a company?

24 Então elle disse: Os meus deuses, que eu fiz, me tomastes, juntamente com o sacerdote, e vos fostes; que mais me fica agora? Como pois me dizeis: Que é o que tens?

And he said, ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and have gone away, and what have I more? And how do ye then say to me, What troubles thee?

25 Porém os filhos de Dan lhe disseram: Não nos faças ouvir a tua voz, para que porventura homens de animo amargoso não se lancem sobre vós, e tu percas a tua vida, e a vida dos da tua casa

And the sons of Dan said to him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall upon you, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.

26 Assim seguiram o seu caminho os filhos de Dan: e Micah, vendo que eram mais fortes do que elle, voltou, e tornou-se a sua casa.

And the sons of Dan went their way. And when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.

27 Elles pois tomaram o que Micah tinha feito, e o sacerdote que tivera, e vieram a Lais, a um povo quieto e confiado, e os feriram ao fio da espada, e queimaram a cidade a fogo.

And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and they burnt the city with fire.

28 E ninguem houve que os livrasse, porquanto estavam longe de Sidon, e não tinham que fazer com ninguem, e a cidade estava no valle que está junto a Beth-rechob: depois reedificaram a cidade e habitaram n'ella.

And there was no deliverer because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with any man, and it was in the valley that lies by Beth-rehob. And they built the city, and dwelt in it.

29 E chamaram o nome da cidade Dan, conforme ao nome de Dan, seu pae, que nascera a Israel: sendo porém d'antes o nome d'esta cidade Lais.

And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father who was born to Israel. However the name of the city was Laish at first.

30 E os filhos de Dan levantaram para si aquella imagem de esculptura: e Jonathan, filho de Gerson, o filho de Manasseh, elle e seus filhos foram sacerdotes da tribu dos daneos, ate ao dia do captiveiro da terra.

And the sons of Dan set up for themselves the graven image. And Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.

31 Assim pois a imagem d'esculptura que fizera Micah, estabeleceram entre si, todos os dias que a casa de Deus esteve em Silo.

So they set up for them Micah's graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.