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1 Ora tinham jurado os homens d'Israel em Mispah, dizendo: Nenhum de nós dará sua filha por mulher aos benjamitas.
The sons of Israel had also taken an oath at Mizpah, and they said, “None of us shall give his daughters as a wife to the sons of Benjamin.”
2 Veiu pois o povo a Beth-el, e ali ficaram até á tarde diante de Deus: e levantaram a sua voz, e prantearam com grande pranto,
And they all went to the house of God at Shiloh. And sitting in his sight until evening, they lifted up their voice, and they began to weep, with a great wailing, saying,
3 E disseram: Ah! Senhor Deus d'Israel, porque succedeu isto em Israel, que hoje falte uma tribu em Israel?
“Why, O Lord, God of Israel, has this evil happened among your people, so that this day one tribe would be taken away from us?”
4 E succedeu que, no dia seguinte, o povo pela manhã se levantou, e edificou ali um altar; e offereceram holocaustos e offertas pacificas.
Then, rising at first light on the next day, they built an altar. And they offered holocausts and victims of peace offerings there, and they said,
5 E disseram os filhos d'Israel: Quem de todas as tribus d'Israel não subiu ao ajuntamento ao Senhor? Porque se tinha feito um grande juramento ácerca dos que não viessem ao Senhor a Mispah, dizendo: Morrerá certamente.
“Who, out of all the tribes of Israel, did not ascend with the army of the Lord?” For they had bound themselves with a great oath, when they were at Mizpah, that whoever was not present would be slain.
6 E arrependeram-se os filhos d'Israel ácerca de Benjamin, seu irmão, e disseram: Cortada é hoje d'Israel uma tribu.
And the sons of Israel, having been led to repentance over their brother Benjamin, began to say: “One tribe has been taken away from Israel.
7 Que faremos, ácerca de mulheres, com os que ficaram de resto, pois nós temos jurado pelo Senhor que nenhuma de nossas filhas lhes dariamos por mulheres?
From where shall they receive wives? For we have all sworn in common that we will not give our daughters to them.”
8 E disseram: Ha alguma das tribus d'Israel que não subisse ao Senhor a Mispah? E eis que ninguem de Jabes de Gilead viera ao arraial, á congregação.
For this reason, they said, “Who is there, out of all the tribes of Israel, that did not ascend to the Lord at Mizpah?” And behold, the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead were found not to have been among that army.
9 Porquanto o povo se contou: e eis que nenhum dos moradores de Jabes de Gilead se achou ali.
(Likewise, in the time when they had been at Shiloh, not one of them was found to be there.)
10 Então o ajuntamento enviou lá doze mil homens dos mais valentes, e lhes ordenou, dizendo: Ide, e ao fio da espada feri aos moradores de Jabes de Gilead, e ás mulheres e aos meninos.
And so they sent ten thousand very robust men, and they instructed them, saying, “Go and strike down the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead with the edge of the sword, including their wives and little ones.”
11 Porém isto é o que haveis de fazer: A todo o macho e a toda a mulher que se houver deitado com um homem totalmente destruireis.
And this shall be what you ought to do: “Every one of the male gender, as well as all the women who have known men, shall be put to death. But the virgins you shall reserve.”
12 E acharam entre os moradores de Jabes de Gilead quatrocentas moças virgens, que não conheceram homem deitando-se com macho: e as trouxeram ao arraial, a Silo, que está na terra de Canaan.
And four hundred virgins, who had not known the bed of a man, were found from Jabesh-Gilead. And they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, in the land of Canaan.
13 Então todo o ajuntamento enviou, e fallou aos filhos de Benjamin, que estavam na penha de Rimmon, e lhes proclamou a paz.
And they sent messengers to the sons of Benjamin, who were at the rock of Rimmon, and they instructed them, so that they would receive them in peace.
14 E ao mesmo tempo voltaram os benjamitas; e deram-lhes as mulheres que haviam guardado com vida, das mulheres de Jabes de Gilead: porém estas ainda lhes não bastaram.
And the sons of Benjamin went, at that time, and wives were given to them from the daughters of Jabesh-Gilead. But others were not found, whom they might give in a similar manner.
15 Então o povo se arrependeu por causa de Benjamin: porquanto o Senhor tinha feito abertura nas tribus d'Israel.
And all of Israel was very saddened, and they did penance for destroying one tribe out of Israel.
16 E disseram os anciãos do ajuntamento: Que faremos ácerca de mulheres para os que ficaram de resto? pois as mulheres são destruidas de Benjamin.
And those greater by birth said: “What shall we do with the remainder, those who have not received wives? For all the females of Benjamin have been cut down,
17 Disseram mais: A herança dos que ficaram de resto é de Benjamin, e nenhuma tribu de Israel deve ser destruida.
and we must take great care, and make provision with a very great diligence, so that one tribe may not be wiped away from Israel.
18 Porém nós não lhes poderemos dar mulheres de nossas filhas, porque os filhos d'Israel juraram, dizendo: Maldito aquelle que der mulher aos benjamitas.
As for our own daughters, we are not able to give them, being bound by an oath and a curse, when we said, ‘Accursed is he who will give any of his daughters to Benjamin as a wife.’”
19 Então disseram: Eis que de anno em anno ha solemnidade do Senhor em Silo, que se celebra para o norte de Beth-el, da banda do nascente do sol, pelo caminho alto que sobe de Beth-el a Sichem, e para o sul de Lebona.
And they took counsel, and they said, “Behold, there is a yearly solemnity of the Lord at Shiloh, which is situated to the north of the city of Bethel, and on the eastern side of the way that one takes from Bethel to Shechem, and to the south of the town of Lebonah.”
20 E mandaram aos filhos de Benjamin, dizendo: Ide, e emboscae-vos nas vinhas,
And they instructed the sons of Benjamin, and they said: “Go, and hide in the vineyards.
21 E olhae, e eis ahi, saindo as filhas de Silo a dançar em ranchos, sahi vós das vinhas, e arrebatae-vos cada um sua mulher das filhas de Silo, e ide-vos á terra de Benjamin.
And when you will have seen daughters of Shiloh being led out to dance, according to custom, go forth suddenly from the vineyards, and let each one seize one wife from among them, and travel into the land of Benjamin.
22 E será que, quando seus paes ou seus irmãos vierem a litigar comnosco, nós lhes diremos: Por amor de nós, tende compaixão d'elles, pois n'esta guerra não tomámos mulheres para cada um d'elles: porque não lh'as déstes vós, para que agora ficasseis culpados?
And when their fathers and brothers arrive, and they begin to complain against you and to argue, we will say to them: ‘Take pity on them. For they have not seized them by right of war or conquest. Instead, begging to receive them, you did not give them, and so the sin was on your part.’”
23 E os filhos de Benjamin o fizeram assim, e levaram mulheres conforme ao numero d'elles, das que arrebatavam dos ranchos que dançavam: e foram-se, e voltaram á sua herança, e reedificaram as cidades, e habitaram n'ellas.
And so the sons of Benjamin did just as they had been ordered. And according to their number, they seized for themselves one wife each, out of those who were led out dancing. And they went into their own possession, and they built up their cities, and they lived in them.
24 Tambem os filhos d'Israel partiram então d'ali, cada um para a sua tribu e para a sua geração: e sairam d'ali, cada um para a sua herança.
The sons of Israel also returned, according to their tribes and families, to their tents.
25 N'aquelles dias não havia rei em Israel: porém cada um fazia o que parecia recto aos seus olhos.
In those days, there was no king in Israel. Instead, each one did what seemed right to himself.
