Juízes 3
1 Estas pois são as nações, que o Senhor deixou ficar, para por ellas provar a Israel, a saber, a todos os que não sabiam de todas as guerras de Canaan,
The following are the nations the Lord left and used to test all those Israelites who had not known what it was like to be part of any of the wars in Canaan.
2 Tão sómente para que as gerações dos filhos d'Israel d'ellas soubessem (para lhes ensinar a guerra), pelo menos os que d'antes não sabiam d'ellas:
(He did so to teach warfare to the later generations of Israel, particularly to those who had not previously experienced it.)
3 Cinco principes dos philisteos, e todos os cananeos, e sidonios, e heveos, que habitavam nas montanhas do Libano, desde o monte de Baal-hermon, até á entrada d'Hamath.
They are: the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
4 Estes pois ficaram, para por elles provar a Israel, para saber se dariam ouvidos aos mandamentos do Senhor, que tinha ordenado a seus paes, pelo ministerio de Moysés.
They were left there be to a test for the Israelites, to find out whether the Israelites would keep the Lord's commandments which he had given their forefathers through Moses.
5 Habitando pois os filhos de Israel no meio dos cananeos, dos hetheos, e amorrheos, e pherezeos, e heveos, e jebuseos,
They lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
6 Tomaram de suas filhas para si por mulheres, e deram aos filhos d'elles as suas filhas; e serviram a seus deuses.
The Israelites intermarried with them, marrying their daughters, giving their own daughters to their sons, and worshiped their gods.
7 E os filhos de Israel fizeram o que parecia mal aos olhos do Senhor, e se esqueceram do Senhor seu Deus: e serviram aos baalins e a Astaroth.
The Israelites did what was evil in the Lord's sight. They ignored the Lord their God and worshiped the images of Baals and Asherahs.
8 Então a ira do Senhor se accendeu contra Israel, e elle os vendeu em mão de Cusan-risathaim, rei de Mesopotamia: e os filhos d'Israel serviram a Cusan-risathaim oito annos.
The Lord became angry with Israel, so he sold them to Cushan-Rishathaim, king of Aram Naharaim. The Israelites were subject to Cushan-Rishathaim for eight years.
9 E os filhos d'Israel clamaram ao Senhor, e o Senhor levantou aos filhos d'Israel um libertador, e os libertou, a Othniel, filho de Kenaz, irmão de Caleb, mais novo do que elle.
But when the Israelites cried out to the Lord to help them, he provided someone to rescue them, Othniel, son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, and he saved them.
10 E veiu sobre elle o Espirito do Senhor, e julgou a Israel, e saiu á peleja; e o Senhor deu na sua mão a Cusan-risathaim, rei da Syria; e a sua mão prevaleceu contra Cusan-risathaim.
The Spirit of the Lord came on him, and he became Israel's judge. He went to war with Cushan-Rishathaim, king of Aram, and the Lord handed the king over to Othniel, who was victorious.
11 Então a terra socegou quarenta annos; e Othniel, filho de Kenaz, falleceu.
As a result, the country was a peace for forty years until Othniel, son of Kenaz, died.
12 Porém os filhos d'Israel tornaram a fazer o que parecia mal aos olhos do Senhor: então o Senhor esforçou a Eglon, rei dos moabitas, contra Israel: porquanto fizeram o que parecia mal aos olhos do Senhor.
But once again the Israelites did what was evil in the Lord's sight, and because they did this the Lord gave power to Eglon, king of Moab, to conquer Israel.
13 E ajuntou comsigo aos filhos d'Ammon e aos amalekitas, e foi, e feriu a Israel, e tomaram a cidade das palmeiras.
Eglon had the Ammonites and the Amalekite join him, and then attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.
14 E os filhos d'Israel serviram a Eglon, rei dos moabitas, dezoito annos.
The Israelites were subject to Eglon, king of Moab, for eighteen years.
15 Então os filhos d'Israel clamaram ao Senhor, e o Senhor lhes levantou um libertador, a Ehud, filho de Gera, filho de Jemini, homem canhoto. E os filhos d'Israel enviaram pela sua mão um presente a Eglon, rei dos moabitas.
Again the Israelites cried out to the Lord to help them, and he provided someone to rescue them, Ehud, son of Gera the Benjamite, a left-handed man. The Israelites sent him to pay the tribute to Eglon, king of Moab.
16 E Ehud fez uma espada de dois fios, do comprimento de um covado: e cingiu-a por debaixo dos seus vestidos, á sua côxa direita.
Ehud had made for himself a cubit long double-edged sword, and he strapped it to his right thigh under his clothes.
17 E levou aquelle presente a Eglon, rei dos moabitas; e era Eglon homem mui gordo.
He came and presented the tribute to Eglon, king of Moab, who was a very fat man.
18 E succedeu que, acabando de entregar o presente, despediu a gente que trouxera o presente.
Then after delivering the tribute he sent home those who had helped carry it.
19 Porém voltou das imagens de esculptura que estão ao pé de Gilgal, e disse: Tenho uma palavra secreta para ti, ó rei. O qual disse: Cala-te. E todos os que lhe assistiam sairam de diante d'elle.
But when he reached the stone idols near Gilgal, he turned back. He went to see Eglon, and told him, “Your Majesty, I have a secret message for you.” The king told his attendants, “Silence!” and they all left.
20 E Ehud entrou a elle, a um cenaculo fresco, que para si só tinha, onde estava assentado, e disse Ehud: Tenho para ti uma palavra de Deus. E levantou-se da cadeira.
Ehud then went over to where Eglon was sitting alone in his cool upstairs room, and told him, “I have a message from God for you.” As the king got up from his seat,
21 Então Ehud estendeu a sua mão esquerda, e lançou mão da espada da sua côxa direita, e lh'a cravou no ventre,
Ehud grabbed his sword with his left hand from his right thigh and drove it into Eglon's belly.
22 De tal maneira que entrou até á empunhadura após da folha, e a gordura encerrou a folha (porque não tirou a espada do ventre): e saiu-se-lhe o excremento.
The handle went in with the blade and the fat closed over it. So Ehud didn't pull the sword out, and the king defecated.
23 Então Ehud saiu á sala, e cerrou sobre elle as portas do cenaculo, e as fechou.
Then Ehud closed and locked the doors, and escaped through the toilet.
24 E, saindo elle, vieram os seus servos, e viram, e eis que as portas do cenaculo estavam fechadas; e disseram: Sem duvida está cobrindo seus pés na recamara do cenaculo fresco.
After he had left, the servants came and saw that the doors of the room were locked. “He must be using the toilet,” they concluded.
25 E, esperando até se enfastiarem, eis que não abria as portas do cenaculo; então tomaram a chave, e abriram, e eis aqui seu senhor estendido morto em terra.
So they waited until they couldn't stand it any more, and since he still hadn't opened the doors of the room, they went and found the key and opened the doors. There was their lord, lying dead on the floor.
26 E Ehud escapou, emquanto elles se demoraram: porque elle passou pelas imagens de esculptura, e escapou para Seirath.
While the servants delayed acting, Ehud escaped, passing the stone idols and on to Seirah.
27 E succedeu que, entrando elle, tocou a buzina nas montanhas de Ephraim: e os filhos de Israel desceram com elle das montanhas, e elle adiante d'elles,
When he got there, he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites joined him. They went down from the hills, with Ehud leading them.
28 E disse-lhes: Segui-me: porque o Senhor vos tem dado a vossos inimigos, os moabitas, na vossa mão: e desceram após d'elle, e tomaram os váos do Jordão a Moab, e a nenhum deixaram passar.
He told them, “Follow me, for the Lord has handed Moab, your enemy, over to you.” So they followed him down and took control of the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab. They didn't let anyone cross.
29 E n'aquelle tempo feriram dos moabitas uns dez mil homens, todos corpulentos, e todos homens valorosos: e não escapou nenhum.
Then they attacked the Moabites and killed around 10,000 of their best and strongest fighting men. Not a single one escaped.
30 Assim foi subjugado Moab n'aquelle dia debaixo da mão de Israel: e a terra socegou oitenta annos.
Moab was conquered that day and made subject to Israel, and the country was at peace for eighty years.
31 Depois d'elle foi Samgar, filho d'Anath, que feriu a seiscentos homens dos philisteos com uma aguilhada de bois: e tambem elle libertou a Israel.
After Ehud was Shamgar, son of Anath, who killed six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He also rescued Israel.
