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,
Now, these, are the nations which Yahweh left, that he might, by them, put Israel to the proof, —all who had not known any of the wars of 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:
that the generations of the sons of Israel might certainly get to know, by being taught to make war, —such, at least, as aforetime knew nothing thereof: —
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.
five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Zidonians, and the Hivites dwelling in Mount Lebanon, —from Mount Baal-hermon as far as the entering in of 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.
So then [these] were [left], that, by them, he might put Israel to the proof, —to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of Yahweh which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
5 Habitando pois os filhos de Israel no meio dos cananeos, dos hetheos, e amorrheos, e pherezeos, e heveos, e jebuseos,
And thus, the sons of Israel, dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites, —the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites;
6 Tomaram de suas filhas para si por mulheres, e deram aos filhos d'elles as suas filhas; e serviram a seus deuses.
and took their daughters to be their wives, their own daughters moreover, gave they unto their sons, and they served 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.
Thus did the sons of Israel the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh, and forgat Yahweh their God, —and served the Baals and the 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.
Then kindled the anger of Yahweh upon Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia, —and the sons of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim, 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.
And the sons of Israel made outcry unto Yahweh, so Yahweh raised up a saviour unto the sons of Israel, who saved them, —even Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
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.
And the Spirit of Yahweh came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war, and Yahweh delivered into his hand, Chushan-rishathaim, king of Syria, —and his hand prevailed over Chushan-rishathaim.
11 Então a terra socegou quarenta annos; e Othniel, filho de Kenaz, falleceu.
And the land had rest forty years, —and 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.
And the sons of Israel again did the thing that was wicked, in the sight of Yahweh, —and Yahweh emboldened Eglon, king of Moab, against Israel, because they did the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh;
13 E ajuntou comsigo aos filhos d'Ammon e aos amalekitas, e foi, e feriu a Israel, e tomaram a cidade das palmeiras.
and he gathered unto him, the sons of Ammon, and Amalek, —and came and smote Israel, and took possession of the city of palm-trees.
14 E os filhos d'Israel serviram a Eglon, rei dos moabitas, dezoito annos.
So the sons of Israel served Eglon king of Moab, 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.
And the sons of Israel made outcry unto Yahweh, and Yahweh raised up unto them a saviour, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man left-handed, —and the sons of Israel sent, by his hand, a present, unto 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.
So Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length, —and girded it under his raiment, upon his right thigh.
17 E levou aquelle presente a Eglon, rei dos moabitas; e era Eglon homem mui gordo.
So he offered the present unto Eglon, king of Moab, —now, Eglon, was an exceedingly fat man.
18 E succedeu que, acabando de entregar o presente, despediu a gente que trouxera o presente.
And so it was, when he had made an end of offering the present, that he sent away the people who had been bearing the present;
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, he himself, turned back from the images that were by Gilgal, and said, A secret word, have I, unto thee, O king! And he said—Silence! Thereupon went out from his presence all who had been standing near him.
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.
And, Ehud, came in unto him, he, having been sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself, alone, and Ehud said, A divine word, have I, unto thee. So he arose from off 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,
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from off his right thigh, —and thrust it into his body;
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.
and, the handle also, went in after the blade, and the flesh closed upon the blade, for he withdrew not the sword out of his body, —and he came out into the ante-chamber.
23 Então Ehud saiu á sala, e cerrou sobre elle as portas do cenaculo, e as fechou.
And, when Ehud came out into the porch, he closed the doors of the parlour upon him, and bolted them.
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.
When, he, had come out, his servants, went in, and looked, and lo! the doors of the parlour were bolted, —so they said, Surely he covereth his feet, in the summer chamber.
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.
But, though they tarried a long time, yet lo! he opened not the doors of the parlour, —so they took the key, and opened [them], when lo! their lord, fallen to the ground dead.
26 E Ehud escapou, emquanto elles se demoraram: porque elle passou pelas imagens de esculptura, e escapou para Seirath.
But, Ehud, escaped while they delayed, —yea, he, passed the images, and escaped into 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,
And so it was, when he came, that he blew with a horn, throughout the hill country of Ephraim, —and the sons of Israel came down with him, out of the hill country, he, being before 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.
And he said unto them—Come down after me, for Yahweh hath delivered your enemies, the Moabites, into your hand. So they came down after him, and captured the fords of the Jordan, towards Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
29 E n'aquelle tempo feriram dos moabitas uns dez mil homens, todos corpulentos, e todos homens valorosos: e não escapou nenhum.
And they smote of Moab, at that time, about ten thousand men, every one a mighty man, and every one a man of valour, —and, there escaped not a man.
30 Assim foi subjugado Moab n'aquelle dia debaixo da mão de Israel: e a terra socegou oitenta annos.
And Moab was subdued on that day, under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years, and Ehud judged them until his death.
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.
And, after him, was Shamgar, son of Anath, who smote of the Philistines, six hundred men, with an ox-goad, —and, he also, saved Israel.
