Juízes 6
1 Porém os filhos de Israel fizeram o que parecia mal aos olhos do Senhor: e o Senhor os deu na mão dos midianitas por sete annos.
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Madiam seven years.
2 E, prevalecendo a mão dos midianitas sobre Israel, fizeram os filhos de Israel para si, por causa dos midianitas, as covas que estão nos montes, e as cavernas e as fortificações.
And the hand of Madiam prevailed against Israel: and the children of Israel made for themselves because of Madiam the caves in the mountains, and the dens, and the holes in the rocks.
3 Porque succedia que, semeando Israel, subiram os midianitas e os amalekitas; e tambem os do oriente contra elle subiam.
And it came to pass when the children of Israel sowed, that Madiam and Amalec went up, and the children of the east went up together with them.
4 E punham-se contra elles em campo, e destruiram a novidade da terra, até chegarem a Gaza: e não deixavam mantimento em Israel, nem ovelhas, nem bois nem jumentos.
And they encamped against them, and destroyed their fruits until they came to Gaza; and they left not the support of life in the land of Israel, not even ox or ass amongst the herds.
5 Porque subiam com os seus gados e tendas; vinham como gafanhotos, em tanta multidão que não se podia contar, nem a elles nem aos seus camelos: e entravam na terra, para a destruir.
For they and their stock came up, and their tents were with them, as the locust in multitude, and there was no number to them and their camels; and they came to the land of Israel, and laid it waste.
6 Assim Israel empobreceu muito pela presença dos midianitas: então os filhos de Israel clamaram ao Senhor.
And Israel was greatly impoverished because of Madiam.
7 E succedeu que, clamando os filhos de Israel ao Senhor por causa dos midianitas,
And the children of Israel cried to the Lord because of Madiam.
8 Enviou o Senhor um homem propheta aos filhos de Israel, que lhes disse: Assim diz o Senhor, Deus de Israel: Do Egypto eu vos fiz subir, e vos tirei da casa da servidão;
And the Lord sent a prophet to the children of Israel; and he said to them, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, I am he that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and I brought you up out of the house of your bondage.
9 E vos livrei da mão dos egypcios, e da mão de todos quantos vos opprimiam; e os expelli de diante de vós, e a vós dei a sua terra;
And I delivered you out of the hand of Egypt, and out of the hand of all that afflicted you, and I cast them out before you; and I gave you their land.
10 E vos disse: Eu sou o Senhor vosso Deus; não temaes aos deuses dos amorrheos, em cuja terra habitaes: mas não déstes ouvidos á minha voz
And I said to you, I [am] the Lord your God: you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but you listened not to my voice.
11 Então o anjo do Senhor veiu, e assentou-se debaixo do carvalho que está em Ophra, que pertencia a Joás, abi-ezrita: e Gideon, seu filho, estava malhando o trigo no lagar, para o salvar dos midianitas.
And an angel of the Lord came, and sat down under the fir tree, which was in Ephratha in the land of Joas father of Esdri; and Gedeon his son [was] threshing wheat in a wine-press in order to escape from the face of Madiam.
12 Então o anjo do Senhor lhe appareceu, e lhe disse: O Senhor é comtigo, varão valoroso.
And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, The Lord [is] with you, you mighty in strength.
13 Mas Gideon lhe respondeu: Ai, senhor meu, se o Senhor é comnosco, porque tudo isto nos sobreveiu? e que é feito de todas as suas maravilhas que nossos paes nos contaram, dizendo: Não nos fez o Senhor subir do Egypto? porém agora o Senhor nos desamparou, e nos deu na mão dos midianitas.
And Gedeon said to him, [Be gracious] with me, my Lord: but if the Lord is with us, why have these evils found us? and where are all his miracles, which our fathers have related to us, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt? and now he has cast us out, and given us into the hand of Madiam.
14 Então o Senhor olhou para elle, e disse: Vae n'esta tua força, e livrarás a Israel da mão dos midianitas: porventura não te enviei eu?
And the angel of the Lord turned to him, and said, Go in this your strength, and you shall save Israel out of the hand of Madiam: behold, I have sent you.
15 E elle lhe disse: Ai, senhor meu, com que livrarei a Israel? eis-que o meu milheiro é o mais pobre em Manasseh, e eu o menor na casa de meu pae.
And Gedeon said to him, [Be gracious] with me, my Lord: whereby shall I save Israel? behold, my thousand is weakened in Manasse, and I am the least in my father's house.
16 E o Senhor lhe disse: Porquanto eu hei de ser comtigo, tu ferirás aos midianitas como se fossem um só homem.
And the angel of the Lord said to him, The Lord shall be with you, and you shall strike Madiam as one man.
17 E elle lhe disse: Se agora tenho achado graça aos teus olhos, dá-me um signal de que és o que comigo fallas.
And Gedeon said to him, If now I have found mercy in your eyes, and you will do this day for me all that you have spoken of with me,
18 Rogo-te que d'aqui te não apartes, até que eu venha a ti, e tire o meu presente, e o ponha perante ti. E disse: Eu esperarei até que voltes.
depart not hence until I come to you, and I will bring forth an offering and offer it before you: and he said, I will remain until you return.
19 E entrou Gideon e preparou um cabrito e bolos asmos d'um epha de farinha; a carne poz n'um açafate e o caldo poz n'uma panella: e trouxe-lh'o até debaixo do carvalho, e lh'o apresentou.
And Gedeon went in, and prepared a kid of the goats, and an ephah of fine flour unleavened; and he put the flesh in the basket, and poured the broth into the pot, and brought them forth to him under the turpentine tree, and drew near.
20 Porém o anjo de Deus lhe disse: Toma a carne e os bolos asmos, e põe-os sobre esta penha e verte o caldo. E assim o fez.
And the angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and put them on that rock, and pour out the broth close by: and he did so.
21 E o anjo do Senhor estendeu a ponta do cajado, que estava na sua mão, e tocou a carne e os bolos asmos: então subiu fogo da penha, e consumiu a carne e os bolos asmos; e o anjo do Senhor desappareceu de seus olhos.
And the angel of the Lord stretched out the end of the rod that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened bread; and fire came up out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened bread, and the angel of the Lord vanished from his sight.
22 Então viu Gideon que era o anjo do Senhor: e disse Gideon: Ah, Senhor, Jehovah, que eu vi o anjo do Senhor face a face.
And Gedeon saw that he was an angel of the Lord; and Gedeon said, Ah, ah, Lord my God! for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.
23 Porém o Senhor lhe disse: Paz seja comtigo; não temas: não morrerás.
And the Lord said to him, Peace be to you, fear not, you shall not die.
24 Então Gideon edificou ali um altar ao Senhor, e lhe chamou, Senhor é paz: e ainda até ao dia d'hoje está em Ophra dos abi-ezritas.
And Gedeon built there an altar to the Lord, and called it The peace of the Lord, until this day, as it is still inEphratha of the father of Esdri.
25 E aconteceu, n'aquella mesma noite, que o Senhor lhe disse: Toma o boi de teu pae, a saber, o segundo boi de sete annos: e derriba o altar de Baal, que é de teu pae; e corta o bosque que está ao pé d'elle.
And it came to pass in that night, that the Lord said to him, Take the young bullock which your father has, even the second bullock of seven years old, and you shall destroy the altar of Baal which your father has, and the grove which is by itthou shall destroy.
26 E edifica ao Senhor teu Deus um altar no cume d'este logar forte, n'um logar conveniente: e toma o segundo boi, e o offerecerás em holocausto com a lenha que cortares do bosque.
And you shall build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of this Maozi in the ordering[it], and you shall take the second bullock, and shall offer up whole burnt offerings with the wood of the grove, which you shall destroy.
27 Então Gideon tomou dez homens d'entre os seus servos, e fez como o Senhor lhe dissera: e succedeu que, temendo elle a casa de seu pae, e os homens d'aquella cidade, não o fez de dia, mas fel-o de noite.
And Gedeon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord spoke to him: and it came to pass, as he feared the house of his father and the men of the city if he should do it by day, that he did it by night.
28 Levantando-se pois os homens d'aquella cidade de madrugada, eis que estava o altar de Baal derribado, e o bosque estava ao pé d'elle, cortado: e o segundo boi offerecido no altar de novo edificado.
And the men of the city rose up early in the morning; and behold, the altar of Baal had been demolished, and the grove by it had been destroyed; and they saw the second bullock, which Gedeon offered on the altar that had been built.
29 E uns aos outros disseram: Quem fez esta coisa? E, esquadrinhando, e inquirindo, disseram: Gideon, o filho de Joás, fez esta coisa.
And a man said to his neighbour, Who has done this thing? and they enquired and searched, and learnt that Gedeon the son of Joas had done this thing.
30 Então os homens d'aquella cidade disseram a Joás: Tira para fóra a teu filho, para que morra; pois derribou o altar de Baal, e cortou o bosque que estava ao pé d'elle.
And the men of the city said to Joas, Bring out your son, and let him die, because he has destroyed the altar of Baal, and because he has destroyed the grove that is by it.
31 Porém Joás disse a todos os que se pozeram contra elle: Contendereis vós por Baal? livral-o-heis vós? qualquer que por elle contender ainda esta manhã será morto: se é deus, por si mesmo contenda; pois derribaram o seu altar.
And Gedeon the son of Joas said to all the men who rose up against him, Do you now plead for Baal, or will you save him? whoever will plead for him, let him be slain this morning: if he be a god let him plead for himself, [because] one has thrown down his altar.
32 Pelo que n'aquelle dia lhe chamaram Jerubbaal, dizendo: Baal contenda contra elle, pois derribou o seu altar.
And he called it in that day Jerobaal, saying, Let Baal plead thereby, because his altar has been thrown down.
33 E todos os midianitas, e amalekitas, e os filhos do oriente se ajuntaram n'um corpo, e passaram, e pozeram o seu campo no valle de Jizreel.
And all Madiam, and Amalek, and the sons of the east gathered themselves together, and encamped in the valley of Jezrael.
34 Então o espirito do Senhor revestiu a Gideon, o qual tocou a buzina, e os abi-ezritas se convocaram após d'elle.
And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gedeon, and he blew with the horn, and Abiezer came to help after him.
35 E enviou mensageiros por toda a tribu de Manasseh, e elle tambem se convocou após d'elle: tambem enviou mensageiros a Eser, e a Zebulon, e a Naphtali, e sairam-lhe ao encontro.
And [Gedeon] sent messengers into all Manasse, and into Aser, and into Zabulon, and into Nephthali; and he went up to meet them.
36 E disse Gideon a Deus: Se has de livrar a Israel por minha mão, como tens dito,
And Gedeon said to God, If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said,
37 Eis que eu porei um vello de lã na eira: se o orvalho estiver sómente no vello, e secura sobre toda a terra, então conhecerei que has de livrar a Israel por minha mão, como tens dito.
behold, I put the fleece of wool in the threshing floor: if there be dew on the fleece only, and drought on all the ground, I shall know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said.
38 E assim succedeu; porque ao outro dia se levantou de madrugada, e apertou o vello: e do orvalho do vello espremeu uma taça cheia d'agua.
And it was so: and he rose up early in the morning, and wrung the fleece, and dew dropped from the fleece, a bowl full of water.
39 E disse Gideon a Deus: Não se accenda contra mim a tua ira, se ainda fallar só esta vez: rogo-te que só esta vez faça a prova com o vello; rogo-te que só no vello haja secura, e em toda a terra haja o orvalho.
And Gedeon said to God, Let not, I pray you, your anger be kindled with me, and I will speak yet once; I will even yet make one trial more with the fleece: let now the drought be upon the fleece only, and let there be dew on all the ground.
40 E Deus assim o fez n'aquella noite: pois só no vello havia secura, e sobre toda a terra havia orvalho.
And God did so in that night; and there was drought on the fleece only, and on all the ground there was dew.
