Juízes 7
1 Então Jerubbaal (que é Gideon) se levantou de madrugada, e todo o povo que com elle havia, e se acamparam junto á fonte d'Harod; de maneira que tinha o arraial dos midianitas para o norte, pelo outeiro de Moreh no valle.
Then Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, and all the people with him, got up early and put up their tents by the side of the water-spring of Harod; the tents of Midian were on the north side of him, under the hill of Moreh in the valley.
2 E disse o Senhor a Gideon: Muito é o povo que está comtigo, para eu dar aos midianitas em sua mão; a fim de que Israel se não glorie contra mim, dizendo: A minha mão me livrou.
And the Lord said to Gideon, So great is the number of your people, that if I give the Midianites into their hands they will be uplifted in pride over me and will say, I myself have been my saviour.
3 Agora pois apregoa aos ouvidos do povo, dizendo: Quem fôr cobarde e medroso, volte, e vá-se apressadamente das montanhas de Gilead. Então voltaram do povo vinte e dois mil, e dez mil ficaram.
So now, let it be given out to the people that anyone who is shaking with fear is to go back from Mount Galud. So twenty-two thousand of the people went back, but there were still ten thousand.
4 E disse o Senhor a Gideon: Ainda muito povo ha; faze-os descer ás aguas, e ali t'os provarei: e será que, d'aquelle de que eu te disser: Este irá comtigo, esse comtigo irá; porém de todo aquelle, de que eu te disser: Este não irá comtigo, esse não irá.
Then the Lord said to Gideon, There are still more people than is necessary; take them down to the water so that I may put them to the test for you there; then whoever I say is to go with you will go, and whoever I say is not to go will not go.
5 E fez descer o povo ás aguas. Então o Senhor disse a Gideon: Qualquer que lamber as aguas com a sua lingua, como as lambe o cão, esse porás á parte; como tambem a todo aquelle que se abaixar de joelhos a beber.
So he took the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gideon, Put on one side by themselves all those drinking up the water with their tongues like a dog; and in the same way, all those who go down on their knees to the water while drinking.
6 E foi o numero dos que lamberam, levando a mão á bocca, trezentos homens; e todo o resto do povo se abaixou de joelhos a beber as aguas.
Now the number of those who took up the water with their tongues was three hundred; all the rest of the people went down on their knees to the water.
7 E disse o Senhor a Gideon: Com estes trezentos homens que lamberam as aguas vos livrarei, e darei os midianitas na tua mão; pelo que toda a outra gente se vá cada um ao seu logar.
And the Lord said to Gideon, By those three hundred who were drinking with their tongues I will give you salvation and give the Midianites into your hands; let the rest of the people go away, every man to his place.
8 E o povo tomou na sua mão a provisão e as suas buzinas, e enviou a todos os outros homens de Israel cada um á sua tenda, porém os trezentos homens reteve: e estava o arraial dos midianitas abaixo no valle.
So they took the vessels of the people, and their horns from their hands, and he sent them away, every man to his tent, keeping only the three hundred; and the tents of Midian were lower down in the valley.
9 E succedeu que, n'aquella mesma noite, o Senhor lhe disse: Levanta-te, e desce ao arraial, porque o tenho dado na tua mão.
The same night the Lord said to him, Up! go down now against their army, for I have given them into your hands.
10 E, se ainda temes descer, desce tu e teu moço Pura ao arraial;
But if you have fear of going down, take your servant Purah with you and go down to the tents;
11 E ouvirás o que dizem, e então se esforçarão as tuas mãos e descerás ao arraial. Então desceu elle com o seu moço Pura até ao extremo das sentinellas que estavam no arraial.
And after hearing what they are saying, you will get strength to go down against the army. So he went down with his servant Purah to the outer line of the tents of the armed men.
12 E os midianitas, e amalekitas, e todos os filhos do oriente jaziam no valle como gafanhotos em multidão: e eram innumeraveis os seus camelos, como a areia que ha na praia do mar em multidão.
Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the east were covering the valley like locusts; and their camels were like the sand by the seaside, without number.
13 Chegando pois Gideon, eis que estava contando um homem ao seu companheiro um sonho, e dizia: Eis que um sonho sonhei, eis que um pão de cevada torrado rodava pelo arraial dos midianitas, e chegava até ás tendas, e as feriu, e cairam, e as transtornou de cima para baixo; e ficaram abatidas.
When Gideon came there, a man was giving his friend an account of his dream, saying, See, I had a dream about a cake of barley bread which, falling into the tents of Midian, came on to the tent, overturning it so that it was stretched out flat on the earth.
14 E respondeu o seu companheiro, e disse: Não é isto outra coisa, senão a espada de Gideon, filho de Joás, varão israelita. Deus tem dado na sua mão aos midianitas, e a todo este arraial.
And his friend in answer said, This is certainly the sword of Gideon, the son of Joash, the men of Israel: into their hands God has given up all the army of Midian.
15 E succedeu que, ouvindo Gideon a narração d'este sonho, e a sua explicação, adorou: e tornou ao arraial de Israel, e disse: Levantae-vos, porque o Senhor tem dado o arraial dos midianitas nas vossas mãos.
Then Gideon, hearing the story of the dream and the sense in which they took it, gave worship; then he went back to the tents of Israel, and said, Up! for the Lord has given the army of Midian into your hands.
16 Então repartiu os trezentos homens em tres esquadrões: e deu-lhes a cada um nas suas mãos buzinas, e cantaros vasios, com tochas n'elles accesas.
Then separating the three hundred men into three bands, he gave every man a horn, and a vessel in which was a flaming branch.
17 E disse-lhes: Olhae para mim e fazei como eu fizer: e eis que chegando eu ao extremo do arraial, será que, como eu fizer, assim fareis vós.
And he said to them, Keep your eyes on me, and do what I do; when I come to the outer line of tents, whatever I do, you are to do the same.
18 Tocando eu e todos os que comigo estiverem a buzina, então tambem vós tocareis a buzina ao redor de todo o arraial, e direis: Pelo Senhor, e Gideon.
At the sound of my horn, and the horns of those who are with me, let your horns be sounded all round the tents, and say, For the Lord and for Gideon.
19 Chegou pois Gideon, e os cem homens que com elle iam, ao extremo do arraial, ao principio da guarda da meia noite, havendo-se já posto as guardas: e tocaram as buzinas, e partiram os cantaros, que tinham nas mãos.
So Gideon and the three hundred men who were with him came to the outer line of tents, at the start of the middle watch, when the watchmen had only then taken their stations; and the horns were sounded and the vessels broken.
20 Assim tocaram os tres esquadrões as buzinas, e partiram os cantaros; e tinham nas suas mãos esquerdas as tochas accesas, e nas suas mãos direitas as buzinas, que tocavam: e exclamaram: Espada do Senhor, e de Gideon.
So the three bands all gave a loud note on their horns, and when the vessels had been broken, they took the flaming branches in their left hands, and the horns in their right hands ready for blowing, crying out, For the Lord and for Gideon.
21 E ficou-se cada um no seu logar ao redor do arraial: então todo o exercito deitou a correr, e, gritando, fugiram.
Then they made a line round the tents, every man in his place; and all the army, awaking from sleep, came running out, and with loud cries went in flight.
22 Tocando pois os trezentos as buzinas, o Senhor tornou a espada d'um contra o outro, e isto em todo o arraial: e o exercito fugiu para Zererath, até Beth-sitta até aos limites de Abel-mehola, acima de Tabbath.
And the three hundred gave a loud note on their horns, and every man's sword was turned by the Lord against his brother all through the army; and the army went in flight as far as Beth-shittah in the direction of Zeredah, to the edge of Abel-meholah by Tabbath.
23 Então os homens de Israel, de Naphtali, e d'Aser e de todo o Manasseh foram convocados, e perseguiram aos midianitas.
And the men of Israel came together from Naphtali and from Asher and all Manasseh, and went after Midian.
24 Tambem Gideon enviou mensageiros a todas as montanhas d'Ephraim, dizendo: Descei ao encontro dos midianitas, e tomae-lhes as aguas até Beth-bara, a saber, o Jordão. Convocados pois todos os homens d'Ephraim, tomaram-lhes as aguas até Beth-bara e o Jordão.
Then Gideon sent through all the hill-country of Ephraim saying, Come down against Midian, and keep the ways across Jordan before they come. So all the men of Ephraim, massing themselves together, kept the ways across Jordan.
25 E prenderam a dois principes dos midianitas, a Oreb e a Zeeb; e mataram a Oreb na penha d'Oreb, e a Zeeb mataram no lagar de Zeeb, e perseguiram aos midianitas: e trouxeram as cabeças d'Oreb e de Zeeb a Gideon, d'além do Jordão.
And they took the two chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they put Oreb to death at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they put to death at the place of the grape-crushing in Zeeb, and they went after Midian; but the heads of Oreb and Zeeb they took across Jordan to Gideon.
