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.
And Jerobaal rose early, the same is Gedeon, and all the people with him, and encamped at the fountain of Arad; and the camp of Madiam was to the north of him, [reaching] from Gabaathamorai, 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 Gedeon, The people with thee [are] many, so that I may not deliver Madiam into their hand, lest at any time Israel boast against me, saying, My hand has saved me.
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.
And now speak in the ears of the people, saying, Who [is] afraid and fearful? let him turn and depart from mount Galaad: and there returned of the people twenty-two thousand, and ten thousand were left.
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.
And the Lord said to Gedeon, The people is yet numerous; bring them down to the water, and I will purge them there for thee: and it shall come to pass that of whomsoever I shall say to thee, This one shall go with thee, [even] he shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I shall say to thee, This one shall not go with thee, [even] he shall not go with thee.
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.
And he brought the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gedeon, Whosoever shall lap of the water with his tongue as if a dog should lap, thou shalt set him apart, and [also] whosoever shall bow down upon his knees to drink.
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.
And the number of those that lapped with their hand to their mouth was three hundred men; and all the rest of the people bowed upon their knees to drink 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 Gedeon, I will save you by the three hundred men that lapped, and I will give Madiam into thy hand; and all the [rest of the] people shall go every one 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.
And they took the provision of the people in their hand, and their horns; and he sent away every man of Israel each to his tent, and he strengthened the three hundred; and the army of Madiam were beneath him 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.
And it came to pass in that night that the Lord said to him, Arise, go down into the camp, for I have delivered it into thy hand.
10 E, se ainda temes descer, desce tu e teu moço Pura ao arraial;
And if thou art afraid to go down, go down thou and thy servant Phara into the camp.
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 thou shalt hear what they shall say, and afterwards thy hands shall be strong, and thou shalt go down into the camp: and he went down and Phara his servant to the extremity of the [companies of] fifty, which were in the camp.
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.
And Madiam and Amalec and all the children of the east [were] scattered in the valley, as the locust for multitude; and there was no number to their camels, but they were as the sand on the seashore for multitude.
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.
And Gedeon came, and behold a man [was] relating to his neighbour a dream, and he said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream, and behold, a cake of barley bread rolling into the camp of Madiam, and it came as far as a tent, and smote it, and it fell, and it turned it up, and the tent fell.
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 neighbour answered and said, This is none other than the sword of Gedeon, son of Joas, a man of Israel: God has delivered Madiam and all the host into his hand.
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.
And it came to pass when Gedeon heard the account of the dream and the interpretation of it, that he worshipped the Lord, and returned to the camp of Israel, and said, Rise, for the Lord has delivered the camp of Madiam into our hand.
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.
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and put horns in the hands of all, and empty pitchers, and torches in the pitchers:
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, Ye shall look at me, and so shall ye do; and behold, I will go into the beginning of the host, and it shall come to pass [that] as I do, so shall ye do.
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.
And I will sound with the horn, and all ye with me shall sound with the horn round about the whole camp, and ye shall say, For the Lord and Gedeon.
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.
And Gedeon and the hundred men that were with him came to the extremity of the army in the beginning of the middle watch; and they completely roused the guards, and sounded with the horns, and they broke the pitchers that were in their hands,
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.
and the three companies sounded with the horns, and broke the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and in their right hands their horns to sound with; and they cried out, A sword for the Lord and for Gedeon.
21 E ficou-se cada um no seu logar ao redor do arraial: então todo o exercito deitou a correr, e, gritando, fugiram.
And [every] man stood in his place round about the host; and all the host ran, and sounded [an alarm], and fled.
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 they sounded with the three hundred horns; and the Lord set [every] man's sword in all the host against his neighbour.
23 Então os homens de Israel, de Naphtali, e d'Aser e de todo o Manasseh foram convocados, e perseguiram aos midianitas.
And the host fled as far as Bethseed Tagaragatha Abel-meula to Tabath; and the men of Israel from Nephthali, and from Aser, and from all Manasse, came to help, and followed after Madiam.
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.
And Gedeon sent messengers into all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down to meet Madiam, and take to yourselves the water as far as Baethera and Jordan: and every man of Ephraim cried out, and they took the water before hand unto Baethera and 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 princess of Madiam, even Oreb and Zeb; and they slew Oreb in Sur Oreb, and they slew Zeb in Jakephzeph; and they pursued Madiam, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeb to Gedeon from beyond Jordan.
