Juízes 9
1 E Abimelech, filho de Jerubbaal, foi-se a Sichem, aos irmãos de sua mãe, e fallou-lhes e a toda a geração da casa do pae de sua mãe, dizendo:
Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s brothers, and spoke with them and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,
2 Fallae, peço-vos, aos ouvidos de todos os cidadãos de Sichem: Qual é melhor para vós, que setenta homens, todos os filhos de Jerubbaal, dominem sobre vós, ou que um homem sobre vós domine? lembrae-vos tambem de que sou osso vosso e carne vossa
“Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you?’ Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.”
3 Então os irmãos de sua mãe fallaram ácerca d'elle perante os ouvidos de todos os cidadãos de Sichem todas aquellas palavras: e o coração d'elles se inclinou após de Abimelech, porque disseram: É nosso irmão.
His mother’s brothers spoke of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words. Their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, “He is our brother.”
4 E deram-lhe setenta peças de prata, da casa de Baal-berith: e com ellas alugou Abimelech uns homens ociosos e levianos, que o seguiram.
They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and reckless fellows who followed him.
5 E veiu á casa de seu pae, a Ophra, e matou a seus irmãos, os filhos de Jerubbaal, setenta homens, sobre uma pedra. Porém Jotham, filho menor de Jerubbaal, ficou, porque se tinha escondido.
He went to his father’s house at Ophrah, and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, being seventy persons, on one stone; but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.
6 Então se ajuntaram todos os cidadãos de Sichem, e toda a casa de Millo; e foram, e levantaram a Abimelech por rei, junto ao carvalho alto que está perto de Sichem.
All the men of Shechem assembled themselves together with all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.
7 E, dizendo-o a Jotham, foi-se, e poz-se no cume do monte de Gerizim, e levantou a sua voz, e clamou, e disse-lhes: Ouvi-me a mim, cidadãos de Sichem, e Deus vos ouvirá a vós:
When they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim and lifted up his voice, cried out, and said to them, “Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
8 Foram uma vez as arvores a ungir para si um rei: e disseram á oliveira: Reina tu sobre nós.
The trees set out to anoint a king over themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
9 Porém a oliveira lhes disse: Deixaria eu a minha gordura, que Deus e os homens em mim prezam, e iria a labutar sobre as arvores?
“But the olive tree said to them, ‘Should I stop producing my oil, with which they honor God and man by me, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?’
10 Então disseram as arvores á figueira: Vem tu, e reina sobre nós.
“The trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’
11 Porém a figueira lhes disse: Deixaria eu a minha doçura, o meu bom fructo, e iria labutar sobre as arvores?
“But the fig tree said to them, ‘Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?’
12 Então disseram as arvores á videira: Vem tu, e reina sobre nós.
“The trees said to the vine, ‘Come and reign over us.’
13 Porém a videira lhes disse: Deixaria eu o meu mosto, que alegra a Deus e aos homens, e iria labutar sobre as arvores?
“The vine said to them, ‘Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?’
14 Então todas as arvores disseram ao espinheiro: Vem tu, e reina sobre nós.
“Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘Come and reign over us.’
15 E disse o espinheiro ás arvores: Se, na verdade, me ungis por rei sobre vós, vinde, e confiae-vos debaixo da minha sombra: mas se não, saia fogo do espinheiro que consuma os cedros do Libano.
“The bramble said to the trees, ‘If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.’
16 Agora, pois, se é que em verdade e sinceridade obrastes, fazendo rei a Abimelech, e se bem fizestes para com Jerubbaal e para com a sua casa, e se com elle usastes conforme ao merecimento das suas mãos;
“Now therefore, if you have dealt truly and righteously, in that you have made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of his hands
17 Porque meu pae pelejou por vós, e desprezou a sua vida, e vos livrou da mão dos midianitas:
(for my father fought for you, risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;
18 Porém vós hoje vos levantastes contra a casa de meu pae, e matastes a seus filhos, setenta homens, sobre uma pedra: e a Abimelech, filho da sua serva, fizestes reinar sobre os cidadãos de Sichem, porque é vosso irmão;
and you have risen up against my father’s house today and have slain his sons, seventy persons, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);
19 Pois, se em verdade e sinceridade usastes com Jerubbaal e com a sua casa hoje, alegrae-vos com Abimelech, e tambem elle se alegre comvosco:
if you then have dealt truly and righteously with Jerubbaal and with his house today, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you;
20 Mas, se não, saia fogo de Abimelech, e consuma aos cidadãos de Sichem, e á casa de Millo: e saia fogo dos cidadãos de Sichem, e da casa de Millo, que consuma a Abimelech.
but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the men of Shechem and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem and from the house of Millo and devour Abimelech.”
21 Então partiu Jotham, e fugiu, e foi-se a Beer: e ali habitou por medo de Abimelech, seu irmão.
Jotham ran away and fled, and went to Beer and lived there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
22 Havendo pois Abimelech dominado tres annos sobre Israel,
Abimelech was prince over Israel three years.
23 Enviou Deus um mau espirito entre Abimelech e os cidadãos de Sichem: e os cidadãos de Sichem se houveram aleivosamente contra Abimelech;
Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech,
24 Para que a violencia feita aos setenta filhos de Jerubbaal viesse, e o seu sangue caisse sobre Abimelech, seu irmão, que os matara, e sobre os cidadãos de Sichem, que lhe corroboraram as mãos, para matar a seus irmãos.
that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid on Abimelech their brother who killed them, and on the men of Shechem who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.
25 E os cidadãos de Sichem pozeram contra elle quem lhe armasse emboscadas sobre os cumes dos montes; e a todo aquelle que passava pelo caminho junto a elles o assaltavam: e contou-se a Abimelech.
The men of Shechem set an ambush for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who came along that way by them; and Abimelech was told about it.
26 Veiu tambem Gaal, filho de Ebed, com seus irmãos, e passaram para dentro de Sichem: e os cidadãos de Sichem se fiaram d'elle.
Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brothers and went over to Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their trust in him.
27 E sairam ao campo, e vindimaram as suas vinhas, e pisaram as uvas, e fizeram canções de louvor: e foram á casa de seu Deus, e comeram, e beberam, e amaldiçoaram a Abimelech.
They went out into the field, harvested their vineyards, trod the grapes, celebrated, and went into the house of their god and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.
28 E disse Gaal, filho d'Ebed: Quem é Abimelech, e qual é Sichem, para que o servissemos? não é porventura filho de Jerubbaal? e não é Zebul o seu mordomo? servi antes aos homens de Hemor, pae de Sichem; pois por que razão nós o serviriamos a elle?
Gaal the son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Isn’t he the son of Jerubbaal? Isn’t Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem, but why should we serve him?
29 Ah! se este povo estivera na minha mão, eu expelliria a Abimelech. E a Abimelech se disse: Multiplica o teu exercito, e sae.
I wish that this people were under my hand! Then I would remove Abimelech.” He said to Abimelech, “Increase your army and come out!”
30 E, ouvindo Zebul, o maioral da cidade, as palavras de Gaal, filho d'Ebed, se accendeu a sua ira;
When Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger burned.
31 E enviou astutamente mensageiros a Abimelech, dizendo: Eis que Gaal, filho d'Ebed, e seus irmãos vieram a Sichem, e eis que elles fortificam esta cidade contra ti.
He sent messengers to Abimelech craftily, saying, “Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem; and behold, they incite the city against you.
32 Levanta-te pois de noite, tu e o povo que tiveres comtigo, e põe emboscadas no campo.
Now therefore, go up by night, you and the people who are with you, and lie in wait in the field.
33 E levanta-te pela manhã ao sair o sol, e dá de golpe sobre a cidade: e eis que, saindo elle e o povo que tiver com elle contra ti, faze-lhe assim como alcançar a tua mão.
It shall be that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early and rush on the city. Behold, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, then may you do to them as you shall find occasion.”
34 Levantou-se pois Abimelech, e todo o povo que com elle havia, de noite, e pozeram emboscadas a Sichem, com quatro tropas.
Abimelech rose up, and all the people who were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
35 E Gaal, filho d'Ebed, saiu, e poz-se á entrada da porta da cidade: e Abimelech, e todo o povo que com elle havia, se levantou das emboscadas.
Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city. Abimelech rose up, and the people who were with him, from the ambush.
36 E, vendo Gaal aquelle povo, disse a Zebul: Eis que desce gente dos cumes dos montes. Zebul, ao contrario, lhe disse: As sombras dos montes vês por homens.
When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Behold, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains.” Zebul said to him, “You see the shadows of the mountains as if they were men.”
37 Porém Gaal ainda tornou a fallar, e disse: Eis ali desce gente do meio da terra, e uma tropa vem do caminho do carvalho de Meonenim.
Gaal spoke again and said, “Behold, people are coming down by the middle of the land, and one company comes by the way of the oak of Meonenim.”
38 Então lhe disse Zebul: Onde está agora a tua bocca, com a qual dizias: Quem é Abimelech, para que o servissemos? não é este porventura o povo que desprezaste? sae pois, peço-te, e peleja contra elle.
Then Zebul said to him, “Now where is your mouth, that you said, ‘Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?’ Isn’t this the people that you have despised? Please go out now and fight with them.”
39 E saiu Gaal á vista dos cidadãos de Sichem, e pelejou contra Abimelech.
Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
40 E Abimelech o perseguiu, porquanto fugiu de diante d'elle: e muitos feridos cairam até á entrada da porta da cidade,
Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many fell wounded, even to the entrance of the gate.
41 E Abimelech ficou em Aruma. E Zebul expelliu a Gaal e a seus irmãos, para que não podessem habitar em Sichem.
Abimelech lived at Arumah; and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brothers, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
42 E succedeu no dia seguinte que o povo saiu ao campo, e o disseram a Abimelech.
On the next day, the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.
43 Então tomou o povo, e o repartiu em tres tropas, e poz emboscadas no campo: e olhou, e eis que o povo sahia da cidade, e levantou-se contra elles, e os feriu.
He took the people and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field; and he looked, and behold, the people came out of the city. So, he rose up against them and struck them.
44 Porque Abimelech, e as tropas que com elle havia, deram n'elles de improviso, e pararam á entrada da porta da cidade: e as outras duas tropas deram de improviso sobre todos quantos estavam no campo, e os feriram.
Abimelech and the companies that were with him rushed forward and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city; and the two companies rushed on all who were in the field and struck them.
45 E Abimelech pelejou contra a cidade todo aquelle dia, e tomou a cidade, e matou o povo que n'ella havia: e assolou a cidade, e a semeou de sal.
Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city and killed the people in it. He beat down the city and sowed it with salt.
46 O que ouvindo todos os cidadãos da torre de Sichem, entraram na fortaleza, em casa do deus Berith.
When all the men of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.
47 E contou-se a Abimelech que todos os cidadãos da torre de Sichem se haviam congregado.
Abimelech was told that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
48 Subiu pois Abimelech ao monte de Salmon, elle e todo o povo que com elle havia: e Abimelech tomou na sua mão machados, e cortou um ramo das arvores, e o levantou, e pôl-o ao seu hombro, e disse ao povo, que com elle havia: O que me vistes fazer apressae-vos a fazel-o assim como eu.
Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took an ax in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder. Then he said to the people who were with him, “What you have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done!”
49 Assim pois tambem todo o povo, cada um cortou o seu ramo, e seguiram a Abimelech, os puzeram junto da fortaleza, e queimaram a fogo a fortaleza com elles: de maneira que todos os da torre de Sichem morreram, uns mil homens e mulheres.
All the people likewise each cut down his bough, followed Abimelech, and put them at the base of the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire over them, so that all the people of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
50 Então Abimelech foi-se a Thebes, e sitiou a Thebes, e a tomou.
Then Abimelech went to Thebez and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
51 Havia porém no meio da cidade uma torre forte; e todos os homens e mulheres, e todos os cidadãos da cidade se acolheram a ella, e fecharam após de si as portas, e subiram ao telhado da torre.
But there was a strong tower within the city, and all the men and women of the city fled there, and shut themselves in, and went up to the roof of the tower.
52 E Abimelech veiu até á torre, e a combateu: e chegou-se até á porta da torre, para a queimar a fogo.
Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it, and came near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
53 Porém uma mulher lançou um pedaço d'uma mó sobre a cabeça d'Abimelech: e quebrou-lhe o craneo.
A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and broke his skull.
54 Então chamou logo ao moço, que levava as suas armas, e disse-lhe: Desembainha a tua espada, e mata-me; para que se não diga de mim: Uma mulher o matou. E seu moço o atravessou, e elle morreu.
Then he called hastily to the young man, his armor bearer, and said to him, “Draw your sword and kill me, that men not say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’ His young man thrust him through, and he died.”
55 Vendo pois os homens de Israel que já Abimelech era morto, foram-se cada um para o seu logar.
When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they each departed to his place.
56 Assim Deus fez tornar sobre Abimelech o mal que tinha feito a seu pae, matando a seus setenta irmãos.
Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father in killing his seventy brothers;
57 Como tambem todo o mal dos homens de Sichem fez tornar sobre a cabeça d'elles: e a maldição de Jotham, filho de Jerubbaal, veiu sobre elles.
and God repaid all the wickedness of the men of Shechem on their heads; and the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal came on them.
