1 Samuel 23
1 E foi anunciado a David, dizendo: Eis que os philisteus pelejam contra Keila, e saqueiam as eiras.
They told David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are robbing the threshing floors.”
2 E consultou David ao Senhor, dizendo: Irei eu, e ferirei a estes philisteus? E disse o Senhor a David: vai, e ferirás aos philisteus, e livrarás a Keila.
So David prayed to Yahweh for help and asked him, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” Yahweh said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”
3 Porém os homens de David lhe disseram: Eis que tememos aqui em Judá, quanto mais indo a Keila contra os esquadrões dos philisteus.
David's men said to him, “See, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
4 Então David tornou a consultar ao Senhor, e o Senhor lhe respondeu, e disse: Levanta-te, desce a Keila, porque te dou os philisteus na tua mão.
Then David prayed to Yahweh for help yet again. Yahweh answered him, “Arise, go down to Keilah. For I will give you victory over the Philistines.”
5 Então David partiu com os seus homens a Keila, e pelejou contra os philisteus, e levou os gados, e fez grande estrago entre eles: e David livrou os moradores de Keila.
David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines. He led away their cattle and struck them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
6 E sucedeu que, quando Abiathar, filho de Achimelech, fugiu para David, a Keila, desceu com o éfode na mão.
When Abiathar son of Ahimelech had fled to David at Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.
7 E foi anunciado a Saul que David era vindo a Keila, e disse Saul: Deus o entregou nas minhas mãos, pois está encerrado, entrando numa cidade de portas e ferrolhos.
Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah. Saul said, “God has given him into my hand. For he is shut in because he has entered a city that has gates and bars.”
8 Então Saul mandou chamar a todo o povo à peleja, para que descessem a Keila, para cercar a David e os seus homens.
Saul summoned all his forces for battle, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
9 Sabendo pois David, que Saul maquinava este mal contra ele, disse a Abiathar, sacerdote: Traze aqui o éfode.
David knew that Saul was plotting harm against him. He said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”
10 E disse David: Ó Senhor, Deus de Israel, teu servo decerto tem ouvido que Saul procura vir a Keila, para destruir a cidade por causa de mim.
Then David said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, your servant has indeed heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
11 Entregar-me-ão os cidadãos de Keila na sua mão? descerá Saul, como o teu servo tem ouvido? ah Senhor Deus de Israel! fa-lo saber ao teu servo. E disse o Senhor: Descerá.
Will the men of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Yahweh, the God of Israel, I beg you, please tell your servant.” Yahweh said, “He will come down.”
12 Disse mais David: entregar-me-iam os cidadãos de Keila, a mim e aos meus homens, nas mãos de Saul? E disse o Senhor: Entregariam.
Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” Yahweh said, “They will surrender you.”
13 Então se levantou David com os seus homens, uns seiscentos, e sairam de Keila, e foram-se aonde puderam: e sendo anunciado a Saul, que David escapara de Keila, cessou de sair contra ele.
Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, got up and went away from Keilah, and they went from place to place. It was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, and he stopped the pursuit.
14 E David permaneceu no deserto, nos lugares fortes, e ficou em um monte no deserto de Ziph: e Saul o buscava todos os dias, porém Deus não o entregou na sua mão.
David stayed in the strongholds in the wilderness, in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul looked for him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.
15 Vendo pois David, que Saul sairá à busca da sua vida, David esteve no deserto de Ziph, num bosque.
David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life; now David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.
16 Então se levantou Jonathan, filho de Saul, e foi para David ao bosque, e confortou a sua mão em Deus;
Then Jonathan, Saul's son, got up and went to David at Horesh, and strengthened his hand in God.
17 E disse-lhe: Não temas, que não te achará a mão de Saul, meu pai, porém tu reinarás sobre Israel, e eu serei contigo o segundo: o que também Saul meu pai, bem sabe.
He said to him, “Do not be afraid. For the hand of Saul my father will not find you. You will be king over Israel, and I will be next to you. Saul my father also knows this.”
18 E ambos fizeram aliança perante o Senhor: David ficou no bosque, e Jonathan voltou para a sua casa.
They made a covenant before Yahweh. David remained at Horesh, and Jonathan went home.
19 Então subiram os zipheus a Saul, a Gibeah, dizendo: Não se escondeu David entre nós, nos lugares fortes no bosque, no outeiro de Hachila, que está à mão direita de Jesimon?
Then Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hakilah, which is south of Jeshimon?
20 Agora pois, ó rei, apressadamente desce conforme a todo o desejo da tua alma; por nós fica entregar-mo-lo nas mãos do rei.
Now come down, king! According to your desire, come down! Our part will be to surrender him into the king's hand.”
21 Então disse Saul: benditos sejais vós do Senhor, porque vos compadecestes de mim.
Saul said, “May you be blessed by Yahweh. For you have had compassion on me.
22 Ide pois, e diligenciai ainda mais, e sabei e notai o lugar que frequenta, e quem o tenha visto ali; porque me foi dito que é astutíssimo.
Go, make even more sure. Learn and find out where his hiding place is and who has seen him there. It is told to me that he is very crafty.
23 Pelo que atentai bem, e informai-vos acerca de todos os esconderijos, em que ele se esconde; e então voltai para mim com toda a certeza, e ir-me-ei convosco; e há de ser que, se estiver naquela terra, o buscarei entre todos os milhares de Judá.
So look, and learn all of the places where he hides himself. Come back to me with sure information, and then I will return with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”
24 Então se levantaram eles, e se foram a Ziph, diante de Saul: David porém e os seus homens estavam no deserto de Maon, na campanha, à direita de Jesimon.
Then they rose up and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon.
25 E Saul e os seus homens se foram em busca dele; o que anunciaram a David, e desceu para aquela penha, e ficou no deserto de Maon: o que ouvindo Saul, seguiu a David para o deserto de Maon.
Saul and his men went to seek him. But David was told of it, so he went down to a rocky hill and lived in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard it, he chased David in the wilderness of Maon.
26 E Saul ia desta banda do monte, e David e os seus homens da outra banda do monte: e sucedeu que David se apressou a escapar de Saul; Saul porém e os seus homens cercaram a David e aos seus homens, para lançar mão deles.
Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men were going on the other side of the mountain. David hurried to get away from Saul. As Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men to take them,
27 Então veio um mensageiro a Saul, dizendo: Apressa-te, e vem, porque os philisteus com ímpeto entraram na terra.
a messenger came to Saul and said, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid against the land.”
28 Pelo que Saul voltou de perseguir a David, e foi-se ao encontro dos philisteus: por esta razão aquele lugar se chamou Sela-hammahlecoth.
So Saul returned from pursuing David and went against the Philistines. Therefore that place was called the Rock of Escape.
29 E subiu David dali, e ficou nos lugares fortes de Engedi.
David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of Engedi.
