2 Samuel 2
1 E sucedeu depois disto que David consultou ao Senhor, dizendo: Subirei a alguma das cidades de Judá? E disse-lhe o Senhor: Sobe. E disse David: Para onde subirei? E disse: Para Hebron.
And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And Jehovah said to him, Go up. And David said, Where shall I go up? And he said, To Hebron.
2 E subiu David para lá, e também as suas duas mulheres, Achinoam. a jizreelita, e Abigail, a mulher de Nabal, o carmelita.
So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
3 Fez também David subir os homens que estavam com ele, cada um com a sua família: e habitaram nas cidades de Hebron.
And David brought up his men who were with him, every man with his household, and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
4 Então vieram os homens de Judá, e ungiram ali a David rei sobre a casa de Judá. E deram avisos a David, dizendo: Os homens de Jabez-gilead são os que sepultaram a Saul.
And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, The men of Jabesh-gilead were those who buried Saul.
5 Então enviou David mensageiros aos homens de Jabez-gilead, e disse-lhes: benditos sejais vós do Senhor, que fizestes tal beneficência a vosso senhor, a Saul, e o sepultastes!
And David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said to them, Blessed be ye of Jehovah, that ye have shown this kindness to your lord, even to Saul, and have buried him.
6 Agora, pois, o Senhor use convosco de beneficência e fidelidade: e também eu vos farei este bem, porquanto fizestes isto.
And now Jehovah show loving kindness and truth to you. And I also will reward you this kindness because ye have done this thing.
7 Esforcem-se pois agora as vossas mãos, e sede homens valentes, pois Saul, vosso senhor, é morto, mas também os da casa de Judá já me ungiram a mim rei sobre si.
Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be ye valiant, for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.
8 Porém Abner, filho de Ner, capitão do exército de Saul, tomou a Isboseth, filho de Saul, e o fez passar a Mahanaim,
Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's army, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim.
9 E o constituiu rei sobre Gilead, e sobre os assuritas, e sobre Jizreel, e sobre Ephraim, e sobre Benjamin, e sobre todo o Israel.
And he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
10 Da idade de quarenta anos era Isboseth, filho de Saul, quando começou a reinar sobre Israel, e reinou dois anos: mas os da casa de Judá seguiam a David.
Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
11 E foi o número dos dias que David reinou em Hebron, sobre a casa de Judá, sete anos e seis meses.
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
12 Então saiu Abner, filho de Ner, com os servos de Isboseth, filho de Saul, de Mahanaim a Gibeon.
And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
13 Sairam também Joab, filho de Zeruia, e os servos de David, e se encontraram uns com os outros perto do tanque de Gibeon: e pararam estes desta banda do tanque, e os outros daquela banda do tanque.
And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met them by the pool of Gibeon. And they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
14 E disse Abner a Joab: Deixa levantar os mancebos, e joguem diante de nós. E disse Joab: Levantem-se.
And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men, I pray thee, arise and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
15 Então se levantaram, e passaram, por conta, doze de Benjamin, da parte de Isboseth, filho de Saul, e doze dos servos de David.
Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin, and for Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
16 E cada um lançou mão da cabeça do outro, meteu-lhe a espada pela ilharga, e cairam juntamente: de onde se chamou àquele lugar Helkath-hazzurim, que está junto a Gibeon.
And each man caught his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side, so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
17 E seguiu-se naquele dia uma crua peleja: porém Abner e os homens de Israel foram feridos diante dos servos de David.
And the battle was very severe that day. And Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
18 E estavam ali os três filhos de Zeruia, Joab, Abisai, e Asael: e Asael era ligeiro de pés, como uma das cabras montezes que há no campo.
And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel. And Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
19 E Asael perseguiu a Abner: e não declinou de detraz de Abner, nem para a direita nem para a esquerda.
And Asahel pursued after Abner, and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
20 E Abner, olhando para traz, disse: És tu este Asael? E disse ele: Eu sou.
Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Is it thou, Asahel? And he answered, It is I.
21 Então lhe disse Abner: Desvia-te para a direita, ou para a esquerda, e lança mão dum dos mancebos, e toma os seus despojos. Porém Asael não quis desviar-se de detraz dele.
And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay hold on one of the young men, and take his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.
22 Então Abner tornou a dizer a Asael: Desvia-te de detraz de mim: por que hei de eu ferir-te e dar contigo em terra? e como levantaria eu o meu rosto diante de Joab teu irmão?
And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me. Why should I smite thee to the ground? How then would I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
23 Porém, não se querendo ele desviar, Abner o feriu com o couto da lança pela quinta costela, e a lança lhe saiu por detraz, e caiu ali, e morreu naquele mesmo lugar; e sucedeu que todos os que chegavam ao lugar onde Asael caiu e morreu paravam.
However he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him. And he fell down there, and died in the same place. And it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
24 Porém Joab e Abisai perseguiram a Abner: e pôs-se o sol, chegando eles ao outeiro de Amma, que está diante de Giah, junto ao caminho do deserto de Gibeon.
But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner. And the sun went down when they came to the hill of Ammah that lies before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
25 E os filhos de Benjamin se ajuntaram detraz de Abner, e fizeram um batalhão, e puseram-se no cume dum outeiro.
And the sons of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.
26 Então Abner gritou a Joab, e disse: Consumirá a espada para sempre? não sabes tu que por fim haverá amargura? e até quando não as de dizer ao povo que se torne de detraz de seus irmãos?
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? Know thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before thou bid the people return from following their brothers?
27 E disse Joab: Vive Deus, que, se não tivesses falado, já desde pela manhã o povo teria cessado cada um de perseguir a seu irmão.
And Joab said, As God lives unless thou had spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone up every man from following his brother.
28 Então Joab tocou a bozina, e todo o povo parou, e não perseguiram mais a Israel: e tão pouco pelejaram mais.
So Joab blew the trumpet. And all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither did they fight any more.
29 E caminharam Abner e os seus homens toda aquela noite pela planície: e, passando o Jordão, caminharam por todo o Bithron, e vieram a Mahanaim.
And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah, and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.
30 Também Joab se tornou de detraz de Abner, e ajuntou todo o povo: e dos servos de David faltaram dezenove homens, e Asael.
And Joab returned from following Abner. And when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
31 Porém os servos de David feriram dentre os de Benjamin, e dentre os homens de Abner, a trezentos e sessenta homens, que ali ficaram mortos.
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and sixty men died.
32 E levantaram a Asael, e sepultaram-no na sepultura de seu pai, que estava em Beth-lehem: e Joab e seus homens caminharam toda aquela noite, e amanheceu-lhes em Hebron.
And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulcher of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and the day broke upon them at Hebron.
