2 Samuel 20

1 Então se achou ali por acaso um homem de Belial, cujo nome era Seba, filho de Bichri, homem de Benjamin, o qual tocou a buzina, e disse: Não temos parte em David, nem herança no filho de Jessé; cada um às suas tendas, ó Israel.

And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

2 Então todos os homens de Israel subiram de detraz de David, e seguiram Seba, filho de Bichri; porém os homens de Judá se uniram ao seu rei desde o Jordão até Jerusalém.

So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.

3 Vindo pois David para sua casa, a Jerusalém, tomou o rei as dez mulheres, suas concubinas, que deixara para guardarem a casa, e as pôs numa casa em guarda, e as sustentava; porém não entrou a elas: e estiveram encerradas até ao dia da sua morte, vivendo como viúvas.

And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

4 Disse mais o rei a Amasa: Convoca-me os homens de Judá para o terceiro dia: e tu então apresenta-te aqui.

Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.

5 E foi Amasa para convocar a Judá: porém demorou-se além do tempo que lhe tinha designado.

So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

6 Então disse David a Abisai: Mais mal agora nos fará Seba, o filho de Bichri, do que Absalão: pelo que toma tu os servos de teu senhor, e persegue-o, para que porventura não ache para si cidades fortes, e escape dos nossos olhos.

And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

7 Então sairam atráz dele os homens de Joab, e os cheretheus, e os peletheus, e todos os valentes: estes sairam de Jerusalém para irem atráz de Seba, filho de Bichri.

And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

8 Chegando eles pois à pedra grande que está junto a Gibeon, Amasa veio: e estava Joab cingido da sua roupa que vestiu, e sobre ela um cinto, ao qual estava pegada a espada a seus lombos na sua bainha; e, adiantando-se ele, lhe caiu.

When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

9 E disse Joab a Amasa: vai contigo bem, meu irmão? E Joab, com a mão direita, pegou da barba de Amasa, para o beijar.

And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

10 E Amasa não se resguardou da espada que estava na mão de Joab, de sorte que este o feriu com ela na quinta costela, e lhe derramou por terra as entranhas, e não o feriu segunda vez, e morreu: então Joab e Abisai, seu irmão, foram atráz de Seba, filho de Bichri.

But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

11 Mas algum dentre os moços de Joab parou junto a ele, e disse: Quem há que bem queira a Joab? e quem seja por David siga a Joab.

And one of Joab’s men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.

12 E Amasa estava envolto no seu sangue no meio do caminho: e, vendo aquele homem que todo o povo parava, desviou a Amasa do caminho para o campo, e lançou sobre ele um manto; porque via que todo aquele que chegava a ele parava.

And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.

13 E, como estava apartado do caminho, todos os homens seguiram a Joab, para perseguirem a Seba, filho de Bichri.

When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

14 E passou por todas as tribos de Israel até Abel, a saber, a Beth-maaca e a todos os beritas: e ajuntaram-se, e também o seguiram.

And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth–maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

15 E vieram, e o cercaram em Abel de Beth-maaca, e levantaram uma tranqueira contra a cidade, assim que já estava em frente do antemuro: e todo o povo que estava com Joab batia o muro, para o derribar.

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth–maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

16 Então uma mulher sabia gritou de dentro da cidade: Ouvi, ouvi, peço-vos que digais a Joab: Chega-te cá, para que eu te fale.

Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

17 Chegou-se a ela, e disse a mulher: Tu és Joab? E disse ele: Eu sou. E ela lhe disse: Ouve as palavras de tua serva. E disse ele: Ouço.

And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.

18 Então falou ela, dizendo: Antigamente costumava-se falar, dizendo: Certamente pediram conselho a Abel; e assim o concluiam.

Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

19 Sou eu uma das pacíficas e das fieis em Israel: e tu procuras matar uma cidade que é madre em Israel: porque pois devorarias a herança do Senhor?

I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Yhwh?

20 Então respondeu Joab, e disse: Longe, longe de mim que eu tal faça, que eu devore ou arruine!

And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

21 A coisa não é assim; porém um só homem do monte de Ephraim, cujo nome é Seba, filho de Bichri, levantou a mão contra o rei, contra David; entregai-me só este, e retirar-me-ei da cidade. Então disse a mulher a Joab; Eis que te será lançada a sua cabeça pelo muro.

The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

22 E a mulher, na sua sabedoria, entrou a todo o povo, e cortaram a cabeça de Seba, filho de Bichri, e a lançaram a Joab; então tocou a buzina, e se retiraram da cidade, cada um para as suas tendas, e Joab voltou a Jerusalém, ao rei.

Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

23 E Joab estava sobre todo o exército de Israel; e Benaia, filho de Joiada, sobre os cheretheus e sobre os peletheus;

Now Joab was over all the army of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:

24 E Adoram sobre os tributos; e Josaphat, filho de Ahilud, era o chanceler;

And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:

25 E Seva o escrivão; e Zadok e Abiathar os sacerdotes;

And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:

26 E também Ira, o jairita, era o oficial-mór de David.

And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.