Juízes 3
1 Estas pois são as nações, que o Senhor deixou ficar, para por elas provar a Israel, a saber, a todos os que não sabiam de todas as guerras de Canaan,
These are the nations which the Lord left, so that by them he might instruct Israel and all who had not known the wars of the Canaanites,
2 Tão somente para que as gerações dos filhos de Israel delas soubessem (para lhes ensinar a guerra), pelo menos os que de antes não sabiam delas:
so that afterward their sons might learn to contend with their enemies, and to have a willingness to do battle:
3 Cinco príncipes dos philisteus, e todos os cananeus, e sidônios, e heveus, que habitavam nas montanhas do líbano, desde o monte de Baal-hermon, até à entrada de Hamath.
the five princes of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who were living on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-Hermon as far as the entrance to Hamath.
4 Estes pois ficaram, para por eles provar a Israel, para saber se dariam ouvidos aos mandamentos do Senhor, que tinha ordenado a seus pais, pelo ministério de Moisés.
And he left them, so that by them he might test Israel, as to whether or not they would listen to the commandments of the Lord, which he instructed to their fathers by the hand of Moses.
5 Habitando pois os filhos de Israel no meio dos cananeus, dos heteus, e amorreus, e pherezeus, e heveus, e jebuseus,
And so, the sons of Israel lived in the midst of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
6 Tomaram de suas filhas para si por mulheres, e deram aos filhos deles as suas filhas; e serviram a seus deuses.
And they took their daughters as wives, and they gave their own daughters to their sons, and they served their gods.
7 E os filhos de Israel fizeram o que parecia mal aos olhos do Senhor, e se esqueceram do Senhor seu Deus: e serviram aos baalins e a Astaroth.
And they did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they forgot their God, while serving the Baals and Ashtaroth.
8 Então a ira do Senhor se acendeu contra Israel, e ele os vendeu em mão de Cusan-risathaim, rei de Mesopotâmia: e os filhos de Israel serviram a Cusan-risathaim oito anos.
And the Lord, having become angry with Israel, delivered them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim, the king of Mesopotamia, and they served him for eight years.
9 E os filhos de Israel clamaram ao Senhor, e o Senhor levantou aos filhos de Israel um libertador, e os libertou, a Othniel, filho de Kenaz, irmão de Caleb, mais novo do que ele.
And they cried out to the Lord, who raised up for them a savior, and he freed them, namely, Othniel, the son of Kenaz, a younger brother of Caleb.
10 E veio sobre ele o espírito do Senhor, e julgou a Israel, e saiu à peleja; e o Senhor deu na sua mão a Cusan-risathaim, rei da Síria; e a sua mão prevaleceu contra Cusan-risathaim.
And the Spirit of the Lord was in him, and he judged Israel. And he went out to fight, and the Lord delivered Cushan-Rishathaim, the king of Syria, and he overwhelmed him.
11 Então a terra sossegou quarenta anos; e Othniel, filho de Kenaz, faleceu.
And the land was quiet for forty years. And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, died.
12 Porém os filhos de Israel tornaram a fazer o que parecia mal aos olhos do Senhor: então o Senhor esforçou a Eglon, rei dos moabitas, contra Israel: porquanto fizeram o que parecia mal aos olhos do Senhor.
Then the sons of Israel resumed doing evil in the sight of the Lord, who strengthened Eglon, the king of Moab, against them because they did evil in his sight.
13 E ajuntou consigo aos filhos de Ammon e aos amalequitas, e foi, e feriu a Israel, e tomaram a cidade das palmeiras.
And he joined to him the sons of Ammon and the sons of Amalek. And he went forth and struck Israel, and he possessed the City of Palms.
14 E os filhos de Israel serviram a Eglon, rei dos moabitas, dezoito anos.
And the sons of Israel served Eglon, the king of Moab, for eighteen years.
15 Então os filhos de Israel clamaram ao Senhor, e o Senhor lhes levantou um libertador, a Ehud, filho de Gera, filho de Jemini, homem canhoto. E os filhos de Israel enviaram pela sua mão um presente a Eglon, rei dos moabitas.
And afterward, they cried out to the Lord, who raised up for them a savior, called Ehud, the son of Gera, the son of Benjamin, who used either hand as well as the right hand. And the sons of Israel sent gifts to Eglon, the king of Moab, by him.
16 E Ehud fez uma espada de dois fios, do comprimento de um côvado: e cingiu-a por debaixo dos seus vestidos, à sua coxa direita.
And he made for himself a two-edged sword, having a handle, reaching to the middle, the length of the palm of a hand. And he was girded with it under his cloak, on the right thigh.
17 E levou aquele presente a Eglon, rei dos moabitas; e era Eglon homem mui gordo.
And he offered the gifts to Eglon, the king of Moab. Now Eglon was exceedingly fat.
18 E sucedeu que, acabando de entregar o presente, despediu a gente que trouxera o presente.
And when he had presented the gifts to him, he followed out his companions, who had arrived with him.
19 Porém voltou das imagens de escultura que estão ao pé de Gilgal, e disse: Tenho uma palavra secreta para ti, ó rei. O qual disse: Cala-te. E todos os que lhe assistiam sairam de diante dele.
And then, returning from Gilgal where the idols were, he said to the king, “I have a secret word for you, O king.” And he ordered silence. And when all those who were around him had departed,
20 E Ehud entrou a ele, a um cenáculo fresco, que para si só tinha, onde estava assentado, e disse Ehud: Tenho para ti uma palavra de Deus. E levantou-se da cadeira.
Ehud entered to him. Now he was sitting alone in a summer upper room. And he said, “I have a word from God to you.” And immediately he rose up from his throne.
21 Então Ehud estendeu a sua mão esquerda, e lançou mão da espada da sua coxa direita, e lha cravou no ventre,
And Ehud extended his left hand, and he took the dagger from his right thigh. And he thrust it into his abdomen
22 De tal maneira que entrou até à empunhadura após da folha, e a gordura encerrou a folha (porque não tirou a espada do ventre): e saiu-se-lhe o excremento.
so strongly that the handle followed the blade into the wound, and was enclosed by the great amount of fat. Neither did he withdraw the sword. Instead, he left it in the body just as he had struck with it. And immediately, by the private parts of nature, the filth of the bowels went out.
23 Então Ehud saiu à sala, e cerrou sobre ele as portas do cenáculo, e as fechou.
Then Ehud carefully closed the doors of the upper room. And securing the bars,
24 E, saindo ele, vieram os seus servos, e viram, e eis que as portas do cenáculo estavam fechadas; e disseram: Sem dúvida está cobrindo seus pés na recâmara do cenáculo fresco.
he departed by a back exit. And the servants of the king, entering, saw that the doors of the upper room were closed, and they said, “Perhaps he is emptying his bowels in the summer room.”
25 E, esperando até se enfastiarem, eis que não abria as portas do cenáculo; então tomaram a chave, e abriram, e eis aqui seu senhor estendido morto em terra.
And after waiting a long time, until they were embarrassed, and seeing that no one opened the door, they took the key, and opening it, they found their lord lying dead on the ground.
26 E Ehud escapou, enquanto eles se demoraram: porque ele passou pelas imagens de escultura, e escapou para Seirath.
But Ehud, while they were in confusion, escaped and passed by the place of the idols, from which he had returned. And he arrived at Seirath.
27 E sucedeu que, entrando ele, tocou a buzina nas montanhas de Ephraim: e os filhos de Israel desceram com ele das montanhas, e ele adiante deles,
And immediately he sounded the trumpet on Mount Ephraim. And the sons of Israel descended with him, he himself advancing at the front.
28 E disse-lhes: Segui-me: porque o Senhor vos tem dado a vossos inimigos, os moabitas, na vossa mão: e desceram após dele, e tomaram os vaus do Jordão a Moab, e a nenhum deixaram passar.
And he said to them: “Follow me. For the Lord has delivered our enemies, the Moabites, into our hands.” And they descended after him, and they occupied the fords of the Jordan, which cross over to Moab. And they did not permit anyone to cross.
29 E naquele tempo feriram dos moabitas uns dez mil homens, todos corpulentos, e todos homens valorosos: e não escapou nenhum.
And so, they struck down the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand, all strong and robust men. None of them were able to escape.
30 Assim foi subjugado Moab naquele dia debaixo da mão de Israel: e a terra sossegou oitenta anos.
And Moab was humbled in that day under the hand of Israel. And the land was quiet for eighty years.
31 Depois dele foi Samgar, filho de Anath, que feriu a seiscentos homens dos philisteus com uma aguilhada de bois: e também ele libertou a Israel.
After him, there was Shamgar, the son of Anath, who struck down six hundred men of the Philistines with a plowshare. And he also defended Israel.
