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,
Now these are the nations which YHWH left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
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:
Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
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.
Namely, five rulers of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of 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 they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of YHWH, which he commanded 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 the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
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 to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their elohim.
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 the children of Israel did evil in the sight of YHWH, and forgat YHWH their Elohim, and served Baalim and the groves.
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.
Therefore the anger of YHWH was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim 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 when the children of Israel cried unto YHWH, YHWH raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
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 YHWH came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and YHWH delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim.
11 Então a terra sossegou quarenta anos; e Othniel, filho de Kenaz, faleceu.
And the land had rest 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.
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of YHWH: and YHWH strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of YHWH.
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 gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
14 E os filhos de Israel serviram a Eglon, rei dos moabitas, dezoito anos.
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab 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.
But when the children of Israel cried unto YHWH, YHWH raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
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.
But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
17 E levou aquele presente a Eglon, rei dos moabitas; e era Eglon homem mui gordo.
And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.
18 E sucedeu que, acabando de entregar o presente, despediu a gente que trouxera o presente.
And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.
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.
But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
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.
And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from Elohim unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
21 Então Ehud estendeu a sua mão esquerda, e lançou mão da espada da sua coxa direita, e lha cravou no ventre,
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
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.
And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
23 Então Ehud saiu à sala, e cerrou sobre ele as portas do cenáculo, e as fechou.
Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
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.
When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.
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 they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their master was fallen down dead on the earth.
26 E Ehud escapou, enquanto eles se demoraram: porque ele passou pelas imagens de escultura, e escapou para Seirath.
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto 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 it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.
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 unto them, Follow after me: for YHWH hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
29 E naquele tempo feriram dos moabitas uns dez mil homens, todos corpulentos, e todos homens valorosos: e não escapou nenhum.
And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.
30 Assim foi subjugado Moab naquele dia debaixo da mão de Israel: e a terra sossegou oitenta anos.
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore 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.
And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
