Juízes 6
1 Porém os filhos de Israel fizeram o que parecia mal aos olhos do Senhor: e o Senhor os deu na mão dos midianitas por sete anos.
Then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, who delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years.
2 E, prevalecendo a mão dos midianitas sobre Israel, fizeram os filhos de Israel para si, por causa dos midianitas, as covas que estão nos montes, e as cavernas e as fortificações.
And they were greatly oppressed by them. And they made for themselves hollows and caves in the mountains, and very fortified places for defense.
3 Porque sucedia que, semeando Israel, subiram os midianitas e os amalequitas; e também os do oriente contra ele subiam.
And when Israel had planted, Midian and Amalek, and the rest of the eastern nations ascended,
4 E punham-se contra eles em campo, e destruiram a novidade da terra, até chegarem a Gaza: e não deixavam mantimento em Israel, nem ovelhas, nem bois nem jumentos.
and pitching their tents among them, they laid waste to all that was planted, as far as the entrance to Gaza. And they left behind nothing at all to sustain life in Israel, neither sheep, nor oxen, nor donkeys.
5 Porque subiam com os seus gados e tendas; vinham como gafanhotos, em tanta multidão que não se podia contar, nem a eles nem aos seus camelos: e entravam na terra, para a destruir.
For they and all their flocks arrived with their tents, and they filled all places like locusts, an innumerable multitude of men and camels, devastating whatever they touched.
6 Assim Israel empobreceu muito pela presença dos midianitas: então os filhos de Israel clamaram ao Senhor.
And Israel was humbled greatly in the sight of Midian.
7 E sucedeu que, clamando os filhos de Israel ao Senhor por causa dos midianitas,
And he cried out to the Lord, requesting assistance against the Midianites.
8 Enviou o Senhor um homem profeta aos filhos de Israel, que lhes disse: Assim diz o Senhor, Deus de Israel: Do Egito eu vos fiz subir, e vos tirei da casa da servidão;
And he sent to them a man who was a prophet, and he said: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘I caused you to ascend from Egypt, and I led you away from the house of servitude.
9 E vos livrei da mão dos egípcios, e da mão de todos quantos vos oprimiam; e os expeli de diante de vós, e a vós dei a sua terra;
And I freed you from the hand of the Egyptians and from all of the enemies who were afflicting you. And I cast them out at your arrival, and I delivered their land to you.
10 E vos disse: Eu sou o Senhor vosso Deus; não temais aos deuses dos amorreus, em cuja terra habitais: mas não destes ouvidos à minha voz
And I said: I am the Lord your God. You shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live. But you were not willing to listen to my voice.’”
11 Então o anjo do Senhor veio, e assentou-se debaixo do carvalho que está em Ophra, que pertencia a Joás, abi-ezrita: e Gideon, seu filho, estava malhando o trigo no lagar, para o salvar dos midianitas.
Then an Angel of the Lord arrived, and he sat under an oak tree, which was at Ophrah, and which belonged to Joash, the father of the family of Ezri. And while his son Gideon was threshing and cleaning the grain at the winepress, so that he might flee from Midian,
12 Então o anjo do Senhor lhe apareceu, e lhe disse: O Senhor é contigo, varão valoroso.
the Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and he said: “The Lord is with you, most valiant of men.”
13 Mas Gideon lhe respondeu: Ai, senhor meu, se o Senhor é conosco, porque tudo isto nos sobreveio? e que é feito de todas as suas maravilhas que nossos pais nos contaram, dizendo: Não nos fez o Senhor subir do Egito? porém agora o Senhor nos desamparou, e nos deu na mão dos midianitas.
And Gideon said to him: “I beg you, my lord, if the Lord is with us, why have these things happened to us? Where are his miracles, which our fathers described when they said, ‘The Lord led us away from Egypt.’ But now the Lord has forsaken us, and he has delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
14 Então o Senhor olhou para ele, e disse: vai nesta tua força, e livrarás a Israel da mão dos midianitas: porventura não te enviei eu?
And the Lord looked down upon him, and he said: “Go forth with this, your strength, and you shall free Israel from the hand of Midian. Know that I have sent you.”
15 E ele lhe disse: Ai, senhor meu, com que livrarei a Israel? eis que o meu milheiro é o mais pobre em Manasseh, e eu o menor na casa de meu pai.
And responding, he said: “I beg you, my lord, with what shall I free Israel? Behold, my family is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in the house of my father.”
16 E o Senhor lhe disse: Porquanto eu hei de ser contigo, tu ferirás aos midianitas como se fossem um só homem.
And the Lord said to him: “I will be with you. And so, you shall cut down Midian as if one man.”
17 E ele lhe disse: Se agora tenho achado graça aos teus olhos, dá-me um sinal de que és o que comigo falas.
And he said: “If I have found grace before you, give me a sign that it is you who is speaking to me.
18 Rogo-te que daqui te não apartes, até que eu venha a ti, e tire o meu presente, e o ponha perante ti. E disse: Eu esperarei até que voltes.
And may you not withdraw from here, until I return to you, carrying a sacrifice and offering it to you.” And he responded, “I will wait for your return.”
19 E entrou Gideon e preparou um cabrito e bolos asmos dum epha de farinha; a carne pôs num açafate e o caldo pôs numa panela: e trouxe-lho até debaixo do carvalho, e lho apresentou.
And so Gideon entered, and he boiled a goat, and he made unleavened bread from a measure of flour. And setting the flesh in a basket, and putting the broth of the flesh in a pot, he took it all under the oak tree, and he offered it to him.
20 Porém o anjo de Deus lhe disse: Toma a carne e os bolos asmos, e põe-os sobre esta penha e verte o caldo. E assim o fez.
And the Angel of the Lord said to him, “Take the flesh and the unleavened bread, and place them on that rock, and pour out the broth upon it.” And when he had done so,
21 E o anjo do Senhor estendeu a ponta do cajado, que estava na sua mão, e tocou a carne e os bolos asmos: então subiu fogo da penha, e consumiu a carne e os bolos asmos; e o anjo do Senhor desapareceu de seus olhos.
the Angel of the Lord extended the end of a staff, which he was holding in his hand, and he touched the flesh and the unleavened loaves. And a fire ascended from the rock, and it consumed the flesh and the unleavened loaves. Then the Angel of the Lord vanished from his sight.
22 Então viu Gideon que era o anjo do Senhor: e disse Gideon: Ah, Senhor, Jehovah, que eu vi o anjo do Senhor face a face.
And Gideon, realizing that it had been the Angel of the Lord, said: “Alas, my Lord God! For I have seen the Angel of the Lord face to face.”
23 Porém o Senhor lhe disse: Paz seja contigo; não temas: não morrerás.
And the Lord said to him: “Peace be with you. Do not be afraid; you shall not die.”
24 Então Gideon edificou ali um altar ao Senhor, e lhe chamou, Senhor é paz: e ainda até ao dia de hoje está em Ophra dos abi-ezritas.
Therefore, Gideon built an altar to the Lord there, and he called it, the Peace of the Lord, even to the present day. And while he was still at Ophrah, which is of the family of Ezri,
25 E aconteceu, naquela mesma noite, que o Senhor lhe disse: Toma o boi de teu pai, a saber, o segundo boi de sete anos: e derriba o altar de Baal, que é de teu pai; e corta o bosque que está ao pé dele.
that night, the Lord said to him: “Take a bull of your father’s, and another bull of seven years, and you shall destroy the altar of Baal, which is your father’s. And you shall cut down the sacred grove which is around the altar.
26 E edifica ao Senhor teu Deus um altar no cume deste lugar forte, num lugar conveniente: e toma o segundo boi, e o oferecerás em holocausto com a lenha que cortares do bosque.
And you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, at the summit of this rock, on which you placed the sacrifice before. And you shall take the second bull, and you shall offer a holocaust upon a pile of the wood, which you shall cut down from the grove.”
27 Então Gideon tomou dez homens dentre os seus servos, e fez como o Senhor lhe dissera: e sucedeu que, temendo ele a casa de seu pai, e os homens daquela cidade, não o fez de dia, mas fê-lo de noite.
Therefore, Gideon, taking ten men from his servants, did just as the Lord had instructed him. But fearing his father’s household, and the men of that city, he was not willing to do it by day. Instead, he completed everything by night.
28 Levantando-se pois os homens daquela cidade de madrugada, eis que estava o altar de Baal derribado, e o bosque estava ao pé dele, cortado: e o segundo boi oferecido no altar de novo edificado.
And when the men of that town had risen up in the morning, they saw the altar of Baal destroyed, and the sacred grove cut down, and the second bull set upon the altar, which then had been built.
29 E uns aos outros disseram: Quem fez esta coisa? E, esquadrinhando, e inquirindo, disseram: Gideon, o filho de Joás, fez esta coisa.
And they said one to another, “Who has done this?” And when they inquired everywhere as to the author of the deed, it was said, “Gideon, the son of Joash, did all these things.”
30 Então os homens daquela cidade disseram a Joás: Tira para fora a teu filho, para que morra; pois derribou o altar de Baal, e cortou o bosque que estava ao pé dele.
And they said to Joash: “Bring forward your son here, so that he may die. For he has destroyed the altar of Baal, and he has cut down the sacred grove.”
31 Porém Joás disse a todos os que se puseram contra ele: Contendereis vós por Baal? livra-lo-eis vós? qualquer que por ele contender ainda esta manhã será morto: se é deus, por si mesmo contenda; pois derribaram o seu altar.
But he responded to them: “Could you be the avengers of Baal, so that you fight on his behalf? Whoever is his adversary, let him die before the light arrives tomorrow; if he is a god, let him vindicate himself against him who has overturned his altar.”
32 Pelo que naquele dia lhe chamaram Jerubbaal, dizendo: Baal contenda contra ele, pois derribou o seu altar.
From that day, Gideon was called Jerubbaal, because Joash had said, “Let Baal avenge himself against him who has overturned his altar.”
33 E todos os midianitas, e amalequitas, e os filhos do oriente se ajuntaram num corpo, e passaram, e puseram o seu campo no vale de Jizreel.
And so, all of Midian, and Amalek, and the eastern peoples were gathered together. And crossing the Jordan, they encamped in the valley of Jezreel.
34 Então o espírito do Senhor revestiu a Gideon, o qual tocou a buzina, e os abi-ezritas se convocaram após dele.
But the Spirit of the Lord entered Gideon, who, sounding the trumpet, summoned the house of Abiezer so that he might follow him.
35 E enviou mensageiros por toda a tribo de Manasseh, e ele também se convocou após dele: também enviou mensageiros a Eser, e a Zebulon, e a Naphtali, e sairam-lhe ao encontro.
And he sent messengers into all of Manasseh, who also followed him, and other messengers into Asher, and Zebulun, and Naphtali, who went to meet him.
36 E disse Gideon a Deus: Se as de livrar a Israel por minha mão, como tens dito,
And Gideon said to God: “If you will save Israel by my hand, just as you have said:
37 Eis que eu porei um velo de lã na eira: se o orvalho estiver somente no velo, e secura sobre toda a terra, então conhecerei que as de livrar a Israel por minha mão, como tens dito.
I will set this wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there will be dew only on the fleece, and all the ground is dry, I will know that by my hand, as you have said, you will free Israel.”
38 E assim sucedeu; porque ao outro dia se levantou de madrugada, e apertou o velo: e do orvalho do velo espremeu uma taça cheia d'água.
And so it was done. And rising in the night, wringing out the fleece, he filled a vessel with the dew.
39 E disse Gideon a Deus: Não se acenda contra mim a tua ira, se ainda falar só esta vez: rogo-te que só esta vez faça a prova com o velo; rogo-te que só no velo haja secura, e em toda a terra haja o orvalho.
And again he said to God: “Let not your fury be enkindled against me, if I test once more, seeking a sign in the fleece. I pray that only the fleece may be dry, and all the ground may be wet with dew.”
40 E Deus assim o fez naquela noite: pois só no velo havia secura, e sobre toda a terra havia orvalho.
And that night, God did as he had requested. And it was dry only on the fleece, and there was dew on all the ground.
