< 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.
And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of YHWH, and YHWH delivered them into the hand of Midian 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 the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made for themselves the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.
3 Porque sucedia que, semeando Israel, subiram os midianitas e os amalequitas; e também os do oriente contra ele subiam.
And so it was, when Israel had sown, that Midian, Amalek, and the Kedemites would come up against them.
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 they camped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, as far as Gaza, and they left no sustenance in Israel, as well as sheep, or ox, or donkey.
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 came up with their livestock and their tents and their camels. They would come in like locusts in number, and they were innumerable. And they came into the land to ravage it.
6 Assim Israel empobreceu muito pela presença dos midianitas: então os filhos de Israel clamaram ao Senhor.
Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to YHWH.
7 E sucedeu que, clamando os filhos de Israel ao Senhor por causa dos midianitas,
It happened, when the children of Israel cried to YHWH because of Midian,
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;
that YHWH sent a prophet to the children of Israel, and he said to them, "Thus says YHWH, the God of Israel, 'I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
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 delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land;
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 to you, "I am YHWH your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell." But you have not listened 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.
The angel of YHWH came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
12 Então o anjo do Senhor lhe apareceu, e lhe disse: O Senhor é contigo, varão valoroso.
The angel of YHWH appeared to him, and said to him, "YHWH is with you, mighty warrior."
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.
Gideon said to him, "Oh, my lord, if YHWH is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, 'Didn't YHWH bring us up from Egypt?' But now YHWH has cast us off, and 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 YHWH looked at him, and said, "Go in this strength of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Look, haven't I 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.
He said to him, "O Lord, how shall I save Israel? Look, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house."
16 E o Senhor lhe disse: Porquanto eu hei de ser contigo, tu ferirás aos midianitas como se fossem um só homem.
YHWH said to him, "Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as 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.
He said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with 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.
Please do not go away, until I come to you, and bring out my present, and lay it before you." He said, "I will wait until you come back."
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.
Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal: the meat he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it.
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.
The angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth." And he did 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.
Then the angel of YHWH put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of YHWH departed out of 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.
Gideon saw that he was the angel of YHWH; and Gideon said, "Alas, Lord YHWH. Because I have seen the angel of YHWH face to face."
23 Porém o Senhor lhe disse: Paz seja contigo; não temas: não morrerás.
YHWH said to him, "Peace be to 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.
Then Gideon built an altar there to YHWH, and called it "YHWH is Peace." To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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.
It happened the same night, that YHWH said to him, "Take your father's bull, even the second bull seven years old, and tear down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it;
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 build an altar to YHWH your God on the top of this stronghold, in the orderly manner, and take the second bull, and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down."
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.
Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as YHWH had spoken to him: and it came about, because he feared his father's household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it 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.
When the men of the city arose early in the morning, look, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bull was offered on the altar that was 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 to one another, "Who has done this thing?" When they inquired and asked, they said, "Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing."
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.
Then the men of the city said to Joash, "Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it."
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.
Joash said to all who stood against him, "Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? He who will contend for him, let him be put to death while it is yet morning: if he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has broken down his altar."
32 Pelo que naquele dia lhe chamaram Jerubbaal, dizendo: Baal contenda contra ele, pois derribou o seu altar.
Therefore on that day he named him Jerubbaal, saying, "Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down 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.
Then all Midian and Amalek and the Kedemites assembled themselves together; and they crossed over, and camped 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 YHWH came on Gideon; and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together after 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.
He sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; and they also were gathered together after him: and he sent messengers to Asher, and to Zebulun, and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
36 E disse Gideon a Deus: Se as de livrar a Israel por minha mão, como tens dito,
Gideon said to God, "If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken,
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.
look, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then shall I know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken."
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.
It was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
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.
Gideon said to God, "Do not let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make one more test with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew."
40 E Deus assim o fez naquela noite: pois só no velo havia secura, e sobre toda a terra havia orvalho.
God did so that night, for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew all over the ground.