< Juízes 8 >

1 Então os homens de Ephraim lhes disseram: Que é isto que nos fizeste, que não nos chamas te, quando foste pelejar contra os midianitas? E contenderam com ele fortemente.
And the men of Ephraim said to him, Why have thou done thus to us, that thou did not call us when thou went to fight with Midian? And they chided with him sharply.
2 Porém ele lhes disse: Que mais fiz eu agora do que vós? não são porventura os rabiscos de Ephraim melhores do que a vindima de Abiezer?
And he said to them, What have I now done in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
3 Deus vos deu na vossa mão aos príncipes dos midianitas, Oreb e Zeeb; que mais pude eu logo fazer do que vós? então a sua ira se abrandou para com ele, quando falou esta palavra.
God has delivered into your hand the rulers of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger was abated toward him when he had said that.
4 E, como Gideon veio ao Jordão, passou com os trezentos homens que com ele estavam, já cançados, mas ainda perseguindo.
And Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
5 E disse aos homens de Succoth: dai, peço-vos, alguns pedaços de pão ao povo, que segue as minhas pisadas: porque estão cançados, e eu vou em alcance de Zebah e Salmuna, reis dos midianitas.
And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread to the people who follow me, for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.
6 Porém os príncipes de Succoth disseram: Está já a palma da mão de Zebah e Salmuna na tua mão, para que demos pão ao teu exército?
And the rulers of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand that we should give bread to thine army?
7 Então disse Gideon: Pois quando o Senhor der na minha mão a Zebah e a Salmuna, trilharei a vossa carne com os espinhos do deserto, e com os abrolhos.
And Gideon said, Therefore when Jehovah has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
8 E dali subiu a Penuel, e falou-lhes da mesma maneira: e os homens de Penuel lhe responderam como os homens de Succoth lhe haviam respondido.
And he went up from there to Penuel, and spoke to them in like manner, and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
9 Pelo que também falou aos homens de Penuel, dizendo: Quando eu voltar em paz, derribarei esta torre.
And he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
10 Estavam pois Zebah e Salmuna em Carcor, e os seus exércitos com eles, uns quinze mil homens, todos os que ficavam do exército dos filhos do oriente: e os que cairam foram cento e vinte mil homens, que arrancavam a espada.
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the army of the sons of the east, for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men who drew a sword.
11 E subiu Gideon pelo caminho dos que habitavam em tendas, para o oriente de Nobah e Jogbehah: e feriu aquele exército, porquanto o exército estava descuidado.
And Gideon went up by the way of those who dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the army, for the army was confident.
12 E fugiram Zebah e Salmuna; porém ele os perseguiu, e tomou presos a ambos os reis dos midianitas a Zebah e a Salmuna, e afugentou a todo o exército.
And Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he pursued after them. And he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the army.
13 Voltando pois Gideon, filho de Joás, da peleja, antes do nascer do sol,
And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.
14 Tomou preso a um moço dos homens de Succoth, e lhe fez perguntas: o qual descreveu os príncipes de Succoth, e os seus anciãos, setenta e sete homens.
And he caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him. And he described for him the rulers of Succoth, and the elders of it, seventy-seven men.
15 Então veio aos homens de Succoth, e disse: Vedes aqui a Zebah e a Salmuna, dos quais desprezivelmente me deitastes em rosto, dizendo: Está já a palma da mão de Zebah e Salmuna na tua mão, para que demos pão aos teus homens, já cançados?
And he came to the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom ye taunted me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we should give bread to thy men who are weary?
16 E tomou os anciãos daquela cidade, e os espinhos do deserto, e os abrolhos: e com eles ensinou aos homens de Succoth.
And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
17 E derribou a torre de Penuel, e matou os homens da cidade.
And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.
18 Depois disse a Zebah e a Salmuna: Que homens eram os que matastes em Tabor? E disseram: Qual tu, tais eram eles; cada um ao parecer, como filhos dum rei.
Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye killed at Tabor? And they answered, As thou are, so were they. Each one resembled the sons of a king.
19 Então disse ele: Meus irmãos eram, filhos de minha mãe: vive o Senhor, que, se os tivesseis deixado em vida, eu não vos mataria a vós
And he said, They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As Jehovah lives, if ye had saved them alive, I would not kill you.
20 E disse a Jether, seu primogênito: Levanta-te, mata-os. Porém o mancebo não arrancou da sua espada, porque temia; porquanto ainda era mancebo.
And he said to Jether his firstborn, Up, and kill them. But the youth did not draw his sword, for he feared because he was yet a youth.
21 Então disseram Zebah e Salmuna: Levanta-te tu, e acomete-nos; porque, qual o homem, tal a sua valentia. Levantou-se pois Gideon, e matou a Zebah e a Salmuna, e tomou as lunetas, que estavam aos pescoços dos seus camelos.
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us, for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels' necks.
22 Então os homens de Israel disseram a Gideon: Domina sobre nós, tanto tu, como teu filho e o filho de teu filho: porquanto nos livraste da mão dos midianitas.
Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also, for thou have saved us out of the hand of Midian.
23 Porém Gideon lhes disse: Sobre vós eu não dominarei, nem tão pouco meu filho sobre vós dominará: o Senhor sobre vós dominará.
And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. Jehovah shall rule over you.
24 E disse-lhes mais Gideon: Uma petição vos farei: dai-me cada um de vós os pendentes do seu despojo (porque tinham pendentes de ouro, porquanto eram ishmaelitas).
And Gideon said to them, I would make a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his spoil. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
25 E disseram eles: De boamente os daremos. E estenderam uma capa, e cada um deles deitou ali um pendente do seu despojo.
And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and cast in it every man the earrings of his spoil.
26 E foi o peso dos pendentes de ouro, que pediu, mil e setecentos siclos de ouro, a fora as lunetas, e as cadeias, e os vestidos de púrpura, que traziam os reis dos midianitas, e a fora as coleiras que os camelos traziam ao pescoço.
And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.
27 E fez Gideon dele um éfode, e pô-lo na sua cidade, em Ophra; e todo o Israel fornicou ali após dele: e foi por tropeço a Gideon e à sua casa.
And Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah. And all Israel played the harlot after it there, and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.
28 Assim foram abatidos os midianitas diante dos filhos de Israel, e nunca mais levantaram a sua cabeça: e sossegou a terra quarenta anos nos dias de Gideon.
So Midian was subdued before the sons of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
29 E foi-se Jerubbaal, filho de Joás, e habitou em sua casa.
And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
30 E teve Gideon setenta filhos, que procederam da sua coxa: porque tinha muitas mulheres.
And Gideon had seventy sons begotten from his body, for he had many wives.
31 E sua concubina, que estava em Sichem, lhe pariu também um filho: e pôs-lhe por nome Abimelech.
And his concubine who was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.
32 E faleceu Gideon, filho de Joás, numa boa velhice: e foi sepultado no sepulcro de seu pai Joás, em Ophra dos abi-ezritas.
And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulcher of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
33 E sucedeu que, como Gideon faleceu, os filhos de Israel se tornaram, e fornicaram após dos baalins: e puseram a Baal-berith por deus.
And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the sons of Israel turned again, and played the harlot after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.
34 E os filhos de Israel se não lembraram do Senhor seu Deus, que os livrara da mão de todos os seus inimigos em redor.
And the sons of Israel did not remember Jehovah their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side,
35 Nem usaram de beneficência com a casa de Jerubbaal, a saber, de Gideon, conforme a todo o bem que ele usara com Israel.
neither did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.

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