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: What is this that thou meanest to do, that thou wouldst not call us when thou wentest to fight against Madian? and they chid him sharply and almost offered violence.
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 answered them: What could I have done like to that which you have done? Is not one bunch of grapes of Ephraim better than the vintages 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.
The Lord hath delivered into your bands the princes of Madian, Oreb and Zeb: what could I have done like to what you have done? And when he had said this, their spirit was appeased, with which they swelled against him.
4 E, como Gideon veio ao Jordão, passou com os trezentos homens que com ele estavam, já cançados, mas ainda perseguindo.
And when Gedeon was come to the Jordan, he passed over it with the three hundred men, that were with him: who were so weary that they could not pursue after them that fled.
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 Soccoth: Give, I beseech you, bread to the people that is with me, for they are faint: that we may pursue Zebee, and Salmana the kings of Madian.
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?
The princes of Soccoth answered: Peradventure the palms of the hands of Zebee and Salmana are in thy hand, and therefore thou demandest that we should give bread to thy 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 he said to them: When the Lord therefore shall have delivered Zebee and Salmana into my hands, I will thresh your flesh with the thorns and briers of the desert.
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 going up from thence, he came to Phanuel: and he spoke the like things to the men of that place. And they also answered him, as the men of Soccoth had answered.
9 Pelo que também falou aos homens de Penuel, dizendo: Quando eu voltar em paz, derribarei esta torre.
He said therefore to them also: When I shall return a conqueror in peace, I will destroy 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.
But Zebee and Salmana were resting with all their army. For fifteen thousand men were left of all the troops of the eastern people, and one hundred and twenty thousand warriors that drew the sword, were slain.
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 Gedeon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents, on the east of Nobe and Jegbaa, and smote the camp of the enemies, who were secure, and suspected no hurt.
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 Zebee and Salmana fled, and Gedeon pursued and took them, all their host being put in confusion.
13 Voltando pois Gideon, filho de Joás, da peleja, antes do nascer do sol,
And returning from the battle before the sun rising,
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.
He took a boy of the men of Soccoth: and he asked him the names of the princes and ancients of Soccoth, and he described unto him 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 Soccoth and said to them: Behold Zebee and Salmana, concerning whom you upbraided me, saying: Peradventure the hands of Zebee and Salmana, are in thy hands, and therefore thou demandest that we should give bread to the men that are weary and faint.
16 E tomou os anciãos daquela cidade, e os espinhos do deserto, e os abrolhos: e com eles ensinou aos homens de Succoth.
So he took the ancients of the city and thorns and briers of the desert, and tore them with the same, and cut in pieces the men of Soccoth.
17 E derribou a torre de Penuel, e matou os homens da cidade.
And he demolished the tower of Phanuel, and slew 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.
And he said to Zebee and Salmana: What manner of men were they whom you slew in Thabor? They answered: They were like thee, and one of them as the son 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
He answered them: They were my brethren, the sons of my mother. As the Lord liveth, if you had saved them, 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 eldest son: Arise, and slay them. But he drew not his sword: for he was afraid, being but yet a boy.
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.
And Zebee and Salmana said: Do thou rise, and run upon us: because the strength of a man is according to his age: Gedeon rose up and slew Zebee and Salmana: and he took the ornaments and bosses, with which the necks of the camels of kings are wont to be adorned.
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.
And all the men of Israel said to Gedeon: Rule thou over us and thy son, and thy son’s son: because thou hast delivered us from the hand of Madian.
23 Porém Gideon lhes disse: Sobre vós eu não dominarei, nem tão pouco meu filho sobre vós dominará: o Senhor sobre vós dominará.
And he said to them: I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you, but the Lord 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 he said to them: I desire one request of you: Give me the earlets of your spoils. For the Ismaelites were accustomed to wear golden earlets.
25 E disseram eles: De boamente os daremos. E estenderam uma capa, e cada um deles deitou ali um pendente do seu despojo.
They answered: We will give them most willingly. And spreading a mantle on the ground, they cast upon it the earlets of the spoils.
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 earlets that he requested, was a thousand seven hundred sicles of gold, besides the ornaments, and jewels, and purple raiment which the kings of Madian were went to use, and besides the golden chains that were about the 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 Gedeon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city Ephra. And all Israel committed fornication with it, and it became a ruin to Gedeon and to all 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.
But Madian was humbled before the children of Israel, neither could they any more lift up their beads: but the land rested for forty years, while Gedeon presided.
29 E foi-se Jerubbaal, filho de Joás, e habitou em sua casa.
So Jerobaal the son of Joas went, and dwelt in his own house.
30 E teve Gideon setenta filhos, que procederam da sua coxa: porque tinha muitas mulheres.
And he had seventy sons, who came out of his thigh, 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, that he had in Sichem, bore him a son, whose name was 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 Gedeon the son of Joas died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father in Ephra of the family of Ezri.
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.
But after Gedeon was dead, the children of Israel turned again, and committed fornication with Baalim. And they made a covenant with Baal, that he should be 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 they remembered not the Lord their God, who delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies round about:
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 shew mercy to the house of Jerobaal Gedeon, according to all the good things he had done to Israel.
