1 Samuel 7

1 E vieram os de Quriate-Jearim, e levaram a arca do SENHOR, e meteram-na em casa de Abinadabe, situada no morro; e santificaram a Eleazar seu filho, para que guardasse a arca do SENHOR.

And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and brought up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.

2 E aconteceu que desde o dia que chegou a arca a Quriate-Jearim passaram muito dias, vinte anos; e toda a casa de Israel se lamentou, voltando a seguir o SENHOR.

And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.

3 E falou Samuel a toda a casa de Israel, dizendo: Se de todo vosso coração vos volteis ao SENHOR, tirai os deuses alheios e a Astarote de entre vós, e preparai vosso coração ao SENHOR, e a somente ele servi, e vos livrará da mão dos filisteus.

And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts to the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.

4 Então os filhos de Israel tiraram aos baalins e a Astarote, e serviram a somente o SENHOR.

Then the children of Israel put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.

5 E Samuel disse: Juntai a todo Israel em Mispá, e eu orarei por vós ao SENHOR.

And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you to the LORD.

6 E juntando-se em Mispá, tiraram água, e derramaram-na diante do SENHOR, e jejuaram aquele dia, e disseram ali: Contra o SENHOR temos pecado. E julgou Samuel aos filhos de Israel em Mispá.

And they gathered together at Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and there said, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

7 E ouvindo os filisteus que os filhos de Israel estavam reunidos em Mispá, subiram os príncipes dos filisteus contra Israel: o qual quando houveram ouvido os filhos de Israel, tiveram temor dos filisteus.

And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.

8 E disseram os filhos de Israel a Samuel: Não cesses de clamar por nós ao SENHOR nosso Deus, que nos guarde da mão dos filisteus.

And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry to the LORD our God for us, that he will save us from the hand of the Philistines.

9 E Samuel tomou um cordeiro que ainda amamentava, e sacrificou-o inteiro ao SENHOR em holocausto: e clamou Samuel ao SENHOR por Israel, e o SENHOR lhe ouviu.

And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly to the LORD: and Samuel cried to the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.

10 E aconteceu que estando Samuel sacrificando o holocausto, os filisteus chegaram para lutar com os filhos de Israel. Mas o SENHOR trovejou aquele dia com grande estrondo sobre os filisteus, e desbaratou-os, e foram vencidos diante de Israel.

And as Samuel was offering the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and smote them; and they were smitten before Israel.

11 E saindo os filhos de Israel de Mispá, seguiram aos filisteus, ferindo-os até abaixo de Bete-Car.

And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar.

12 Tomou logo Samuel uma pedra, e a pôs entre Mispá e Sem, e pôs-lhe por nome Ebenézer, dizendo: Até aqui nos ajudou o SENHOR.

Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Thus far hath the LORD helped us.

13 Foram, pois, os filisteus humilhados, que não vieram mais ao termo de Israel; e a mão do SENHOR foi contra os filisteus todo o tempo de Samuel.

So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the land of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

14 E foram restituídas aos filhos de Israel as cidades que os filisteus haviam tomado aos israelitas, desde Ecrom até Gate, com seus termos: e Israel as livrou da mão dos filisteus. E houve paz entre Israel e o amorreu.

And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and its land did Israel deliver from the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

15 E julgou Samuel a Israel todo o tempo que viveu.

And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

16 E todos os anos ia e dava volta a Betel, e a Gilgal, e a Mispá, e julgava a Israel em todos estes lugares.

And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.

17 Voltava-se depois a Ramá, porque ali estava sua casa, e ali julgava a Israel; e edificou ali altar ao SENHOR.

And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar to the LORD.