Josué 7
1 Porém os filhos de Israel cometeram transgressão no anátema: porque Acã, filho de Carmi, filho de Zabdi, filho de zerá, da tribo de Judá, tomou do anátema; e a ira do SENHOR se acendeu contra os filhos de Israel.
Yahweh had commanded that all the things [that they had captured in Jericho] should be [destroyed to show that they belong] to him. But there was a man from the tribe of Judah named Achan. He was the son of Carmi and grandson of Zabdi and great-grandson of Zerah. He disobeyed [what] Yahweh [had commanded] and took for himself some of those things. So Yahweh was very angry with the Israelis.
2 E Josué enviou homens desde Jericó a Ai, que estava junto a Bete-Áven até o oriente de Betel; e falou-lhes dizendo: Subi, e reconhecei a terra. E eles subiram, e reconheceram a Ai.
Joshua told some of his men to go from Jericho to Ai [town], which was east of Bethel [city] and near Beth-Aven [town]. He said to them, “Go to Ai and (spy out the area/see what the area is like).” So the men went.
3 E voltando a Josué, disseram-lhe: Não suba todo aquele povo, mas subam como dois mil ou como três mil homens, e tomarão a Ai: não canses a todo aquele povo ali, porque são poucos.
When they returned to Joshua they said, “There are only a few people in Ai. So we do not need to send all of our soldiers to defeat them. Send 2.000 or 3,000 men to attack them. That will be enough.”
4 E subiram ali do povo como três mil homens, os quais fugiram diante dos de Ai.
So about 3,000 Israeli men went [to attack Ai]. But the men of Ai defeated them badly.
5 E os de Ai feriram deles como trinta e seis homens, e seguiram-nos desde a porta até Sebarim, e os feriram na descida: pelo que se dissolveu o coração do povo, e veio a ser como água.
They killed about 36 Israelis and chased the rest of Israeli men from the city gate to the bottom of the hill. When the other Israelis saw that this had happened, they became very discouraged.
6 Então Josué rasgou suas roupas, e prostrou-se em terra sobre seu rosto diante da arca do SENHOR até à tarde, ele e os anciãos de Israel; e lançaram pó sobre suas cabeças.
Joshua and the other Israeli leaders tore their clothes [because they were very sad about being defeated]. They prostrated themselves on the ground in front of [the Sacred Tent in which was] the sacred chest. They stayed there until that evening. They also threw dirt on their heads [to show that they were very sad about what had happened].
7 E Josué disse: Ah, Senhor DEUS! Por que fizeste passar a este povo o Jordão, para entregar-nos nas mãos dos amorreus, que nos destruam? Antes nos tivéssemos ficado da outra parte do Jordão!
Then Joshua prayed and said, “Lord God, you brought us Israelis [safely] across the Jordan River. So why are you now allowing the Amor people-group to defeat us [RHQ]? [This would not have happened] if we had stayed on the other side of the Jordan River!
8 Ai Senhor! Que direi, já que Israel virou as costas diante de seus inimigos?
Lord, we Israelis have been defeated by our enemies, so I do not know what to say now [RHQ].
9 Porque os cananeus e todos os moradores da terra ouvirão, e nos cercarão, e apagarão nosso nome de sobre a terra: então que farás tu a teu grande nome?
The Canaan people-group and all the other people who are living in this land will hear about this. Then they will surround us and kill all of us! Then what will you do (to defend your reputation [MTY]/to show that you are a powerful God)?”
10 E o SENHOR disse a Josué: Levanta-te; por que te prostras assim sobre teu rosto?
But Yahweh said to Joshua, “Stand up! Stop lying there with your face on the ground [RHQ]!
11 Israel pecou, e ainda quebrantou meu pacto que eu lhes havia mandado; pois ainda tomaram do anátema, e até furtaram, e também mentiram, e ainda o guardaram entre seus utensílios.
You Israelis have sinned! You have disobeyed the commands that I told you to obey. [One of] your men has taken some of the things that I told you to destroy. He has stolen them and taken them for himself and lied [about it].
12 Por isto os filhos de Israel não poderão estar diante de seus inimigos, mas sim que diante de seus inimigos virarão as costas; porquanto vieram a ser anátema: nem serei mais convosco, se não destruirdes o anátema do meio de vós.
That is why you Israelis have been unable to be strong when you went to attack your enemies. That is why you have run away from them. And now you yourselves may be destroyed. If you do not do as I commanded you and destroy everything [that you captured in Jericho] I will not help you any more!”
13 Levanta-te, santifica ao povo, e dize: Santificai-vos para amanhã, porque o SENHOR o Deus de Israel diz assim: Anátema há em meio de ti, Israel; não poderás estar diante de teus inimigos, até tanto que tenhais tirado o anátema do meio de vós.
“Now go and tell this to the people: ‘Tomorrow you must [perform the rituals that will] cause yourselves to become acceptable to Yahweh again. Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says that one of you has kept things that he told you to destroy. You will never defeat your enemies until you get rid of those things.
14 Vós vos achegareis, pois, amanhã por vossas tribos; e a tribo que o SENHOR tomar, se achegará por suas famílias; e a família que o SENHOR tomar, se achegará por suas casas; e a casa que o SENHOR tomar, se achegará pelos homens;
‘Tomorrow morning you must present yourselves before Yahweh, tribe by tribe. Then Yahweh will indicate to which tribe [the man who took those things belongs]. Then Yahweh will indicate to which clan from that tribe [the guilty man belongs]. Then Yahweh will indicate to which family he belongs. And then he will indicate which person [in that family took those things].
15 E o que for colhido no anátema, será queimado a fogo, ele e tudo o que tem, porquanto quebrantou o pacto do SENHOR, e cometeu maldade em Israel.
Then the one who has taken some of the things that should have been destroyed will be destroyed in a fire. And everything he owns will be destroyed with him, because he has disobeyed the command that Yahweh gave us and has done something that is disgraceful to us Israeli people.’”
16 Josué, pois, levantando-se de manhã, fez achegar a Israel por suas tribos; e foi tomada a tribo de Judá;
Early the next morning, Joshua told all the Israeli people to stand before the Sacred Tent, tribe by tribe. [When they did that], Yahweh indicated that a man from the tribe of Judah [was the one who had taken the things].
17 E fazendo achegar a tribo de Judá, foi tomada a família dos de Zerá; fazendo logo achegar a família dos de Zerá pelos homens, foi tomado Zabdi;
Then the clans of Judah presented themselves, and Yahweh indicated that someone from the clan of Zerah was the guilty one. Then the families of Zerah’s clan presented themselves, and Yahweh indicated that someone from the family of Zabdi [was the guilty one].
18 E fez achegar sua casa pelos homens, e foi tomado Acã, filho de Carmi, filho de Zabdi, filho de zerá, da tribo de Judá.
Then Joshua told the men from that family to present themselves. And Yahweh indicated that Achan was guilty.
19 Então Josué disse a Acã: Filho meu, dá glória agora ao SENHOR o Deus de Israel, e dá-lhe louvor, e declara-me agora o que fizeste; não me o encubras.
Then Joshua said to Achan, “Son, tell the truth [IDM]. Confess to Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship, what you have done]. And tell me what you did, and do not try to (conceal anything/prevent me from knowing what you did).”
20 E Acã respondeu a Josué, dizendo: Verdadeiramente eu pequei contra o SENHOR o Deus de Israel, e fiz assim e assim:
Achan replied, “It is true. I have sinned against Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship].
21 Que vi entre os despojos um manto babilônico muito bom, e duzentos siclos de prata, e uma barra de ouro de peso de cinquenta siclos; o qual cobicei, e tomei: e eis que está escondido debaixo da terra no meio de minha tenda, e o dinheiro debaixo dele.
Among the things [in Jericho] that I saw was a beautiful coat from Babylonia. I also saw 200 pieces of silver and some gold that weighed as much as 50 pieces of silver. I wanted those things very much for myself, so I took them. I buried them all in the ground under my tent. You will find them there. The silver is buried under the other things.”
22 Josué então enviou mensageiros, os quais foram correndo à tenda; e eis que estava escondido em sua tenda, e o dinheiro debaixo disso:
So Joshua sent some men [to find those things]. They ran to Achan’s tent and found all the things hidden there.
23 E tomando-o do meio da tenda, trouxeram-no a Josué e a todos os filhos de Israel, e puseram-no diante do SENHOR.
The men brought them all out of the tent and took them to Joshua and the rest of the Israeli people. Then they spread/laid them out on the ground, where Yahweh could see them.
24 Então Josué, e todo Israel com ele, tomou a Acã filho de zerá, e o dinheiro, e o manto, e a barra de ouro, e seus filhos, e suas filhas, e seus bois, e seus asnos, e suas ovelhas, e sua tenda, e tudo quanto tinha, e levaram-no tudo ao vale de Acor;
Then Joshua and the rest of the people led Achan down to the valley. They also took down there the silver, the coat, the gold, Achan’s [wife and] sons and daughters, and his cattle and donkeys and sheep, and his tent, and everything else that he owned.
25 E disse Josué: Por que nos perturbaste? Perturbe-te o SENHOR neste dia. E todos os israelitas os apedrejaram, e os queimaram a fogo, depois de apedrejá-los com pedras;
Joshua said, “(I do not know why you caused so much trouble for us/You have caused a lot of trouble for us) [RHQ], but now Yahweh will cause trouble for you.” Then all the people threw stones at Achan and his family until they all died. Then the people burned their corpses.
26 E levantaram sobre ele um grande amontoado de pedras, até hoje. E o SENHOR se apaziguou da ira de seu furor. E por isto foi chamado aquele lugar o Vale de Acor, até hoje.
They piled rocks over [the ashes of] their [corpses], and those rocks are still there. That is why that valley is called Trouble Valley. After that, Yahweh was no longer angry [with the Israeli people].
