Juízes 21
1 E os homens de Israel haviam jurado em Mispá, dizendo: Nenhum de nós dará sua filha aos de Benjamim por mulher.
Now the children of Israel had also sworn in Maspha, saying: None of us shall give of his daughters to the children of Benjamin to wife.
2 E veio o povo à casa de Deus, e estiveram ali até à tarde diante de Deus; e levantando sua voz fizeram grande pranto, e disseram:
And they all came to the house of God in Silo, and abiding before him till the evening, lifted up their voices, and began to lament and weep, saying:
3 Ó SENHOR Deus de Israel, por que sucedeu isto em Israel, que falte hoje de Israel uma tribo?
O Lord God of Israel, why is so great an evil come to pass in thy people, that this day one tribe should be taken away from among us?
4 E ao dia seguinte o povo se levantou de manhã, e edificaram ali altar, e ofereceram holocaustos e pacíficos.
And rising early the next day, they built an altar: and offered there holocausts, and victims of peace, and they said:
5 E disseram os filhos de Israel: Quem de todas as tribos de Israel não subiu à reunião próximo do SENHOR? Porque se havia feito grande juramento contra o que não subisse ao SENHOR em Mispá, dizendo: Sofrerá morte.
Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the army of the Lord? for they had bound themselves with a great oath, when they were in Maspha, that whosoever were wanting should be slain.
6 E os filhos de Israel se arrependeram por causa de Benjamim seu irmão, e disseram: Uma tribo é hoje cortada de Israel.
And the children of Israel being moved with repentance for their brother Benjamin, began to say: One tribe is taken away from Israel.
7 Que faremos em quanto a mulheres para os que restaram? Nós juramos pelo SENHOR que não lhes temos de dar nossas filhas por mulheres.
Whence shall they take wives? For we have all in general sworn, not to give our daughters to them.
8 E disseram: Há alguém das tribos de Israel que não tenha subido ao SENHOR em Mispá? E acharam que ninguém de Jabes-Gileade havia vindo ao acampamento à reunião:
Therefore they said: Who is thereof all the tribes of Israel, that came not up to the Lord to Maspha. And behold the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad were found not to have been in that army.
9 Porque o povo foi contado, e não havia ali homem dos moradores de Jabes-Gileade.
(At that time also when they were in Silo, no one of them was found there.)
10 Então a congregação enviou ali doze mil homens dos mais valentes, e mandaram-lhes, dizendo: Ide e ponde à espada aos moradores de Jabes-Gileade, e as mulheres e meninos.
So they sent ten thousand of the most valiant men, and commanded them, saying: Go and put the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad to the sword, with their wives and their children.
11 Mas fareis desta maneira: matareis a todo homem e a toda mulher que tiver se deitado com homem.
And this is what you shall observe: Every male, and all women that have known men, you shall kill, but the virgins you shall save.
12 E acharam dos moradores de Jabes-Gileade quatrocentas virgens que não tinham se deitado com homem, e trouxeram-nas ao acampamento em Siló, que está na terra de Canaã.
And there were found of Jabes Galaad four hundred virgins, that had not known the bed of a man, and they brought them to the camp Silo, into the land of Chanaan.
13 Toda a congregação enviou logo a falar aos filhos de Benjamim que estavam na penha de Rimom, e chamaram-nos em paz.
And they sent messengers to the children of Benjamin, that were in the rock Remmon, and commanded them to receive them in peace.
14 E voltaram então os de Benjamim; e deram-lhes por mulheres as que haviam escravo vivas das mulheres de Jabes-Gileade: mas não lhes bastaram estas.
And the children of Benjamin came at that time, and wives were given them of the daughters of Jabes Galaad: but they found no others, whom they might give in like manner.
15 E o povo teve dor por causa de Benjamim, de que o SENHOR houvesse feito brecha nas tribos de Israel.
And all Israel was very sorry, and repented for the destroying of one tribe out of Israel.
16 Então os anciãos da congregação disseram: Que faremos acerca de mulheres para os que restaram? Porque as mulheres tinham sido exterminadas de Benjamim.
And the ancients said: What shall we do with the rest, that have not received wives? for all the women in Benjamin are dead.
17 E disseram: A herança dos que escaparam será o que era de Benjamim, para que não seja uma tribo extinta de Israel.
And we must use all care, and provide with great diligence, that one tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
18 Nós porém, não lhes podemos dar mulheres de nossas filhas, porque os filhos de Israel juraram, dizendo: Maldito o que der mulher a Benjamim.
For as to our own daughters we cannot give them, being bound with an oath and a curse, whereby we said: Cursed be he that shall give Benjamin any of his daughters to wife.
19 Agora bem, disseram, eis que cada ano há solenidade do SENHOR em Siló, que está ao norte de Betel, e ao lado oriental do caminho que sobe de Betel a Siquém, e ao sul de Lebona.
So they took counsel, and said: Behold there is a yearly solemnity of the Lord in Silo, which is situate on the north of the city of Bethel, and on the east side of the way, that goeth from Bethel to Sichem, and on the south of the town of Lebona.
20 E mandaram aos filhos de Benjamim, dizendo: Ide, e ponde emboscadas nas vinhas:
And they commanded the children of Benjamin, and said: Go, and lie hid in the vineyards,
21 E estai atentos: e quando virdes sair as filhas de Siló a dançar em cirandas, vós saireis das vinhas, e arrebatareis cada um mulher para si das filhas de Siló, e vos ireis à terra de Benjamim:
And when you shall see the daughters of Silo come out, as the custom is, to dance, come ye on a sudden out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife among them, and go into the land of Benjamin.
22 E quando vierem os pais delas ou seus irmãos a nos exigirem, nós lhes diremos: Tende piedade de nós em lugar deles: pois que nós na guerra não tomamos mulheres para todos: que vós não as destes a eles, para que agora sejais culpáveis.
And when their fathers and their brethren shall come, and shall begin to complain against you, and to chide, we will say to them: Have pity on them for they took them not away as by the right of war or conquest, but when they asked to have them, you gave them not, and the fault was committed on your part.
23 E os filhos de Benjamim o fizeram assim; pois tomaram mulheres conforme seu número, tomando das que dançavam; e indo logo, voltaram-se à sua herança, e reedificaram as cidades, e habitaram nelas.
And the children of Benjamin did, as they had been commanded: and according to their number, they carried off for themselves every man his wife of them that were dancing: and they went into their possession and built up their cities, and dwelt in them.
24 Então os filhos de Israel se foram também dali, cada um à sua tribo e à sua família, saindo dali cada um à sua propriedade.
The children of Israel also returned by their tribes, and families, to their dwellings.
25 Nestes dias não havia rei em Israel; cada um fazia o que era correto diante de seus olhos.
In those days there was no king in Israel: but every one did that which seemed right to himself.
