1 Samuel 4

1 A palavra de Samuel chegou a todo Israel. Agora Israel saiu contra os filisteus para lutar, e acampou ao lado de Ebenezer; e os filisteus acamparam em Afek.

And it came to pass in those days that the Philistines gathered themselves together against Israel to war; and Israel went out to meet them and encamped at Abenezer, and the Philistines encamped in Aphec.

2 Os filisteus se colocaram em ordem contra Israel. Quando se juntaram à batalha, Israel foi derrotado pelos filisteus, que mataram cerca de quatro mil homens do exército no campo.

And the Philistines prepare to fight with Israel, and the battle was turned against them; and the men of Israel fell before the Philistines, and there were struck in the battle in the field four thousand men.

3 Quando o povo entrou no campo, os anciãos de Israel disseram: “Por que Javé nos derrotou hoje diante dos filisteus? Vamos tirar a arca da aliança de Javé de Shiloh e trazê-la até nós, para que ela possa vir entre nós e nos salvar da mão de nossos inimigos”.

And the people came to the camp, and the elders of Israel said, Why has the Lord caused us to fall this day before the Philistines? let us take the ark of our God out of Selom, and let it proceed from the midst of us, and it shall save us from the hand of our enemies.

4 Então o povo enviou para Shiloh, e de lá trouxeram a arca do pacto de Yahweh dos Exércitos, que se senta acima dos querubins; e os dois filhos de Eli, Hophni e Phinehas, estavam lá com a arca do pacto de Deus.

And the people sent to Selom, and they take thence the ark of the Lord who dwells between the cherubs: and both the sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, [were] with the ark.

5 Quando a arca do pacto de Javé entrou no campo, todo Israel gritou com um grande grito, para que a terra ressoasse.

And it came to pass when the ark of the Lord entered into the camp, that all Israel cried out with a loud voice, and the earth resounded.

6 Quando os filisteus ouviram o barulho do grito, disseram: “O que significa o barulho deste grande grito no acampamento dos hebreus? Eles entenderam que a arca de Yahweh havia entrado no acampamento.

And the Philistines heard the cry, and the Philistines said, What [is] this great cry in the camp of the Hebrews: and they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp.

7 Os filisteus tiveram medo, pois disseram: “Deus entrou no acampamento”. Eles disseram: “Ai de nós! Pois não houve tal coisa antes.

And the Philistines feared, and said, These are the Gods that are come to them into the camp.

8 Ai de nós! Quem nos livrará da mão destes poderosos deuses? Estes são os deuses que atingiram os egípcios com todos os tipos de pragas no deserto.

Woe to us, O Lord, deliver us today for such a thing has not happened aforetime: woe to us, who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these [are] the Gods that struck Egypt with every plague, and in the wilderness.

9 Sede fortes e comportai-vos como homens, ó filisteus, para não serdes servos dos hebreus, como eles têm sido para vós. Fortalecei-vos como homens, e pelejai”!

Strengthen yourselves and behave yourselves like men, O you Philistines, that you may not serve the Hebrews as they have served us, but be you men and fight with them.

10 Os filisteus lutaram, e Israel foi derrotado, e cada homem fugiu para sua tenda. Houve uma matança muito grande; pois trinta mil homens de pé de Israel caíram.

And they fought with them; and the men of Israel fall, and they fled every man to his ten; and there was a very great slaughter; and there fell of Israel thirty thousand fighting men.

11 A arca de Deus foi levada; e os dois filhos de Eli, Hophni e Phinehas, foram mortos.

And the ark of God was taken, and both the sons of Heli, Ophni, and Phinees, died.

12 Um homem de Benjamin fugiu do exército e veio para Shiloh no mesmo dia, com suas roupas rasgadas e com sujeira na cabeça.

And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the battle, and he came to Selom on that day: and his clothes [were] tore, and earth [was] upon his head.

13 Quando ele chegou, eis que Eli estava sentado em seu assento junto à estrada observando, pois seu coração tremia pela arca de Deus. Quando o homem entrou na cidade e falou sobre isso, toda a cidade gritou.

And he came, an behold, Heli was upon the seat by the gate looking along the way, for his heart was greatly alarmed for the ark of God: and the man entered into the city to bring tidings; and the city cried out.

14 Quando Eli ouviu o barulho do choro, ele disse: “O que significa o barulho deste tumulto?”. O homem se apressou e veio e disse a Eli.

And Heli heard the sound of the cry, and said, What [is] the voice of this cry? and the men hasted and went in, and reported to Heli.

15 Now Eli tinha noventa e oito anos de idade. Seus olhos estavam postos, de modo que ele não podia ver.

Now Heli [was] ninety years old, and his eyes were fixed, and he saw not.

16 O homem disse a Eli: “Eu sou aquele que saiu do exército, e hoje eu fugi do exército”. Ele disse: “Como foi o assunto, meu filho?”

And Heli said to them that stood round about him, What [is] the voice of this sound? And the man hasted and advanced to Heli, and said to him, I am he that is come out of the camp, and I have fled from the battle today: and Heli said, What [is] the even, [my] son?

17 Aquele que trouxe a notícia respondeu: “Israel fugiu diante dos filisteus, e também houve um grande massacre entre o povo. Seus dois filhos também, Hophni e Phinehas, estão mortos, e a arca de Deus foi capturada”.

And they young man answered and said, The men of Israel fled from the face of the Philistines, and there was a great slaughter among the people, and both your sons are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

18 Quando ele fez menção à arca de Deus, Eli caiu de seu assento para trás, ao lado do portão; e seu pescoço quebrou e ele morreu, pois era um homem velho e pesado. Ele havia julgado Israel durante quarenta anos.

And it came to pass, when he mentioned the ark of God, that he fell from the seat backward near the gate, and his back was broken, and he died, for [he was] an old man and heavy: and he judged Israel twenty years.

19 Sua nora, esposa de Phinehas, estava grávida, perto de dar à luz. Quando ela ouviu a notícia de que a arca de Deus foi levada e que seu sogro e seu marido estavam mortos, ela se curvou e deu à luz; pois suas dores vieram sobre ela.

And his daughter-in-law the wife of Phinees [was] with child, [about] to bring forth; and she heard the tidings, that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead; and she wept and was delivered, for her pains came upon her.

20 Por ocasião de sua morte, as mulheres que a apoiaram disseram-lhe: “Não tenha medo, pois você deu à luz um filho”. Mas ela não respondeu, nem considerou isso.

And in her time she was at the point of death; and the women that stood by her, said to her, Fear not, for you have born a son: but she answered not, and her heart did not regard it.

21 Ela deu o nome de Ichabod à criança, dizendo: “A glória partiu de Israel!” porque a arca de Deus foi levada, e por causa de seu sogro e seu marido.

And she called the child Uaebarchaboth, because of the ark of God, and because of her father-in-law, and because of her husband.

22 Ela disse: “A glória partiu de Israel; pois a arca de Deus foi tomada”.

And they said, The glory of Israel is departed, forasmuch as the ark of the Lord is taken.