2 Samuel 17
1 Moreover Ahithophel disse a Absalom: “Deixe-me agora escolher doze mil homens, e me levantarei e perseguirei depois de David esta noite”.
Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Allow me to choose 12,000 men, and I will leave [with them] tonight to pursue David.
2 Eu irei atrás dele enquanto ele estiver cansado e exausto, e o farei ter medo”. Todas as pessoas que estão com ele fugirão. Eu atacarei apenas o rei,
We will attack him while he is tired and discouraged, and cause him to be very frightened. All the soldiers who are with him will run away. We will kill only the king.
3 e trarei de volta todo o povo até você. O homem que vocês procuram é como se todos tivessem voltado. Todo o povo deve estar em paz”.
Then we will bring back all his soldiers to you, like [SIM] a (bride/woman comes to her husband when she is married). You are wanting to kill only one man; so the other people will not be harmed.”
4 O ditado agradou bem a Absalom, e a todos os anciãos de Israel.
Absalom and all the Israeli leaders [who were with him] thought that what Ahithophel said would be good to do.
5 Então Absalom disse: “Agora chame Hushai de Arquiteto também, e vamos ouvir o mesmo que ele diz”.
But Absalom said, “Summon Hushai also, and we will hear what he suggests.”
6 Quando Hushai chegou a Absalom, Absalom falou com ele, dizendo: “Ahithophel falou assim”. Devemos fazer o que ele diz? Se não, fale mais alto”.
So when Hushai arrived, Absalom told him what Ahithophel had suggested. Then he asked Hushai, “What do you think we should do? If you do not think that we should do what Ahithophel suggests, tell us [what you think that we should do].”
7 Hushai disse a Absalom: “O conselho que Ahithophel deu desta vez não é bom”.
Hushai replied, “This time what Ahithophel has suggested is not good advice.
8 Hushai disse ainda: “Você conhece seu pai e seus homens, que são homens poderosos, e que são ferozes em suas mentes, como um urso roubado de seus filhotes no campo. Seu pai é um homem de guerra e não vai se alojar com o povo.
You know that your father and the men who are with him are strong soldiers, and that now they are very angry, like [SIM] a mother bear whose cubs have been stolen from her. Furthermore, your father knows how to fight because he has fought in many battles. He will not stay with his troops during the night.
9 Eis que ele está agora escondido em algum buraco, ou em algum outro lugar. Acontecerá, quando alguns deles tiverem caído no início, que quem o ouvir dirá: “Há uma matança entre o povo que segue Absalom!
Right now he is probably already hiding in one of the pits, or in some other place. [If his soldiers start to attack your soldiers, and] if they kill some of them, whoever hears about that will say ‘Many of the soldiers with Absalom have been killed!’
10 Mesmo aquele que é valente, cujo coração é como o coração de um leão, derreterá totalmente; pois todo Israel sabe que seu pai é um homem poderoso, e aqueles que estão com ele são homens valentes.
Then your other soldiers, even if they are as fearless [SIM, IDM] as lions, they will become very afraid. Do not forget that everyone in Israel knows that your father is a great/strong soldier, and that the soldiers who are with him are also very brave/courageous.
11 Mas aconselho que todo Israel esteja reunido a vocês, desde Dan até Berseba, como a areia que está junto ao mar para a multidão; e que vocês vão à batalha em sua própria pessoa.
“So what I suggest is that you summon all the Israeli soldiers, from Dan [in the far north] to Beersheba [in the far south]. They will be as many as the grains of sand on the seashore [HYP]. And then you yourself lead us into the battle.
12 Portanto, iremos sobre ele em algum lugar onde ele será encontrado, e o iluminaremos quando o orvalho cair no chão, então não deixaremos tanto como um dele e de todos os homens que estão com ele.
We will find [your father], wherever he is, and we will attack him [from all sides], like [SIM] dew covers all the ground. And neither he nor any of the soldiers who are with him will survive.
13 Além disso, se ele entrou em uma cidade, então todo Israel trará cordas para aquela cidade, e nós a puxaremos para dentro do rio, até que não haja uma pequena pedra encontrada lá”.
If he escapes into some city, all our soldiers will bring ropes and pull that city down into the valley. As a result, not one stone will be left there [on top of the hill where that city was]!”
14 Absalom e todos os homens de Israel disseram: “O conselho de Hushai, o Arquiteto, é melhor do que o conselho de Ahithophel”. Pois Javé tinha ordenado a derrotar o bom conselho de Aitofel, com a intenção de que Javé pudesse trazer o mal sobre Absalão.
Absalom and all the other Israeli men [who were with him] said, “What Hushai suggests is better than what Ahithophel suggested.” The reason that happened was that Yahweh had determined that if they would accept the good advice that Ahithophel had given them, [they would have been able to defeat/kill David]. But [as a result of their doing what Hushai suggested], Yahweh would cause a disaster to happen to Absalom.
15 Então Hushai disse a Zadok e a Abiathar, os sacerdotes: “Ahithophel aconselhou Absalom e os anciãos de Israel dessa forma; e eu aconselhei dessa forma.
Then Hushai told the two priests, Zadok and Abiathar, what both he and Ahithophel had suggested to Absalom and the Israeli leaders.
16 Agora, portanto, envie rapidamente, e diga a David, dizendo: “Não se hospedem esta noite nos vaus do deserto, mas por todos os meios passem, para que o rei não seja engolido, e todo o povo que estiver com ele””.
Then he said to them, “Send [a message] quickly to David. Tell him to not stay at the place where people walk across the river, near the desert. Instead, he and his soldiers must cross [the Jordan River] immediately, in order that they will not be killed/wiped out.”
17 Agora Jonathan e Ahimaaz estavam hospedados por En Rogel; e uma criada costumava ir e se reportar a eles, e eles foram e disseram ao rei David; pois não podiam arriscar ser vistos entrando na cidade.
[The priest’s two sons, ] Jonathan and Ahimaaz, were waiting at En-Rogel [Spring], outside Jerusalem. They did not [dare to] enter the city, because if someone saw them, [he would report it to Absalom]. [While they were at En-Rogel, ] a female servant [of the two priests] would frequently go to them and report to them [what was happening], and then they would go and report it to King David.
18 Mas um menino os viu, e disse a Absalom. Então os dois foram embora rapidamente e chegaram à casa de um homem em Bahurim, que tinha um poço em sua corte; e foram até lá.
But a young man saw them, and went and reported it to Absalom. [They found out what the young man had done, ] so both of them left quickly and went to stay in the house of a man in Bahurim. That man had a well in his courtyard; so the two men went down into the well [to hide].
19 A mulher pegou e espalhou a cobertura sobre a boca do poço, e espalhou grãos esmagados sobre ele; e nada se sabia.
The man’s wife took a cloth/mat and covered the well, and scattered grain on top of it in order that no one would know [that two men were hiding inside it].
20 Os servos de Absalom foram até a casa da mulher; e disseram: “Onde estão Ahimaaz e Jonathan? A mulher disse-lhes: “Eles passaram por cima do riacho de água”. Quando os procuraram e não puderam encontrá-los, voltaram a Jerusalém.
Some of Absalom’s soldiers [found out where the two men had gone. So they] went to the house, and asked the woman, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” She replied, “They crossed the river.” So the soldiers [crossed the river and] searched for them. But they could not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
21 Depois de terem partido, saíram do poço e foram dizer ao rei Davi; e disseram a Davi: “Levantem-se e passem rapidamente sobre a água; pois assim Ahithophel aconselhou contra vocês”.
After they had gone, the two men came out of the well and went and reported to King David [what had happened and] what Ahithophel had suggested. Then they said to him, “Cross the river quickly!”
22 Então David se levantou, e todas as pessoas que estavam com ele, e passaram por cima do Jordão. À luz da manhã não faltava nenhum deles que não tivesse passado sobre o Jordão.
So David and all his soldiers quickly started to cross the Jordan [River], and by dawn they had all crossed to the other side.
23 Quando Ahithophel viu que seu conselho não foi seguido, selou seu burro, levantou-se, foi para casa, arrumou sua casa e enforcou-se; e morreu, e foi enterrado no túmulo de seu pai.
When Ahithophel realized that Absalom was not going to do what he suggested, he put a saddle on his donkey and returned to his own town. He gave [to his family] instructions about his possessions, and then he hanged himself [because he knew that Absalom would be defeated and that he would be considered a traitor and be killed]. His body was buried in the tomb where his ancestors [had been buried].
24 Então David veio para Mahanaim. Absalom passou sobre o Jordão, ele e todos os homens de Israel com ele.
David [and his soldiers] arrived at Mahanaim. And Absalom [and all his Israeli soldiers] also crossed the Jordan [River].
25 Absalom colocou Amasa sobre o exército em vez de Joab. Agora Amasa era filho de um homem cujo nome era Ithra, o israelita, que foi para Abigail, filha de Naash, irmã de Zeruia, mãe de Joab.
Absalom had appointed [his cousin] Amasa to be the commander of his army, instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Jether, a descendant of Ishmael. Amasa’s mother was Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and the sister of Joab’s mother Zeruiah.
26 Israel e Absalão acamparam na terra de Gileade.
Absalom and his Israeli soldiers set up their tents in [the] Gilead [region].
27 Quando David veio a Mahanaim, Shobi filho de Nahash de Rabbah dos filhos de Ammon, e Machir filho de Ammiel de Lodebar, e Barzillai o Gileadita de Rogelim,
When David [and his soldiers] arrived at Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah [city] in the Ammon area, and Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-Debar [city], and Barzillai from Rogelim [town] in [the] Gilead [region]
28 brought camas, bacias, vasos de barro, trigo, cevada, farinha, grão torrado, feijão, lentilhas, grão torrado,
brought sleeping mats, bowls, clay pots, barley, wheat flour, parched grain, beans, and lentils to them.
29 mel, manteiga, ovelhas e queijo do rebanho, para David e para as pessoas que estavam com ele para comer; pois eles disseram: “O povo está faminto, cansado e sedento no deserto”.”
They brought honey and curds, sheep, and some cream/cheese for David and his soldiers to eat. They knew that David and his soldiers would be hungry and tired and thirsty [from marching] in the desert.
