2 Samuel 2
1 Depois disso, David perguntou a Yahweh, dizendo: “Devo subir em alguma das cidades de Judá? Yahweh disse a ele: “Suba”. David disse: “Onde devo subir?”. Ele disse: “Para Hebron”.
Some time after that, David asked Yahweh, “Should I go back to [live in] one of the towns in Judah?” Yahweh replied, “Yes, go up there.” Then David asked, “To which town should I go?” Yahweh replied, “To Hebron.”
2 Então David foi para lá com suas duas esposas, Ahinoam, a Jezreelitess, e Abigail, a esposa de Nabal, a Carmelita.
So David went up there, taking his two wives, Ahinoam who was from Jezreel [city], and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel [city].
3 David educou seus homens que estavam com ele, cada homem com sua casa. Eles viviam nas cidades de Hebron.
He also took the men who had been with him, and their families. They all started to live in villages near Hebron.
4 Os homens de Judá vieram, e ali ungiram Davi rei sobre a casa de Judá. Eles disseram a Davi: “Os homens de Jabesh Gilead foram os que enterraram Saul”.
Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and [one of] them poured olive oil on David’s head [to show they were appointing him to be] [MTY] the king of the tribe [MTY] of Judah. When David found out that the people of Jabesh [town] in [the] Gilead [region] had buried Saul’s body,
5 David enviou mensageiros aos homens de Jabesh Gilead, e disse-lhes: “Abençoados sois vós por Javé, que mostrastes esta bondade a vosso senhor, até mesmo a Saul, e o sepultastes”.
he sent messengers to the men of Jabesh to tell them this: “I desire/hope that Yahweh will bless you for having shown, by burying the body of Saul your king, that you were loyal to him.
6 Agora que Yahweh possa mostrar a você bondade e a verdade amorosa. Eu também te recompensarei por esta gentileza, porque fizeste isto.
Now I also desire/hope that Yahweh will faithfully love you and be loyal to you. And I will do good things for you because of what you have done [for Saul].
7 Agora, pois, que vossas mãos sejam fortes e valentes; pois Saul, vosso senhor, está morto, e também a casa de Judá me ungiram rei sobre eles”.
Now, although Saul your king is dead, be strong and courageous, like the people of Judah, who have appointed me to be their king.”
8 Now Abner, filho de Ner, capitão do exército de Saul, havia levado Ishbosheth, o filho de Saul, e o trouxe para Mahanaim.
[While this was happening], Ner’s son Abner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ishbosheth and went across [the Jordan River] to Mahanaim [town].
9 Ele o fez rei sobre Gileade, sobre os ashuritas, sobre Jezreel, sobre Efraim, sobre Benjamim, e sobre todo Israel.
There Abner proclaimed that Ishbosheth was now the king of [the] Gilead [region] and of the tribe of Asher and the region of Jezreel and the tribes of Ephraim and Benjamin. That meant that he was the king of all of the people of Israel.
10 Ishbosheth, filho de Saul, tinha quarenta anos de idade quando começou a reinar sobre Israel, e reinou dois anos. Mas a casa de Judá seguiu Davi.
Ishbosheth was 40 years old when he started to rule over the people of Israel. He ruled them for two years. But the tribe of Judah (was loyal to David/wanted David to be their king),
11 O tempo em que Davi foi rei em Hebron sobre a casa de Judá foi de sete anos e seis meses.
and he ruled them for seven and a half years while he was living in Hebron.
12 Abner, filho de Ner, e os criados de Ishbosheth, filho de Saul, saíram de Mahanaim para Gibeon.
[One day] Abner and the officials of Isbosheth went from Mahanaim [across the Jordan River] to Gibeon [city].
13 Joab, filho de Zeruia, e os servos de Davi saíram ao encontro deles na piscina de Gibeon; e eles se sentaram, um de um lado da piscina e o outro do outro lado da piscina.
Joab, whose mother was Zeruiah, and some of David’s officials [went from Hebron to Gibeon, and] met at the pool there. They all sat down, the one group on one side of the pool and the other group on the other side.
14 Abner disse a Joab: “Por favor, deixe os jovens se levantarem e competirem diante de nós”. Joab disse: “Que se levantem!”
Abner said to Joab, “Let’s tell some of our young men to fight each other!” Joab replied, “Okay!”
15 Então eles se levantaram e passaram por cima por número: doze para Benjamim e para Ishbosheth, o filho de Saul, e doze dos servos de Davi.
So twelve men from the tribe of Benjamin fought for Ishbosheth, against twelve of David’s soldiers.
16 Cada um deles pegou seu adversário pela cabeça e empurrou sua espada para o lado de seu companheiro; assim, caíram juntos. Portanto, aquele lugar em Gibeon foi chamado Helkath Hazzurim.
Each of them grabbed the head of the man against whom he was fighting, and thrust his sword into that man’s side. The result was that all 24 of them fell down dead. So that area in Gibeon is now called ‘Field of Swords’.
17 A batalha foi muito severa naquele dia; e Abner foi espancado, e os homens de Israel, diante dos servos de Davi.
Then [the others started to fight]. It was a very fierce battle. Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by David’s soldiers.
18 Os três filhos de Zeruia estavam lá: Joab, Abishai, e Asahel. Asahel era tão leve de pé como uma gazela selvagem.
Zeruiah’s three sons were there [on that day]: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was able to run very fast; he could run as fast as a wild gazelle/antelope.
19 Asahel perseguiu Abner. Ele não virou para a mão direita nem para a esquerda por seguir Abner.
Asahel started to pursue Abner. He ran straight toward Abner, without stopping.
20 Então Abner olhou atrás dele e disse: “É você, Asahel?” Ele respondeu: “E é”.
Abner looked behind him, and said “Is that you, Asahel?” Asahel replied, “Yes!”
21 Abner disse-lhe: “Vire-se para sua mão direita ou para sua esquerda e pegue um dos jovens, e pegue sua armadura”. Mas Asahel não se afastaria de segui-lo.
Abner yelled at him, “Turn to one side or the other, [and pursue someone else]!” But Asahel would not stop pursuing Abner.
22 Abner disse novamente a Asahel: “Vire-se para longe de me seguir. Por que eu deveria golpeá-lo até o chão? Como então eu poderia olhar Joab seu irmão na cara”?
So Abner yelled at him again, “Stop (chasing after/pursuing) me! (Why should I kill you?/It would not be good for me to kill you!) [RHQ] If I did that, (how could I (face/be reconciled with) your brother Joab?/it would be very difficult for me to (face/be reconciled with) your brother Joab.) [RHQ]”
23 However, ele se recusou a se virar. Por isso Abner com a ponta traseira da lança o atingiu no corpo, de modo que a lança saiu atrás dele; e ele caiu lá embaixo e morreu no mesmo lugar. Todos os que chegaram ao lugar onde Asahel caiu e morreu ficaram parados.
But Asahel refused to stop pursuing Abner. So Abner [suddenly turned and] thrust the butt end of his spear into Asahel’s stomach. Because he thrust it very strongly, that end of the spear [went though Asahel’s body and] came out at his back, and he fell to the ground, dead. All the other soldiers who came to the place where his body was lying stopped and stood there, [stunned].
24 Mas Joab e Abishai perseguiram a Abner. O sol se pôs quando chegaram à colina de Ammah, que está diante de Giah pelo caminho do deserto de Gibeon.
But Joab and Abishai continued to pursue Abner. At sunset they came to Ammah Hill, which is east of Giah, along the road to the desert near Gibeon.
25 As crianças de Benjamin se reuniram depois de Abner e se tornaram uma banda, e ficaram no topo de uma colina.
The men from the tribe of Benjamin gathered around Abner in one group, and stood at the top of a hill.
26 Então Abner chamou Joab, e disse: “Devorará a espada para sempre? Você não sabe que será amargura no último final? Quanto tempo vai demorar então, até que você peça ao povo que volte de seguir seus irmãos”?
Then Abner called out to Joab, saying “Are we going to continue to fight forever [RHQ]? Do you not realize that [if we continue fighting], the result will be very bad [RHQ]? We are all descendants of Jacob. [So we should stop fighting each other] (How long will it be until you tell your soldiers to stop pursuing us?/Tell your soldiers to stop pursuing us.)” [RHQ]
27 Joab disse: “Como Deus vive, se você não tivesse falado, certamente pela manhã o povo teria ido embora, e não cada um seguia seu irmão”.
Joab replied, “Just as surely as God lives, if you had not said that, my soldiers would have continued pursuing your men until tomorrow morning!”
28 Então Joab tocou a trombeta; e todo o povo parou e não perseguiu mais Israel, e não lutou mais.
So Joab blew a trumpet [to signal that they should stop fighting]. So all his men did that. They did not pursue the soldiers of Israel any more, and they stopped fighting.
29 Abner e seus homens passaram toda aquela noite pelo Arabah; e eles passaram pelo Jordão, e passaram por todo Bithron, e chegaram a Mahanaim.
That night Abner and his soldiers went through the Jordan [River] Valley. They crossed the Jordan [River] and marched all the next morning, and they finally arrived at Mahanaim.
30 Joab voltou de seguir Abner; e quando reuniu todo o povo, dezenove homens de David e Asahel estavam desaparecidos.
Joab [and his soldiers] stopped pursuing Abner. And when he gathered all his soldiers together, he found out that in addition to Asahel, only 19 of them had been killed in the battle.
31 Mas os servos de David haviam atingido os homens de Benjamin Abner, de modo que trezentos e sessenta homens morreram.
But David’s soldiers had killed 360 of Abner’s men, all from the tribe of Benjamin.
32 Eles pegaram Asahel e o enterraram no túmulo de seu pai, que estava em Belém. Joab e seus homens foram a noite toda, e o dia quebrou sobre eles em Hebron.
[Some of Joab’s soldiers] took Asahel’s body and buried it in the tomb where his father had been buried, in Bethlehem. Then they marched all during the night, and at dawn they arrived [back home] at Hebron.
