Josué 7
1 Mas os filhos de Israel cometeram uma transgressão nas coisas dedicadas; pois Achan, o filho de Carmi, o filho de Zabdi, o filho de Zerah, da tribo de Judá, levou algumas das coisas dedicadas. Portanto, a raiva de Javé ardia 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 Josué enviou homens de Jericó para Ai, que fica ao lado da Avenida Beth, no lado leste de Betel, e falou com eles, dizendo: “Subam e espiem a terra”. Os homens subiram e espiaram o 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 Eles voltaram para Josué, e disseram a ele: “Não deixe todo o povo subir, mas deixe cerca de dois ou três mil homens subir e atacar o Ai. Não obrigue todas as pessoas a trabalhar lá, pois são poucas”.
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 Assim, cerca de três mil homens do povo subiram lá, e fugiram diante dos homens de Ai.
So about 3,000 Israeli men went [to attack Ai]. But the men of Ai defeated them badly.
5 Os homens de Ai atacaram cerca de trinta e seis homens deles. Eles os perseguiram desde antes mesmo do portão até Shebarim, e os atingiram na descida. Os corações do povo derreteram, e se tornaram 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 Josué rasgou suas roupas, e caiu na terra em seu rosto diante da arca de Javé até a noite, ele e os anciãos de Israel; e puseram pó em 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 Josué disse: “Ai de mim, Senhor Javé, por que trouxe este povo sobre o Jordão, para nos entregar nas mãos dos amorreus, para nos fazer perecer? Gostaria que tivéssemos ficado satisfeitos e vivido além 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 Oh, Senhor, o que devo dizer, depois que Israel tiver virado 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 Pois os cananeus e todos os habitantes da terra ouvirão falar dela, e nos cercarão, e cortarão nosso nome da terra. O que você fará por seu 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 Yahweh disse a Joshua: “Levante-se! Por que você caiu de cara assim?
But Yahweh said to Joshua, “Stand up! Stop lying there with your face on the ground [RHQ]!
11 Israel pecou. Sim, eles até transgrediram meu pacto que eu lhes ordenei. Sim, eles até tomaram algumas das coisas dedicadas, e também roubaram, e também enganaram. Eles até colocaram isso entre suas próprias coisas.
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 Portanto, os filhos de Israel não podem ficar diante de seus inimigos. Eles viram as costas diante de seus inimigos, porque se tornaram devotados à destruição. Eu não estarei mais com vocês, a menos que vocês destruam as coisas devotadas de entre vocês.
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 Levantem-se! Santificai o povo, e dizei: 'Santificai-vos para amanhã, para Javé, o Deus de Israel, diz: “Há uma coisa devota entre vós, Israel”. Vocês não podem ficar diante de seus inimigos até que tirem a coisa devotada do meio de vocês”.
“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 Pela manhã, portanto, vocês serão aproximados por suas tribos. Será que a tribo que Yahweh selecionar se aproximará por famílias. A família que Yahweh seleciona se aproximará por famílias. A família que Yahweh selecionar se aproximará de homem a homem.
‘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 Será, que aquele que for levado com a coisa devota será queimado com fogo, ele e tudo o que tiver, porque transgrediu o pacto de Iavé, e porque fez uma coisa vergonhosa 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 Então Josué levantou-se cedo pela manhã e trouxe Israel para perto de suas tribos. A tribo de Judá foi selecionada.
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 Ele aproximou-se da família de Judá e selecionou a família dos zerahitas. Ele aproximou-se da família dos zerahitas homem por homem, e Zabdi foi selecionado.
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 Aproximou-se de sua família homem por homem, e Achan, filho de Carmi, filho de Zabdi, filho de Zerah, da tribo de Judá, foi selecionado.
Then Joshua told the men from that family to present themselves. And Yahweh indicated that Achan was guilty.
19 Josué disse a Achan: “Meu filho, por favor, dê glória a Javé, o Deus de Israel, e faça confissão a ele”. Diga-me agora o que você fez! Não o esconda de mim”!
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 Achan respondeu a Josué, e disse: “Eu pequei verdadeiramente contra Javé, o Deus de Israel, e foi isso que eu fiz.
Achan replied, “It is true. I have sinned against Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship].
21 Quando vi entre os despojos um belo manto babilônico, duzentos siclos de prata e uma cunha de ouro pesando cinqüenta siclos, então eu os cobicei e os levei. Eis que estão escondidos no chão, no meio da minha tenda, com a prata debaixo dela”.
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 Então Joshua enviou mensageiros, e eles correram para a tenda. Eis que ela estava escondida em sua tenda, com a prata debaixo dela.
So Joshua sent some men [to find those things]. They ran to Achan’s tent and found all the things hidden there.
23 Eles os levaram do meio da tenda, e os levaram a Josué e a todas as crianças de Israel. Eles os colocaram diante de Yahweh.
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 Josué, e todo Israel com ele, levaram Achan, filho de Zerá, a prata, o manto, a cunha de ouro, seus filhos, suas filhas, seu gado, seus burros, suas ovelhas, sua tenda e tudo o que ele tinha; e os trouxeram para o 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 Josué disse: “Por que você nos incomodou? Yahweh vai incomodá-lo hoje”. Todo Israel o apedrejou com pedras, e eles as queimaram com fogo e as apedrejaram 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 Eles levantaram sobre ele um grande monte de pedras que permanece até hoje. Javé virou-se da ferocidade de sua ira. Por isso o nome daquele lugar foi chamado “O vale de Acor” até os dias de 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].
