Juízes 3
1 Now estas são as nações que Iavé deixou, para testar Israel por eles, mesmo que muitos não tivessem conhecido todas as guerras de Canaã;
These are the nations which the Lord left, that by them he might instruct Israel, and all that had not known the wars of the Chanaanites:
2 apenas para que as gerações dos filhos de Israel pudessem saber, para ensinar-lhes a guerra, pelo menos aqueles que nada sabiam dela antes:
That afterwards their children might learn to fight with their enemies, and to be trained up to war:
3 os cinco senhores dos filisteus, todos os cananeus, os sidônios e os hivitas que viviam no Monte Líbano, desde o Monte Baal Hermon até a entrada de Hamath.
The five princes of the Philistines, and all the Chanaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hevites that dwelt in mount Libanus, from mount Baal Hermon to the entering into Emath.
4 Foram deixados por eles para testar Israel, para saber se ouviriam os mandamentos de Iavé, que ele ordenou a seus pais por Moisés.
And he left them, that he might try Israel by them, whether they would hear the commandments of the Lord, which he had commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses, or not.
5 Os filhos de Israel viviam entre os cananeus, os hititas, os amorreus, os perizeus, os hivitas, e os jebuseus.
So the children of Israel dwelt in the midst of the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, and the Amorrhite, and the Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite:
6 Eles tomaram suas filhas para serem suas esposas, deram suas próprias filhas para seus filhos e serviram a seus deuses.
And they took their daughters to wives, and they gave their own daughters to their sons, and they served their gods.
7 Os filhos de Israel fizeram o que era mau aos olhos de Iavé, e esqueceram Iavé seu Deus, e serviram os Baal e os Asheroth.
And they did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they forgot their God, and served Baalim and Astaroth.
8 Portanto, a raiva de Iavé queimou contra Israel, e ele os vendeu na mão de Cushan Rishathaim, rei da Mesopotâmia; e os filhos de Israel serviram a Cushan Rishathaim oito anos.
And the Lord being angry with Israel, delivered them into the hands of Chusan Rasathaim king of Mesopotamia, and they served him eight years.
9 Quando os filhos de Israel gritaram a Javé, Javé criou um salvador para os filhos de Israel, que os salvou, até mesmo Otniel, o filho de Kenaz, o irmão mais novo de Calebe.
And they cried to the Lord, who raised them up a saviour, and delivered them, to wit, Othoniel the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb:
10 O Espírito de Javé veio sobre ele, e ele julgou Israel; e ele saiu para a guerra, e Javé entregou Cushan Rishathaim, rei da Mesopotâmia, em suas mãos. Sua mão prevaleceu contra Cushan Rishathaim.
And the spirit of the Lord was in him, and he judged Israel. And he went out to fight, and the Lord delivered into his hands Chusan Rasathaim king of Syria, and he overthrew him.
11 A terra teve descanso por quarenta anos, depois morreu Otniel, o filho de Kenaz.
And the land rested forty years, and Othoniel the son of Cenez died.
12 Os filhos de Israel novamente fizeram o que era mau aos olhos de Iavé, e Iavé fortaleceu Eglon, o rei dos moabitas, contra Israel, porque tinham feito o que era mau aos olhos de Iavé.
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: who strengthened against them Eglon king of Moab: because they did evil in his sight.
13 Ele reuniu os filhos de Amon e Amalek para si mesmo; e ele foi e atingiu Israel, e eles possuíam a cidade das palmeiras.
And he joined to him the children of Ammon, and Amalec: and he went and overthrew Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
14 As crianças de Israel serviram Eglon, rei dos moabitas, dezoito anos.
And the children of Israel served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years:
15 Mas quando os filhos de Israel gritaram a Javé, Javé levantou um salvador para eles: Ehud, o filho de Gera, o benjamita, um canhoto. Os filhos de Israel enviaram tributo por ele a Eglon, o rei dos moabitas.
And afterwards they cried to the Lord, who raised them up a saviour called Aod, the son of Gera, the son of Jemini, who used the left hand as well as the right. And the children of Israel sent presents to Eglon king of Moab by him.
16 Ehud fez para si uma espada que tinha duas pontas, um côvado de comprimento; e a usou debaixo de suas roupas na coxa direita.
And he made himself a two-edged sword, with a haft in the midst of the length of the palm of the hand, and was girded therewith under his garment on the right thigh.
17 Ele ofereceu o tributo a Eglon, rei dos moabitas. Agora Eglon era um homem muito gordo.
And he presented the gifts to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was exceeding fat.
18 Quando Ehud terminou de oferecer o tributo, ele mandou embora as pessoas que carregavam o tributo.
And when he had presented the gifts unto him, he followed his companions that came along with him.
19 Mas ele mesmo se voltou dos ídolos de pedra que eram de Gilgal, e disse: “Tenho uma mensagem secreta para ti, ó rei”. O rei disse: “Fique calado!” Todos os que estavam ao seu lado o deixaram.
Then returning from Galgal, where the idols were, be said to the king: I have a secret message to thee, O king. And he commanded silence: and all being gone out that were about him,
20 Ehud veio até ele; e ele estava sentado sozinho na sala superior fria. Ehud disse: “Eu tenho uma mensagem de Deus para você”. Ele se levantou de seu assento.
Aod went in to him: now he was sitting in a summer parlour alone, and he said: I have a word from God to thee. And he forthwith rose up from his throne,
21 Ehud estendeu a mão esquerda, tirou a espada da coxa direita e a empurrou para dentro de seu corpo.
And Aod put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly,
22 O cabo também entrou após a lâmina; e a gordura fechou na lâmina, pois ele não tirou a espada de seu corpo; e ela saiu por trás.
With such force that the haft went in after the blade into the wound, and was closed up with the abundance of fat. So that he did not draw out the dagger, but left it in his body as he had struck it in. And forthwith by the secret parts of nature the excrements of the belly came out.
23 Então Ehud saiu para o alpendre, fechou as portas da sala superior sobre ele e as trancou.
But Aod carefully shutting the doors of the parlour and locking them,
24 Depois que ele se foi, seus criados vieram e viram que as portas da sala superior estavam trancadas. Eles disseram: “Certamente ele está cobrindo seus pés na sala superior”.
Went out by a postern door. And the king’s servants going in, saw the doors of the parlour shut, and they said: Perhaps he is easing nature in his summer parlour.
25 Eles esperaram até ficarem envergonhados; e eis que ele não abriu as portas do cenáculo. Portanto, pegaram a chave e as abriram, e eis que seu senhor havia caído morto no chão.
And waiting a long time till they were ashamed, and seeing that no man opened the door, they took a key: and opening, they found their lord lying dead on the ground.
26 Ehud escapou enquanto eles esperavam, passou além dos ídolos de pedra, e escapou para Seirah.
But Aod, while they were in confusion, escaped, and passed by the place of the idols, from whence he had returned. And he came to Seirath:
27 Quando ele chegou, tocou uma trombeta na região montanhosa de Efraim; e os filhos de Israel desceram com ele da região montanhosa, e ele os conduziu.
And forthwith he sounded the trumpet in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel went down with him, he himself going in the front.
28 Ele lhes disse: “Sigam-me; pois Yahweh entregou em suas mãos os moabitas a seus inimigos”. Eles o seguiram e tomaram os vaus do Jordão contra os moabitas, e não permitiram que nenhum homem passasse por cima dele.
And he said to them: Follow me: for the Lord hath delivered our enemies the Moabites into our hands. And they went down after him, and seized upon the fords of the Jordan, which are in the way to Moab: and they suffered no man to pass over.
29 Eles atingiram naquela época cerca de dez mil homens de Moab, cada homem forte e cada homem de valor. Nenhum homem escapou.
But they slew of the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand, all strong and Valiant men: none of them could escape.
30 Então Moab foi subjugado naquele dia sob a mão de Israel. Então a terra teve um descanso de oitenta anos.
And Moab was humbled that day under the hand of Israel: and the land rested eighty years.
31 Depois dele foi Shamgar, o filho de Anath, que atingiu seiscentos homens dos filisteus com um boi. Ele também salvou Israel.
After him was Samgar the son of Anath, who slew of the Philistines six hundred men with a ploughshare: and he also defended Israel.
