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;
Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
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:
only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing of it:
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.
namely, the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to Lebo Hamath.
4 Foram deixados por eles para testar Israel, para saber se ouviriam os mandamentos de Iavé, que ele ordenou a seus pais por Moisés.
They were left, to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would listen to the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
5 Os filhos de Israel viviam entre os cananeus, os hititas, os amorreus, os perizeus, os hivitas, e os jebuseus.
The children of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the Hethites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
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 be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons and 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.
The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgot the LORD their God, and served the Baals and the Asheroth.
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.
Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan Rishathaim king of Aram Naharaim; and the children of Israel served Cushan Rishathaim 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.
When the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a savior to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother; and he obeyed him.
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.
The Spirit of the LORD came on him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and the LORD delivered Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand: and his hand prevailed against Cushan Rishathaim.
11 A terra teve descanso por quarenta anos, depois morreu Otniel, o filho de Kenaz.
The land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz 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.
The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
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.
He gathered to him the people of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and struck Israel, and they possessed the city of palm trees.
14 As crianças de Israel serviram Eglon, rei dos moabitas, dezoito anos.
The children of Israel served Eglon the 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.
But when the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised them up a savior, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed. The children of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.
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.
Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, eighteen inches in length; and he girded it under his clothing on his right thigh.
17 Ele ofereceu o tributo a Eglon, rei dos moabitas. Agora Eglon era um homem muito gordo.
He offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.
18 Quando Ehud terminou de oferecer o tributo, ele mandou embora as pessoas que carregavam o tributo.
When he had made an end of offering the tribute, he sent away the people who bore the tribute.
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.
But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, "I have a secret message for you, O king." The king said, "Keep silence." All who stood by him went out from 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.
Ehud came to him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. Ehud said, "I have a message from God to you, O king." He arose out of his seat.
21 Ehud estendeu a mão esquerda, tirou a espada da coxa direita e a empurrou para dentro de seu corpo.
And it happened as he rose up that Ehud put forth his left hand and took the sword 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.
And the handle also went in after the blade; and the fat closed on the blade, for he didn't draw the sword out of his belly; and it came out behind.
23 Então Ehud saiu para o alpendre, fechou as portas da sala superior sobre ele e as trancou.
Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked 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”.
Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and look, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, "Surely he is covering his feet in the upper room."
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.
They waited until they were ashamed; and look, he did not open the doors of the upper room: therefore they took the key, and opened them, and look, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
26 Ehud escapou enquanto eles esperavam, passou além dos ídolos de pedra, e escapou para Seirah.
Ehud escaped while they waited, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to Seirah.
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.
It happened, when he had come, that he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he before them.
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.
He said to them, "Follow after me; for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand." They went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and did not allow a 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.
They struck of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valor; and there escaped not a man.
30 Então Moab foi subjugado naquele dia sob a mão de Israel. Então a terra teve um descanso de oitenta anos.
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. Then the land had rest eighty years. And Ehud judged them until he died.
31 Depois dele foi Shamgar, o filho de Anath, que atingiu seiscentos homens dos filisteus com um boi. Ele também salvou Israel.
And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who alone struck down six hundred men of the Philistines with an oxgoad. And he also saved Israel.
