Juízes 1
1 Após a morte de Josué, os filhos de Israel perguntaram a Javé, dizendo: “Quem deveria subir por nós primeiro contra os cananeus, para lutar contra eles”?
After the death of Joshua, the sons of Israel consulted the Lord, saying, “Who will ascend before us, against the Canaanite, and who will be the commander of the war?”
2 Yahweh disse: “Judah subirá”. Eis que eu entreguei a terra em suas mãos”.
And the Lord said: “Judah shall ascend. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hands.”
3 Judah disse a Simeon, seu irmão: “Venha comigo à minha sorte, para que possamos lutar contra os cananeus; e eu também irei com você à sua sorte”. Então Simeão foi com ele.
And Judah said to his brother Simeon, “Go up with me to my lot, and fight against the Canaanite, so that I also may go forth with you to your lot.” And Simeon went with him.
4 Judah subiu, e Yahweh entregou os cananeus e os perizeus em suas mãos. Eles atingiram dez mil homens em Bezek.
And Judah went up, and the Lord delivered the Canaanite, as well as the Perizzite, into their hands. And they struck down ten thousand of the men at Bezek.
5 Eles encontraram Adoni-Bezek em Bezek, e lutaram contra ele. Eles atingiram os cananeus e os perizitas.
And they found Adonibezek at Bezek, and they fought against him, and they struck down the Canaanite and the Perizzite.
6 Mas Adoni-Bezek fugiu. Eles o perseguiram, o pegaram e cortaram seus polegares e seus grandes dedos dos pés.
Then Adonibezek fled. And they pursued him and captured him, and they cut off the ends of his hands and feet.
7 Adoni-Bezek disse: “Setenta reis, tendo seus polegares e seus grandes dedos dos pés cortados, foram esquartejados debaixo da minha mesa”. Como eu fiz, assim Deus me fez a mim”. Eles o trouxeram para Jerusalém, e ele morreu lá.
And Adonibezek said: “Seventy kings, with the ends of their hands and feet amputated, have been gathering the remnants of food under my table. Just as I have done, so has God repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
8 Os filhos de Judá lutaram contra Jerusalém, tomaram-na, atingiram-na com o fio da espada e incendiaram a cidade.
Then the sons of Judah, besieging Jerusalem, seized it. And they struck it with edge of the sword, delivering the entire city to be burned.
9 Depois disso, as crianças de Judah desceram para lutar contra os cananeus que viviam na região montanhosa, e no Sul, e na planície.
And afterward, descending, they fought against the Canaanites who were living in the mountains, and in the south, and in the plains.
10 Judah foi contra os cananeus que viviam em Hebron. (O nome de Hebron antes era Kiriath Arba.) Eles atingiram Sheshai, Ahiman e Talmai.
And Judah, going forth against the Canaanites who were living at Hebron, (the name of which from antiquity was Kiriath-Arba) struck down Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
11 De lá, ele foi contra os habitantes de Debir. (O nome de Debir antes era Kiriath Sepher)
And continuing on from there, he went to the inhabitants of Debir, the old name of which was Kiriath-Sepher, that is, the City of Letters.
12 Caleb disse: “Darei minha filha Achsah como esposa ao homem que atacar Kiriath Sepher, e a levarei”.
And Caleb said, “Whoever will strike Kiriath-Sepher, and will lay waste to it, I will give to him my daughter Achsah as wife.”
13 Othniel, filho de Kenaz, o irmão mais novo de Caleb, tomou-a, então ele lhe deu sua filha Achsah como esposa.
And when Othniel, the son of Kenaz, a younger brother of Caleb, had seized it, he gave his daughter Achsah to him in marriage.
14 Quando ela chegou, ela conseguiu que ele pedisse um campo ao pai. Ela saiu do burro e Caleb lhe disse: “O que você gostaria?”.
And as she was traveling on a journey, her husband admonished her, so that she would request a field from her father. And since she had sighed while sitting on her donkey, Caleb said to her, “What is it?”
15 Ela lhe disse: “Dê-me uma bênção; porque você me colocou na terra do Sul, dê-me também nascentes de água”. Então Caleb lhe deu as fontes superiores e as fontes inferiores.
But she responded: “Give a blessing to me. For you have given me a dry land. Also give a watered land.” Therefore, Caleb gave to her the upper watered land and the lower watered land.
16 Os filhos do Kenita, cunhado de Moisés, subiram da cidade de palmeiras com os filhos de Judá para o deserto de Judá, que fica no sul de Arad; e foram viver com o povo.
Now the sons of the Kenite, the relative of Moses, ascended from the City of Palms, with the sons of Judah, into the wilderness of his lot, which is toward the south of Arad. And they lived with him.
17 Judá foi com Simeão, seu irmão, e eles atingiram os cananeus que habitavam Zefate, e o destruíram completamente. O nome da cidade foi chamado Hormah.
Then Judah went out with his brother Simeon, and together they struck the Canaanites who were living at Zephath, and they put them to death. And the name of the city was called Hormah, that is, Anathema.
18 Também Judah tomou Gaza com sua fronteira, Ashkelon com sua fronteira, e Ekron com sua fronteira.
And Judah seized Gaza, with its parts, and Ashkelon as well as Ekron, with their borders.
19 Yahweh estava com Judah, e expulsou os habitantes da região montanhosa; pois ele não podia expulsar os habitantes do vale, pois eles tinham carruagens de ferro.
And the Lord was with Judah, and he possessed the mountains. But he was not able to wipe out the inhabitants of the valley. For they abounded with chariots armed with scythes.
20 Eles deram Hebron a Caleb, como Moisés havia dito, e ele expulsou os três filhos de Anak de lá.
And just as Moses had said, they gave Hebron to Caleb, who destroyed out of it the three sons of Anak.
21 Os filhos de Benjamim não expulsaram os jebuseus que habitavam Jerusalém, mas os jebuseus habitam com os filhos de Benjamim em Jerusalém até os dias de hoje.
But the sons of Benjamin did not wipe out the Jebusite inhabitants of Jerusalem. And the Jebusite has lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem, even to the present day.
22 A casa de José também foi contra Betel, e Yahweh estava com eles.
The house of Joseph also ascended against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
23 A casa de José enviou para espionar Betel. (O nome da cidade antes disso era Luz)
For when they were besieging the city, which was previously called Luz,
24 Os observadores viram um homem sair da cidade, e lhe disseram: “Por favor, mostre-nos a entrada na cidade, e nós trataremos gentilmente com você”.
they saw a man departing from the city, and they said to him, “Reveal to us the entrance to the city, and we will act with mercy toward you.”
25 Ele lhes mostrou a entrada na cidade, e eles atingiram a cidade com o fio da espada; mas eles deixaram o homem e toda sua família ir.
And when he had revealed it to them, they struck the city with the edge of the sword. But that man, and all his relatives, they released.
26 O homem entrou na terra dos hititas, construiu uma cidade, e chamou seu nome de Luz, que é seu nome até hoje.
And having been sent away, he went out to the land of the Hittites, and he built a city there, and he called it Luz. And so it is called, even to the present day.
27 Manasseh não expulsou os habitantes de Beth Shean e suas cidades, nem de Taanach e suas cidades, nem os habitantes de Dor e suas cidades, nem os habitantes de Ibleam e suas cidades, nem os habitantes de Megiddo e suas cidades; mas os cananeus habitariam naquela terra.
Likewise, Manasseh did not destroy Bethshean and Taanach, with their villages, nor the inhabitants of Dor and Ibleam and Megiddo, with their villages. And the Canaanite began to live with them.
28 Quando Israel se tornou forte, eles colocaram os cananeus em trabalhos forçados, e não os expulsaram totalmente.
Then, after Israel had grown strong, he made them tributaries, but he was not willing to destroy them.
29 Efraim não expulsou os cananeus que viviam em Gezer, mas os cananeus viviam em Gezer, entre eles.
And now Ephraim did not put to death the Canaanite, who was living at Gezer; instead, he lived with him.
30 Zebulun não expulsou os habitantes de Kitron, nem os habitantes de Nahalol; mas os cananeus viveram entre eles, e tornaram-se sujeitos a trabalhos forçados.
Zebulun did not wipe out the inhabitants of Kitron and of Nahalal. Instead, the Canaanite lived in their midst and became their tributary.
31 Asher não expulsou os habitantes de Acco, nem os habitantes de Sidon, nem os habitantes de Ahlab, nem os de Achzib, nem os de Helbah, nem os de Aphik, nem os de Rehob;
Likewise, Asher did not destroy the inhabitants of Acco and Sidon, Ahlab and Achzib, and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob.
32 mas os asheritas viveram entre os cananeus, os habitantes da terra, pois eles não os expulsaram.
And he lived in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of that land, for he did not put them to death.
33 Naftali não expulsou os habitantes de Beth Shemesh, nem os habitantes de Beth Anath; mas ele viveu entre os cananeus, os habitantes da terra. Entretanto, os habitantes de Beth Shemesh e de Beth Anath ficaram sujeitos a trabalhos forçados.
Naphtali also did not wipe out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Bethanath. And he lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land. And the Beth-shemeshites and Bethanathites were tributaries to him.
34 Os amoritas forçaram os filhos de Dan a entrarem na região montanhosa, pois não lhes permitiram descer ao vale;
And the Amorite hemmed in the sons of Dan on the mountain, and did not give them a place, so that they might descend to the flatlands.
35 mas os amoritas morariam no Monte Heres, em Aijalon, e em Shaalbim. Mas a mão da casa de José prevaleceu, de modo que eles se submeteram ao trabalho forçado.
And he lived on the mountain at Har-heres, which is translated as ‘resembling brick,’ and at Aijalon and Sha-alabbin. But the hand of the house of Joseph was very heavy, and he became a tributary to him.
36 A fronteira dos amorreus era desde a subida de Akrabbim, desde a rocha, e para cima.
Now the border of the Amorite was from the Ascent of the Scorpion, to the Rock and the higher places.
