1 Samuel 23

1 David was told, "Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors."

E foi anunciado a David, dizendo: Eis que os philisteus pelejam contra Keila, e saqueiam as eiras.

2 Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I go and strike these Philistines?" The LORD said to David, "Go strike the Philistines, and save Keilah."

E consultou David ao Senhor, dizendo: Irei eu, e ferirei a estes philisteus? E disse o Senhor a David: vai, e ferirás aos philisteus, e livrarás a Keila.

3 David's men said to him, "Look, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?"

Porém os homens de David lhe disseram: Eis que tememos aqui em Judá, quanto mais indo a Keila contra os esquadrões dos philisteus.

4 Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. The LORD answered him, and said, "Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand."

Então David tornou a consultar ao Senhor, e o Senhor lhe respondeu, e disse: Levanta-te, desce a Keila, porque te dou os philisteus na tua mão.

5 David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their livestock, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

Então David partiu com os seus homens a Keila, e pelejou contra os philisteus, e levou os gados, e fez grande estrago entre eles: e David livrou os moradores de Keila.

6 It happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David, that he went down with David to Keilah, having an ephod in his hand.

E sucedeu que, quando Abiathar, filho de Achimelech, fugiu para David, a Keila, desceu com o éfode na mão.

7 Now it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. So Saul said, "God has sold him into my hand, for he has shut himself in by entering into a town that has gates and bars."

E foi anunciado a Saul que David era vindo a Keila, e disse Saul: Deus o entregou nas minhas mãos, pois está encerrado, entrando numa cidade de portas e ferrolhos.

8 Then Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

Então Saul mandou chamar a todo o povo à peleja, para que descessem a Keila, para cercar a David e os seus homens.

9 David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here."

Sabendo pois David, que Saul maquinava este mal contra ele, disse a Abiathar, sacerdote: Traze aqui o éfode.

10 Then David said, "LORD, God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

E disse David: Ó Senhor, Deus de Israel, teu servo decerto tem ouvido que Saul procura vir a Keila, para destruir a cidade por causa de mim.

11 And now, will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? LORD, God of Israel, tell your servant." And the LORD said, "He will come down."

Entregar-me-ão os cidadãos de Keila na sua mão? descerá Saul, como o teu servo tem ouvido? ah Senhor Deus de Israel! fa-lo saber ao teu servo. E disse o Senhor: Descerá.

12 Then David said, "Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?" The LORD said, "They will deliver you up."

Disse mais David: entregar-me-iam os cidadãos de Keila, a mim e aos meus homens, nas mãos de Saul? E disse o Senhor: Entregariam.

13 Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. And Saul was told that David had escaped Keilah; so he gave up the pursuit.

Então se levantou David com os seus homens, uns seiscentos, e sairam de Keila, e foram-se aonde puderam: e sendo anunciado a Saul, que David escapara de Keila, cessou de sair contra ele.

14 David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but the LORD did not deliver him into his hand.

E David permaneceu no deserto, nos lugares fortes, e ficou em um monte no deserto de Ziph: e Saul o buscava todos os dias, porém Deus não o entregou na sua mão.

15 Now David was afraid that Saul had come out to seek his life. And David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.

Vendo pois David, que Saul sairá à busca da sua vida, David esteve no deserto de Ziph, num bosque.

16 Jonathan, Saul's son, set out and came to David at Horesh and encouraged him in the LORD.

Então se levantou Jonathan, filho de Saul, e foi para David ao bosque, e confortou a sua mão em Deus;

17 He said to him, "Do not be afraid; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows."

E disse-lhe: Não temas, que não te achará a mão de Saul, meu pai, porém tu reinarás sobre Israel, e eu serei contigo o segundo: o que também Saul meu pai, bem sabe.

18 They both made a covenant before the LORD: and David stayed at Horesh, and Jonathan went to his house.

E ambos fizeram aliança perante o Senhor: David ficou no bosque, e Jonathan voltou para a sua casa.

19 Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, "Doesn't David hide himself with us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hakilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

Então subiram os zipheus a Saul, a Gibeah, dizendo: Não se escondeu David entre nós, nos lugares fortes no bosque, no outeiro de Hachila, que está à mão direita de Jesimon?

20 Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your soul to come down. It will be our responsibility to deliver him up into the king's hand."

Agora pois, ó rei, apressadamente desce conforme a todo o desejo da tua alma; por nós fica entregar-mo-lo nas mãos do rei.

21 Saul said, "You are blessed by the LORD; for you have had compassion on me.

Então disse Saul: benditos sejais vós do Senhor, porque vos compadecestes de mim.

22 Please go investigate again, and look around and learn the place where his swift foot is, for I am told that he is very clever.

Ide pois, e diligenciai ainda mais, e sabei e notai o lugar que frequenta, e quem o tenha visto ali; porque me foi dito que é astutíssimo.

23 See therefore, and find out all the hiding places where he hides himself, and come back to me when you know for certain, and I will go with you. And it shall happen, if he is in the land, that I will search for him among all the thousands of Judah."

Pelo que atentai bem, e informai-vos acerca de todos os esconderijos, em que ele se esconde; e então voltai para mim com toda a certeza, e ir-me-ei convosco; e há de ser que, se estiver naquela terra, o buscarei entre todos os milhares de Judá.

24 They arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of Jeshimon.

Então se levantaram eles, e se foram a Ziph, diante de Saul: David porém e os seus homens estavam no deserto de Maon, na campanha, à direita de Jesimon.

25 Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told, he went down to the rock, and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard that, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.

E Saul e os seus homens se foram em busca dele; o que anunciaram a David, e desceu para aquela penha, e ficou no deserto de Maon: o que ouvindo Saul, seguiu a David para o deserto de Maon.

26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain. And David was hurrying to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them.

E Saul ia desta banda do monte, e David e os seus homens da outra banda do monte: e sucedeu que David se apressou a escapar de Saul; Saul porém e os seus homens cercaram a David e aos seus homens, para lançar mão deles.

27 But a messenger came to Saul, saying, "Hurry and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the land."

Então veio um mensageiro a Saul, dizendo: Apressa-te, e vem, porque os philisteus com ímpeto entraram na terra.

28 So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place Rock of Divisions.

Pelo que Saul voltou de perseguir a David, e foi-se ao encontro dos philisteus: por esta razão aquele lugar se chamou Sela-hammahlecoth.

29 David went up from there, and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.

E subiu David dali, e ficou nos lugares fortes de Engedi.