Judges 6
1 The children of Israel did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
Porém os filhos de Israel fizeram o que parecia mal aos olhos do Senhor: e o Senhor os deu na mão dos midianitas por sete annos.
2 The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made themselves the dens which are in the mountains, the caves, and the strongholds.
E, prevalecendo a mão dos midianitas sobre Israel, fizeram os filhos de Israel para si, por causa dos midianitas, as covas que estão nos montes, e as cavernas e as fortificações.
3 So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the children of the east came up against them.
Porque succedia que, semeando Israel, subiram os midianitas e os amalekitas; e tambem os do oriente contra elle subiam.
4 They encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, until you come to Gaza. They left no sustenance in Israel, and no sheep, ox, or donkey.
E punham-se contra elles em campo, e destruiram a novidade da terra, até chegarem a Gaza: e não deixavam mantimento em Israel, nem ovelhas, nem bois nem jumentos.
5 For they came up with their livestock and their tents. They came in as locusts for multitude. Both they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land to destroy it.
Porque subiam com os seus gados e tendas; vinham como gafanhotos, em tanta multidão que não se podia contar, nem a elles nem aos seus camelos: e entravam na terra, para a destruir.
6 Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to the LORD.
Assim Israel empobreceu muito pela presença dos midianitas: então os filhos de Israel clamaram ao Senhor.
7 When the children of Israel cried to the LORD because of Midian,
E succedeu que, clamando os filhos de Israel ao Senhor por causa dos midianitas,
8 The LORD sent a prophet to the children of Israel; and he said to them, “The LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you out of the house of bondage.
Enviou o Senhor um homem propheta aos filhos de Israel, que lhes disse: Assim diz o Senhor, Deus de Israel: Do Egypto eu vos fiz subir, e vos tirei da casa da servidão;
9 I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land.
E vos livrei da mão dos egypcios, e da mão de todos quantos vos opprimiam; e os expelli de diante de vós, e a vós dei a sua terra;
10 I said to you, “I am the LORD your God. You shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.” But you have not listened to my voice.’”
E vos disse: Eu sou o Senhor vosso Deus; não temaes aos deuses dos amorrheos, em cuja terra habitaes: mas não déstes ouvidos á minha voz
11 The LORD’s angel came and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Midianites.
Então o anjo do Senhor veiu, e assentou-se debaixo do carvalho que está em Ophra, que pertencia a Joás, abi-ezrita: e Gideon, seu filho, estava malhando o trigo no lagar, para o salvar dos midianitas.
12 The LORD’s angel appeared to him, and said to him, “The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor!”
Então o anjo do Senhor lhe appareceu, e lhe disse: O Senhor é comtigo, varão valoroso.
13 Gideon said to him, “Oh, my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, ‘Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
Mas Gideon lhe respondeu: Ai, senhor meu, se o Senhor é comnosco, porque tudo isto nos sobreveiu? e que é feito de todas as suas maravilhas que nossos paes nos contaram, dizendo: Não nos fez o Senhor subir do Egypto? porém agora o Senhor nos desamparou, e nos deu na mão dos midianitas.
14 The LORD looked at him, and said, “Go in this your might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have not I sent you?”
Então o Senhor olhou para elle, e disse: Vae n'esta tua força, e livrarás a Israel da mão dos midianitas: porventura não te enviei eu?
15 He said to him, “O Lord, how shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”
E elle lhe disse: Ai, senhor meu, com que livrarei a Israel? eis-que o meu milheiro é o mais pobre em Manasseh, e eu o menor na casa de meu pae.
16 The LORD said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.”
E o Senhor lhe disse: Porquanto eu hei de ser comtigo, tu ferirás aos midianitas como se fossem um só homem.
17 He said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me.
E elle lhe disse: Se agora tenho achado graça aos teus olhos, dá-me um signal de que és o que comigo fallas.
18 Please do not go away until I come to you, and bring out my present, and lay it before you.” He said, “I will wait until you come back.”
Rogo-te que d'aqui te não apartes, até que eu venha a ti, e tire o meu presente, e o ponha perante ti. E disse: Eu esperarei até que voltes.
19 Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal. He put the meat in a basket and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it.
E entrou Gideon e preparou um cabrito e bolos asmos d'um epha de farinha; a carne poz n'um açafate e o caldo poz n'uma panella: e trouxe-lh'o até debaixo do carvalho, e lh'o apresentou.
20 The angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” He did so.
Porém o anjo de Deus lhe disse: Toma a carne e os bolos asmos, e põe-os sobre esta penha e verte o caldo. E assim o fez.
21 Then the LORD’s angel stretched out the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and fire went up out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. Then the LORD’s angel departed out of his sight.
E o anjo do Senhor estendeu a ponta do cajado, que estava na sua mão, e tocou a carne e os bolos asmos: então subiu fogo da penha, e consumiu a carne e os bolos asmos; e o anjo do Senhor desappareceu de seus olhos.
22 Gideon saw that he was the LORD’s angel; and Gideon said, “Alas, Lord GOD! Because I have seen the LORD’s angel face to face!”
Então viu Gideon que era o anjo do Senhor: e disse Gideon: Ah, Senhor, Jehovah, que eu vi o anjo do Senhor face a face.
23 The LORD said to him, “Peace be to you! Do not be afraid. You shall not die.”
Porém o Senhor lhe disse: Paz seja comtigo; não temas: não morrerás.
24 Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD, and called it “The LORD is Peace.” To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Então Gideon edificou ali um altar ao Senhor, e lhe chamou, Senhor é paz: e ainda até ao dia d'hoje está em Ophra dos abi-ezritas.
25 That same night, the LORD said to him, “Take your father’s bull, even the second bull seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by it.
E aconteceu, n'aquella mesma noite, que o Senhor lhe disse: Toma o boi de teu pae, a saber, o segundo boi de sete annos: e derriba o altar de Baal, que é de teu pae; e corta o bosque que está ao pé d'elle.
26 Then build an altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold, in an orderly way, and take the second bull, and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down.”
E edifica ao Senhor teu Deus um altar no cume d'este logar forte, n'um logar conveniente: e toma o segundo boi, e o offerecerás em holocausto com a lenha que cortares do bosque.
27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had spoken to him. Because he feared his father’s household and the men of the city, he could not do it by day, but he did it by night.
Então Gideon tomou dez homens d'entre os seus servos, e fez como o Senhor lhe dissera: e succedeu que, temendo elle a casa de seu pae, e os homens d'aquella cidade, não o fez de dia, mas fel-o de noite.
28 When the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bull was offered on the altar that was built.
Levantando-se pois os homens d'aquella cidade de madrugada, eis que estava o altar de Baal derribado, e o bosque estava ao pé d'elle, cortado: e o segundo boi offerecido no altar de novo edificado.
29 They said to one another, “Who has done this thing?” When they inquired and asked, they said, “Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing.”
E uns aos outros disseram: Quem fez esta coisa? E, esquadrinhando, e inquirindo, disseram: Gideon, o filho de Joás, fez esta coisa.
30 Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it.”
Então os homens d'aquella cidade disseram a Joás: Tira para fóra a teu filho, para que morra; pois derribou o altar de Baal, e cortou o bosque que estava ao pé d'elle.
31 Joash said to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? He who will contend for him, let him be put to death by morning! If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has broken down his altar!”
Porém Joás disse a todos os que se pozeram contra elle: Contendereis vós por Baal? livral-o-heis vós? qualquer que por elle contender ainda esta manhã será morto: se é deus, por si mesmo contenda; pois derribaram o seu altar.
32 Therefore on that day he named him Jerub-Baal, saying, “Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his altar.”
Pelo que n'aquelle dia lhe chamaram Jerubbaal, dizendo: Baal contenda contra elle, pois derribou o seu altar.
33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.
E todos os midianitas, e amalekitas, e os filhos do oriente se ajuntaram n'um corpo, e passaram, e pozeram o seu campo no valle de Jizreel.
34 But the LORD’s Spirit came on Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together to follow him.
Então o espirito do Senhor revestiu a Gideon, o qual tocou a buzina, e os abi-ezritas se convocaram após d'elle.
35 He sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, and they also were gathered together to follow him. He sent messengers to Asher, to Zebulun, and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
E enviou mensageiros por toda a tribu de Manasseh, e elle tambem se convocou após d'elle: tambem enviou mensageiros a Eser, e a Zebulon, e a Naphtali, e sairam-lhe ao encontro.
36 Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken,
E disse Gideon a Deus: Se has de livrar a Israel por minha mão, como tens dito,
37 behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I will know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken.”
Eis que eu porei um vello de lã na eira: se o orvalho estiver sómente no vello, e secura sobre toda a terra, então conhecerei que has de livrar a Israel por minha mão, como tens dito.
38 It was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
E assim succedeu; porque ao outro dia se levantou de madrugada, e apertou o vello: e do orvalho do vello espremeu uma taça cheia d'agua.
39 Gideon said to God, “Do not let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make a trial just this once with the fleece. Let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew.”
E disse Gideon a Deus: Não se accenda contra mim a tua ira, se ainda fallar só esta vez: rogo-te que só esta vez faça a prova com o vello; rogo-te que só no vello haja secura, e em toda a terra haja o orvalho.
40 God did so that night; for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
E Deus assim o fez n'aquella noite: pois só no vello havia secura, e sobre toda a terra havia orvalho.
