1 Kings 20
1 Then Benhadad, the king of Syria, gathered together his entire army. And there were thirty-two kings with him, with horses and chariots. And ascending, he fought against Samaria, and he besieged it.
E Ben-hadad, rei da Síria, ajuntou todas as suas forças: e trinta e dois reis, e cavalos e carros havia com ele: e subiu, e cercou a Samaria, e pelejou contra ela.
2 And sending messengers into the city, to Ahab, the king of Israel,
E enviou à cidade mensageiros, a Achab, rei de Israel.
3 he said: “Thus says Benhadad: Your silver and your gold is mine. And your wives and your best sons are mine.”
E disse-lhe: Assim diz Ben-hadad: A tua prata e o teu ouro são meus; e tuas mulheres e os melhores de teus filhos são meus.
4 And the king of Israel responded, “In agreement with your word, my lord the king, I am yours, with all that is mine.”
E respondeu o rei de Israel, e disse: Conforme a tua palavra, ó rei meu senhor, teu sou eu, e tudo quanto tenho.
5 And the messengers, returning, said: “Thus says Benhadad, who sent us to you: Your silver and your gold, and your wives and your sons, you shall give to me.
E tornaram a vir os mensageiros, e disseram: Assim fala Ben-hadad, dizendo: Ainda que eu te mandei dizer: Tu me as de dar a tua prata, e o teu ouro, e as tuas mulheres e os teus filhos;
6 Therefore, tomorrow, at this same hour, I will send my servants to you, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants. And all that pleases them, they will put in their hands and take away.”
Todavia amanhã a estas horas enviarei os meus servos a ti, e esquadrinharão a tua casa, e as casas dos teus servos: e há de ser que tudo o que for aprazível aos teus olhos o meterão nas suas mãos, e o levarão.
7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and he said: “Let your souls take heed, and see that he commits treachery against us. For he sent to me for my wives and sons, and for silver and gold. And I did not refuse.”
Então o rei de Israel chamou a todos os anciãos da terra, e disse: notai agora, e vede como este busca mal; pois enviara a mim por minhas mulheres, e por meus filhos, e pela minha prata, e pelo meu ouro, e não lho neguei.
8 And all those greater by birth, with all the people, said to him, “You should neither listen, nor acquiesce to him.”
E todos os anciãos e todo o povo lhe disseram: Não lhe dês ouvidos, nem consintas.
9 And so, he responded to the messengers of Benhadad: “Tell my lord the king: Everything about which you sent to me in the beginning, I your servant will do. But this thing, I am not able to do.”
Pelo que disse aos mensageiros de Ben-hadad: Dizei ao rei, meu senhor: Tudo o que primeiro mandaste pedir a teu servo, farei, porém isto não posso fazer. E foram os mensageiros, e lhe tornaram a dar esta resposta.
10 And returning, the messengers took this to him, and he sent again and said, “May the gods do these things to me, and may they add these other things, if the dust of Samaria is enough to fill the hands of all the people who follow me.”
E Ben-hadad enviou a ele, e disse: Assim me façam os deuses, e outro tanto, que o pó de Samaria não bastará para encher as mãos de todo o povo que me segue.
11 And responding, the king of Israel said, “Tell him that one who is girded should not boast the same as one who is ungirded.”
Porém o rei de Israel respondeu, e disse: Dizei-lhe: Não se gabe quem se cinge, como aquele que se descinge.
12 Then it happened that, when Benhadad had heard this word, he and the kings were drinking in a pavilion. And he said to his servants, “Encircle the city.” And they encircled it.
E sucedeu que, ouvindo ele esta palavra, estando bebendo ele e os reis nas tendas, disse aos seus servos: Ponde-vos em ordem contra a cidade.
13 And behold, one prophet, drawing near to Ahab, the king of Israel, said to him: “Thus says the Lord: Certainly, you have seen this entire exceedingly great multitude? Behold, I will deliver them into your hand today, so that you may know that I am the Lord.”
E eis que um profeta se chegou a Achab rei de Israel, e lhe disse: Assim diz o Senhor: Viste toda esta grande multidão? eis que hoje t'a entregarei nas tuas mãos, para que saibas que eu sou o Senhor.
14 And Ahab said, “By whom?” And he said to him: “Thus says the Lord: By the footmen of the leaders of the provinces.” And he said, “Who should begin to do battle?” And he said, “You should.”
E disse Achab: Por quem? E ele disse: Assim diz o Senhor: Pelos moços dos príncipes das províncias. E disse: Quem começará a peleja? E disse: Tu
15 Therefore, he took a count of the servants of the leaders of the provinces. And he found the number to be two hundred thirty-two. And he set them in order after the people, all the sons of Israel, who were seven thousand.
Então contou os moços dos príncipes das províncias, e foram duzentos e trinta e dois: e depois deles contou a todo o povo, todos os filhos de Israel, sete mil.
16 And they went out at midday. But Benhadad was drinking; he was inebriated in his pavilion, and the thirty-two kings with him, who had arrived in order to assist him.
E sairam ao meio dia: e Ben-hadad estava bebendo e embriagando-se nas tendas, ele e os reis, os trinta e dois reis, que o ajudavam.
17 Then the servants of the leaders of the provinces went out to the first place, at the front. And so, Benhadad sent, and they reported to him, saying: “Men have gone out from Samaria.”
E os moços dos príncipes das províncias sairam primeiro: e Ben-hadad enviou a alguns, que lhe deram avisos, dizendo: Sairam de Samaria uns homens.
18 And he said: “If they have arrived for peace, apprehend them alive; if to do battle, capture them alive.”
E ele disse: Ainda que para paz saissem, tomai-os vivos: e ainda que à peleja saissem, vivos os tomai.
19 Therefore, the servants of the leaders of the provinces went out, and the remainder of the army was following.
Sairam pois da cidade os moços dos príncipes das províncias, e o exército que os seguia.
20 And each one struck down the man who came against him. And the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them. Also, Benhadad, the king of Syria, fled on a horse, with his horsemen.
E eles feriram cada um o seu homem, e os siros fugiram, e Israel os perseguiu: porém Ben-hadad, rei da Síria, escapou a cavalo, com alguns cavaleiros.
21 But the king of Israel, going out, struck the horses and the chariots, and he struck the Syrians with a great slaughter.
E saiu o rei de Israel, e feriu os cavalos e os carros: e feriu os siros com grande estrago.
22 Then a prophet, drawing near to the king of Israel, said to him: “Go and be strengthened. And know and see what you are doing. For in the following year, the king of Syria will rise up against you.”
Então o profeta chegou-se ao rei de Israel e lhe disse: vai, esforça-te, e atenta, e olha o que as de fazer; porque no decurso dum ano o rei da Síria subirá contra ti
23 Then truly, the servants of the king of Syria said to him: “Their gods are the gods of the mountains; because of this, they have overwhelmed us. But it is better that we fight against them in the plains, and then we will prevail over them.
Porque os servos do rei da Síria lhe disseram: Seus deuses são deuses dos montes, por isso foram mais fortes do que nós: mas pelejemos com eles em campo raso, e por certo, veremos, se não somos mais fortes do que eles!
24 Therefore, you should do this word: Remove each of the kings from your army, and set commanders in their place.
Faze pois isto: tira os reis, cada um do seu lugar, e põe capitães em seu lugar.
25 And replace the number of soldiers who have been cut down of yours, and the horses, in accord with the earlier number of horses, and the chariots, in accord with the number of chariots that you had before. And we will fight against them in the plains, and you will see that we will prevail over them.” And he trusted in their counsel, and he did so.
E numera outro exército, como o exército que caiu de ti, e cavalos como aqueles cavalos, e carros como aqueles carros, e pelejemos com eles em campo raso, e veremos se não somos mais fortes do que eles! E deu ouvidos à sua voz, e assim fez.
26 Therefore, after the passing of the year, Benhadad took a count of the Syrians, and he ascended to Aphek, so that he might fight against Israel.
E sucedeu que, passado um ano, Ben-hadad fez revista dos siros, e subiu a Afek, para pelejar contra Israel.
27 Then the sons of Israel were numbered, and taking provisions, they set out to the opposite side. And they stretched out the camp facing them, like two little flocks of goats. But the Syrians filled the land.
Também dos filhos de Israel se fez revista, e providos de viveres marcharam contra eles; e os filhos de Israel acamparam-se defronte deles, como dois pequenos rebanhos de cabras; mas os siros enchiam a terra.
28 And one man of God, drawing near, said to the king of Israel: “Thus says the Lord: Because the Syrians have said, ‘The Lord is the God of the mountains, but he is not the God of the valleys,’ I will deliver this entire great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
E chegou o homem de Deus, e falou ao rei de Israel, e disse: Assim diz o Senhor; Porquanto os siros disseram: O Senhor é Deus dos montes, e não Deus dos vales: toda esta grande multidão entregarei nas tuas mãos: para que saibas que eu sou o Senhor.
29 And for seven days, both sides arranged each of their battle lines. Then, on the seventh day, the war was undertaken. And the sons of Israel struck down, from the Syrians, one hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.
E sete dias estiveram estes acampados defronte dos outros: e sucedeu ao sétimo dia que a peleja começou, e os filhos de Israel feriram dos siros cem mil homens de pé, num dia.
30 Then those who had remained fled to Aphek, into the city. And the wall fell upon twenty-seven thousand men of those who had remained. Then Benhadad, fleeing, entered the city, into a room that was inside another room.
E os restantes fugiram a Afek, à cidade; e caiu o muro sobre vinte e sete mil homens, que restaram: Ben-hadad porém fugiu, e veio à cidade, andando de câmara em câmara.
31 And his servants said to him: “Behold, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel show clemency. And so, let us put sackcloth around our waists, and ropes on our heads, and let us go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will save our lives.”
Então lhe disseram os seus servos: Eis que já temos ouvido que os reis da casa de Israel são reis clementes: ponhamos pois sacos aos lombos, e cordas às cabeças, e saiamos ao rei de Israel; pode ser que guarde em vida a tua alma
32 So they wrapped sackcloth around their waists, and they placed ropes on their heads. And they went to the king of Israel, and they said to him: “Your servant, Benhadad, says: ‘I beg you to let my soul live.’” And he replied, “If he is still alive, he is my brother.”
Então cingiram sacos aos lombos e cordas às cabeças, e vieram ao rei de Israel, e disseram: Diz o teu servo Ben-hadad: Deixa-me viver. E disse ele: Pois ainda vive? é meu irmão.
33 The men accepted this as a good sign. And hastily, they took up the word from his mouth, and they said, “Benhadad is your brother.” And he said to them, “Go, and bring him to me.” Therefore, Benhadad went out to him, and he lifted him onto his chariot.
E aqueles homens tomaram isto por bom preságio, e apressaram-se em apanhar a sua palavra, e disseram: Teu irmão Ben-hadad vive. E ele disse: Vinde, trazei-mo. Então Ben-hadad saiu a ele, e ele o fez subir ao carro.
34 And he said to him: “The cities that my father took from your father, I will return. And you may make streets for yourself in Damascus, just as my father made in Samaria. And after we have made a pact, I will withdraw from you.” Therefore, he formed a pact with him, and he released him.
E disse ele: As cidades que meu pai tomou de teu pai tas restituirei, e faze para ti ruas em Damasco, como meu pai as fez em Samaria. E eu, respondeu Achab, te deixarei ir com esta aliança. E fez com ele aliança e o deixou ir.
35 Then a certain man from the sons of the prophets said to his associate, by the word of the Lord, “Strike me.” But he was not willing to strike.
Então um dos homens dos filhos dos profetas disse ao seu companheiro, pela palavra do Senhor: Ora fere-me. E o homem recusou feri-lo.
36 And he said to him: “Because you were not willing to heed the voice of the Lord, behold, you will depart from me, and a lion will slay you. And when he had departed a short distance from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
E ele lhe disse: Porque não obedeceste à voz do Senhor, eis que, em te apartando de mim, um leão te ferirá. E, como dele se apartou, um leão o encontrou e o feriu.
37 But upon finding another man, he said to him, “Strike me.” And he struck him, and wounded him.
Depois encontrou outro homem, e disse-lhe: Ora fere-me. E feriu-o aquele homem, ferindo-o e vulnerando-o.
38 Then the prophet departed. And he met the king along the way, and he changed his appearance by sprinkling dust around his mouth and eyes.
Então foi o profeta, e pôs-se perante o rei no caminho: e disfarçou-se com cinza sobre os seus olhos.
39 And when the king had passed by, he cried out to the king, and he said: “Your servant went out to do battle in close quarters. And when one man had fled, a certain person brought him to me, and he said: ‘Guard this man. For if he slips away, your life will take the place of his life, or you will weigh out one talent of silver.’
E sucedeu que, passando o rei, clamou ele ao rei, e disse: Teu servo saiu ao meio da peleja, e eis que, desviando-se um homem, me trouxe outro homem, e disse: Guarda-me este homem; se vier a faltar, será a tua vida em lugar da vida dele, ou pagarás um talento de prata.
40 And while I was distracted, turning one way and another, suddenly, he was not to be seen.” And the king of Israel said to him, “This is your judgment, that which you yourself have decreed.”
Sucedeu pois que, estando o teu servo ocupado de uma e doutra parte, entretanto desapareceu. Então o rei de Israel lhe disse: Esta é a tua sentença; tu mesmo a pronunciaste.
41 Then immediately, he wiped away the dust from his face, and the king of Israel recognized him, that he was one of the prophets.
Então ele se apressou, e tirou a cinza de sobre os seus olhos: e o rei de Israel o reconheceu, que era um dos profetas.
42 And he said to him: “Thus says the Lord: Because you have released from your hand a man worthy of death, your life will take the place of his life, and your people will take the place of his people.”
E disse-lhe: Assim diz o Senhor: Porquanto soltaste da mão o homem que eu havia posto para destruição, a tua vida será em lugar da sua vida, e o teu povo em lugar do seu povo.
43 And so the king of Israel returned to his house, unwilling to listen, and a fury entered into Samaria.
E foi-se o rei de Israel a sua casa, desgostoso e indignado: e veio a Samaria.
