Judges 11
1 At that time, there was a Gileadite, Jephthah, a very strong man and a fighter, the son of a kept woman, and he was born of Gilead.
Era então Jefthe, o gileadita, valente e valoroso, porém filho de uma prostituta: mas Gilead gerara a Jefthe.
2 Now Gilead had a wife, from whom he received sons. And they, after growing up, cast out Jephthah, saying, “You cannot inherit in the house of our father, because you were born of another mother.”
Também a mulher de Gilead lhe pariu filhos, e, sendo os filhos desta mulher já grandes, expeliram a Jefthe, e lhe disseram: Não herdarás em casa de nosso pai, porque és filho doutra mulher.
3 And so, fleeing and avoiding them, he lived in the land of Tob. And men who were indigent and robbers joined with him, and they followed him as their leader.
Então Jefthe fugiu de diante de seus irmãos, e habitou na terra de Tob: e homens levianos se ajuntaram com Jefthe, e saiam com ele.
4 In those days, the sons of Ammon fought against Israel.
E aconteceu que, depois de alguns dias, os filhos de Ammon pelejaram contra Israel.
5 And being steadfastly attacked, the elders of Gilead traveled so that they might obtain for their assistance Jephthah, from the land of Tob.
Aconteceu pois que, como os filhos de Ammon pelejassem contra Israel, foram os anciãos de Gilead buscar a Jefthe da terra de Tob.
6 And they said to him, “Come and be our leader, and fight against the sons of Ammon.”
E disseram a Jefthe: Vem, e sê-nos por Cabeça: para que combatamos contra os filhos de Ammon.
7 But he answered them: “Are you not the ones who hated me, and who cast me out of my father’s house? And yet now you come to me, compelled by necessity?”
Porém Jefthe disse aos anciãos de Gilead: Porventura não me aborrecestes a mim, e não me expelistes da casa de meu pai? porque pois agora viestes a mim, quando estais em aperto?
8 And the leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “But it is due to this necessity that we have approached you now, so that you may set out with us, and fight against the sons of Ammon, and be commander over all who live in Gilead.”
E disseram os anciãos de Gilead a Jefthe: Por isso tornamos a ti, para que venhas conosco, e combatas contra os filhos de Ammon: e nos sejas por Cabeça sobre todos os moradores de Gilead.
9 Jephthah also said to them: “If you have come to me so that I may fight for you against the sons of Ammon, and if the Lord will deliver them into my hands, will I truly be your leader?”
Então Jefthe disse aos anciãos de Gilead: Se me tornardes a levar para combater contra os filhos de Ammon, e o Senhor mos der diante de mim, então eu vos serei por Cabeça?
10 They answered him, “The Lord who hears these things is himself the Mediator and the Witness that we shall do what we have promised.”
E disseram os anciãos de Gilead a Jefthe: O Senhor será testemunha entre nós, e assim o faremos conforme à tua palavra.
11 And so Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead, and all the people made him their leader. And Jephthah spoke all his words, in the sight of the Lord, at Mizpah.
Assim Jefthe foi-se com os anciãos de Gilead, e o povo o pôs por Cabeça e príncipe sobre si: e Jefthe falou todas as suas palavras perante o Senhor em Mispah.
12 And he sent messengers to the king of the sons of Ammon, who said on his behalf, “What is there between you and me, that you would approach against me, so that you might lay waste to my land?”
E enviou Jefthe mensageiros ao rei dos filhos de Ammon, dizendo: Que há entre mim e ti, que vieste a mim a pelejar contra a minha terra?
13 And he responded to them, “It is because Israel took my land, when he ascended from Egypt, from the parts of Arnon, as far as the Jabbok and the Jordan. Now therefore, restore these to me with peace.”
E disse o rei dos filhos de Ammon aos mensageiros de Jefthe: Porquanto, saindo Israel do Egito, tomou a minha terra, desde Arnon até Jabbok, e ainda até ao Jordão: torna-ma pois agora em paz.
14 And Jephthah again commissioned them, and he ordered them to say to the king of Ammon:
Porém Jefthe proseguiu ainda em enviar mensageiros ao rei dos filhos de Ammon,
15 “Jephthah says this: Israel did not take the land of Moab, nor the land of the sons of Ammon.
Dizendo-lhe: Assim diz Jefthe: Israel não tomou, nem a terra dos moabitas nem a terra dos filhos de Ammon;
16 But when they ascended together from Egypt, he walked through the desert as far as the Red Sea, and he went into Kadesh.
Porque, subindo Israel do Egito, andou pelo deserto até ao Mar Vermelho, e chegou até Cades.
17 And he sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Permit me to pass through your land.’ But he was not willing to agree to his petition. Likewise, he sent to the king of Moab, who also refused to offer him passage. And so he delayed in Kadesh,
E Israel enviou mensageiros ao rei dos edomitas, dizendo: Rogo-te que me deixes passar pela tua terra. Porém o rei dos edomitas não lhe deu ouvidos; enviou também ao rei dos moabitas, o qual também não quis: e assim Israel ficou em Cades.
18 and he circled around the side of the land of Edom and the land of Moab. And he arrived opposite the eastern region of the land of Moab. And he made camp across the Arnon. But he was not willing to enter the borders of Moab. (Of course, Arnon is the border of the land of Moab.)
Depois andou pelo deserto, e rodeou a terra dos edomitas e a terra dos moabitas, e veio do nascente do sol à terra dos moabitas, e alojaram-se de além de Arnon; porém não entraram nos limites dos moabitas, porque Arnon é limite dos moabitas.
19 And so Israel sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who was living at Heshbon. And they said to him, “Permit me to cross through your land as far as the river.”
Mas Israel enviou mensageiros a Sehon, rei dos amorreus, rei de Hesbon: e disse-lhe Israel: Deixa-nos, peço-te, passar pela tua terra até ao meu lugar.
20 But he, too, despising the words of Israel, would not permit him to cross through his borders. Instead, gathering an innumerable multitude, he went out against him at Jahaz, and he resisted strongly.
Porém Sehon não se fiou de Israel para este passar nos seus limites; antes Sehon ajuntou todo o seu povo, e se acamparam em Jasa, e combateu contra Israel.
21 But the Lord delivered him, with his entire army, into the hands of Israel. And he struck him down, and he possessed all the land of the Amorite, the inhabitant of that region,
E o Senhor Deus de Israel deu a Sehon com todo o seu povo na mão de Israel, e os feriram: e Israel tomou por herança toda a terra dos amorreus que habitavam naquela terra.
22 with all its parts, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan.
E por herança tomaram todos os limites dos anciãos, desde Arnon até Jabbok, e desde o deserto até ao Jordão.
23 Therefore, it was the Lord, the God of Israel, who overthrew the Amorites, by means of his people Israel fighting against them. And now you wish to possess his land?
Assim o Senhor Deus de Israel desapossou os amorreus de diante do seu povo de Israel: e os possuirias tu?
24 Are not the things that your god Chemosh possesses owed to you by right? And so, what the Lord our God has obtained by victory falls to us as a possession.
Não possuirias tu aquele que Camos, teu deus, desapossasse de diante de ti? assim possuiremos nós todos quantos o Senhor nosso Deus desapossar de diante de nós.
25 Or are you, perhaps, better than Balak, the son of Zippor, the king of Moab? Or are you able to explain what his argument was against Israel, and why he fought against him?
Agora pois és tu ainda melhor do que Balac, filho de Zippor, rei dos moabitas? porventura contendeu ele em algum tempo com Israel, ou pelejou alguma vez contra eles?
26 And though he has lived in Heshbon, and its villages, and in Aroer, and its villages, and in all the cities near the Jordan for three hundred years, why have you, for such long a time, put forward nothing about this claim?
Enquanto Israel habitou trezentos anos em Hesbon e nas suas vilas, e em Aroer e nas suas vilas, em todas as cidades que estão ao longo de Arnon, porque o não recuperastes naquele tempo?
27 Therefore, I am not sinning against you, but you are doing evil against me, by declaring an unjust war against me. May the Lord be the Judge and the Arbiter this day, between Israel and the sons of Ammon.”
Tão pouco pequei eu contra ti! porém tu usas mal comigo em pelejar contra mim: o Senhor, que é juiz, julgue hoje entre os filhos de Israel e entre os filhos de Ammon.
28 But the king of the sons of Ammon was not willing to agree to the words of Jephthah that he commissioned by the messengers.
Porém o rei dos filhos de Ammon não deu ouvidos às palavras de Jefthe, que lhe enviou.
29 Therefore, the Spirit of the Lord rested upon Jephthah, and circling around Gilead, and Manasseh, and also Mizpah of Gilead, and crossing from there to the sons of Ammon,
Então o espírito do Senhor veio sobre Jefthe, e atravessou ele por Gilead e Manasseh: porque passou até Mispah de Gilead, e de Mispah de Gilead passou até aos filhos de Ammon.
30 he made a vow to the Lord, saying, “If you will deliver the sons of Ammon into my hands,
E Jefthe votou um voto ao Senhor, e disse: Se totalmente deres os filhos de Ammon na minha mão,
31 whoever will be the first to depart from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the sons of Ammon, the same will I offer as a holocaust to the Lord.”
Aquilo que, saindo da porta de minha casa, me sair ao encontro, voltando eu dos filhos de Ammon em paz, isso será do Senhor, e o oferecerei em holocausto.
32 And Jephthah crossed to the sons of Ammon, so that he might fight against them. And the Lord delivered them into his hands.
Assim Jefthe passou aos filhos de Ammon, a combater contra eles: e o Senhor os deu na sua mão.
33 And he struck them down from Aroer, as far as the entrance to Minnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel, which is covered with vineyards, in an exceedingly great slaughter. And the sons of Ammon were humbled by the sons of Israel.
E os feriu com grande mortandade, desde Aroer até chegar a Minnith, vinte cidades, e até Abel-keramim; assim foram subjugados os filhos de Ammon diante dos filhos de Israel.
34 But when Jephthah returned to Mizpah, to his own house, his only daughter met him with timbrels and dances. For he had no other children.
Vindo pois Jefthe a Mispah, à sua casa, eis que a sua filha lhe saiu ao encontro com adufes e com danças: e era ela só a única; não tinha outro filho nem filha.
35 And upon seeing her, he tore his garments, and he said: “Alas, my daughter! You have cheated me, and you yourself have been cheated. For I opened my mouth to the Lord, and I can do nothing else.”
E aconteceu que, quando a viu, rasgou os seus vestidos, e disse: Ah! filha minha, muito me abateste, e és dentre os que me turbam! porque eu abri a minha boca ao Senhor, e não tornarei atráz.
36 And she answered him, “My father, if you have opened your mouth to the Lord, do to me whatever you have promised, since victory has been granted to you, as well as vengeance against your enemies.”
E ela lhe disse: pai meu, abriste tu a tua boca ao Senhor, faze de mim como saiu da tua boca: pois o Senhor te vingou dos teus inimigos, os filhos de Ammon.
37 And she said to her father: “Grant to me this one thing, which I request. Permit me, that I may wander the hillsides for two months, and that I may mourn my virginity with my companions.”
Disse mais a seu pai: Faça-se-me isto: deixa-me por dois meses que vá, e desça pelos montes, e chore a minha virgindade, eu e as minhas companheiras.
38 And he answered her, “Go.” And he released her for two months. And when she had departed with her friends and companions, she wept over her virginity in the hillsides.
E disse ele: vai. E deixou-a ir por dois meses: então foi-se ela com as suas companheiras, e chorou a sua virgindade pelos montes.
39 And when the two months expired, she returned to her father, and he did to her just as he had vowed, though she knew no man. From this, the custom grew up in Israel, and the practice has been preserved,
E sucedeu que, ao fim de dois meses, tornou ela para seu pai, o qual cumpriu nela o seu voto que tinha votado: e ela não conheceu varão; e daqui veio o costume de Israel,
40 such that, after each year passes, the daughters of Israel convene as one, and they lament the daughter of Jephthah, the Gileadite, for four days.
Que as filhas de Israel iam de ano em ano a lamentar a filha de Jefthe, o gileadita, por quatro dias no ano.
