Numbers 13
1 Yahweh said to Moses/me,
E falou o Senhor a Moisés, dizendo:
2 “Send some men to Canaan [land] to explore it. That is the land that I will give to you Israelis. Send men who are leaders in their tribes.”
Envia homens que espiem a terra de Canaan, que eu hei de dar aos filhos de Israel; de cada tribo de seus pais enviareis um homem, sendo cada qual maioral entre eles.
3 So Moses/I did what Yahweh commanded him/me. He/I sent out twelve Israeli men who were all leaders of their tribes. He/I sent them from their/our camp at Paran in the desert.
E enviou-os Moisés do deserto de Paran, segundo o dito do Senhor; todos aqueles homens eram Cabeças dos filhos de Israel.
4 These are the names of the men [and the tribes they belonged to: ] Shammua, the son of Zaccur, from the tribe of Reuben;
E estes são os seus nomes: Da tribo de Ruben, Sammua, filho de Saccur,
5 Shaphat, the son of Hori, from the tribe of Simeon;
Da tribo de Simeão Saphath, filho de Hori;
6 Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah;
Da tribo de Judá, Caleb, filho de Jefoné;
7 Igal, the son of Joseph, from the tribe of Issachar;
Da tribo de issacar, Jigeal, filho de José;
8 Hoshea, the son of Nun, from the tribe of Ephraim;
Da tribo de Ephraim, Hosea, filho de Nun;
9 Palti, the son of Raphu, from the tribe of Benjamin;
Da tribo de Benjamin, Palti, filho de Raphu;
10 Gaddiel, the son of Sodi, from the tribe of Zebulun;
Da tribo de Zebulon, Gaddiel, filho de Sodi;
11 Gaddi, the son of Susi, from the tribe of Manasseh;
Da tribo de José, pela tribo de Manasseh, Gaddi filho de Susi;
12 Ammiel, the son of Gemalli, from the tribe of Dan;
Da tribo de Dan, Ammiel, filho de Gemalli;
13 Sethur, the son of Michael, from the tribe of Asher;
Da tribo de Aser, Sethur, filho de Michael;
14 Nahbi, the son of Vophsi, from the tribe of Naphtali;
Da tribo de Naphtali, Nabbi, filho de Vophsi;
15 and Geuel, the son of Maki, from the tribe of Gad.
Da tribo de Gad, Guel, filho de Machi.
16 Those are the names of the men whom Moses/I sent out to explore Canaan. [Before they left], Moses/I gave Hoshea a new name, Joshua, [which means ‘Yahweh is the one who saves].’
Estes são os nomes dos homens que Moisés enviou a espiar aquela terra: e a Hosea, filho de Nun, Moisés chamou Josué.
17 Before Moses/I sent them to explore Canaan, he/I said to them, “Go through the southern part of Canaan, and then go [north] into the hilly area.
Enviou-os pois Moisés a espiar a terra de Canaan: e disse-lhes: Subi por aqui para a banda do sul, e subi à montanha:
18 See what the land is like. See if the people who live there are strong or weak. See if there are many people or only a few people.
E vede que terra é, e o povo que nela habita; se é forte ou fraco; se pouco ou muito.
19 Find out what kind of land they live in [RHQ]. Is it good or bad? Find out about the towns in which they live [RHQ]. Do they have walls around them or not?
E qual é a terra em que habita, se boa ou má: e quais são as cidades em que habita; ou em arraiais, ou em fortalezas.
20 Find out about the soil [RHQ]. Is it (fertile/good for growing crops) or not? Find out if there are trees there [RHQ]. Try to bring back some of the fruit that grows in that land.” [He/I said that because] it was the beginning of the time to harvest grapes.
Também qual é a terra, se grossa ou magra: se nela há árvores, ou não: e esforçai-vos, e tomai do fruto da terra. E eram aqueles dias os dias das primícias das uvas.
21 So those men went to Canaan. They went [through the entire land], from the Zin desert [in the south] all the way to Rehob [town] near Lebo-Hamath [in the north].
Assim subiram, e espiaram a terra desde o deserto de Zín, até Rehob, à entrada de Hamath.
22 In the south, they went to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, [huge men] descended from Anak, lived. Hebron was a city that was built seven years before Zoan [city] was built in Egypt.
E subiram para a banda do sul, e vieram até Hebron; e estavam ali Aiman, Sesai, e Talmai, filhos de Enac: e Hebron foi edificada sete anos antes de Zoan no Egito.
23 In one valley, they cut from a grapevine one cluster of grapes. [Because it was very large, they needed] two men to carry it on a pole. They also picked some pomegranates and some figs [to carry back to their camp].
Depois vieram até ao vale de Escol, e dali cortaram um ramo de vide com um cacho de uvas, o qual trouxeram dois homens sobre uma verga: como também das romãs e dos figos.
24 They called that place Eshcol [which means ‘cluster’] because they had cut that [huge] cluster of grapes there.
Chamaram àquele lugar o vale de Escol, por causa do cacho que dali cortaram os filhos de Israel.
25 After they explored the land for 40 days, they returned to their camp.
Depois tornaram-se de Espiar a terra, ao fim de quarenta dias.
26 They came to Aaron and Moses/me and the rest of the Israeli people in the desert at Paran. They reported to everyone what they had seen. They also showed them the fruit that they had brought back.
E caminharam, e vieram a Moisés e a Aarão, e a toda a congregação dos filhos de Israel no deserto de Paran, a Cades, e, tornando, deram-lhes conta a eles, e a toda a congregação, e mostraram-lhes o fruto da terra
27 But this is what they reported to Moses/me: “We arrived in the land that you sent us to explore. It is truly a beautiful land, and it is very fertile [IDM]. Here is some of the fruit.
E contaram-lhe e disseram: Fomos à terra a que nos enviaste; e verdadeiramente mana leite e mel, e este é o fruto.
28 But the people who live there are very strong. Their cities are large and are surrounded by walls. We even saw some of the [huge] descendants of Anak there.
O povo porém que habita nessa terra é poderoso, e as cidades fortes e mui grandes; e também ali vimos os filhos de Enac.
29 The descendants of Amalek live in the southern part [of the land], and the descendants of Heth, Jebus, and Amor live in the hilly area [to the north]. The descendants of Canaan live along the coast of the [Mediterranean] sea and along the Jordan [River].”
Os amalequitas habitam na terra do sul; e os heteus, e os jebuseus, e os amorreus habitam na montanha: e os cananeus habitam ao pé do mar, e pela ribeira do Jordão.
30 [When they said that, the people were afraid and started to cry out very loudly]. But Caleb told the people who were standing near Moses/me to be quiet. Then he said, “We should go there and take the land, because we are certainly able to conquer it!”
Então Caleb fez calar o povo perante Moisés, e disse: Subamos animosamente, e possuamo-la em herança: porque certamente prevaleceremos contra ela.
31 But the men who had gone with him said, “No, we cannot attack [and defeat] those people! They are much stronger than we are!”
Porém os homens que com ele subiram disseram: Não poderemos subir contra aquele povo, porque é mais forte do que nós.
32 So those men gave to the Israeli people a bad report about the land that they had explored. They said, “The land that we explored is very large; we cannot conquer it. And all the people whom we saw are very tall.
E infamaram a terra que tinham espiado para com os filhos de Israel, dizendo: A terra, pelo meio da qual passamos a espiar, é terra que consome os seus moradores; e todo o povo que vimos no meio dela são homens de grande estatura.
33 We even saw the descendants of Nephili there. The descendants of Anak [whom we saw there] are descended from the giant Nephili people. When we saw them, we felt [as small] as grasshoppers [SIM], and they thought that we looked like grasshoppers too!”
Também vimos ali gigantes, filhos de Enac, descendentes dos gigantes: e éramos aos nossos olhos como gafanhotos, e assim também éramos aos seus olhos.
