Juízes 7
1 Então Jerubbaal (que é Gideon) se levantou de madrugada, e todo o povo que com elle havia, e se acamparam junto á fonte d'Harod; de maneira que tinha o arraial dos midianitas para o norte, pelo outeiro de Moreh no valle.
Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
2 E disse o Senhor a Gideon: Muito é o povo que está comtigo, para eu dar aos midianitas em sua mão; a fim de que Israel se não glorie contra mim, dizendo: A minha mão me livrou.
And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand has saved me.
3 Agora pois apregoa aos ouvidos do povo, dizendo: Quem fôr cobarde e medroso, volte, e vá-se apressadamente das montanhas de Gilead. Então voltaram do povo vinte e dois mil, e dez mil ficaram.
Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
4 E disse o Senhor a Gideon: Ainda muito povo ha; faze-os descer ás aguas, e ali t'os provarei: e será que, d'aquelle de que eu te disser: Este irá comtigo, esse comtigo irá; porém de todo aquelle, de que eu te disser: Este não irá comtigo, esse não irá.
And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for you there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto you, This shall go with you, the same shall go with you; and of whomsoever I say unto you, This shall not go with you, the same shall not go.
5 E fez descer o povo ás aguas. Então o Senhor disse a Gideon: Qualquer que lamber as aguas com a sua lingua, como as lambe o cão, esse porás á parte; como tambem a todo aquelle que se abaixar de joelhos a beber.
So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that laps of the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, him shall you set by himself; likewise every one that bows down upon his knees to drink.
6 E foi o numero dos que lamberam, levando a mão á bocca, trezentos homens; e todo o resto do povo se abaixou de joelhos a beber as aguas.
And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
7 E disse o Senhor a Gideon: Com estes trezentos homens que lamberam as aguas vos livrarei, e darei os midianitas na tua mão; pelo que toda a outra gente se vá cada um ao seu logar.
And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
8 E o povo tomou na sua mão a provisão e as suas buzinas, e enviou a todos os outros homens de Israel cada um á sua tenda, porém os trezentos homens reteve: e estava o arraial dos midianitas abaixo no valle.
So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
9 E succedeu que, n'aquella mesma noite, o Senhor lhe disse: Levanta-te, e desce ao arraial, porque o tenho dado na tua mão.
And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get you down unto the host; for I have delivered it into your hand.
10 E, se ainda temes descer, desce tu e teu moço Pura ao arraial;
But if you fear to go down, go you with Phurah your servant down to the host:
11 E ouvirás o que dizem, e então se esforçarão as tuas mãos e descerás ao arraial. Então desceu elle com o seu moço Pura até ao extremo das sentinellas que estavam no arraial.
And you shall hear what they say; and afterward shall your hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
12 E os midianitas, e amalekitas, e todos os filhos do oriente jaziam no valle como gafanhotos em multidão: e eram innumeraveis os seus camelos, como a areia que ha na praia do mar em multidão.
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
13 Chegando pois Gideon, eis que estava contando um homem ao seu companheiro um sonho, e dizia: Eis que um sonho sonhei, eis que um pão de cevada torrado rodava pelo arraial dos midianitas, e chegava até ás tendas, e as feriu, e cairam, e as transtornou de cima para baixo; e ficaram abatidas.
And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and stroke it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
14 E respondeu o seu companheiro, e disse: Não é isto outra coisa, senão a espada de Gideon, filho de Joás, varão israelita. Deus tem dado na sua mão aos midianitas, e a todo este arraial.
And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand has God delivered Midian, and all the host.
15 E succedeu que, ouvindo Gideon a narração d'este sonho, e a sua explicação, adorou: e tornou ao arraial de Israel, e disse: Levantae-vos, porque o Senhor tem dado o arraial dos midianitas nas vossas mãos.
And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD has delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
16 Então repartiu os trezentos homens em tres esquadrões: e deu-lhes a cada um nas suas mãos buzinas, e cantaros vasios, com tochas n'elles accesas.
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
17 E disse-lhes: Olhae para mim e fazei como eu fizer: e eis que chegando eu ao extremo do arraial, será que, como eu fizer, assim fareis vós.
And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall all of you do.
18 Tocando eu e todos os que comigo estiverem a buzina, então tambem vós tocareis a buzina ao redor de todo o arraial, e direis: Pelo Senhor, e Gideon.
When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow all of you the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
19 Chegou pois Gideon, e os cem homens que com elle iam, ao extremo do arraial, ao principio da guarda da meia noite, havendo-se já posto as guardas: e tocaram as buzinas, e partiram os cantaros, que tinham nas mãos.
So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
20 Assim tocaram os tres esquadrões as buzinas, e partiram os cantaros; e tinham nas suas mãos esquerdas as tochas accesas, e nas suas mãos direitas as buzinas, que tocavam: e exclamaram: Espada do Senhor, e de Gideon.
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow likewise: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
21 E ficou-se cada um no seu logar ao redor do arraial: então todo o exercito deitou a correr, e, gritando, fugiram.
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.
22 Tocando pois os trezentos as buzinas, o Senhor tornou a espada d'um contra o outro, e isto em todo o arraial: e o exercito fugiu para Zererath, até Beth-sitta até aos limites de Abel-mehola, acima de Tabbath.
And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.
23 Então os homens de Israel, de Naphtali, e d'Aser e de todo o Manasseh foram convocados, e perseguiram aos midianitas.
And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.
24 Tambem Gideon enviou mensageiros a todas as montanhas d'Ephraim, dizendo: Descei ao encontro dos midianitas, e tomae-lhes as aguas até Beth-bara, a saber, o Jordão. Convocados pois todos os homens d'Ephraim, tomaram-lhes as aguas até Beth-bara e o Jordão.
And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.
25 E prenderam a dois principes dos midianitas, a Oreb e a Zeeb; e mataram a Oreb na penha d'Oreb, e a Zeeb mataram no lagar de Zeeb, e perseguiram aos midianitas: e trouxeram as cabeças d'Oreb e de Zeeb a Gideon, d'além do Jordão.
And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
