1 S aul tinha... anos de idade quando começou a reinar; e tendo reinado dois anos sobre Israel,

¶ Saul was as a son of one year when he began to reign, and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

2 e scolheu para si três mil homens de Israel; dois mil estavam com Saul em Micmás e no monte de Betel, e mil estavam com Jônatas em Gibeá de Benjamim. Quanto ao resto do povo, mandou-o cada um para sua tenda.

Saul chose three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in Mount Bethel and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; and of the rest of the people he sent each one to his tent.

3 O ra, Jônatas feriu a guarnição dos filisteus que estava em Geba, o que os filisteus ouviram; pelo que Saul tocou a trombeta por toda a terra, dizendo: Ouçam os hebreus.

And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul caused the shofar to be blown throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

4 E ntão todo o Israel ouviu dizer que Saul ferira a guarnição dos filisteus, e que Israel se fizera abominável aos filisteus. E o povo foi convocado após Saul em Gilgal.

And all Israel heard it said that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines and also that Israel had become a stench unto the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

5 E os filisteus se ajuntaram para pelejar contra Israel, com trinta mil carros, seis mil cavaleiros, e povo em multidão como a areia que está ã beira do mar subiram e se acamparam em Micmás, ao oriente de Bete-Aven.

Then the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude; and they came up and pitched camp in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.

6 V endo, pois, os homens de Israel que estavam em aperto (porque o povo se achava angustiado), esconderam-se nas cavernas, nos espinhais, nos penhascos, nos esconderijos subterrâneos e nas cisternas.

When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves in caves and in thickets and in rocks and in high places and in pits.

7 O ra, alguns dos hebreus passaram o Jordão para a terra de Gade e Gileade; mas Saul ficou ainda em Gilgal, e todo o povo o seguia tremendo.

And some of the Hebrews went over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

8 E sperou, pois, sete dias, até o tempo que Samuel determinara; não vindo, porém, Samuel a Gilgal, o povo, deixando a Saul, se dispersava.

¶ And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people were deserting from him.

9 E ntão disse Saul: Trazei-me aqui um holocausto, e ofertas pacíficas. E ofereceu o holocausto.

Then Saul said, Bring me a burnt offering and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.

10 M al tinha ele acabado de oferecer e holocausto, eis que Samuel chegou; e Saul lhe saiu ao encontro, para o saudar.

And it came to pass that as soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him that he might bless him.

11 E ntão perguntou Samuel: Que fizeste? Respondeu Saul: Porquanto via que o povo, deixando-me, se dispersava, e que tu nao vinhas no tempo determinado, e que os filisteus já se tinham ajuntado em Micmás,

Then Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were leaving me and that thou didst not come within the days appointed and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash,

12 e u disse: Agora descerão os filisteus sobre mim a Gilgal, e ainda não aplaquei o Senhor. Assim me constrangi e ofereci o holocausto.

therefore, I said, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD. I forced myself, therefore, and offered a burnt offering.

13 E ntão disse Samuel a Saul: Procedeste nesciamente; não guardaste o mandamento que o Senhor teu Deus te ordenou. O Senhor teria confirmado o teu reino sobre Israel para sempre;

Then Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly; thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee, for now the LORD would have established thy kingdom over Israel for ever.

14 a gora, porém, não subsistirá o teu reino; já tem o Senhor buscado para si um homem segundo o seu coração, e já o tem destinado para ser príncipe sobre o seu povo, porquanto não guardaste o que o Senhor te ordenou.

But now thy kingdom shall not stand; the LORD has sought a man after his own heart unto whom the LORD has commanded that he be captain over his people because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.

15 E ntão Samuel se levantou, e subiu de Gilgal a Gibeá de Benjamim. Saul contou o povo que se achava com ele, cerca de seiscentos homens.

¶ And Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.

16 E Saul, seu filho Jônatas e o povo que se achava com eles, ficaram em Gibeá de Benjamim, mas os filisteus se tinham acampado em Micmás.

And Saul and Jonathan, his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin, but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

17 N isso os saqueadores saíram do arraial dos filisteus em três companhias: uma das companhias tomou o caminho de Ofra para a terra de Sual,

And three companies came out of the camp of the Philistines to destroy the land. One company turned unto the way that leads to Ophrah unto the land of Shual.

18 o utra tomou o caminho de Bete-Horom, e a outra tomou o caminho do termo que dá para o vale de Zebuim, na direção do deserto.

Another company turned the way to Bethhoron, and another company turned to the way of the border that looks to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

19 O ra, em toda a terra de Israel não se achava um só ferreiro; porque os filisteus tinham dito: Não façam os hebreus para si nem espada nem lança.

Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines had said, Lest peradventure the Hebrews make swords or spears.

20 P elo que todos os israelitas tinham que descer aos filisteus para afiar cada um a sua relha, a sua enxada, o seu machado e o seu sacho.

But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen each man his share and his coulter and his axe and his mattock

21 T inham porém limas para os sachos, para as enxadas, para as forquilhas e para os machados, e para consertar as aguilhadas.

and when they had nicks in the mattocks and the coulters and the forks and the axes, or to fix a goad.

22 A ssim, no dia da peleja, não se achou nem espada nem lança na mão de todo o povo que estava com Saul e com Jônatas; acharam-se, porém, com Saul e com Jônatas seu filho.

So it came to pass in the day of battle that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan except with Saul and with Jonathan his son who had them.

23 E saiu a guarnição dos filisteus para o desfiladeiro de Micmás.

And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.