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

Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty 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.

Now Saul chose for himself 3, 000 men of Israel, of which 2, 000 were with Saul in Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, while 1, 000 were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. But he sent away the rest of the people, each 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.

Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout 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.

All Israel heard the news that Saul had smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel had become odious to the Philistines. The people were then summoned to Saul at 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.

Now the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, 30, 000 chariots and 6, 000 horsemen, and people like the sand which is on the seashore in abundance; and they came up and camped in Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

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 hard-pressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in cliffs, in cellars, 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.

Also some of the Hebrews crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. But as for Saul, he was still 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.

Now he waited seven days, according to the appointed time set by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering from him.

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

So Saul said, “Bring to me the burnt offering and the 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.

As soon as he finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him and to greet 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,

But Samuel said, “What have you done?” And Saul said, “Because I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines were assembling 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, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not asked the favor of the Lord.’ So I forced myself and offered the 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;

Samuel said to Saul, “ You have acted foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, for now the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

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 your kingdom shall not endure. The Lord has sought out for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has appointed him as ruler over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

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.

Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people who 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.

Now Saul and his son Jonathan and the people who were present with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin while the Philistines camped at 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 the raiders came from the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned toward Ophrah, to 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.

and another company turned toward Beth-horon, and another company turned toward the border which overlooks 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 no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will 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.

So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his hoe.

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

The charge was two-thirds of a shekel for the plowshares, the mattocks, the forks, and the axes, and to fix the hoes.

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 about on the day of battle that neither sword nor spear was found in the hands of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan, but they were found with Saul and his son Jonathan.

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

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