1 S ucedeu, pois, que, chegando Davi e os seus homens ao terceiro dia a Ziclague, os amalequitas tinham feito uma incursão sobre o Negebe, e sobre Ziclague, e tinham ferido a Ziclague e a tinham queimado a fogo;

When David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid on the South, and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire,

2 e tinham levado cativas as mulheres, e todos os que estavam nela, tanto pequenos como grandes; a ninguém, porém, mataram, tão-somente os levaram consigo, e foram o seu caminho.

and had taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They didn’t kill any, but carried them off, and went their way.

3 Q uando Davi e os seus homens chegaram ã cidade, eis que estava queimada a fogo, e suas mulheres, seus filhos e suas filhas tinham sido levados cativos.

When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters were taken captive.

4 E ntão Davi e o povo que se achava com ele alçaram a sua voz, e choraram, até que não ouve neles mais forças para chorar.

Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep.

5 T ambém as duas mulheres de Davi foram levadas cativas: Ainoã, a jizreelita, e Abigail, que fora mulher de Nabal, o carmelita.

David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

6 T ambém Davi se angustiou; pois o povo falava em apedrejá-lo, porquanto a alma de todo o povo estava amargurada por causa de seus filhos e de suas filhas. Mas Davi se fortaleceu no Senhor seu Deus.

David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

7 D isse Davi a Abiatar, o sacerdote, filho de Aimeleque: Traze-me aqui o éfode. E Abiatar trouxe o éfode a Davi.

David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring the ephod here to me.” Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

8 E ntão consultou Davi ao Senhor, dizendo: Perseguirei eu a esta tropa? alcançá-la-ei? Respondeu-lhe o Senhor: Persegue-a; porque de certo a alcançarás e tudo recobrarás.

David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, will I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue; for you will surely overtake them, and will without fail recover all.”

9 A o que partiu Davi, ele e os seiscentos homens que com ele se achavam, e chegaram ao ribeiro de Besor, onde pararam os que tinham ficado para trás.

So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.

10 M as Davi ainda os perseguia, com quatrocentos homens, enquanto que duzentos ficaram atrás, por não poderem, de cansados que estavam, passar o ribeiro de Besor.

But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn’t go over the brook Besor.

11 O ra, acharam no campo um egípcio, e o trouxeram a Davi; deram-lhe pão a comer, e água a beber;

They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.

12 d eram-lhe também um pedaço de massa de figos secos e dois cachos de passas. Tendo ele comido, voltou-lhe o ânimo; pois havia três dias e três noites que não tinha comido pão nem bebido água.

They gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins. When he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, and drank no water for three days and three nights.

13 E ntão Davi lhe perguntou: De quem és tu, e donde vens? Respondeu ele: Sou um moço egípcio, servo dum amalequita; e o meu senhor me abandonou, porque adoeci há três dias.

David asked him, “To whom do you belong? Where are you from?” He said, “I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I got sick.

14 N ós fizemos uma incursão sobre o Negebe dos queretitas, sobre o de Judá e sobre o de Calebe, e pusemos fogo a Ziclague.

We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.”

15 P erguntou-lhe Davi: Poderias descer e guiar-me a essa tropa? Respondeu ele: Jura-me tu por Deus que não me matarás, nem me entregarás na mão de meu senhor, e eu descerei e te guiarei a essa tropa.

David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this troop?” He said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me and not deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this troop.”

16 D esceu, pois, e o guiou; e eis que eles estavam espalhados sobre a face de toda a terra, comendo, bebendo e dançando, por causa de todo aquele grande despojo que haviam tomado da terra dos filisteus e a terra de Judá.

When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, drinking, and dancing, because of all the great plunder that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

17 E ntão Davi os feriu, desde o crepúsculo até a tarde do dia seguinte, e nenhum deles escapou, senão só quatrocentos mancebos que, montados sobre camelos, fugiram.

David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped from there, except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled.

18 A ssim recobrou Davi tudo quanto os amalequitas haviam tomado; também libertou as suas duas mulheres.

David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

19 D e modo que não lhes faltou coisa alguma, nem pequena nem grande, nem filhos nem filhas, nem qualquer coisa de tudo quanto os amalequitas lhes haviam tomado; tudo Davi tornou a trazer.

There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither plunder, nor anything that they had taken to them. David brought back all.

20 D avi lhes tomou também todos os seus rebanhos e manadas; e o povo os levava adiante do outro gado, e dizia: Este é o despojo de Davi.

David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s plunder.”

21 Q uando Davi chegou aos duzentos homens que, de cansados que estavam, não tinham podido segui-los, e que foram obrigados a ficar ao pé do ribeiro de Besor, estes saíram ao encontro de Davi e do povo que com ele vinha; e Davi, aproximando-se deles, os saudou em paz.

David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to stay at the brook Besor; and they went out to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him. When David came near to the people, he greeted them.

22 E ntão todos os malvados e perversos, dentre os homens que tinham ido com Davi, disseram: Visto que não foram conosco, nada lhes daremos do despojo que recobramos, senão a cada um sua mulher e seus filhos, para que os levem e se retirem.

Then all the wicked men and base fellows, of those who went with David, answered and said, “Because they didn’t go with us, we will not give them anything of the plunder that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that he may lead them away, and depart.”

23 M as Davi disse: Não fareis assim, irmãos meus, com o que nos deu o Senhor, que nos guardou e entregou nas nossas mãos a tropa que vinha contra nós.

Then David said, “Do not do so, my brothers, with that which Yahweh has given to us, who has preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.

24 E quem vos daria ouvidos nisso? pois qual é a parte dos que desceram ã batalha, tal será também a parte dos que ficaram com a bagagem; receberão partes.

Who will listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who stays with the baggage. They shall share alike.”

25 E assim foi daquele dia em diante, ficando estabelecido por estatuto e direito em Israel até o dia de hoje.

It was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

26 Q uando Davi chegou a Ziclague, enviou do despojo presente aos anciãos de Judá, seus amigos, dizendo: Eis aí para vós um presente do despojo dos inimigos do Senhor;

When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, “Behold, a present for you from the plunder of Yahweh’s enemies.”

27 a os de Betel, aos de Ramote do Sul, e aos de Jatir;

He sent it to those who were in Bethel, to those who were in Ramoth of the South, to those who were in Jattir,

28 a os de Aroer, aos de Sifmote, e aos de Estemoa;

to those who were in Aroer, to those who were in Siphmoth, to those who were in Eshtemoa,

29 a os de Racal, aos das cidades dos jerameelitas, e aos das cidades dos queneus;

to those who were in Racal, to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,

30 a os de Horma, aos de Corasã, e aos de Atace;

to those who were in Hormah, to those who were in Borashan, to those who were in Athach,

31 e aos de Hebrom, e aos de todos os lugares que Davi e os seus homens costumavam freqüentar.

to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men used to stay.