1 A nd there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for house of blood, because he slew the Gibeonites.

Durante o reinado de Davi houve uma fome que durou três anos. Davi consultou o Senhor, que lhe disse: “A fome veio por causa de Saul e de sua família sanguinária, por terem matado os gibeonitas”.

2 A nd the king called the Gibeonites, and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remainder of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them; and Saul sought to smite them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.)

O rei então mandou chamar os gibeonitas e falou com eles. (Os gibeonitas não eram de origem israelita, mas remanescentes dos amorreus. Os israelitas tinham feito com eles um acordo sob juramento; mas Saul, em seu zelo por Israel e Judá, havia tentado exterminá-los.)

3 A nd David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and with what shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of Jehovah?

Davi perguntou aos gibeonitas: “Que posso fazer por vocês? Como posso reparar o que foi feito, para que abençoem a herança do Senhor ?”

4 A nd the Gibeonites said to him, As to Saul and his house, it is with us no question of receiving silver or gold, neither is it for us to have any man put to death in Israel. And he said, What ye say will I do for you.

Os gibeonitas responderam: “Não exigimos de Saul ou de sua família prata ou ouro, nem queremos matar ninguém em Israel”. Davi perguntou: “O que querem que eu faça por vocês?”,

5 A nd they said to the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in all the borders of Israel,

e eles responderam: “Quanto ao homem que quase nos exterminou e que pretendia destruir-nos, para que não tivéssemos lugar em Israel,

6 l et seven men of his sons be given up to us, and we will hang them up to Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give.

que sete descendentes dele sejam executados perante o Senhor, em Gibeá de Saul, no monte do Senhor ”. “Eu os entregarei a vocês”, disse o rei.

7 B ut the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Jehovah's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

O rei poupou Mefibosete, filho de Jônatas e neto de Saul, por causa do juramento feito perante o Senhor entre Davi e Jônatas, filho de Saul.

8 A nd the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she had borne to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite;

Mas o rei mandou buscar Armoni e Mefibosete, os dois filhos que Rispa, filha de Aiá, tinha dado a Saul. Com eles também os cinco filhos que Merabe, filha de Saul, tinha dado a Adriel, filho de Barzilai, de Meolá.

9 a nd he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before Jehovah. And they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the first days of the harvest, in the beginning of barley harvest.

Ele os entregou aos gibeonitas, que os executaram no monte, perante o Senhor. Os sete foram mortos ao mesmo tempo, nos primeiros dias da colheita de cevada.

10 T hen Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water poured on them out of the heavens, and suffered neither the fowl of the heavens to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

Então Rispa, filha de Aiá, pegou um pano de saco e o estendeu para si sobre uma rocha. Desde o início da colheita até cair chuva do céu sobre os corpos, ela não deixou que as aves de rapina os tocassem de dia, nem os animais selvagens à noite.

11 A nd it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

Quando Davi foi informado do que Rispa, filha de Aiá, concubina de Saul, havia feito,

12 A nd David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-Gilead, who had stolen them from the open place of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, the day the Philistines had smitten Saul in Gilboa;

mandou recolher os ossos de Saul e de Jônatas, tomando-os dos cidadãos de Jabes-Gileade. (Eles haviam roubado os ossos da praça de Bete-Seã, onde os filisteus os tinham pendurado, no dia em que mataram Saul no monte Gilboa.)

13 a nd he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

Davi trouxe de lá os ossos de Saul e de seu filho Jônatas, recolhidos dentre os ossos dos que haviam sido executados.

14 A nd they buried with the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father; and they did all that the king had commanded. And afterwards God was propitious to the land.

Enterraram os ossos de Saul e de Jônatas no túmulo de Quis, pai de Saul, em Zela, na terra de Benjamim, e fizeram tudo o que o rei tinha ordenado. Depois disso Deus respondeu as orações em favor da terra de Israel. Guerras contra os Filisteus

15 A nd the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought with the Philistines. And David was exhausted.

Houve, ainda, outra batalha entre os filisteus e Israel; Davi e seus soldados foram lutar contra os filisteus. Davi se cansou muito,

16 A nd Ishbibenob, who was of the children of Raphah—the weight of his lance was three hundred shekels of bronze, and he was girded with new —thought to smite David.

e Isbi-Benobe, descendente de Rafa, prometeu matar Davi. (A ponta de bronze da lança de Isbi-Benobe pesava três quilos e seiscentos gramas, e, além disso, ele estava armado com uma espada nova.)

17 A nd Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the lamp of Israel.

Mas Abisai, filho de Zeruia, foi em socorro de Davi e matou o filisteu. Então os soldados de Davi lhe juraram, dizendo: “Nunca mais sairás conosco à guerra, para que não apagues a lâmpada de Israel”.

18 A nd it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines, at Gob; then Sibbechai the Hushathite smote Saph, who was of the children of Raphah.

Houve depois outra batalha contra os filisteus, em Gobe. Naquela ocasião Sibecai, de Husate, matou Safe, um dos descendentes de Rafa.

19 A nd there was again a battle at Gob with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, smote Goliath the Gittite; now the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam.

Noutra batalha contra os filisteus em Gobe, Elanã, filho de Jaaré-Oregim, de Belém, matou Golias, de Gate, que possuía uma lança cuja haste parecia uma lançadeira de tecelão.

20 A nd there was again a battle, at Gath; and there was a man of great stature, that had on each hand six fingers, and on each foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to Raphah.

Noutra batalha, em Gate, havia um homem de grande estatura e que tinha seis dedos em cada mão e seis dedos em cada pé, vinte e quatro dedos ao todo. Ele também era descendente de Rafa,

21 A nd he defied Israel; but Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother smote him.

e desafiou Israel, mas Jônatas, filho de Siméia, irmão de Davi, o matou.

22 T hese four were born to Raphah, in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

Esses quatro eram descendentes de Rafa, em Gate, e foram mortos por Davi e seus soldados.