1 N ow Israel remained in Acacia Grove, and the people began to commit harlotry with the women of Moab.

Enquanto Israel estava em Sitim, o povo começou a entregar-se à imoralidade sexual com mulheres moabitas,

2 T hey invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

que os convidavam aos sacrifícios de seus deuses. O povo comia e se prostrava perante esses deuses.

3 S o Israel was joined to Baal of Peor, and the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel.

Assim Israel se juntou à adoração a Baal-Peor. E a ira do Senhor acendeu-se contra Israel.

4 T hen the Lord said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and hang the offenders before the Lord, out in the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may turn away from Israel.”

E o Senhor disse a Moisés: “Prenda todos os chefes desse povo, enforque-os diante do Senhor, à luz do sol, para que o fogo da ira do Senhor se afaste de Israel”.

5 S o Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Every one of you kill his men who were joined to Baal of Peor.”

Então Moisés disse aos juízes de Israel: “Cada um de vocês terá que matar aqueles que dentre os seus homens se juntaram à adoração a Baal-Peor”.

6 A nd indeed, one of the children of Israel came and presented to his brethren a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

Um israelita trouxe para casa uma mulher midianita, na presença de Moisés e de toda a comunidade de Israel, que choravam à entrada da Tenda do Encontro.

7 N ow when Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose from among the congregation and took a javelin in his hand;

Quando Finéias, filho de Eleazar, neto do sacerdote Arão, viu isso, apanhou uma lança,

8 a nd he went after the man of Israel into the tent and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stopped among the children of Israel.

seguiu o israelita até o interior da tenda e atravessou os dois com a lança; atravessou o corpo do israelita e o da mulher. Então cessou a praga contra os israelitas.

9 A nd those who died in the plague were twenty-four thousand.

Mas os que morreram por causa da praga foram vinte e quatro mil.

10 T hen the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

E o Senhor disse a Moisés:

11 “ Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the children of Israel, because he was zealous with My zeal among them, so that I did not consume the children of Israel in My zeal.

“Finéias, filho de Eleazar, neto do sacerdote Arão, desviou a minha ira de sobre os israelitas, pois foi zeloso, com o mesmo zelo que tenho por eles, para que em meu zelo eu não os consumisse.

12 T herefore say, ‘Behold, I give to him My covenant of peace;

Diga-lhe, pois, que estabeleço com ele a minha aliança de paz.

13 a nd it shall be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.’”

Dele e dos seus descendentes será a aliança do sacerdócio perpétuo, porque ele foi zeloso pelo seu Deus e fez propiciação pelos israelitas”.

14 N ow the name of the Israelite who was killed, who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, a leader of a father’s house among the Simeonites.

O nome do israelita que foi morto com a midianita era Zinri, filho de Salu, líder de uma família simeonita.

15 A nd the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a father’s house in Midian.

E o nome da mulher midianita que morreu era Cosbi, filha de Zur, chefe de um clã midianita.

16 T hen the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

O Senhor disse a Moisés:

17 “ Harass the Midianites, and attack them;

“Tratem os midianitas como inimigos e matem-nos,

18 f or they harassed you with their schemes by which they seduced you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a leader of Midian, their sister, who was killed in the day of the plague because of Peor.”

porque trataram vocês como inimigos quando os enganaram no caso de Peor e de Cosbi, filha de um líder midianita, mulher do povo deles que foi morta pela praga que enviei por causa de Peor”.