1 S o all the children of Israel came out, from Dan to Beersheba, as well as from the land of Gilead, and the congregation gathered together as one man before the Lord at Mizpah.

Então saíram todos os filhos de Israel, desde Dã até Berseba, e desde a terra de Gileade, e a congregação, como se fora um só homem, se ajuntou diante do senhor em Mizpá.

2 A nd the leaders of all the people, all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand foot soldiers who drew the sword.

Os homens principais de todo o povo, de todas as tribos de Israel, apresentaram-se na assembléia do povo de Deus; eram quatrocentos mil homens de infantaria que arrancavam da espada.

3 ( Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) Then the children of Israel said, “Tell us, how did this wicked deed happen?”

(Ora, ouviram os filhos de Benjamim que os filhos de Israel haviam subido a Mizpá). E disseram os filhos de Israel: Dizei-nos, de que modo se cometeu essa maldade?

4 S o the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, “My concubine and I went into Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin, to spend the night.

Então respondeu o levita, marido da mulher que fora morta, e disse: Cheguei com a minha concubina a Gibeá, que pertence a Benjamim, para ali passar a noite;

5 A nd the men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house at night because of me. They intended to kill me, but instead they ravished my concubine so that she died.

e os cidadãos de Gibeá se levantaram contra mim, e cercaram e noite a casa em que eu estava; a mim intentaram matar, e violaram a minha concubina, de maneira que morreu.

6 S o I took hold of my concubine, cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of the inheritance of Israel, because they committed lewdness and outrage in Israel.

Então peguei na minha concubina, dividi-a em pedaços e os enviei por todo o país da herança de Israel, porquanto cometeram tal abominação e loucura em Israel:

7 L ook! All of you are children of Israel; give your advice and counsel here and now!”

Eis aqui estais todos vós, ó filhos de Israel; dai a vossa palavra e conselho neste caso.

8 S o all the people arose as one man, saying, “None of us will go to his tent, nor will any turn back to his house;

Então todo o povo se levantou como um só homem, dizendo: Nenhum de nós irá ã sua tenda, e nenhum de nós voltará a sua casa.

9 b ut now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: We will go up against it by lot.

Mas isto é o que faremos a Gibeá: subiremos contra ela por sorte;

10 W e will take ten men out of every hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to make provisions for the people, that when they come to Gibeah in Benjamin, they may repay all the vileness that they have done in Israel.”

tomaremos, de todas as tribos de Israel, dez homens de cada cem, cem de cada mil, e mil de cada dez mil, para trazerem mantimento para o povo, a fim de que, vindo ele a Gibeá de Benjamim, lhe faça conforme toda a loucura que ela fez em Israel.

11 S o all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, united together as one man.

Assim se ajuntaram contra essa cidade todos os homens de Israel, unidos como um só homem.

12 T hen the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has occurred among you?

Então as tribos de Israel enviaram homens por toda a tribo de Benjamim, para lhe dizerem: Que maldade é essa que se fez entre vós?

13 N ow therefore, deliver up the men, the perverted men who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death and remove the evil from Israel!” But the children of Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brethren, the children of Israel.

Entregai-nos, pois, agora aqueles homens, filhos de Belial, que estão em Gibeá, para que os matemos, e extirpemos de Israel este mal. Mas os filhos de Benjamim não quiseram dar ouvidos ã voz de seus irmãos, os filhos de Israel;

14 I nstead, the children of Benjamin gathered together from their cities to Gibeah, to go to battle against the children of Israel.

pelo contrário, das suas cidades se ajuntaram em Gibeá, para saírem a pelejar contra os filhos de Israel:

15 A nd from their cities at that time the children of Benjamin numbered twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who numbered seven hundred select men.

Ora, contaram-se naquele dia dos filhos de Benjamim, vindos das suas cidades, vinte e seis mil homens que arrancavam da espada, afora os moradores de Gibeá, de que se sentaram setecentos homens escolhidos.

16 A mong all this people were seven hundred select men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair’s breadth and not miss.

Entre todo esse povo havia setecentos homens escolhidos, canhotos, cada um dos quais podia, com a funda, atirar uma pedra a um fio de cabelo, sem errar.

17 N ow besides Benjamin, the men of Israel numbered four hundred thousand men who drew the sword; all of these were men of war.

Contaram-se também dos homens de Israel, afora os de Benjamim, quatrocentos mil homens que arrancavam da espada, e todos eles homens de guerra.

18 T hen the children of Israel arose and went up to the house of God to inquire of God. They said, “Which of us shall go up first to battle against the children of Benjamin?” The Lord said, “Judah first!”

Então, levantando-se os filhos de Israel, subiram a Betel, e consultaram a Deus, perguntando: Quem dentre nós subirá primeiro a pelejar contra Benjamim ? Respondeu o Senhor: Judá subirá primeiro.

19 S o the children of Israel rose in the morning and encamped against Gibeah.

Levantaram-se, pois, os filhos de Israel pela manhã, e acamparam contra Gibeá.

20 A nd the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin, and the men of Israel put themselves in battle array to fight against them at Gibeah.

E os homens de Israel saíram a pelejar contra os benjamitas, e ordenaram a batalha contra eles ao pé de Gibeá.

21 T hen the children of Benjamin came out of Gibeah, and on that day cut down to the ground twenty-two thousand men of the Israelites.

Então os filhos de Benjamim saíram de Gibeá, e derrubaram por terra naquele dia vinte e dois mil homens de Israel.

22 A nd the people, that is, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves and again formed the battle line at the place where they had put themselves in array on the first day.

Mas esforçou-se o povo, isto é, os homens de Israel, e tornaram a ordenar a batalha no lugar onde no primeiro dia a tinham ordenado.

23 T hen the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until evening, and asked counsel of the Lord, saying, “Shall I again draw near for battle against the children of my brother Benjamin?” And the Lord said, “Go up against him.”

E subiram os filhos de Israel, e choraram perante o Senhor até a tarde, e perguntaram-lhe: Tornaremos a pelejar contra os filhos de Benjamim, nosso irmão? E disse o Senhor: Subi contra eles.

24 S o the children of Israel approached the children of Benjamin on the second day.

Avançaram, pois, os filhos de Israel contra os filhos de Benjamim, no dia seguinte.

25 A nd Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah on the second day, and cut down to the ground eighteen thousand more of the children of Israel; all these drew the sword.

Também os de Benjamim, nesse mesmo dia, saíram de Gibeá ao seu encontro e derrubaram por terra mais dezoito mil homens, sendo todos estes dos que arrancavam da espada.

26 T hen all the children of Israel, that is, all the people, went up and came to the house of God and wept. They sat there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

Então todos os filhos de Israel, o exército todo, subiram e, vindo a Betel, choraram; estiveram ali sentados perante o Senhor, e jejuaram aquele dia até a tarde; e ofereceram holocaustos e ofertas pacíficas perante ao Senhor.

27 S o the children of Israel inquired of the Lord (the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

Consultaram, pois, os filhos de Israel ao Senhor (porquanto a arca do pacto de Deus estava ali naqueles dias;

28 a nd Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, “Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of my brother Benjamin, or shall I cease?” And the Lord said, “Go up, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”

e Finéias, filho de Eleazar, filho de Arão, lhe assistia), e perguntaram: Tornaremos ainda a sair ã pelejar contra os filhos de Benjamim, nosso irmão, eu desistiremos? Respondeu o Senhor: Subi, porque amanhã vo-los entregarei nas mãos.

29 T hen Israel set men in ambush all around Gibeah.

Então Israel pôs emboscadas ao redor de Gibeá.

30 A nd the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in battle array against Gibeah as at the other times.

E ao terceiro dia subiram os filhos de Israel contra os filhos de Benjamim e, como das outras vezes, ordenaram a batalha junto a Gibeá.

31 S o the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city. They began to strike down and kill some of the people, as at the other times, in the highways (one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah) and in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

Então os filhos de Benjamim saíram ao encontro do povo, e foram atraídos da cidade. e começaram a ferir o povo como das outras vezes, matando uns trinta homens de Israel, pelos caminhos, um dos quais sobe para Betel, e o outro para Gibeá pelo campo.

32 A nd the children of Benjamin said, “They are defeated before us, as at first.” But the children of Israel said, “Let us flee and draw them away from the city to the highways.”

Pelo que disseram os filhos de Benjamim: Vão sendo derrotados diante de nós como dantes. Mas os filhos de Israel disseram: Fujamos, e atraiamo-los da cidade para os caminhos.

33 S o all the men of Israel rose from their place and put themselves in battle array at Baal Tamar. Then Israel’s men in ambush burst forth from their position in the plain of Geba.

Então todos os homens de Israel se levantaram do seu lugar, e ordenaram a batalha em Baal-Tamar; e a emboscada de Israel irrompeu do seu lugar, a oeste de Geba.

34 A nd ten thousand select men from all Israel came against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not know that disaster was upon them.

Vieram contra Gibeá dez mil homens escolhidos de todo o Israel, e a batalha tornou-se rude; porém os de Gibeá não sabiam que o mal lhes sobrevinha.

35 T he Lord defeated Benjamin before Israel. And the children of Israel destroyed that day twenty-five thousand one hundred Benjamites; all these drew the sword.

Então o Senhor derrotou a Benjamim diante dos filhos de Israel, que destruíram naquele dia vinte e cinco mil e cem homens de Benjamim, todos estes dos que arrancavam da espada.

36 S o the children of Benjamin saw that they were defeated. The men of Israel had given ground to the Benjamites, because they relied on the men in ambush whom they had set against Gibeah.

Assim os filhos de Benjamim viram que estavam derrotados; pois os homens de Israel haviam cedido terreno aos benjamitas, porquanto estavam confiados na emboscada que haviam posto contra Gibea;

37 A nd the men in ambush quickly rushed upon Gibeah; the men in ambush spread out and struck the whole city with the edge of the sword.

e a emboscada, apressando-se, acometeu a Gibeá, e prosseguiu contra ela, ferindo ao fio da espada toda a cidade:

38 N ow the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that they would make a great cloud of smoke rise up from the city,

Ora, os homens de Israel tinham determinado com a emboscada um sinal, que era fazer levantar da cidade uma grande nuvem de fumaça.

39 w hereupon the men of Israel would turn in battle. Now Benjamin had begun to strike and kill about thirty of the men of Israel. For they said, “Surely they are defeated before us, as in the first battle.”

Viraram-se, pois, os homens de Israel na peleja; e já Benjamim cemeçara a atacar es homens de Israel, havendo morto uns trinta deles; pelo que diziam: Certamente vão sendo derrotados diante de nós, como na primeira batalha.

40 B ut when the cloud began to rise from the city in a column of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and there was the whole city going up in smoke to heaven.

Mas quando o sinal começou a levantar-se da cidade, numa coluna de fumaça, os benjamitas olharam para trás de si, e eis que toda a cidade subia em fumaça ao céu.

41 A nd when the men of Israel turned back, the men of Benjamin panicked, for they saw that disaster had come upon them.

Nisso os homens de Israel se viraram contra os de Benjamim, os quais pasmaram, pois viram que o mal lhes sobreviera.

42 T herefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel in the direction of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them, and whoever came out of the cities they destroyed in their midst.

Portanto, virando as costas diante dos homens de Israel, fugiram para o caminho do deserto; porém a peleja os apertou; e os que saíam das cidades os destruíam no meio deles.

43 T hey surrounded the Benjamites, chased them, and easily trampled them down as far as the front of Gibeah toward the east.

Cercaram os benjamitas e os perseguiram, pisando-os desde Noá até a altura de Gibeá para o nascente do sol.

44 A nd eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell; all these were men of valor.

Assim caíram de Benjamim dezoito mil homens, sendo todos estes homens valorosos.

45 T hen they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon; and they cut down five thousand of them on the highways. Then they pursued them relentlessly up to Gidom, and killed two thousand of them.

Então os restantes, virando as costas fugiram para deserto, até a penha de Rimom; mas os filhos de Israel colheram deles pelos caminhos ainda cinco mil homens; e, seguindo-os de perto até Gidom, mataram deles mais dois mil.

46 S o all who fell of Benjamin that day were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword; all these were men of valor.

E, todos, os de Benjamim que caíram naquele dia oram vinte e cinco mil homens que arrancavam da espada, todos eles homens valorosos.

47 B ut six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and they stayed at the rock of Rimmon for four months.

Mas seiscentos homens viraram as costas e, fugindo para o deserto, para a penha de Rimom, ficaram ali quatro meses.

48 A nd the men of Israel turned back against the children of Benjamin, and struck them down with the edge of the sword—from every city, men and beasts, all who were found. They also set fire to all the cities they came to.

E os homens de Israel voltaram para os filhos de Benjamim, e os passaram ao fio da espada, tanto os homens da cidade como os animais, tudo quanto encontraram; e a todas as cidades que acharam puseram fogo.